tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30377541720242688802024-03-13T15:32:20.752-04:00URI President David DooleyPresident Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-41742850209642023872015-12-11T16:05:00.000-05:002015-12-11T16:05:32.627-05:00A Christmas Message<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #000090;">The holiday
season is a time for most Americans to enjoy cherished family traditions, renew
friendships, and to share some time with those we love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For most Americans, but by no means all of
us, the greatest risks are overspending, overeating, and overindulging in all
the merrymaking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not this year. This
year we have been forcibly reminded that our lives are always lived on the edge
of a cliff, and that war, terrorism, violence, and tragedies of all kinds can overwhelm
us at any moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be a terrifying
revelation that most of us, most of the time, find ways to overlook. But not
this year.</span></b><b><span style="color: #000090;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #000090;">When we are
confronted by the uncertainty and fragility of our lives, fear, resentment, and
anger can emerge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Words are more readily
misinterpreted, actions misconstrued, and mistrust becomes reflexive. The
growing political and social divides in our nation can inflame our discontent
and weaken the bonds that hold us together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #000090;">We, the
community of the University of Rhode Island, cannot yield to these forces at
any time, and especially not now. We
should be thankful that we live in a nation that values liberty, the freedom of
religion, the freedom of speech, the freedom of assembly, and the freedom of
the press. We, as Rhode Islanders, should
be particularly proud to live in the cradle of religious freedom in North
America. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #000090;">The value of
these freedoms is greatly diminished if everything we read, or see, or hear –
or everyone we speak with – is simply a reflection of ourselves and our values,
thoughts, and perspectives. The
diversity of our nation - of the peoples, religions, politics, and views that
compose America – has always been, and will continue to be, a source of
strength and inspiration. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #000090;">It is the time
of year when I and my family, along with the majority of Americans, and of our
URI community, will celebrate Christmas – hence, the title of this post. Many members of our community do not
celebrate this particular holiday, however.
Simple politeness demands acknowledgement and consideration of this fact.
As Americans who treasure the freedoms
and rights bestowed upon us, and as members of a community devoted to equity
and inclusion, we aspire to a higher standard: to welcome, value, support, and
affirm all members of our community for who they are, regardless of their identity,
religion, origin, or holiday traditions.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #000090;">Given the
vitriolic rhetoric so currently prominent (and I believe so completely
inconsistent with the true significance of Christmas), I encourage our community
to do all we can to support our Muslim colleagues and friends, and all those
who may otherwise feel marginalized and excluded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let us together commit to live out, to the
best of our ability, what we have in common in this season of light: the basic
human desires to experience and share love, joy, and the hope for a bright and peaceful
future for everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-8015526104309103142015-11-13T16:02:00.001-05:002015-11-13T16:02:32.158-05:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The following text is from a talk I gave at the Providence Business News Excellence Awards last night, where I was the </span></span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 28px;"><b>keynote speaker. The talk appeared to be well received and some suggested that posting it here would be worthwhile, so here it is.</b></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Cinderella and Lincoln</span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Allow me to begin by stating that I
am very honored to speak here tonight, to you, a group who strive for, and
achieve, a level of excellence that I can only hope for, and which is truly inspirational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would like to thank the good people of the
Providence Business News for the invitation, and for providing me the
opportunity to be, however briefly, a part of this distinguished group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Congratulations to all the excellence award
winners this evening – your achievements and dedication motivate all of us to
aim higher and do more.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Please allow me to continue with a
confession: my favorite movie of 2015 is Disney’s live-action Cinderella.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would guess that at least some of you are
surprised at this. I’ve seen it several times, although fewer, so far, than I
did the original Star Wars, where I stopped counting at approximately 20 trips
to the theater. Family members, including my son, who, ironically, works for
Disney, have given me quite a bit of (somewhat) gentle hectoring about my
affection for this movie. I suppose their attitude may arise from the fact that
demographic analysis of global Cinderella ticket sales appears to indicate that
the audience consists primarily of millions of teen-age girls spread across the
world, and me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know what this says
about me, but I do think that it reflects the refined and sophisticated taste
in movies of the world’s teen-age girls. I am proud to be among them, because
this is a movie that celebrates the triumph of courage, kindness, and love over
cruelty, selfishness, and political scheming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">But I bring it up tonight for a
different reason. At the conclusion of the movie the narrator, who, yes,
happens to be Cinderella’s fairy godmother, says: “and Ella continued to see
the world not as it is, but as it could be”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That struck me as a rather profound statement, and I have thought a lot
about it. I have come to believe that all of our efforts to do good in the
world, and all of our work to make our world better, must originate with the
conviction that we do not have to accept the world as we find it, and also with
a vision for what the world could, in fact, become.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">This does not mean that we deny the
reality of world as we find it today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
live in a world of great beauty, surpassing joy, boundless mercy, and pervasive
goodness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But we also live in world of
continuous war, global terrorism, manifold hatreds, racism, growing inequality,
and potentially catastrophic climate change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Indeed, it may be that the global crises around war, refugees,
infectious disease, and climate change pose the greatest threat to our future than
at any time since the Second World War, and could destroy much that is best and
brightest in our world as it is.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">We must face and accept these
realities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are not free to create our
own alternative reality that denies or minimizes these threats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, to “see the world as it could be” empowers
us to use the capabilities within us to transform the world, and to create a
future that is superior to the present reality in which we live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">History teaches that we can do
this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I shall give but one example –
that of Abraham Lincoln.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More than any
other individual of his time, he saw our nation not as it was, but as it could
be, both prior to his presidency, and throughout the Civil War, as that terrible
conflict threatened to consume the nation, and exacted a staggering and
excruciating cost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Many of his actions, by which Lincoln
implemented his vision for what America could be, are well known to all of us: issuing
the Emancipation Proclamation, and winning passage of the 13<sup>th</sup>
Amendment, for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we remember
what he said at Gettysburg and his second inauguration, words so powerful and
so inspiring that they pierced the pain and suffering of America’s most
terrible war: “that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died
in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and
that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish
from the earth; and “With Malice toward none; with charity for all; with
firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to
finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who
shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan – to do all
which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and
with all nations.”</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">It is not these particular actions,
or these words, as important and powerful as they are, with which I am chiefly
concerned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indeed, one of the most
profoundly important actions of President Lincoln appears to be something about
which we have no specific record of him speaking or writing. It was, however,
accomplished with just a few strokes of his pen as he signed the Morrill Act
into law on July 2, 1862.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was an Act
of incredible vision that changed the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Representative Justin Morrill, the 37<sup>th</sup> Congress, and
President Lincoln peered into the future and saw an America that could be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Land Grant Act of 1862 provided, for the
first time in the world, a national system of state colleges and universities
dedicated to: </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 150%;">“the
liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several
pursuits and professions in life.”</span></b><b style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">In other
words, this Act established, for the first time, a national system of higher
education to benefit all citizens – not merely landowners, merchants, and the wealthy.
