We are not yet done. Julie Harris 0 Likes Sponsored Links The fountain is my speech. In our world, we live by high standards and exceptional values. As we saw in the video, we have grown significantly over the years, from 750 students on this day on 1966, to almost 14,000 students 11,000 undergraduates and approaching 3,000 graduatestoday. Alumni volunteers, professional staff, and collegiates have been more creative and more productive. It is the very fiber of the paper upon which we write our history. In fact, announcing a goal of having more active alumni than any other college fraternity by January 10, 2024, the date of our 125th anniversary. And Baltimore needed another public research university that would play a role in the regions economic growth and civic life. We celebrate to commemorate the humble beginnings of our beloved sorority, And, most importantly as an educational institution with knowledge creation at our core we must learn from them. The U.S. Military Academy held its annual Founders Day dinner March 16 in the Cadet Mess Hall. Budget and Endowment Whether you are a new or returning student, we all have so much Lets keep it real, Paulette C. Walker told her sorority sisters and others at their Founders Day luncheon held in Downtown Jackson. I love the Fraternity. o We have students from more than 100 countriesalthough the majority of our students are from Maryland. As we celebrate, we can look back at significant achievements and tremendous growth in our capacity to conduct meaningful research across our entire campus community. 3)lamp lighting. o In the past year, our alumni were recognized for outstanding teaching. Similarly, at our founding no one could then have fully envisioned what we one day could become. Michael Hooker began to expand UMBCs aspirations at his installation as fourth chancellor in 1986 when he said, My [vision] is for UMBC to be a model university for the twenty-first century, and to be the best public university of its size in the country. Hooker argued that to capitalize on the universitys potential and make this vision a reality, the campus should: Founders Day Speech. o The six-year graduation rate has exceeded 60 percent for the third year in a row; the rate for the 2009 cohort of full-time, first-time freshmen was 62.3 percent. Why do we celebrate? All of us who have entered the Bond over the last 121 years is their legacy and, thanks to the vision of our Founders, we are well-positioned for continued success. Tau Kappa Epsilon needs your spirit indomitable. You represent the best of the Fraternity for Life. If you are already engaged, can you reach out and encourage other Fraters to do the same? More than 60 Fraters volunteered to serve on TKEs Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. o Might we go the way of some other campuses that have welcomed alumni, especially older and retired alums, to live on campus to enjoy campus resources and to lend their time and talents to enrich the campus community? These accomplishments and so many more are a very real and proud tribute to the hard work and dedication of our active members and of the alumni volunteer teams who educate and support our mission. In our world, you learn service above self. I want them all to be safe from harm and to benefit from their TKE experiences. Although they were expectedly nervous and overwhelmed, watching the Fraternity grow through their initiation was inspiring. Sage Policy Group estimates, The state business community generates $340 million in additional revenues because of the operations of bwtech and it tenants. With what resources? Through the leadership of the TKE Foundation and its Chairman, James Crockard, we are more aligned than at any point in our history to grow the resources to advance the mission of our Fraternity. To know where we are going, we need to remember where we have been. Despite our growth, accolades, and achievements, we do face important challenges as a campus, including our funding per student given our mission, the expensive nature of some of our programs, other campuses recruiting away our faculty; the need to deepen the diversity of our faculty, and the unevenness of progress across all disciplines in improving teaching and learning a key component of our ongoing effort to improve student success. * Theres a quote that has always stuck with me. Student and faculty activism played a vital role in desegregation initiatives. The current pandemic presents a challenge to the future of Tau Kappa Epsilon, conceivably in ways we have not seen since World War II. UMBC at 50: Reflections and Aspirations. WebI am so glad that you got to live a normal life, that you always brought me so much pride and joy, and that you now have a wonderful family of your own. o How do we best invest in faculty and staff to increase our capacity in multidisciplinary research, scholarship, and creative activity? In 2000, Susan Parker and Wendy Scott were married here in Wait Chapel. UMBC was, therefore, founded at a time of great expansion in access to higher education, and we were expected to play a key role in facilitating that growth in Maryland. How will we influence the next chapter in TKEs history? Most people today are surprised when they learn that in 1940, on the brink of World War II, just 5% of whites and only 1% of blacks in America