Dear Orange Friends:
There are a lot of hidden treasures at Syracuse University. Often they are the people who make the University work for all of us, and who quietly do a great job without often being noticed or thanked.
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2016-17
Symposium: Syria
Dear Orange Friends:
Last week, I attended part of a daylong symposium on “Syria—Running for Cover: Politics, Justice, and Media in the Syrian Conflict.” Continue Reading
Indigenous People’s Day at Syracuse University
Dear Orange Friends:
This Monday is Indigenous People’s Day at Syracuse University. Our students are marking the day in various ways on campus, including some that are noted here. Continue Reading
Incredibly Strong Teachers
Dear Orange Friends:
On Monday, the first day of fall semester classes, I attended an array of courses, as I do each semester. Continue Reading
Unique Students Mean a Strong Syracuse
Dear Orange Friends:
Welcome to one of the most inspiring weeks of the year at Syracuse University. Thousands of first-year and transfer students will arrive on campus this week. Everything is new. Everything is about possibility. Each of our students brings a story, a biography, that is absolutely unique.
“Young People These Days”
Dear Orange Friends:
Earlier this summer I was on a flight and the middle-aged woman next to me spent most of the time lamenting “young people these days.” I don’t talk much on planes, and I spent the flight trying to come up with a rejoinder that would not simply prolong the complaint. I wish I could have seen into the future and told her about two experiences I had just this week.
Orange at the Olympics
Dear Orange Friends:
The 21st century emphasis at Syracuse University is on connectivity. A fast-changing world brings us closer together all the time. How we respond is the measure of how we will succeed—on campus, in the larger community and around the globe.
Syracuse’s Commitment
Dear Orange Friends:
Most of us think of a joyous celebration when we hear fireworks on July 4th. But many of our nation’s veterans, who fought for independence, hear those same sounds and think of explosions and firefights that wounded or even killed their friends. That’s what Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is all about…even years and decades after the actual event. And it is why our veterans deserve our attention. What they experienced is unique and how we meet their needs today and into the future must be equally unique.