The fact that, over a hundred years later, I could get a college education at a
land-grant institution (in my case, the University of California) was a direct
consequence of this extraordinary Act. I would guess that many others in this
room could say the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Millions upon
millions of Americans have been provided the opportunity for a better life as a
consequence of the work of Representative Morrill, the 37<sup>th</sup> Congress
and President Lincoln.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">It was not
an easy, or even obvious, thing to do. Previous efforts had failed, in part
because of fears that such a radical educational system would disrupt the
social and economic fabric of the country. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">And consider, if you will, the
timing:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>July of 1862. The brutal and
debilitating Seven Days Battle had just concluded, and Lincoln’s hopes of a
quick conclusion to the war via the early capture of Richmond had been crushed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Less than 3 months previously the battle of
Shiloh had been fought, which was the most vicious and bloody conflict America
had experienced in its entire history. Casualties at Shiloh were greater than
the American casualties of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the
Mexican War – combined! The conclusion of the Civil War was more remote than
ever, because neither side could envision, after such losses, an outcome
achieved by any means other than the total defeat of the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>General Grant, and likely President Lincoln,
concluded, as Grant stated it: “I gave up all idea of saving the Union, except
by complete conquest.”</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">And yet, at such a time in American
history, members of the Congress and President Lincoln could see America as it
could be – united, free, educated, and therefore prepared, to assume a leading
position in the world, and to become a beacon of democracy and liberty for all
people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is at least noteworthy, and
perhaps astonishing, that the benefits provided to the states to enable the
creation of land-grant universities were based on the census of 1860, and
therefore included all the states of the Confederacy, so long as they ceased to
be in a condition of active rebellion or insurrection. Today, institutions such
as the University of Illinois, the University of Wisconsin, the University of
California, Michigan State, and Ohio State, and Penn State, but also Mississippi
State, Louisiana State, Auburn University, Texas A&M, North Carolina State,
and Clemson University, exist in their current status as a consequence of
Lincoln’s signature in 1862.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>America’s
land-grant universities are now among the very best in the world, admired and
emulated across the globe, preeminent in fields such as agriculture,
engineering, science, business, medicine, nursing, economics, literature, languages,
and many others.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">This is the heritage, the DNA, of the
University of Rhode Island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We exist to
educate the common people, to provide access to higher education for all
economic classes, not only the 1% or even the 10%. We exist to advance knowledge
and, very importantly, to disseminate and translate that knowledge to every
American, and ultimately to share it with everyone across the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We exist to provide understanding,
opportunity, and hope to anyone and everyone that we encounter, and for the
generations after them.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">This mission is neither easy, nor
risk-free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It may stimulate vitriolic
criticism, financial penalties, and government retribution. But we can do no
less, for this cause, in part, likely cost Lincoln his life: after his final
public speech, in which he endorsed the education of, and the vote for, freed
slaves, John Wilkes Booth reportedly declared that “that will be the last
speech that he (Lincoln) will ever make.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And it was.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">To help our students do the work and
take the risks that enable them to see the world, “not as it is, but as it
could be”, is the heart and soul of education at URI, and at other colleges and
universities like us. Forty-five years ago I left home at the age of 18 to go
to college, and I never left. I have spent my life mostly in the company of 18
– 26 year olds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is probably why I
am not merely a scientific realist, but also an optimist. I have heard all the
criticisms of students, generation upon generation, and I think they are
largely inaccurate, or misguided, or reflect the perspectives of those who are
privileged, or comfortable with the world as it is, or afraid of what it could
be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The students of the University of
Rhode Island, and of every other college or university where I have worked, are
empowered to see the world as it could be, and not merely as it is presented to
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They comprehend the magnitude of
the challenges the world offers as it is, but they are not intimidated. And
neither should we be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">America does not need to be “made
great again”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The greatness of America
was never derived from the strength of its military, the height of its walls, the
magnitude of its economy, or the power of its institutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The greatness of our nation has always rested
in its people, and I see no convincing evidence that our current generations
are not up to the tasks before them, as every past generation of Americans has
been.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Cinderella had it right. It is
essential that we <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>not</u></i> accept
the world as we find it. Rather, it is essential that we see the world not as
it is, but as it could be, and that we strive together to create that better world.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">To conclude tonight, allow me to
respectfully ask that you join Cinderella, President Abraham Lincoln, and the
students of the University of Rhode Island. See the world, not as it is, but as
it could be. If that’s too big a request, then endeavor to see Rhode Island as
it could be: a place of hope, not cynicism; confident, not fearful; successful,
not defeated; a place people move to, not away from; a national leader, not an
afterthought; and a place where everyone is included, and no one is left
behind.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Let’s do that, and from that
foundation we can transform this world and create a future that is brighter for
all of us. Thank you very much for
listening this evening, and have a wonderful night.<span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-83856101147115807242015-10-09T14:12:00.001-04:002015-10-09T14:12:52.548-04:00Investing in the Arts<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As
the state’s public land-grant research university, the University of Rhode
Island’s mission includes economic development as a central, and critical,
priority. Consequently, we have
worked closely with Governors, the General Assembly, and the people of Rhode
Island to secure substantial investments in new buildings and facilities that
have provided, and will provide, new opportunities for economic growth and the
creation of jobs. These include the Center for Biotechnology and
Life Sciences, the College of Pharmacy building, the Richard E. Beaupre Center
for Chemical and Forensic Sciences, and the $125 million College of Engineering
facility. There is more in the pipeline
of our capital improvement plan, including the second phase for Engineering and
much needed new facilities for the Graduate School of Oceanography.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As
important as science and engineering are to URI, the university has a much
broader and equally important mission that encompasses the humanities, the
social sciences, and the arts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
University of Rhode Island is concerned with educating our students to become
the well-informed, thoughtful citizens they need to be amidst the substantial
challenges of the 21<sup>st</sup> century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We strive to be a positive force for social development and cultural
understanding – improving lives not only financially, but also by strengthening
families and communities, building mutual understanding and respect, and
providing for the common good.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
arts – music, theater, art, film, design – are an important, even essential,
element in achieving this broader mission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They offer a medium of communication that spans time and space,
connecting us to each other, to our past, and projecting our vision and our lives
into the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The arts can foster
understanding and appreciation across cultures, can reinforce our mutual
humanity, and help us discover our shared values and common ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Concurrently, the arts can provide profound
and moving critiques of our cultures, politics, and societies – critiques from
which we may learn and benefit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For
all of these reasons, the University of Rhode Island has long offered a wide
variety of programs and degrees in the arts, including the Bachelor of Arts,
the Bachelor of Fine Arts, and the Bachelor of Music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hundreds of shows, performances, exhibits,
and recitals take place every year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over
50,000 people from all across the state attend arts events at the University of
Rhode Island each year – yes, over 50,000. Enrollments in arts classes exceeded
8500 last academic year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In short, the
arts are a vibrant, engaging, and inspiring part of URI’s teaching, scholarship
and creative work. The many contributions from our faculty, students, and
distinguished visitors constitute substantial service to the state, which is also
intrinsic to our land-grant mission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
we should certainly note that many have pointed out that the arts can have a
significant and positive economic impact in their own right.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To
sustain and enhance our efforts in the arts, it is time to invest.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Fine Arts building, which dates from the
1960s, is in urgent need of replacement and/or renovation.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New technologies for teaching and learning
are now available that need to be incorporated, and new kinds of spaces
created, which will permit the arts to thrive well into the future.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This project will be one of our top
priorities for consideration and approval by the Governor, the General Assembly,
and the people of Rhode Island. I hope that the entire URI community, all those
who enjoy and benefit from URI’s commitment to the arts, and all those who
agree that the arts epitomize much of what is best in the human spirit, will
join us in this endeavor.</span></div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-29903051088992921712015-09-08T16:30:00.000-04:002015-09-08T16:30:44.433-04:00Your Life Matters<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This weekend the University of Rhode Island welcomed over
3500 new students to our community. Over the summer, dozens of new faculty and
staff also joined us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the nature
of universities – every year we say goodbye to many of our company, and then
welcome those who arrive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though
our members regularly change, the values of our community, and our
responsibilities to one another, remain consistent.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At times, and all too frequently it seems to me, we are
forced to part with members of our community far too early, and far too
tragically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So it was again this summer,
with the passing of Mario Rousseau – a truly remarkable young man who, through
his leadership in BOND and in numerous other ways, had made a significant
impact on the lives of many members of the URI community, and on the university
as a whole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His life mattered. His life
still matters.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Events across America and across the world these past
several months speak more forcefully than ever about the necessity and the urgency
of building communities that span our differences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remain convinced that America’s public
universities present outstanding opportunities to accomplish this, and building
a diverse community that cherishes equity is one of our most important priorities
at the University of Rhode Island. In essence, our goal is to build a community
where we all say to one another: “Your life matters.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope that everyone here will endorse the centrality and
importance of this endeavor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our world
is torn by terror, mired in prejudice and mistrust, poisoned by politics, and
consumed by self-interest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I believe
that it is possible to see the world, not as it is, but as it could be.<sup>1</sup>
Imagine URI as place where each of us lived out the simple, straightforward
tenet that: “your life matters.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cannot
think of a better foundation upon which to build the community we aspire to.</span></span></div>
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<sup><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1</span></span></sup><span style="color: blue; font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This
is something I’ve long believed. You can find versions of this sentiment in the
manifesto of Acumen (a global leadership development non-profit, see
acumen.org) and at the conclusion of Disney’s 2015 Cinderella, and likely
elsewhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-12392023882884629672015-06-16T16:20:00.000-04:002015-06-16T16:20:02.494-04:00Rocky Hill School Commencement Speech<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was the commencement speaker for Rocky Hill School in East Greenwich last week. Terrific students, all of whom will be attending college. It was suggested that I post the speech somewhere on the URI website, so here it is.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Speaking
to you today is an interesting opportunity for me and I thank you for it. Over
the course of my career I have presided or assisted in at least 16
commencements, and heard dozens of commencement speeches. But I have never
given a commencement speech until today.
So congratulations – you are the first audience to hear a Dave Dooley
commencement speech, and depending upon how this goes, you may well be the
last.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I
considered talking about a lot of different things – Deflategate, the virtues
of Australian shepherds (we have one), my kids, quantum mechanics, group
theory, biological inorganic chemistry – to name a few. I ultimately concluded that there was only
one topic relevant to your graduation that I was in any way qualified to talk
about: college. When I left home to
attend the University of California, San Diego (where, coincidently my daughter
is now a resident in pediatrics at the Rady Children’s Hospital) I had no idea
of what I would do afterward. 45 years
later, I have had to come to terms with the fact that I never left
college. I’ve spent my entire career, most
of my entire life, in higher education.
So, at least from a longevity standpoint, I think I am qualified to say
something about the subject. Whether it
will be of any use or interest to you is a fair question; we’ll know in about
10 minutes.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">American
colleges and universities are the envy of the world. They are also extremely
diverse – as reflected in the list of where you will be attending – and come in
many sizes and types. It is one of the greatest strengths of our system of higher
education. There is truly a good fit for everyone who wants to go. You just have to find it. As you - or at least your parents - have
noticed, there is also great diversity in the cost of attending. And colleges and universities award various kinds
financial aid, and much of it is like discounting. The list price may not be
what you pay. These characteristics of higher education in America have led
some to conclude that a college education is a commodity, like a pickup or a
TV. </span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: #000090;">Although the notion that higher education is a commodity is widespread,
it is also completely wrong. Although we
engage in marketing, branding, competition, and are large service-oriented
enterprises, the heart of what we do is not transactional at all. Students and
families are not our customers. You cannot buy an education like you buy
cereal. Choosing a college is not like
walking down the aisle of Stop and Shop or Dave’s or Shaw’s and picking out the
box you find most appealing. Cheerios or Captain Crunch? In fact, no matter what you pay, there is no
guarantee that you will receive a good education. You can get a poor education at an Ivy League
university and a very good one at a community college. There aren’t, generally
speaking, refunds if you are dissatisfied.
