Rutgers President's 2015 Report to the University Senate

New Brunswick, NJ - Last month, Rutgers President Barchi communicated to Rutgers faculty, students, staff, and alumni via speeches, articles, and e-mail about major initiatives of his administration, including a five-year strategic plan, a longer-term physical master plan, integration of the former University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey into Rutgers, merger of the university's two law schools into a unified Rutgers Law School, and Rutgers' entrance into the Big Ten Conference and its academic consortium, the Committee on Institutional Cooperation. Below is are his concluding remarks to the University Senate on September 18, 2015.

"Although the Rutgers community still has a lot to accomplish in the coming year in order to close ground on our aspiration to rank among the nation’s leading public universities, as we head into our 250th anniversary year, our momentum is strong. We have produced a compelling strategic plan, crafted an inspiring vision for each of our campuses, set records in fundraising, started or completed construction of signature facilities to benefit our teaching and research, recruited outstanding women and men to newly endowed professorships in critical fields, and most important, welcomed an already highly accomplished Class of 2019 to our community of scholars.  The new Rutgers we are creating may be vastly different from the college chartered in 1766 to prepare young men for the ministry in the Dutch Reformed Church, but it carries on the revolutionary spirit of that era.  Most important, the new Rutgers honors the University’s two and a half centuries of innovation, opportunity, and service to society. I look forward to working alongside the Senate and the entire Rutgers community—students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends—in carrying out our mission and pursuing our aspiration."

For the full speech: http://president.rutgers.edu/public-remarks/presidents-2015-report-university-senate