Sunday is Veterans Day. Honor a veteran in your families, your circles of friends or your classrooms by saying “thank you.” However, let’s also challenge ourselves to do a little bit more in the months ahead. May our creativity be as unbridled as our gratitude. Thank...

In the span of a week, and over the course of this year, our nation has experienced horrific violence and loss. Our heartache and pain as a people are real and, tragically, recurrent. There must be no safe harbor here or anywhere for the hatred we have witnessed and...

I had the privilege of sharing this message with our campus communities and many stakeholders on Oct. 24, 2018:    I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. John Koker as the next Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Wisconsin...

I had the privilege of sharing the following message and good news with our campus communities and many stakeholders on Friday, Sept. 21...    Campus communities, Today we share with you the good news that the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) has...

The following video and remarks were recorded and shared during Opening Day Convocation at the Oshkosh Campus of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Sept. 4, 2018. https://youtu.be/_mSqCMEkKGo?t=21m Here are the Opening Day Convocation remarks I was honored to share...

Three campuses. One university. It's historic. It was truly an honor to join students and faculty and staff members at UW-Fox Valley and UW-Fond du Lac on Aug. 27 and Aug. 28, respectively, to mark each campus community's Opening Days. This was the first opportunity...