In this interview, William Holder discusses topics such as: working at the Middletown Press; coming to Wesleyan; joining the Public Information Office; South African divestment issue; Wesleyan media crises with Doug Bennet as president; fundraising; consulting with university counsel; drug issue; admission and fundraising publications; social media communications; Charles Salas and Michael Roth; marketing sensibilities over journalism; larger structure of the university; the Independent Ivy tagline; U.S. News & World rankings; change in Wesleyan’s reputation; strength in the sciences; town-gown relations; Green Street program; Barack Obama as commencement speaker.