That might not seem fair to you, but it is true. At URI, and among colleges and universities
generally, we will provide you a lot of stuff and many services for your money
– a place to live, food, Dunkin’, free wifi, classrooms, laboratories, counseling
and health services, entertainment, a robust social life (if you are so
inclined), and more.</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Most
importantly, we will provide you with amazing opportunities to learn. But how you take advantage of those
opportunities, and what and how much you learn, is up to you. We will provide excellent teachers and
mentors. But, again, your decisions and
actions determine how, and how much, you benefit. An education is the outcome, the product, of
an intensely collaborative effort among you, the faculty, and your fellow
students. An education is what you
create in partnership with them. You
have to do the work; you have to make the effort. At URI, and at colleges and universities in
general, we will do everything we can to help you succeed, but we cannot
guarantee that you will. That’s up to you. If you join us, you become our
partners, not our customers.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">There’s
something else you need to know about your college or university. You are going
to feel uncomfortable there sometimes. That is practically inevitable. You will
encounter people – mostly faculty and other students – who will challenge your
ideas and beliefs. Things that you
accept as true, even obvious, they might not.
You will encounter people who do not share your assumptions, your
worldview, your religious convictions, or your politics. Many of them will not
look like you, and English may not be their first language. That’s a good thing
– such diversity enhances your learning environment. No one owns or knows all the truth, and
sharing your ideas, arguments, and evidence with others – and them sharing with
you – is a great pathway to learning.
The most important skills in creating your education are listening
carefully and reading critically. </span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In
the 21<sup>st</sup> century it is increasingly possible to avoid the real world
and create an alternative reality where everyone who is virtuous agrees with
what you already believe, and those who don’t agree with you are not just wrong,
they are evil. In such a context colleges
and universities must be devoted more than ever to helping you learn to succeed
in the real world: a globally hyper-connected world where you must have the
skills, the knowledge, and the motivation to work with people who are very
different than you. Therefore you should
expect to be challenged, even uncomfortable at times. Don’t avoid that; learn
from it.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In
order to provide you the kind of environment that is needed for learning,
colleges and universities must be places where all kinds of ideas can be
presented and debated – especially new, controversial, and unpopular ones. Particularly at public universities and
colleges, the First Amendment is an important factor in our educational
community. So be prepared for that. In
order to promote learning, we in higher education work to establish a community
where all members are respected, welcomed, and affirmed. Students, faculty,
staff, and guests deserve to be heard. However, disagreement, even passionate
disagreement, is not equivalent to disrespect.
There will be tense moments, even conflict, and not just on the football
field. Such moments can provide
experience and wisdom that will serve you well long after you have graduated.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I
am the son of a cotton farmer in the Central Valley of California, who later
became a minister. I didn’t know very many people who had gone to college
except for my teachers. My dad did earn
a degree later while working full time and parenting three kids. All that I can remember from conversations
with him was that he loved college, and learned to read ancient Greek so that
he could read the New Testament in one of its original languages. Consequently, I really did not know what to
expect of college when I left for UCSD. </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: #000090;">My hope for all of you is that you will
discover at your college or university what I discovered at University of
California, San Diego: that higher education has the power to transform your
life, and help you to become a different, and better, person than you otherwise
would have been. I could not have imagined, as a kid growing up in mostly
small towns in rural California, that I would become a scientist, a professor,
a Vice President and ultimately the President of a research university. As
a first-year student at UCSD, I had no idea of what I would do after
graduation. UCSD offered what appeared to me as a universe of opportunities,
just as URI does and your college or university will. It was the exhilarating
experience of doing research as an undergraduate that set me upon the course to
where I am today</span></b><span style="color: #222222;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">You
must, of course, be willing to embrace and engage the opportunities you will
discover. If you do, you can dispense with all the limitations that may
have been imposed upon you, and create a better future for yourself and even
for the world. That is both the promise of higher education and a promise
you must make to yourself. You cannot purchase your education, but there
are a lot of good, talented people to help you create it. Creation is a lot of work, and sometimes all
consuming, but you need to remember that the work itself is not the goal.
The real goals are to discover what you truly want to do and to become the
person you aspire to be. Do not let yourself be distracted from these
goals. Be patient with yourself – all
will not go smoothly. Be patient with your parents; if we in higher education
do our job, you will be a different person in many respects than when you
entered, and your parents may not like all of the changes. </span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b><span style="color: #000090;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Most
of all, be thankful for the opportunity that your parents, family members,
teachers, and friends have helped you earn. Only a small percentage of people
alive today will ever have the opportunity that you have now. Enjoy it! Congratulations and best wishes,
Class of 2015.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-14017025715338613612015-06-03T12:22:00.001-04:002015-06-03T12:22:40.674-04:00Excellence<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
University of Rhode Island’s 2015 Commencement was a tremendous success – the
weather was perfect, the speakers inspiring, and joy and pride evident
everywhere on campus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of us who
participated in the ceremonies and celebrations benefitted from the dedicated
and practically tireless efforts of the staff, faculty, and administrators who
planned and executed all the events so wonderfully.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One
of the many special moments of the weekend were the announcements and
presentations of those members of the university who had received awards for
excellence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students, faculty, staff and
administrators were recognized for their significant and substantial
contributions to the success of the University of Rhode Island and to the good
of the URI community. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can read about
their amazing individual, and collaborative, contributions here: <a href="http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=7512">www.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=7512</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whether
it’s overseeing the enormous and critical facilities and grounds operations of
the university, supporting one of URI’s largest departments, brilliantly
teaching generations of students, or establishing oneself as an innovative,
wide-ranging author/scholar, the URI Foundation’s Excellence Award winners have
benefitted us all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, the
research and intellectual property award winners selected by the URI Research
Foundation span the breadth of the university’s scholarship, and all of them
have significantly advanced our knowledge and understanding of the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These
research and scholarship awards remind me, yet again, of the intelligence,
creativity, and energy of our students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
frequently read criticisms of students today that characterize them,
inconsistently, as uninterested, unmotivated, or foolish on one hand, or
altogether too focused on careers, jobs or money on the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These strike me as gratuitous
over-generalizations, and I seldom encounter either kind of student at the
University of Rhode Island. To the contrary, my overwhelming impression of
students here is that they are motivated, hard working, engaged, and passionate
about their studies and about making a difference. URI undergraduates are
increasingly engaged in research and creative work alongside graduate students
and faculty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether in the humanities,
social sciences, or science and engineering, our graduate and undergraduate
students are producing research and scholarship at a high level.</span></div>
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At
gatherings attended by the awardees, it was readily apparent that they were not
only proud of their own work, but also of each other and the institution in
which they worked. I think this both reflects the growing sense of community at
the University of Rhode Island, and contributes to it. We are increasingly a
community of scholars, striving for excellence in all areas of inquiry and
creative work represented by our faculty and students. Check out the most recent
issue of our publication <i>Momentum:
Research and Innovation</i> online at <a href="http://web.uri.edu/researchecondev/current-research-magazine/">http://web.uri.edu/researchecondev/current-research-magazine/</a>,
or pick up a copy at the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic
Development. I think you’ll enjoy
reading about all the truly excellent work underway at URI</div>
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President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-79663565093664769672015-05-11T14:18:00.001-04:002015-05-12T17:30:17.297-04:00An Unprecedented Ribbon Cutting<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
May 6, 2015 will be a day long remembered and celebrated in the history of the
University of Rhode Island. On that day a five-year journey involving advocacy,
planning, and construction culminated in the grand opening of the Gender and
Sexuality Center at URI. It was a
day of hopes fulfilled, of faith realized, and hard work rewarded. It was a day of joy, of celebration,
and of community. I believe that everyone who attended was
inspired and convinced that the people of the University of Rhode Island,
working together, can accomplish great things.</div>
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The Gender and Sexuality Center at the University of Rhode Island is the first
“stand-alone”, specifically designed Center of its kind at a university in the
United States. Its location on
Upper College Road at the entrance to the Kingston campus makes a statement:
the University of Rhode Island is determined to be a community, not simply an
institution, where all are welcomed, affirmed, included, supported, and
respected. The Center will
certainly serve as a home on campus for the LGBTQ members of our community, but
that is far from all. Its spaces and facilities will be open to everyone at URI
and everyone will be welcome at events and activities sponsored by the
Center. The role of the Center in
creating and building a diverse community devoted to equity will be
dramatically enhanced by the new and beautiful building that houses it. If you haven’t had an opportunity to
visit, please feel free to do so. It is a very welcoming place!</div>
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A lot of people, from all corners of the university and numerous external
partners, worked with faith, dedication, and passion to make the new Center a
reality. As time passed, hope
never faded. Among all those
involved, our students deserve the most praise and our lasting
appreciation. Their advocacy,
determination, and enthusiasm created and sustained the essential momentum that
ensured success. They bring pride
to the University of Rhode Island, and confidence in our future, because that
future is in their hands. Their
leadership has placed the University of Rhode Island in a position of national
leadership, I believe. The student voices at the grand opening ceremony – those
of Jessica Brand and Elizabeth Koller – were
eloquent and inspirational, and wonderfully represented the commitment and
aspirations of all the students who helped make the day of celebration a
reality.</div>
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If you were not able to attend, here's a brief video that captures the highlights of this amazing event. Enjoy!</div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u2GwKdUDHJg" width="560"></iframe>President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-9928582761602219802015-04-17T18:06:00.000-04:002015-04-17T18:06:08.379-04:00Student Leadership and Diversity<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The University of
Rhode Island is privileged to have frequently amazing students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They work hard, are high achievers, are
dedicated to public service, raise substantial amounts of money for numerous
non-profits and charities, and are committed to making a difference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are practically countless examples I
could provide, but the one I want to focus on here is the recent Diversifying Individuals
Via Education (DIVE) conference, which took place March 27-28.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">This innovative
and important campus event was organized and carried out by students. The DIVE
RI Conference sought to promote intercultural competence and inclusion on
college campuses through a variety of workshops and discussions. The
conference was designed to educate student leaders on the importance of racial
and ethnic identity and to empower students by exposing them to diverse
perspectives. A key goal was to develop plans of action to enhance
leadership capabilities of students and to sustain connections among students
from local colleges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Over 270 people
registered for the conference, representing URI, Brown University, RISD,
Providence College, Bryant College, Rhode Island College, Johnson and Wales
University and Bridgewater State College. The conference included two keynote
speakers, twenty-two workshops and a World Cafe during which conference
participants came together in one room, engaging in roundtable conversations.
