Santa Ono Appreciation Post
For those of you who are not very active on social media, just wanted to share a few of the recent posts from Santa Ono's Twitter account. It's so refreshing to have such a vibrant personality leading the university, both from an academic and an athletics standpoint! Go Blue!
October 29th, 2022 at 10:54 AM ^
This is so incredibly refreshing to see.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:04 AM ^
He can make a difference in Athletics and he sure seems like he will. Are we going to see him bounce around tonight?
October 29th, 2022 at 11:13 AM ^
Someone better pass him a folding chair and let him PUMP IT UP!
October 29th, 2022 at 11:08 AM ^
This guy is incredible! Absolutely love everything that he is about. So many administrators (college, high school or even business executives) try to show just how “into it” they are and show “rah rah” and it comes off as so phony and scripted. This guy seems 100% genuine. His whole vibe and attitude seems almost like an alum or fan who won a contest to be the next president and like “holy crap this is awesome” (only super qualified).
October 29th, 2022 at 1:23 PM ^
Compare this guy to former President Jim Duderstadt, who saw little point to athletics and made sure everyone knew that.
October 29th, 2022 at 2:36 PM ^
Or Schlissel, who went to a game for the first time in his life and said how surprised he was that it was a "joyous activity."
I like Santa better.
October 29th, 2022 at 2:56 PM ^
Obligatory:
October 29th, 2022 at 3:46 PM ^
Seriously…we need way less arrogant people like Schlissel who think UM is another Ivy League school and far more people like Ono
October 29th, 2022 at 11:14 AM ^
So nice to see a President that understands what athletics mean not just to a community but the school itself. Why have you spent all those hundreds of millions - billions over the years - just to behave as if you wouldn't mind if it all went away?
Embrace it. It helps every aspect of the University. Having an elite athletics program is nothing but a positive. It only helps.
October 29th, 2022 at 7:23 PM ^
President Ono really seems to, "get," the idea that the University's athletic programs, particularly the football team, serve as a welcoming and figurative, "front porch," for the University that allows it to connect to all walks of society around the globe.
As you said, having an elite, well-run athletics program is nothing but a plus for the University. It is also a huge differentiator for the University versus other state flagship public universities as well as elite private universities such as those found in the Ivy League and the Seven Sisters.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:15 AM ^
would love to see him on the sideline in a football uniform tho
October 29th, 2022 at 11:25 AM ^
He has easily spent more time with the football team than schlissel ever did in all his years.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:40 AM ^
Which is he actually has vs never
October 29th, 2022 at 11:32 AM ^
Clearly he knows....
Pump it up
October 29th, 2022 at 11:51 AM ^
I read through his Twitter feed. The guy is everywhere!
October 29th, 2022 at 12:18 PM ^
It’s great to see how he’s embracing every facet of the school and Ann Arbor.
Seems like such an obvious thing to do…but so few leaders do it. Get out every day and spend time with your constituents.
Makes people feel as though you care…and that you’re “in it” with them.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:23 PM ^
Santa "suited up".
October 29th, 2022 at 12:33 PM ^
Hope I get a chance to spot him at the game today. Really impressed so far with his whole approach: athletics, academia, research and the wide-ranging connection with the University of Michigan community.
October 29th, 2022 at 12:42 PM ^
Can’t stand this guy! He needs to be more stuffy and appalled by the mere concept of athletics!!!
October 29th, 2022 at 12:53 PM ^
HEYYYYU, we found schlissel's MGoBlog account!!!
/jk
October 29th, 2022 at 12:59 PM ^
changing my username to ConsensualSchliss69
October 29th, 2022 at 1:53 PM ^
Making Asians Proud.
October 29th, 2022 at 2:20 PM ^
Hell of a lot better than his evil cousin, Easter Bunny Ono
October 29th, 2022 at 3:43 PM ^
Profile picture checks out.
October 29th, 2022 at 2:34 PM ^
his personality seems awesome and a great fit for Michigan
October 29th, 2022 at 4:11 PM ^
October 29th, 2022 at 5:40 PM ^
Let's get him to use the hash tag #beatstaee. Then he will truly be one of us.
October 29th, 2022 at 5:44 PM ^
Prez Ono was at UC all 4 years I attended and I shook his hand at graduation.
Guy is a class act and very down to earth. UM got a good one.
October 29th, 2022 at 5:51 PM ^
Was Schlissel a good president?
October 29th, 2022 at 7:25 PM ^
He was certainly a president.
October 29th, 2022 at 7:23 PM ^
The dude clearly loves his job and is having fun doing it.
Go Ono, GO BLUE!
October 30th, 2022 at 12:28 PM ^
His younger brother is the prominent mathematician Ken Ono.
"Since 2016, [Ken] Ono has been using mathematical analysis and modeling to advise elite competitive swimmers including 2020 Tokyo Olympic medalists Kate Douglass, Cate DeLoof, Paige Madden, Alex Walsh, Emma Weyant and Andrew Wilson."
So I am sure he has more appreciation for athletics than some of his predecessors.