A Foundation for Evergreen’s Future

My remarks at Inauguration…

Thank you Chairman Goldberg. Thank you for your leadership and for leading the Board of Trustees in support of our college. I am deeply grateful for the honor of this appointment and the opportunity to serve as Evergreen’s sixth president.

We gather today to celebrate this great college, the many people who established and sustained it, and those who now comprise and support it – our trustees and governors, legislators, faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends.

Our ceremony today celebrates the collective efforts of The Evergreen State College faculty, staff and administrators – past and present – who through their commitment and passion have inspired generations of students and who have given form and energy to our campus community. And as I have visited with many of you and others over the past seven months, there clearly is much about Evergreen to celebrate.

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