URI faculty, staff and alumni were among the presenters and speakers. The
overall goal of the conference was to enhance the leadership capabilities of
student leaders. According to all the feedback I received, it was a tremendous
success.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I would like to
thank all the students involved for their leadership and commitment, especially
the Conference committee chairs: Brandy Jones <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Logistics); Zulmy Cortes (Speakers and
Presenters); Dayo Akinjisola (Finance); Tobi Raji (Public Relations and
Marketing); and Raquel Mendez (Events and Programming).</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I was able to
attend Dr. Marc Lamont Hill’s riveting and inspirational speech that concluded
the conference. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is among America’s
foremost public intellectuals and an outstanding scholar. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lynn and I were delighted to host Dr. Hill and
many of the students involved for dinner, where he and I had a chance to talk. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We agreed that one of the most critically
important roles of a university is to provide the environment and context for
the productive and sustained engagement among people who encompass the
diversity of our nation and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
would argue that this role for universities has never been more important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our world and our nation are increasingly
factionalized and polarized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet the
problems we face are global in scope and will demand unprecedented
collaboration and cooperation to solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">In order to overcome
the global challenges that now confront us, we will need new generations of
leaders who are comfortable working with people who are very different than
themselves. We will need leaders who can bridge differences with understanding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will need leaders who appreciate and can
learn from those who have ideas and experiences that are initially
unfamiliar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will need leaders who
understand that courage means more than defending your own ideas and opinions,
but being willing to change them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">DIVE RI was an
important step in creating exactly those kinds of leaders. That is why I think
it will have a lasting impact.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">The University
of Rhode Island values leadership, diversity, and inclusive community. The
leadership our students displayed in creating, organizing and conducting this
conference gives me great hope for the future of the University of Rhode Island
and our nation.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></div>
President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-66473545377560273362015-03-15T18:42:00.001-04:002015-03-15T18:42:28.759-04:00Making the Most of January<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There
is no doubt in my mind that the best thing about winter this year was the 2015
January term at the University of Rhode Island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Given how miserable this winter has been, one could argue that it
presented a pretty low bar for achieving the “best” status.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, in my view, our January term was so
outstanding this year that it would qualify as best even if you spent the
winter in Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s why. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over
600 students participated in J-term 2015, a 50% increase over last year – and
this is only its second year. The term included 29 “in-person” classes on
campus, and 17 travel courses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The top
reasons cited by students for taking a J-term course this year: to catch up or
get ahead on progress to their degree; interest in a specific course being
offered; looking for a opportunity to challenge themselves; and to develop new
skills. All of these are great reasons. I am especially pleased by the desire
of students to use J-term in order to stay on course to graduate in four years.
This was one of our principal motivations for establishing J-term and is one of
our top priorities.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It
is also noteworthy that so many URI students took advantage of the many
opportunities to study and learn away from Kingston.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>U.S. travel courses took students to Hawaii,
Tampa, Washington DC, around Rhode Island and to Connecticut and New York City.
International travel courses included trips to Belize, Bonaire. Chile, Cuba,
the Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Korea, and the Philippines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two of the domestic trips were focused on
career exploration and networking and included visits to companies in RI, CT,
and New York City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These trips, in
particular, received rave reviews from the students who participated, although students
evaluated all the off-campus courses very positively.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indeed,
one of most encouraging and rewarding outcomes of J-term has been the student
experience. How do we know? Here are some quotes from students (some comments
were edited to preserve confidentiality):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black;">“I liked everything about the course. It was fantastic in every way
imaginable. Visiting the different work settings gave me some serious insight
as to where I would like to take my career. I was very unhappy when this course
came to an end</span><span style="color: black;">."</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“It was fantastic to focus on just one class
and really give it my all.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“I
enjoyed 2015 URI Winter J Term, it was well planned and the communication with the
professor and my classmates was amazing. I truly enjoyed my class during J
Term.”</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black;">“</span><span style="color: black;">It</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">was</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">a</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">priceless</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">experience</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">and</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">essentially</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">important</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">to</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">my education.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“The 2015
Winter J Term was phenomenal. It did a fine job compressing a full semester
course into a few weeks. More importantly, course is a class that should be
promoted at lot more. I feel like it can operate as a prerequisite and
preparation for URI students seeking internship opportunities in the following
Spring semester. The class was beyond informative and offered enough online
homework that kept my classmates and I engaged and busy.”</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“The
condensed workload and tight time frame were ideal. It lends itself to staying
on track and becoming more involved in the class.”</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“I liked
that J Term gave me the opportunity to catch up on credits and also prepare me
better for the spring semester.”</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“The J
Term class I was enrolled in was the most beneficial class I have ever taken at
URI. I learned more about how to better prepare myself for after graduation in
those 2 weeks more than I have in my 4 years at URI. Everyone should have to
take this course. I wouldn't change a thing."</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“I really
enjoy the J term classes because, while challenging, I believe they offer a
concentrated curriculum that is interesting and understandable. I find my
experiences thus far taking J-term classes to be rewarding and informative. I
will certainly recommend the J term semester to other students wishing to earn
some extra credits during the break.”<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is now no doubt that the University
of Rhode Island January Term offers unique and tremendously beneficial
opportunities for our students. There is a lot more we can do, however. Many more students would benefit from J-term
classes, so let’s set a goal of doubling enrollment for January 2016. Given the extremely strong positive response
from students, we should create one career/networking course for every college
or school. Also, it will be very important to create J-term courses in
high-demand areas, especially laboratories in the sciences. This should be a top priority for the
university.</span><span style="font-family: News Gothic MT;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-48741305246863236052015-03-02T17:32:00.003-05:002015-03-02T17:32:53.223-05:00The Value of College<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I
write this, it is snowing again in Rhode Island, to absolutely no one’s
surprise, and to Rhody’s continuing delight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In short, a good time to read and write, something University of Rhode
Island students do a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two articles
appeared within a few days of each other in February that caught my attention:
“The Rich Man’s Dropout Club”, by Beth McMurtrie in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chronicle of Higher Education</i>, and “Bachelor’s degrees lead to
employment and more training”, by Paul Fain, in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Inside Higher Education.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both
articles are worth reading, if you have not already read them. And both
contribute to the ongoing conversation about the value of higher education in
America today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
article by Fain begins with the assertion: “Doubts about the labor-market
returns of bachelor’s degrees, while never serious, can be put to rest.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is probably comforting to the students
who have recently received, or are working towards, a bachelor’s degree, as
well as to their families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The data and
analyses described in the article are consistent with numerous previous studies
and the experiences shared with me by innumerable graduates of the institutions
I have served – Amherst College, Montana State University, and the University
of Rhode Island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Personally, it is
certainly true that I graduated from UCSD with far more knowledge, with new and
essential skills, and with greater wisdom than when I entered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would have been simply impossible for me
to succeed without what I learned and experienced in those four years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However,
I certainly agree with the statement that: “college is not for everyone”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is self-evident.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The article by McMurtrie chronicles the
experiences of several members of the inaugural class of Thiel Fellows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may recall that these fellowships were
established by billionaire Peter Thiel to provide $100,000 to talented young
people so they could forgo higher education and pursue their ambitions
immediately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It generated a lot of
attention at the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One
interpretation of the results (based on the CHE article): generously funded
fellowships with the freedom to pursue your own ideas are not for everyone
either (even those chosen in a highly selective process).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here
is what resonated with me from the accounts in the McMurtrie story: “The most
valuable part of the fellowship for many wasn’t the freedom or the money but
the network they were plugged into. Although less structured in its early days,
the fellowship now offers retreats, internships, summer housing, and teams of
advisors who work in and around the industries to which the fellows
aspire.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hmmm, at the University of
Rhode Island, and many, many other institutions of higher education, we would
call that experiential learning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it
has been around for a while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We
know that experiential learning, whether via internships or in laboratories, or
the field, or in many other contexts, is a powerful educational strategy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Research, creative work, and experiential
learning provide unique opportunities for learning that cannot be replicated in
standard classrooms. That is why these activities are a key part of our
Academic Strategic Plan, and why we created the Center for Career and
Experiential Education and the Business Engagement Center. This is one reason
why we brought the Small Business Development Center and the Manufacturing
Extension Partnership under the URI umbrella. It is why we are connecting our
private-sector partners and alumni with our students. One of the most
impressive and exciting outcomes of URI’s new January term is the additional opportunity
it provides for rich and rewarding experiential learning (more on this in the
next post).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
final point I would like to make after reflecting on these articles is this. It
is true that college is not for everyone. Very few things are good for
everyone. But the opportunity to go to college should be provided to everyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The challenges of the 21<sup>st</sup> century
are difficult, vast, and complicated. The more we know, the more we can learn,
