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Selected Speeches, Statements, and Columns

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
"More than a Sum of Our Parts" Presidential Address at the 2009 College Board Forum

Wednesday, October 7, 2009
"Right Here, Right Now: A Crystallization of Purpose"
Address to the Faculty at the Thompson Library

March/April, 2009
"Open The Door"
The Ohio State Alumni Association Magazine

March 13, 2009
"Universities can survive only with radical reform"
The Christian Science Monitor

February 8, 2009
"A Call to (Link) Arms"
American Council on Education Atwell Lecture

January 21, 2009
Thoughts on Presidential Inauguration

December 22, 2008
Ohio State Assisting Students Facing Economic Difficulties

December 19, 2008
Statement Regarding State Budget Adjustments

December 5, 2008
Ohio State and the economy

October 15, 2008
Address to Faculty

May 28, 2008
Address to Faculty
“The Pace of Change” (PDF)

April 15, 2008
Patterson Lecture Series
"Securing the Future:
Envisioning the Role of Land-Grant Universities"

March 31, 2008
Statement on Chancellor Fingerhut’s strategic plan

January 31, 2008
Statement on Governor Strickland’s budget decisions

January 2008
CASE Currents:
"A New International Identity: Why Every Student Should Go Abroad" (PDF)

October 4, 2007
Faculty Council Address
"It Is About Time... and Change"

Speeches archive