>> And the phone was ringing,
and it was the chancellor.
[LAUGHTER] He was calling me, he said,
Betty, we want you to take
this job at Kennsaw State, and I said, yes.
My husband said, How much does it pay?
I said, yes, I didn't care.
And that's the stuff of legend in her family as well that
I wanted the job so much after I thought I didn't get it.
So I took it without even knowing
what the parameters of the job would be,
I felt I was called to be here.
>> I just appreciate
so much who she was and what she did.
And the way she did it. She's a true treasure
and she was masterful with people.
>> She was an amazing inspirational leader and friend.
>> A profit doesn't necessarily predict the future,
but a profit can
tell you where you have the capacity to go.
>> Right after I started as
director of the Siegel Institute.
I was in rural North Carolina and I'm
at an apple farm in rural North Carolina.
And as the ladies bagging up my apples,
she's talking to me, where do you work,
what do you do, kind of thing?
And I told her I worked at Kennesaw State University.
And she said, Oh, I know Betty Siegel.
So here I am in rural North Carolina buying apples and
this woman is talking to me about
the last time she met Betty Siegel.
>> Nothing wore Betty out.
And even to this day,
she's one of the most joyful people you'll ever find.
>> Well, it would be hard to look at her
and not immediately notice her huge smile.
And you just you just walked out of the room
feeling really happy and really uplifted.
>> When we first came here,
I was standing around and I
heard some of the citizens in the community say,
when I'm around her,
it just makes me feel warm and good.
And I think Betty has some of the capacity
to summon forth to bring out the good angels in us.
>> There's a story about a Native American,
a Cherokee, teaching his grandson about life.
A fight is going on inside me,
he said to the boy it's a terrible fight.
It's between two wolves.
One is evil.
He is anger, envy,
sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance,
self pity, guilt, resentment, lies,
false pride, superiority, and ego.
And the other is good.
He has joy, peace,
love, hope, serenity, humility,
kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity,
truth, compassion, and faith.
The same fight is going on inside
you and inside every other person,
the grandson thought about it for a long moment.
And then he asked his grandfather,
which wolf will win?
And then the old Cherokee grandfather simply replied,
the one you feel.
>> What is your [inaudible] going to say?
>> Oh, my. I have been asked that.
And the first response that I gave,
I'd like to be a minister for education.
>> And you are?