2008 Woodie Awards
Robertson exercises his abilities as vice president
Emily Wuchner
Issue date: 4/25/08 Section: News
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If he's not going to meetings as Vice President of Student Affairs, he is at fundraising events, concerts or other student activities. And if he's not there, he is probably running his usual four-mile route around campus.
Still he has time to volunteer throughout the community and spend quality time with his family.
A lot of Robertson's campus involvement began when he was getting his bachelor's degree at the University of North Carolina. He joined the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and participated in different activities centering around Greek life.
It was at this time that Robertson realized working on a university campus was the place for him.
"I realized I never wanted to leave the college campus," Robertson said.
"I just enjoyed that experience and it was so beneficial I wanted to that as a career."
His first job after graduating with his master's degree from the University of Tennessee was at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus. As part of the job, he assisted with the Jimmy Carter presidential campaign.
"The neat thing about that was once he was elected and he would come in to Georgia, he would fly into Columbus, Ga., and I would organize the motorcade to pick him up," Robertson said.
In addition, Robertson umpired a few softball games Carter played in and, along with a group of campaign volunteers, was invited to and attended the presidential inauguration.
Now in his 16th year working at Murray State, Robertson keeps a detailed schedule of events and activities he plans to attend to maintain involvement around campus. Robertson said the key to balance is prioritizing and maximizing time.
"I've always known it's important to be visible on campus and to show students that you appreciate what they're doing because they work so hard," Robertson said.
"You want the students to know that we as a University appreciate their contributions. I think just by your attendance at things, shows them that you recognize the importance of what they're doing."
Robertson said he tries to attend a variety of events, especially those sponsored by smaller organizations and events with a message, such as Unity Day.
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