Posted in Belhaven, Roger Parrott on Nov 4th, 2009 No Comments »
Last week I had the opportunity to talk about my book before an audience of 5 million listeners on the Moody Broadcasting Networks popular evening drive time show, Prime Time America.
If you’d like to hear this 8 minute interview click here: Roger Parrott Interview- Prime Time America, Moody Radio.
I was thrilled that the gracious host, [...]
Posted in Roger Parrott on Oct 28th, 2009 1 Comment »
I’ll have the opportunity to talk about my book this afternoon on the national radio show, Prime Time America, on the Moody Broadcasting Network. The show is hosted by Greg Wheatley and reaches 5 million listeners. The 10 minute interview will be at 4:30 this afternoon.
Tomorrow morning from 8:00 to 8:30 I’ll be a guest [...]
Posted in Athletics, Belhaven, Christian Faith, Culture, Higher Education, Missions, Roger Parrott, Uncategorized, World Events, Worldview on Oct 19th, 2009 No Comments »
For sometime I’ve been encouraged to take the time to write and share some of the leadership principles that have been important to me through 21 years in the college presidency. As our faculty, and others of you who write know, it takes discipline and it’s sometimes hard to stay in the chair long enough [...]
Posted in Christian Faith, Roger Parrott on Sep 28th, 2009 2 Comments »
This was such a busy summer, I didn’t get a chance to get out of town the entire time. So a week ago, I did break away for four days of fishing in Yellowstone National Park.
It is one of my favorite places in the world, and although the fish didn’t cooperate all that much, I [...]
Posted in Roger Parrott, World Events on Jan 8th, 2009 No Comments »
While there is lots of doom and gloom about the economy, there are some bright spots that bring good opportunities beyond simply the price of gasoline dropping.
Mortgage rates have never been lower – it is a great time to buy a house, refinance if the cost savings would make it worth the effort, or consider [...]
Posted in Roger Parrott on Jul 19th, 2008 No Comments »
The first thing I do every morning, after opening a diet coke, is to open Marshall Ramsey’s latest editorial cartoon on the Jackson Clarion-Ledger web site. While my eyes are still blurry, it’s about all I can read, and it always starts my day out with a laugh. Marshall has a great way of linking [...]
Posted in Roger Parrott on Jun 15th, 2008 No Comments »
I’m honored to be a third generation college president, following my grandfather – I work at the big partner’s desk my grandfather had specially made back in the 1930s when he was president of Olivet Nazarene University – and then my dad who was president of two different schools for a total of 25 years.
Around [...]
Posted in Roger Parrott on Jun 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Last week John McCain issued a challenge to Barack Obama to participate in a series of debates. The McCain camp hand delivered the letter to the Obama camp, who received it and asked, “why didn’t you just email it?”
Clearly the world of communication has shifted with a generation — not just how we communicate, but [...]