GREENSBORO N.C. -
College students are addicted to their cell phones especially when it comes to text messaging.
"I probably text like, a hundred times a day," Kiara Wren estimates.
North Carolina A&T State University Chancellor Harold Martin is looking for new ideas for the Greensboro campus, so he's turning to university students using the technology they're comfortable with using.
"I'm an email junky, I'm not a big texter," Martin admitted. "But I tend to use text when it's more engaging for certain students."
"I think you have to be prepared to meet our students where they are, how they communicate," he added.
"He's actively listening and he wants to make a difference," said Brandon Mills, an A&T senior. "If that means he has to resort to texting a student, which may not be his normal way of communication, but for many students it's their way of talking."
Mills said he knows it's not everyday you get to text a university chancellor, so he watches his language and grammar. . "I'm normally trying to be a little more correct than if I'm texting a friend," Mills added.
Martin said he'll text any Aggie student, and is willing to give them his cell phone number.
"I'd be selective. I can't give my cell number to every student," Martin said.
The chancellor said he's not using Facebook, Twitter or any of the social networking Web sites. But he admitted he's more than willing to e-mail, text, call or go old school and actually talk to a student in person.
"I probably text like, a hundred times a day," Kiara Wren estimates.
North Carolina A&T State University Chancellor Harold Martin is looking for new ideas for the Greensboro campus, so he's turning to university students using the technology they're comfortable with using.
"I'm an email junky, I'm not a big texter," Martin admitted. "But I tend to use text when it's more engaging for certain students."
"I think you have to be prepared to meet our students where they are, how they communicate," he added.
"He's actively listening and he wants to make a difference," said Brandon Mills, an A&T senior. "If that means he has to resort to texting a student, which may not be his normal way of communication, but for many students it's their way of talking."
Mills said he knows it's not everyday you get to text a university chancellor, so he watches his language and grammar. . "I'm normally trying to be a little more correct than if I'm texting a friend," Mills added.
Martin said he'll text any Aggie student, and is willing to give them his cell phone number.
"I'd be selective. I can't give my cell number to every student," Martin said.
The chancellor said he's not using Facebook, Twitter or any of the social networking Web sites. But he admitted he's more than willing to e-mail, text, call or go old school and actually talk to a student in person.
