University is Succeeding says Emmert
In his annual address to the University of Washington, Tuesday October 16, President Mark Emmert praised the strides being made by UW researchers and also set goals for the next year of operation.
Emmert started his speech by noting that the University now does over $1 billion in research and that the school now ranks #4 in terms of the number faculty members that have inducted into the National Academies for their respective fields, including a Nobel Prize winner and 11 MacArthur fellows. He stated that the UW currently sends more students into the Peace Corps than any other University in the country.
Emmert announced that the UW will be making improvements, including the restoration of the Quad and moving certain offices into the Safeco Tower, now renamed UW Tower. He also took this time to recognize the need to revaluate the University’s housing strategy and improve the campus’ residence halls some of which, in his words, were older than him. He also stressed the need to invent new ways of handling data on the campus, that they now had funding to create a data center. He felt that the University that learns how to best manage its data will be the one that succeeds.However, he wanted to remind everyone that these successes couldn’t have been achieved by these individuals alone that the whole University had a share in their successes.
“Nothing is a solo performance. No one wins anything alone,” Emmert said.
A recorded version of the speech can been viewed at here.