the better equipped we collectively will be to meet them.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-52432037009420687202015-01-31T13:51:00.000-05:002015-02-03T14:41:15.167-05:00Winter in Rhode Island<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rhody heading out to play</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although I grew up in California, I have spent nearly all of my working life in Massachusetts, Montana, and Rhode Island - locations that truly have four seasons. Winter in Montana can certainly be challenging, but it also can be a truly wonderful and beautiful season. The skiing, in particular, is among the very best in the world. Nonetheless, Rhody appears to enjoy winter more than anyone I have ever met. More specifically, he enjoys snow - the more the better. And as we all know, this past week brought quite a lot of it to Rhode Island and to our main campus in Kingston. Rhody was ecstatic. I'm not sure anyone else was, other perhaps than dogs who have grown up in winter climates, and many of our resident students who appeared to enjoy all the snow and a couple of unscheduled mid-winter vacation days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am always impressed by the great work of the staff at the University of Rhode Island to keep the campus running during blizzards and other major storms. On behalf of all of us who depend on them - thank you! Many of our staff in facilities and grounds, public safety, housing and residence life, student affairs, and dining services worked very long, very difficult hours, so that our campus was protected, students were fed, and to ensure that we could re-open as soon as possible. Some folks worked 36 hours, or more, straight through the blizzard. You are simply indispensable to the success of URI and all the members of our community are grateful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is Saturday, and - good news for Rhody - there's more snow in the forecast. Thanks in advance for all the extra work that may be required next week. Rhody and I will see some of you on campus, even if we are officially "closed".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition, I would also like to thank the faculty and our academic support staff, who work diligently to ensure that our academic priorities and goals for the semester will be met, regardless of the disruptions from New England's weather.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keep safe and stay warm!</span></div>
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President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-9642904980260732742015-01-26T17:24:00.002-05:002015-01-26T17:24:30.778-05:00Reading Charlie Hebdo<div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; font-size: 11.0pt;">While working in my
office waiting for the blizzard to arrive I concluded this would be a good time
to post on my blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This column is co-authored
with Professor Karen de Bruin and her colleagues in the French Section of our Department
of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like most people I found the recent terrorist
attacks in Paris and the surrounding area, which began with an attack on the
French satirical publication <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Charlie
Hebdo</i>, to be a disturbing reminder of the fragility of peace and our social
order. These attacks should also remind us that modern transportation, social
media, translation software and the internet tie us more closely together than
ever before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Consequently, our
increasingly global society requires us to become more sophisticated and
responsible than ever with regard to how we understand cultures, languages and
cultural products. It is in the spirit of sensitivity to cultural difference
that this post will suggest starting points from which a university-wide
discussion of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Charlie Hebdo </i>tragedy could
begin.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Charlie
Hebdo</span></i><span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is a weekly French caricature
newspaper that positions itself on the left of the French political spectrum. Since
<i>Charlie Hebdo</i> emphasizes caricature, one needs a solid understanding of
the French language and also familiarity with French current events, politics,
religion, history, language and culture in order to understand it. The
journalists and caricaturists at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Charlie
Hebdo </i>see themselves as defenders of both secularism (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">laïcité</i>), a founding value of the French Republic, and freedom of
expression. But more importantly, they see themselves as promoters of humor.
They pride themselves on poking fun at people, ideas, events and phenomena, and
religion. They mock all political parties, regimes and religions, and they are
especially provocative in their criticism of extremism. Though the vast
majority of satirical articles and caricatures in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Charlie Hebdo</i>, have to do with a broad range of contemporary
politics and current events, they have recently targeted the National Front
party (Marine Le Pen’s party whose rhetoric often unfavorably targets
immigrants in France) and radical Islamists.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Four of France’s
greatest and wittiest caricature artists were killed in the attacks. These four
artists, and especially Cabu and Wolinski, were intellectuals, journalists,
artists and humorists of the first order. Their caricatures almost always
embodied what is known in France as “second-degree humor, ” which is a mix of
satire, wit, play on words, suggestion, repartee and implicit or explicit
mockery. It is the very basis of French humor, and has been for centuries, but it
can lead to multiple interpretations, and almost always requires a deep knowledge
of context. The fact that second-degree humor is integrally part of the French spirit
explains in part why regular targets of the caricatures in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Charlie Hebdo</i>, like former president Nicolas Sarkozy, the current
president François Hollande, former Prime Minister Alain Juppé and current
Prime Minister Manuel Valls chose to participate in the large protests against
the terrorists.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is also important
to recognize that </span><span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">French republican values are very much
rooted in “Liberty, Equality and Fraternity,” much as American values are
rooted in “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” The French perspective
on religion has roots in the French Revolution of 1789 and its first
constitution that established freedom of conscience as an inalienable right. In
1958, the French constitution went further to defend secularism more generally
stating: “France is an indivisible, secular, democratic and social republic. It
insures equality before the law for all of its citizens independent of origin,
race or religion.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Consequently,
the French State believes that while everyone has the right to practice a
religion, people also have the right to not have religion imposed upon them. Many</span><span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> French people do not
identify with the political and anti-clerical stances of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Charlie Hebdo</i>, but by the same token, they may not consider the
newspaper offensive, either - they consider it French. On the contrary, the terrorists
who carried out the attack apparently considered <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Charlie Hebdo </i>to be not only deeply offensive, but also a threat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; font-size: 11pt;">These are just some of
the things that must be considered as we try to make sense of what happened in
France, as we should as a university. Learning language for professional
reasons is only the first step toward learning about another culture. Language
learning that strips the study of language from the study of culture, and that
allows learners to judge the world solely from the perspective of their own
values and presuppositions, will only impoverish our global understanding. As
academics interested in the promotion of global learning and competency, we
have a responsibility toward our students, our communities, and our mission to
understand the world’s increasing globalization to promote the study of
language in tandem with the study of culture. At the very least, this holistic study
will allow us to learn and to judge grand challenges from different vantage
points than our own. It might also just diminish the risk, even if slightly, of
future attacks like the one on </span><i><span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Charlie Hebdo.</span></i></div>
President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-83731403605827010742014-12-29T19:54:00.000-05:002014-12-30T13:54:23.502-05:00Thanks, Gifts, and Hopes<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="color: #000090; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanksgiving and Christmas are behind
us, and the New Year is rapidly approaching – a good time to reflect upon all
the good things that were accomplished in 2014, the gifts and blessings we
received, and to contemplate the year ahead, with its new possibilities and
opportunities.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000090; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is no doubt that 2014 was an
outstanding year for the University of Rhode Island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The year included another budget increase
from the state, a tuition freeze, support for required electrical utility
upgrades, approval by state government and the voters for $125 million to renew
the College of Engineering facilities, and the approval and ground-breaking for
the Rhode Island Nursing Education Center (part of a transformational $215
million project with Brown University and Rhode Island College).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fall 2014 saw URI reach its highest
enrollment in history, with a record-setting entering class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indeed there was much to appreciate and for
which to be thankful.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000090; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As President, the gifts that mean the
most, and the things for which I am most thankful, are associated with the
people of the University of Rhode Island: the achievements of our faculty as
teachers and scholars; the dedication of our staff; the success and
accomplishments of our students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
community is continuously setting higher standards for itself and all its
members, and then, far more often than not, surpassing those standards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievements of our students, staff, and
faculty are gaining increased attention and respect across the state. I think
this is one of the clear messages demonstrated by the very positive support of the
business community and the people of Rhode Island for our College of
Engineering bond question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000090; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The New Year will certainly bring both
new opportunities and challenges. I am optimistic that there will be much more to
celebrate at the end of 2015. And I am confident that we will have much to be
thankful for once again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-89105994725256320952014-11-12T09:20:00.000-05:002014-11-12T09:20:14.888-05:00One hundred twenty-five million thanks!To the overwhelming majority of voters who said yes on 4, the University of Rhode Island says thank you! We are so grateful to the 63.4 percent of Rhode Islanders in 38 cities and towns who approved the $125 million bond for a new College of Engineering.<br />
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You have made it possible for us to build a state-of-the-art facility that will transform buildings, classrooms, and laboratories that have not been changed in 50 years. Engineering is a field that generates significant revenue and jobs for the state of Rhode Island – today, the <a href="http://egr.uri.edu/" target="_blank">College of Engineering</a> produces $142 million in economic activity for the state. That number will increase thanks to your support.<br />
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Throughout the bond campaign, we were gratified to receive the endorsement of major newspapers, chambers of commerce, and professional organizations, as well as Rhode Island’s top engineering businesses, which rely heavily on graduates of URI’s engineering programs to fill highly skilled positions. In fact, more than 4,000 URI engineering graduates work for 750 Rhode Island companies. We are proud of our partnerships with the state’s corporate community, and we are confident that the new engineering complex will only strengthen these important collaborations.<br />
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You have given your flagship research institution a tremendous gift in approving this bond. And we do not take your trust in us lightly. We pledge to do our part in revitalizing Rhode Island’s economy. And while it is true that the new College of Engineering will sit on our Kingston campus, it belongs to all of Rhode Island.<br />
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Thank you for believing in the power of thinking big. Together we will celebrate a brighter future for Rhode Island as we enter a new era in engineering at URI.President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-60276195969644565382014-11-02T12:37:00.000-05:002014-11-02T12:37:08.738-05:00Show Up<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is a truism that “the world is run by those who show up”. At the University of Rhode Island this is not a cliché or a platitude. Currently, shared governance is vibrant and strong at URI, but it can be even better, and we are working to achieve that outcome. The participation of our faculty, staff, and students in setting the priorities and defining the future of the university is critical. So is the input from our alumni and partners. I ask, and hope, that all members of our community will seek out ways, and take advantage of opportunities, to be engaged in setting our course. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> “Showing up” is essential to democracy. Our votes do matter. It may well be that the decisions and direction of our state and nation would be different had voter turnout in recent primaries and general elections been other than they were. I think that America will be its best when all Americans who are eligible vote. The same is true for Rhode Island. These are unrealistic goals, but certainly we should aim to come as close to achieving them as we can. I believe that our state and our county will make its best choices and decisions when those choices and decisions closely reflect the collective judgment of all Rhode Islanders and all Americans – in all of our diversity.
