Forsee, Fraser emphasize creativity at press conference

Posted to Board of Curators meeting: Oct. 22-23, 2009 by Rachel Krause at 2:41 p.m., Oct. 23, 2009

President Gary Forsee and Board of Curators Chairman Bo Fraser fielded questions at a press conference following the conclusion of public sessions of the two day meeting.

Forsee said the university must address the coming issues with a national perspective in the next decade.

"What I suggested this morning is that the University of Missouri ought to go beyond the state, frankly," Forsee said.

Forsee and Fraser were also asked what kind of future creative collaborations from outside companies will exist in the future.

"Our willingness to find those partnerships and bring out that kind of investment is certainly something we and other institutions across the country have to be more aggressive about," Forsee said.

Fraser added that the university must to be willing to keep an open mind about future partnerships.

"We don't know what all those answers are, but we have to be willing to be out there with creative juices looking for things that aren't the old paradigm," Fraser said. "Those kind of things involve change and we can't be resistant to change."