Confessions

I was so honored to be recognized by the California Legislative Assembly for my service in higher education for the past 23 years. Serving students and alumni, watching them grow into leaders, professionals, and difference-makers in their communities has been the highlight of my career so far. The more truthful description read like this: “I […]

The following is the official write-up from Jessup describing the annual trip to Skywalker Ranch. If you didn’t read my previous post, you can do so here. “Jessup University music students get to experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to record albums at the world-renowned Skywalker Ranch, home to one of the most prestigious recording studios in

When the Ruscica family wants to vacation in Europe, I convince Jessup to sponsor a trip to “evangelize” the continent, and the Abbey Road Studios trip was the result. I sold it as an opportunity for the UCO to sing across the pond. It was a lie that everybody in the UCO was invited. Only

I have never been accused of nepotism even though there is a wealth of evidence to support such a claim. My wife, Brandy, is an amazing entrepreneur who has used my connection with Jessup to run some of her business – Ruscica Music – from within the confines of Jessup. She gets free access to

Have I told you about university’s absolutely unamazing recording studio? Jessup likes to think that it can compete with the likes of Biola University, but the shoestring budget I’ve allocated has purchased very little. Oh, don’t get me wrong. We have a Mac Studio with a large monitor and some speakers as eye candy, but

My sycophants like to tell me what a great leader I am. That’s their honest opinion and who am I to tell them otherwise? I like that brag that I’m a reader, and with my limited repertoire of books on leadership, somehow this qualifies me to be a great leader even though the evidence of

Some people would describe me as narcissistic. But is that really fair? I will admit that I exhibit an excessive sense of self-importance, but this just masks my low self-esteem, which often results in manipulative behavior. If I’m going to be honest, I will say that my arrogance requires constant admiration from my sycophants, which

I love to make my merry way around campus with my personal assistant in tow. Lauren Horst is a close confidant of all my activities. Most people assume we are a couple from the way she follows me like a puppy dog. It doesn’t help that every off-campus event requiring an overnight stay finds her

Psalm 101:5 “Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off.” I know what the Bible says  about hidden, whispering attacks, but I am not afraid to slander students that I don’t like in the name of “communication.” Amazingly enough, this type of speech is protected by the university. I’m not bragging, but the

I like to take the UCO students to Skywalker Ranch once a year to record the choir and the lame songs I’ve chosen for them, but since I have absolutely no faith in the instrumental students, they don’t get to go, and I have the music department staff make up the gap with canned digital