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John Cribbet Memorial Service

Remarks made at the memorial service for former Illinois chancellor John Cribbet, who passed away on May 30, 2009.

Published Date: May 30, 2009


2009 Commencement remarks

Address at the 2009 campuswide Commencement ceremonies, May 17 in the Assembly Hall.

Published Date: May 17, 2009


Ministerial Alliance of Champaign-Urbana and Vicinity

The admirable work you do is ultimately about social justice. I support your mission statement that says, in part, that you want to "promote the welfare of all citizens of said community, moral, social as well as spiritual condition, to evaluate and address problems and situations as they affect our community and ministry..." With that in mind, I come here today to talk about perhaps my greatest passion as Chancellor and one that also is a social justice concern: Access. Equal access for all to the American Dream.

Published Date: May 2, 2009


Preserving the Land Grant Act in the Era of the Modern Research University

This year, during Lincoln’s Bicentennial, as grateful chancellor of one of the great modern land grant research universities that Lincoln helped to create, I return often to the idea of the Morrill Act as a guidepost in my attempt to increase access to public education, to create human capital. And, as you probably have inferred by now, I have found the document is as relevant and inspiring as ever.

Published Date: April 8, 2009


Illinois' Involvement in Asia

The Illinois/Indiana Title VI East Asia National Resource Center Consortium theme is Extending Professional Knowledge. One of its joint 4-year projects, with learning, teaching, and outreach components, is the Science and Technology in the Pacific Century (STIP) initiative. STIP builds on Illinois' national profile in agriculture and engineering, and Indiana's in the biological and information sciences to consider the impact of East Asia science and technology on business and society in both East Asia and the United States. The following remarks from Chancellor Herman initiated a panel discussion on the STIP Initiative at Illinois' Beckman Institute.

Published Date: September 18, 2007


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