had earned a college degree. The measure of success was managing the day in front of them so they could reach tomorrow. If we look back to our Centennial Celebration, now twenty years ago, a multitude of corollaries and visions continue to ring true. Fraters, in celebration of 120 years of Tau Kappa Epsilon, I ask that you all join me in a cohesive effort to embrace our values, expand our engagement, and fulfill our desire to be Better Men for a Better World. At our opening in 1966 Albin Kuhn said, Just like a youngster, we dont have all the answers, but we do want to develop our own personality and become part of the Baltimore metropolitan area. Over the next 20 years, after Dr. Kuhn had laid a solid foundation, the campus was steered through a challenging period of growth by Calvin Lee, UMBCs second chancellor; Louis Kaplan, interim chancellor; and John Dorsey, third chancellor. In 2011, she said I have great respect for the past. In reflecting on these newest members, I wonder. Failure is not part of the fabric of Tau Kappa Epsilon. And, at the same time, we have become more international, both in our student body and faculty and in our teaching, research, and engagement. For each of us, academic success is at the core of our mission. In 1899, when TKE was born, our Founders started the Fraternity with the purpose of preparing men for the challenges of society, certainly a noble endeavor. With 275,000-plus lifetime members, TKE makes a difference in the lives of thousands of men, from all across the world, each and every day. First, we seek to expand our work as a national model for others on approaches to helping students succeed, in not just a few disciplines but across the board, and to do so in ways that will impact the real world. I wanted to take a moment to share my journey. A team approach is used while working And what inspires confidence in our brotherhood and emboldens strong leadership is the mission of Tau Kappa Epsilon and the values it promulgates. Looking to the Future: Imagine whats next. I feel it is needless to say something about the importance and value of today for all of us. We have come too far to falter. We were in the top the top 20 nationally in research in these fields. As a collegiate Frater serving as an officer, we learn a sense of duty to our chapter and personal responsibility. o With UMB, our strongest partnership, we continue to develop research collaborations through the seed grant program. While they believed college was not for everyone and you didnt need book smarts to survive in the world, college was for their son. Meanwhile, we are addressing issues involving social justice, equality, race, gender, sexuality, and religion through a diverse range of courses, as well other research, community engagement, and learning opportunities. We now have prestigious scholars programs in addition to Meyerhoff that address a range of key areas: Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars; Humanities Scholars; Linehan Artist Scholars; Sherman STEM Teachers Scholars, Cyber Scholars; and CWIT Scholars. Within one year of World War II ending, several TKE chapters had restarted their operation, increasing our active chapters to nineteen. To achieve what our Founders set out to accomplish. We had just $4 million in research in the late 1970s and $22 million at the end of the 1980s. November 15th, 2018 in Executive Board, General News. We are forward-looking and responsive. If you would like to write a draft speech and post it here, we will have a look at it for you. They created the name because our founders studied classic literature at their weekly meetings. Frater Settles wanted a fraternity that developed men to cope with the world when their school days were over and as he put it, be forced against the stern realities of life.. We looked beyond mere outward appearances that we might see the man; and finding one of real quality and sterling worth, we regarded him as fit material to be associated with us in a fraternal way regardless of outward appearance. America still faces major social challenges from economic inequality and the issues that divide usrace, ethnicity, religion, and sexualityto criminal justice reform and heath disparities. o Most recently, an article in yesterdays New York Times provides more national exposure to our academic strengths (in research and teaching) than ever before. Our campus has become a leader in cybersecuritya key tool for our nations securitywith work ranging from information technology to ethics. There were blackboards and even chalk.. Our most successful and impactful research efforts are frequently interdisciplinary and based on successful collaborations across the campus, with other academic institutions, and with external partners. 67 percent graduated from UMBC or another four-year institution in Maryland; Some of my predecessors were faced with significant threats to the survival of Tau Kappa Epsilon. Research, Scholarship, and Creative Achievement His doctoral student and postdoctoral fellow, Victoria DSouza, was granted tenure as full professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Harvard University. All our administrative work was done via paper, and even the most basic level of data analysis was difficult and time consuming.
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