The Franklin Co-Executive Editors Isaac Gleitz and Sydney Byerly catch up with Franklin College President Kerry Prather to talk about athletics, enrollment, budget cuts, Campus Tables and more.
Read on for a lightly edited transcript from their conversation.
President Prather
This was the third year we’ve raised in excess of $150,000 [for the #GrizTuesday athletics fundraiser earlier this week].
Isaac Gleitz
Okay. What was the figure for yesterday?
PP
We closed it out at about 177, but it looks like maybe it’s a little bit higher than that… It’s a huge shot in the arm to help fund all the athletic programs.
Sydney Byerly
I know from talking to some of my friends that are athletes, their coaches kind of raise the goals again this year. So I think a lot…