Dean's Letter
A college reorganization, especially one as significant as ours, entails many changes. At a minimum, we must ensure that the college鈥檚 central office, which provides college-wide policies, procedures and administrative support, works seamlessly with the divisions, which now have expanded decision-making and budgetary authority.
It鈥檚 no great pleasure to discuss long-term stress and trauma, and that鈥檚 surely a big reason why people tend to avoid such topics. Sometimes, however, hard conversations are necessary. One important takeaway from the messages I have received
We know many of you are struggling, and we write to offer our sympathy, empathy and support.
My fellow Buffs, we will get through this together.You must be exhausted. I am, and I would like to pause to reflect on how these are times that try our patience, our good humor, and to quote Thomas Paine, our souls. James W.C
You have the distinction of going to college in extraordinary times. You don鈥檛 need me to tell you this, of course. Headline writers describe the new school year with adjectives like 鈥済rim鈥 and 鈥渇rightening.鈥澛
As you may know, John Eastman, the 2020-21 Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy at the Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization, has published an essay in Newsweek arguing that Kamala Harris might not be eligible to be vice president of the United States.
Let us use this time of pandemics and protest to refocus on that vitally important part of our mission, to try harder to fully realize what our nation hails as self-evident truthsI often point out the benefits of a college education, especially a
We launch this campaign to help our college family be well and stay well鈥淗ow are you?鈥 Normally, that rote inquiry precedes a ready response: 鈥淚鈥檓 well.鈥漈oday, however, we grapple with the global pandemic, record unemployment, political
