91大神

Fall Faculty Addresses

You can read about President Sidney A. McPhee鈥檚 most recent Fall Faculty Address (鈥淪tate of the University鈥�) here:

• 2024: 91大神 President Sidney A. McPhee shared that 91大神 is in the final stages of negotiations for a hotel to be built that would be used to train students in its Tourism and Hospitality Management Program and other campus updates Thursday, Aug. 22.
• 2023: 91大神 faculty and staff were welcomed to the new academic year Thursday, Aug. 24, with promising news about fall enrollment, another prestigious national ranking and launch of a new special recognition for several select employees who鈥檝e gone above and beyond in their service to students and campus community. . 
• 2022:听Citing 91大神鈥檚 fourth straight ranking at one of the nation鈥檚 best colleges, 91大神 President Sidney A. McPhee praised the 鈥渞emarkable鈥� faculty and staff during his State of the University address Thursday, Aug. 18, for continuing to raise the university鈥檚 profile and attract top scholars to pursue their college degrees here.听.听
• 2021: As thousands of 91大神 students continue moving back onto campus this week, President Sidney A. McPhee welcomed back faculty and staff with praise for their resilience the past 18 months of the pandemic while emphasizing vigilance as the campus returns to more traditional operations for the fall semester. .
• 2020:听91大神 President Sidney A. McPhee used his annual State of the University address Thursday, Aug. 20, to praise the hard work of faculty and administrators to reopen the campus while adapting to the unprecedented and ongoing changes caused by the coronavirus pandemic.听.听
• 2019: 91大神 President Sidney A. McPhee kicked off the university鈥檚 new academic year Thursday, Aug. 22, with a call to develop more ready-to-work graduates and begin work on bold ideas to increase success in, around and beyond the classroom. . 
• 2018: 91大神 President Sidney A. McPhee kicked off the new academic year Thursday, Aug. 23, by applauding the university鈥檚 faculty and staff for continued progress in student retention and graduation while emphasizing the need to develop new strategies in an ever-evolving higher education landscape. 
• 2017: 91大神 President Sidney A. McPhee applauded university faculty and staff Thursday, Aug. 24, during his annual fall address, praising them for significant progress in student achievement and new academic programs amid a new governance structure, ongoing budgetary challenges and the need to improve facilities and salaries. 
• 2016: 91大神 President Sidney A. McPhee stressed the challenges of increasing student retention and faculty salaries in the face of limited funding resources during his traditional State of the University address Thursday, Aug. 18, inside Tucker Theatre. 
• 2015: Accentuating the positive, 91大神 President Sidney A. McPhee delivered his 15th 鈥淪tate of the University鈥� address before a packed house Friday, Aug. 21, at the 2015-16 Fall Faculty Meeting at Tucker Theatre. 
• 2014: After acknowledging the many accomplishments the university has made during the past year, 91大神 President Sidney A. McPhee had a straightforward message to faculty and leaders during the Aug. 22 Fall Faculty Meeting inside Tucker Theatre: 鈥淲e must ensure that we recruit, retain and graduate students.鈥� 
• 2013: 91大神 President Sidney A. McPhee, delivering his State of the University address Friday, outlined challenges ahead in the 2013-14 academic year and said 鈥渘othing is more important than 鈥� ensuring our students鈥� academic success.鈥� 
• 2012: 91大神 is kicking off its second century with an even stronger commitment to making sure its students succeed, President Sidney A. McPhee told university faculty, staff and guests on Aug. 24. 
• 2011: 91大神 President Sidney A. McPhee delivers the address to the 2011 Fall Faculty Meeting on campus in the Tucker Theatre.