So let’s vote on Tuesday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A lot is at stake, in Rhode Island and nationally. A lot is at stake for the University of Rhode Island. An affirmative vote on Question 4, to build new facilities for the College of Engineering at URI, is especially important. The need for new facilities in engineering is critical. The opportunities that will be provided as a result of these new facilities will be truly remarkable – and will benefit the entire campus and every member of our community. Indeed, these facilities will benefit all Rhode Islanders because the invigorated and expanded research and educational activities that result will be a timely and continuing stimulus for economic growth and prosperity in our state. Together, we can create a better future by approving Question 4.</span></div>
President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-20919744499221046812014-10-16T14:24:00.003-04:002014-10-16T16:39:41.503-04:00Manufacturing and Yes on 4<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Recently
the University of Rhode Island hosted representatives from many of Rhode
Island’s top manufacturing companies to recognize National Manufacturing
Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The range of products
represented was truly amazing – nuclear-powered submarines to high-tech shoelaces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I kid you not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Equally impressive was the fact that
these manufacturing companies are succeeding in the intensely competitive
international marketplace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many
people doubt that Rhode Island-based manufacturing can compete, especially
compared to locations where labor costs are substantially less than here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact is, however, that numerous
manufacturing companies located in Rhode Island are globally competitive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I
have visited many competitive manufacturing companies in Rhode Island – large
and small. A common element to their success is Innovation: innovative
products; innovations in efficiency and productivity; innovative marketing and
customer service; Innovations in creating opportunities for the growth and
development of their personnel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The successful Rhode Island manufacturers I am familiar with are
characterized by consistent (bordering on relentless) innovation in some or all
of these areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; font-size: 15px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">So,
if these companies can be globally competitive, why can we not create or
attract more such manufacturers here? Why can we not assist our existing
manufacturers in becoming even more successful, and therefore to expand?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both strategies would produce more
economic growth, more opportunities, and more good jobs in Rhode Island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think we can do this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Of
course, we are all aware of the structural difficulties associated with being
in Rhode Island, and we must develop effective strategies to improve our
competitive standing as a state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While
that challenging work is underway, the University of Rhode Island is vigorously
pursuing multiple approaches to assist our existing manufacturing companies and
to create new companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is
why we created the Business Engagement Center, brought the federal
Manufacturing Extension Program into our Research Foundation and reorganized it
as Polaris MEP, and also took on the administration and leadership of Rhode
Island’s Small Business Development Center.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The
University of Rhode Island is doing even more. Research drives innovation and
stimulates the creation of new products, new services, and new companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The locus of much of this activity at
URI is the College of Engineering. Research universities like URI not only
produce the advanced, highly-skilled workforce so essential to economic
prosperity, these institutions also produce new intellectual property and create
new companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Consider this:
graduates and faculty of the College of Engineering have founded 28 companies
in Rhode Island, and another 17 in our New England neighbors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hundreds of companies, including
practically all of Rhode Island’s leading manufacturing and technology
companies employ graduates of the University of Rhode Island’s College of Engineering.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This
is one of many reasons why approval of Question 4 on our November ballot is so
critical to the future of Rhode Island. Modern, competitive facilities for
education and research are essential to expanding and sustaining a globally
competitive economy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
convinced that Rhode Island can compete – because we have so many great
examples all around us – but only if we have the people and the facilities to
drive innovation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Rhode Island
economy may finally be gaining new momentum. Now is not the time to “take our
foot off the gas”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vote Yes on 4.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">For more information, please visit <a href="http://engineering4ri.com/">engineering4ri.com</a></span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-35320628914385124732014-09-22T13:48:00.005-04:002014-09-22T13:48:45.817-04:00Our Student Athletes<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have previously written about URI's outstanding student athletes. They provide leadership, service, diversity, and so much more, to our campus community - in addition to representing the University of Rhode Island in competition and in many other ways. Here are just a few recent examples: over 75 student-athletes, representing all 18 varsity teams, participated in "Rhody Reads" - reading to nearly 1,000 kids at four elementary schools; 50 student athletes volunteered at the Rhode Island Special Olympics, hosted at URI; student athletes regularly volunteer and raise funds for Habitat for Humanity; URI baseball has hosted an Autism Awareness Day for six years; and multiple teams raised funds for breast cancer research and treatment. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">URI's student athletes continue to excel in their academic work. For the spring semester of 2014 our student athletes posted a combined GPA of 2.96 (3.16 for the women and 2.78 for the men. 33% of them were on the Dean's List. This performance is among the best in recent years.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To thank all of our student athletes for their dedication and achievement, Lynn and I hosted the teams for an outdoor cookout at our house on September 7th . We have frequently invited teams over, but this was the first time we had all of our teams at once (excepting mens soccer, who were away). The coaches, their families, and Rhody joined us as well. I think a great time was had by all, as the photos below will indicate. Not every team could pose for a photo, and I couldn't fit all the pictures in, so I'll post more at another time.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loading up</span></td>
<td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The food</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rhody colors were in evidence</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Athletes at work</span></td>
<td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AD Thorr Bjorn chows down</span></td>
<td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Macro Jenga</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rhody at bat</span></td>
<td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rowing</span></td>
<td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Basketball</span></td></tr>
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<td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Basketball</span></td>
<td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Football</span></td></tr>
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President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-55108815862184796062014-09-02T14:58:00.000-04:002014-09-02T14:58:42.175-04:00Warning Labels
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All of us (probably) have read
warning labels on all kinds of products. Such labels are omnipresent, so much
so that the tendency to ignore them is pervasive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Warning labels can be useful, and on certain products, like
medications, reading the label carefully might be essential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we enter the fall semester of 2014,
higher education is increasingly engaged in an escalating and complex series of
conversations that include consideration of what may be appropriate “warnings”
or perhaps disclosures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
conversations cover such issues as “content warnings” for courses, expectations
for responsible discourse, campus cultures, the meaning and limits of academic
freedom, and possible boundaries involving “free speech” and “civility”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My motivation for this particular
post is not to address the numerous, complicated reasons why higher education
is currently engaged in these conversations. Rather it is to consider, and ask
the members of the University of Rhode Island community to consider, what kind
of disclosure or “warning label” might be consistent with both our identity as
a public research university and our shared values.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, I’m not talking about things
like: “The traffic coming to URI at 8.30am M-F can remind you of Boston”; or
“The coldest part of campus in the spring is the baseball field if there’s a
home game”; or “Multiple showers required after ooze ball”; or “Faculty Senate
meetings can be a bit tedious, especially if the President speaks.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These facts are so well known across
campus that a disclosure statement or warning label would be redundant.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am thinking about the
distinction between our ideal – that every member of our community should feel
welcomed, affirmed, supported, and respected – and the notion that we should
feel “comfortable” here at all times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When I was a young faculty member at Amherst College, our President at
the time, G. Amour Craig, gave a commencement speech in which he critiqued the
idea that the statement “I’m comfortable with that” constituted a sound basis
for decisions at Amherst. He asserted, if memory serves accurately, that there will be times in which the best decision for the college and its students
may well be one that makes at least some members of the community distinctly
uncomfortable. The discomfort would arise perhaps because the right decision
would encompass something new, or challenging, or entail some risk, or simply
be a departure from the then-current, tacit assumptions widely shared across
the campus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">President Craig was right, I
think. “Comfort” may be the best criterion to use when securing an airline seat
assignment, or choosing a mattress, but it could be misleading, inappropriate,
or damaging if preferentially applied to the kinds of decisions frequently made
at the University of Rhode Island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We must be especially cautious if the “comfort” standard reflects
compatibility with our own social, political, philosophical, or religious views
– for multiple reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, the
University of Rhode Island is a diverse community with widely varying views
among its members, so seeking outcomes where everyone is “comfortable” at all
times would inevitably lead to complete paralysis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More importantly, it is invariably a mistake for any
individual, or group of like-minded individuals, to believe that they have a
monopoly on the truth; history teaches otherwise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the best attributes of a university is that it can be,
and should be, a place where one’s ideas, assumptions, and worldview can be
challenged and examined in an environment that is supportive and encouraging.
