Office of Institutional Advancement; Dr. Barry Morris, Professor Emeritus of Economics

"The most meaningful engine of change, powerful enough to confront corporate power, may be not so much environmental quality, as the economic development and growth associated with the effort to improve it."

 

- Barry Commoner

"Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely."

 

- Thomas Huxley

 

 

"There can be economy only where there is efficiency."

 

- Benjamin Disraeli

 

 

Economics

 

 

       I could tell that Dr. Morris fully believed in everything that he said. The first indicator of this was that he took his passion, economics, and incorporated it into everything that he talked about. Who would have known that economics had so much to do with volunteerism?

 

       You can tell that he picked the right profession when he stopped in the middle of his presentation and said to us "I'm just looking out at you all and thinking of the things that you will go through." That was encouraging and intimidating at the same time. It seems as if he really care a lot for the success and growth if a group of students that he didn't even know which is a trait that I think a great professor should have.

 

       He also told us that "this university will prepare you for anything you will be doing after graduation." This really stood out to me because I recently have been struggling a lot with the consideration of just how hard it is going to be to compete with other law students from other, higher-caliber places. It really worries me but the longer I attend UNA, the more secure I feel in my education.

 

      My favorite Dr. Morris quote is "almost the best thing that can happen to you is to be underestimated." Going back to what I said above, I have used this strategy before and is it an effective one, or at least it gets entertaining results. I have used this strategy in karate classes, Mock Trial competitions, and even at job interviews. It makes others think that they don't have to work as hard, which outs you at an advantage and gives you confidence, sort of like knowing a secret.

 

       I particularly like the phrase he said "the place where you live is not defined by someone else, it is defined by you." I felt like this was a great speaker with which to end the this semester's forum simply because of that quote; it really put a polished perspective on why we should volunteer and how important it is.