Consequently, in many instances the better response is not “I’m comfortable
with that”, but something like: “I see your point. I’m not sure I agree, and it
makes me uncomfortable, but I must admit that you may be right.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After all, we are not aiming for
comfort; we are aiming for truth.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, perhaps the “warning label”
for new students at the University of Rhode Island should read something like:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Caution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joining the University of Rhode Island
community may cause occasional mild to significant discomfort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Faculty members and fellow students may
challenge your ideas and beliefs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You will be expected to respectfully challenge theirs, which may cause
additional discomfort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will
also live and learn with people who are very different than you, which may lead
to occasional mild anxiety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not
be alarmed because such feelings are within the normal range.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Assistance in dealing with these
feelings will be provided by your advisor, resident academic mentor (RAM), RA,
instructor, friends, and other members of the community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And remember, these experiences,
although episodically uncomfortable, will help prepare you for success upon
graduation from the University of Rhode Island.</span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-44685950713919909542014-08-16T13:23:00.001-04:002014-09-22T16:17:01.956-04:00What URI Did on Its Summer Vacation<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT";">One
of the most frequent questions I get following commencement until Labor Day is
something along the lines of: “Must be nice to have a break; are things pretty
quiet at URI?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have previously
commented on the University of Rhode Island’s summer (in 2010), but 2014 and
the summers that immediately preceded it have been extraordinary, and warrant
some comment here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; text-align: justify;">The
campus hosted over 57,000 people this summer, in programs and events that
included the Rhode Island Special Olympics, the US Youth Soccer Association
Region 1 Tournament, the RI National Guard parachute competition, multiple
sports camps, and numerous educational and research programs.</span><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; text-align: justify;">I will highlight some of these, but first I
want to thank the staff, faculty, and managers who made all of these programs
so successful.</span><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; text-align: justify;">Staff from URI’s
maintenance, grounds, custodial, residence life, and dining operations were simply
outstanding. So also were the essential administrative and support staff from
all the divisions of the university.</span><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; text-align: justify;">In
addition to creating, teaching, or supervising numerous special or intensive
summer programs, the faculty of URI taught 5,250 students over the summer, and
directed the research and scholarly work of hundreds of graduate and
undergraduate students.</span><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; text-align: justify;">Thanks again, to
you all.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT';">In
order to keep this post to a readable length, I can only mention some of the
highlights of an extremely busy summer, a summer with far too little South
County beach time.</span><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT';">Noteworthy events and
programs include:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; text-indent: -0.25in;">The
annual Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) conference, supported by
the NSF and NIH, featured 138 posters by undergraduates and over 400 attendees
from URI and the other eight participating colleges and universities in Rhode Island,
(see </span><a href="http://web.uri.edu/surfconference/" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT";">http://web.uri.edu/surfconference/</span></a><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; text-indent: -0.25in;">)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; text-indent: -0.25in;">The
Graduate School of Oceanography also provides a SURF program in oceanography,
which included undergraduates from 14 colleges and universities across the
country, and is in its 30<sup>th</sup> year, see </span><span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=7144" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=7144</a></span><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; text-indent: -0.25in;">The
Kingston Chamber Musical Festival, hosted and supported by URI, celebrated its
26<sup>th</sup> season with eight near-capacity concerts featuring “many of the
world’s finest solo and chamber music artists” – to quote Artistic Director
Natalie Zhu.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; text-indent: -0.25in;">URI
presented its Eighth Annual Ocean State Writer’s Conference with 176 attendees,
which has become one of the premier writer’s conferences in the northeast; the
link for this summer’s conference is <a href="http://www.uri.edu/summerwriting/2014/index.html">http://www.uri.edu/summerwriting/2014/index.html</a></span><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; text-indent: -0.25in;">URI
has an expanding array of special educational programs for international
students, including the International Summer Engineering Academy and multiple
Summer Cultural Exchange Programs for students from China and Taiwan; students
in the latter programs study either Finance and Investment or Global
Enterprise Management, as well as English.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Intensive
language programs involved dozens of students in the study of German and
Chinese; in addition a new program for middle- and high-school instructors in
French was launched in 2014,</span><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #011837; font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">sponsored by the French Embassy in
Washington, D.C., the French Consulate in Boston, and URI’s Modern and
Classical Languages and Literatures Department; see the story on our homepage, <a href="http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=7142">http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=7142</a></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT';">There
is much, much more of course, but a final note: approximately 100 of our
student athletes were on campus this summer taking classes, working, and
preparing for their seasons, which reflects their commitment to excellence in
their academic work and in competition.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT';">I
would not be surprised if here may well be folks at the University of Rhode
Island who look upon the fall as the time when things “quiet down”.</span><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT';">A modern research university like URI truly
does operate on a 12-month, nearly 365-day calendar. As you know, Lynn, Rhody
and I live on campus and there are truly quiet days – December 25 and January
1.</span></div>
President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-10615073336243746422014-05-08T13:52:00.000-04:002014-05-10T16:11:43.223-04:00An Early Welcome to the Class of 2018
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As
we say “thanks and best wishes” to the Class of 2014, the University of Rhode
Island is preparing to welcome the Class of 2018 to the campus. Your Class promises
to be another superb addition to our vibrant and diverse community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have enjoyed the opportunities to
talk with many of you already during your visits to the campus, and look
forward to welcoming you in September when you arrive. You will have a busy and
all-too-brief summer to prepare and get organized, and I know you are excited
and enthusiastic about joining the URI community. We are delighted that you
have selected the University of Rhode Island.</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
I
suspect that one element of your excitement and enthusiasm is your recognition
that you will be changed, perhaps even transformed, by your experience here,
and that upon graduation in 2018 you will be a different person than when you
arrive this fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That certainly
was the case for me. Allow me to share with you some of my story.</div>
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When
I was born, my father was farming cotton in the Central Valley of California.
Like many young men of his generation, he had left high school early to enlist
in the armed forces following the attack on Pearl Harbor. No one in his or my
mother’s family had been to college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eventually he left farming to pursue a life as a minister, and for that
he felt he needed a college education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So we left the Valley and temporarily moved near Riverside, a small,
mostly agricultural town that was just beginning to experience the explosive
growth that has long characterized southern California. He managed three small
children and two jobs while attending college. Twice he had accidents and
totaled two cars by falling asleep at the wheel. I don’t remember much about
those incidents except my mother’s fear and worry. But my father was convinced
that a college education was critical to our future and was determined to
succeed. He did, and his graduation was a very proud moment for him and my mom
– I remember that clearly, even though I had absolutely no idea at the time
what a college education was.</div>
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Subsequently,
my closest grandmother (my mom’s mother) decided to pursue a nursing degree.
She went to Porterville Community College part time while working at a state
hospital facility. By then I could read and found some of her nursing textbooks
fascinating, and she encouraged my interest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She then bought us two different sets of encyclopedias, and
encouraged me to explore them, which I did, reading practically everything from
A-Z. My father, mother, and grandmother insisted that “going to college” was essential
and that education was the key to my future. They demanded that all other goals
must be secondary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t
really presented to me as a choice, and I am glad that it wasn’t. Very few of
my extended family went to college, but it was, without any doubt whatsoever,
the best course for me and my brother and sister.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
You,
the members of the Class of 2018, will discover at the University of Rhode
Island what I discovered at University of California, San Diego: that higher
education has the power to transform your life, and help you to become a
different, and better, person than you otherwise would have been.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could not have imagined, as a kid
growing up in mostly small towns in rural California, that I would become a
scientist, a professor, a Vice President and ultimately the President of a
research university.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even as a
first-year student at UCSD, I had no firm idea of what I would do after
graduation. UCSD offered what appeared to me as a universe of opportunities,
just as URI does. It was the exhilarating experience of doing research as an
undergraduate that set me upon the course to where I am today.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
You
must, of course, be willing to embrace and engage the opportunities that URI
provides, just as the Class of 2014 did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you do, you can
dispense with all the limitations that may have been imposed upon you, and
create your own future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is
both the promise of higher education and a promise you must make to
yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You cannot purchase your
education, but we can help you create it. We are partners in this endeavor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be a lot of work, and sometimes
all consuming, but you need to remember that the work itself is not the
goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The goal is to become the
person you aspire to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not
let yourself be distracted from this goal. We will be there to help. Welcome to
the University of Rhode Island, and best wishes for your success.</div>
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<!--EndFragment-->President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-23740320718448366072014-05-03T15:22:00.001-04:002014-05-03T15:22:55.661-04:00Thank You to Class of 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It
is that time of year again – our students are preparing for and taking final
exams, or finishing their final papers or projects. Many are engaged in these
activities for the last time as an undergraduate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our Class of 2014 will receive many, many
congratulations from family, friends, faculty and staff, and from their fellow
members of the Class.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I
will add my congratulations as well, but I am really writing to say “Thank
you”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This spring, like all the springs
in prior years, it was a real privilege for me to attend the Rainville Awards,
the Diversity Awards, the student-athlete awards, and many other events that
celebrated the contributions and achievements of our students. You are an
amazing group, just like the classes that preceded you at the University of
Rhode Island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you for the
leadership you have provided to the campus, thank you for your service to the
people and communities of Rhode Island, thank you for the new ideas you have
shared, thank you for your achievements in research, scholarship and creative
work, thank you for your contributions to the important discussions on arming,
sustainability, and the new General Education curriculum, and thank you for
just being who you are.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No
graduating class is perfect because no individual is perfect. We’ve certainly
had our collective ups and downs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
your talent, dedication, hard work, and numerous achievements inspire optimism
for the future, regardless of the substantial challenges we will face together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So thank you for that, too.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As
we finalize our preparations for commencement, many of you already have your
next job secured, others of you are going into some of the finest graduate
programs in the world (including programs at URI), and some of you are still
thinking about, or looking for, what comes next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My hope is that the University of Rhode
Island has prepared you well for success, whatever your course might be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the years ahead, all of us who remain at
URI will be delighted if you remember your time here and remain an engaged
member of our community. And I thank you in advance for that.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While
I’m at it, belated “thank you’s” to the Classes of 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.
What I wrote above is just as applicable to you. You make me proud to be a part
of the University of Rhode Island.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best
wishes, and please stay in touch.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
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President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-3370734494305707782014-03-31T12:33:00.000-04:002014-03-31T12:33:47.787-04:00The Liberal Arts in the 21st Century
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<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT";">A recurrent theme in the contemporary conversation
about higher education is the need for more research and more graduates in
disciplines associated with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Rightfully so. These are critical areas of knowledge for facing and resolving
the global challenges of our time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Furthermore, a compelling case is readily made that such disciplines are
crucial to economic competitiveness and job creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, creating the necessary understanding of the
difficult challenges and choices ahead will depend upon increased scientific
and quantitative literacy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT";">Less well understood, I think, is the
equally critical importance of education in the liberal arts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are no longer merely a part of the
global economy; we live in an increasingly global society. Thomas Friedman (of
“The World is Flat” fame) makes the point that we now live in a
“hyper-connected” and “interdependent” world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Consequently, the global society thereby created is
exceedingly complex. It is a shared, 24/7 society layered on an enormous and
frequently incompatible array of cultures, languages, histories, religions, and
governments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In such a world,
studies of history, religion, philosophy, economics, sociology, communications,
languages, and numerous other subjects commonly thought of as comprising the
liberal arts, are important components of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">higher</i>
education<a href="" name="_GoBack"></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The skills of critical analysis, expository or thematic writing, presentation,
research, and communication are essential for success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Music, art, literature, and their
manifestations on the global web are increasingly the means by which culture is
translated, assimilated, and understood.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT";">The ways in which we teach and engage
students with the liberal arts must necessarily adapt. John Dewey presciently
observed: “If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them
of tomorrow.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The global context
should be at the forefront of our pedagogical strategies. Many entering
students sense that a global perspective is important in areas such as economics,
political science, and history, but may be less aware of the connections and
impacts in other domains important to their studies, their lives, and their
futures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Uncovering and
illuminating the rapidly expanding connections and relationships among cultures
and nations is an important role of liberal arts education in the 21<sup>st</sup>
century. To achieve this goal, education in the liberal arts needs to be both
rigorous in its exposition of the nature and contributions of the various
disciplines involved, and consistently interdisciplinary in its approach to the
new reality of an interdependent world.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT";">The University of Rhode Island is making
excellent progress toward this global vision for liberal arts education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, it is a key feature of our
academic strategic plan and of much of the scholarship and creative work
conducted in the humanities, the social sciences, and the arts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Harrington School of Communication and
Media has a global orientation and emphasis for all its programs, and views
communications in the 21<sup>st</sup> century as an interconnected,
interdisciplinary realm of expertise and activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our emphasis on the study of language in combination with
other disciplines, going well beyond introductory language instruction to
include literature, cultural studies, and time abroad, is an exemplary approach
for students to gain true global competencies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>URI’s increasing success in bringing students from across
the world to help build a diverse community on our campus is essential to
develop resilient multicultural understanding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "News Gothic MT";">The nations, societies, and cultures of
our world are now intimately connected and mutually dependent. Misunderstanding
and miscommunication can be catastrophic. Peace, health, and economic
prosperity depend on people and places that were once remote, but are no
longer. The study of humanity – its history, behavior, thought, and creativity
– which is the focus of the liberal arts, has never been more important than in
the world of the 21<sup>st</sup> century.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At
this year’s ACE national conference an interesting question came up, which
(paraphrased) was: How can universities make the changes required to adapt to a
rapidly changing (and increasing) set of challenges and opportunities?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The answer provided: “focus on the
why”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
This
could mean a lot of different things, depending on precisely which “why?”
question is posed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are
several relevant and important questions in this category. To name a few: Why
should students and their families pay the current tuition to attend URI? Or:
Why should the state legislature and the Governor provide additional support to
URI? Or: Why would faculty and staff want to work for URI now, and in the
future?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s one I deal with
very frequently: Why should alumni and other potential supporters give to
URI?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These questions, and the
associated answers, are clearly central to the vitality, quality, and future of
the University of Rhode Island.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
As
important as they are, not one of these is the most important question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That question is: Why are we here?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The answer is known to all of us: To
educate students<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. It is, ultimately,
about them, and not about us – the faculty and staff.</i> The University of
Rhode Island has multiple important missions, but education at the
undergraduate and graduate levels is the heart and soul of the university and
the foundation of all of our missions and endeavors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the midst of everything we are involved in, it is both
good and necessary to remind ourselves frequently about why we actually exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
Certainly,
the University of Rhode Island exists to conduct research, scholarship, and
creative work. However, we do these things, at least in part, to provide new
knowledge to our students, and to engage them in these very activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>URI is very service oriented, but, again,
we serve the people of the state, our nation, and the world to create a better
environment for our students, our graduates, their families, and the societies
in which they live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We focus on
economic development for the same reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The phrase “student-centered” is not a slogan, a marketing
strategy, or camouflage. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the
essence of why we exist.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
Accordingly,
we should test all of our decisions, and assess all of our priorities, in light
of what would be in the best interests – both short- and long-term – of our
students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indeed, it is in the
best interests of the university and its faculty and staff to do so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This does not mean providing students
with all that they desire, reducing the rigor or demands of our curricula, or having
low standards for their academic work or behavior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just the opposite.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
The
relationship is reciprocal. If we – the faculty, administration, and staff<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– have high expectations for our
students, it is fair and right for the students to have high expectations of
us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Based on what I observe around
campus and hear from students and alumni, I think the University of Rhode
Island has long exemplified both a broad understanding of why URI is here, and
the benefits of mutual high expectations.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
The
University of Rhode Island is moving assertively to provide an even better
education for its students at the graduate and undergraduate levels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the Academic Strategic
Plan, with its emphases on experiential learning, internships, research and
scholarship, globalization, diversity, and community provides an outstanding
framework for the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
faculty has been working diligently and productively to frame and implement a
much needed new general education program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is an intensifying focus on what knowledge,
competencies, and experiences our students need to be competitive and
successful in the 21<sup>st</sup> century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
In
the end, all that we are and all we do at URI benefits from an unrelenting
focus on why we are here. Universities with such a focus will attract talented
and committed people<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(students,
faculty and staff), new resources, and the gratitude of those we serve.</div>
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<!--EndFragment-->President Dooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13767890867763746298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037754172024268880.post-67512897000281906852014-02-06T21:43:00.000-05:002014-02-06T21:43:57.374-05:00Injustice and Justice<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At
an event of Martin Luther King, Jr. Week last evening, the following quote of
Dr. King appeared: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a true statement, I believe.
Injustice is certainly the enemy of justice; it is also the enemy of peace,
community, equality, and even sustained prosperity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There
is another way to look at this, however, which is (I think) fully consistent
with the leadership provided by Dr. King. It is equally true, I think, that justice
anywhere is a threat to injustice everywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Acts of injustice may be deflected or defeated by acting justly.
Institutions and societies that perpetuate or promote injustice cannot
permanently withstand the comparison to institutions and societies that embody
a commitment to justice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In essence,
darkness cannot withstand the light, and light anywhere, if replicated, has the
potential to dispel darkness everywhere.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Consequently,
in addition to combating injustice, which we must, we need to focus on building
more just institutions and societies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And that is a priority for the University of Rhode Island, as reflected
in our commitment to building a diverse community here that is devoted to
equity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Equity” is an interesting word.
Its definition in the American Heritage College Dictionary, 3<sup>rd</sup>
Edition (the one we have on hand in the Office of the President) is “the state,
quality, or ideal of being just, impartial, and fair”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe that articulating this as a
priority for our university, and every step we take towards achieving that goal,
can, in some small way, contribute to building a more just society in America
and a world where justice is the norm.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Beginning with the University of Rhode Island’s first January term, continuing with the Governor’s State of the State address, and warming up in February, Spring Semester 2014 promises to be truly “up tempo”. There is a lot to do, much to discuss, multiple opportunities, and a few key challenges – all of which must be priorities for the University community between now and commencement. There will be many occasions for us to work together as a community in public forums, in committee or council meetings, in small group discussions, and via technology. There are significant issues to address: the question of arming the URI police; evaluation, prioritization, and implementation of recommendations from the Administration and Management Review Committee; the budget; collective bargaining; and more. Moreover, there is just a lot going on at URI, as one would (and should) expect from a research-intensive, globally engaged university.</div>
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Let’s begin with just the next two weeks, which reflect URI’s continuing commitment to building community, equity, and diversity. Starting on the 3rd, the University of Rhode Island celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Week, in recognition of one of America’s greatest and most influential leaders. The week is part of Black History Month at the University, based on the theme of African American Progress in the 21st Century. It all begins with a lecture by Earl “Butch” Graves Jr., the CEO of Black Enterprise magazine, who will speak on the subject of Economic Development, Law, and Education. On Wednesday the 5th, the Unity Luncheon will be held, which features the presentation of the Peacemaker award(s) by the URI Chaplains Association, and a speech by Martha Yager, Program Coordinator of the American Friends Service Committee. There is much more – just check out the URI homepage to access a complete list of all the great events scheduled over this week and the rest of the month.</div>
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Next, starting on February 9th, we mark the 20th anniversary of the LGBTQ Center Symposium – an important benchmark for URI. The week is packed with a wide variety of events; it begins with a lecture by Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop of the Episcopal Church, and includes a community breakfast on the 14th. The theme for the week is “Seeking Spiritual Joy: Our Sacred Quest”. Follow the link in the article at <a href="http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=6925">http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=6925</a> for a complete listing of symposium events.</div>
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And that’s not all. On February 7th everyone is invited to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Join students, faculty, and members of the Chinese community in Rhode Island in welcoming the Year of the Horse. The celebration begins at 6:30 p.m. in Edwards Hall and should be a lot of fun.</div>
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Collectively, these events illustrate the diversity, community, and international scope of the University of Rhode Island. These are the kind of occasions that help define a university, and help shape its influence and impact. Please join me in thanking the members of our community who worked so hard to organize and plan all of the events. The best way to do that: participate!</div>
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