- 7. Mai 2023
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The Maryland General Assembly authorized a new campus for Baltimore County in 1963, and it was 50 years ago today that UMBC opened in 1966 on what had recently been 432 acres of farmland. While the Teke spirit was massive, our group was not. We know what we want to become and how to get there. 6)annual report by the principal. Today I have been endowed with the responsibility of speaking on foundation day. It has been said and believed since long that for any great work to be done, it is important to have the right foundation. It actually forms the platform on which the future stands. This exactly stands true for Foundation Day of school. These facilities include the following. We celebrate Founders Day and gather for Convocation, by direction of the Board of Trustees, on the birthday of Robert E. Lee, who served as In a real sense, you and I are the legacy of goodwill and sacrifice on the part of the founders of Tau Kappa Epsilon. When you do so, you embody excellence, live our bond and showcase the value our Founders fought for in the early days of our formation. What new goal can we achieve? Undoubtedly, Abraham Lincoln would not have met some of the modern fraternity tests in polished appearance, bank and bond holdings, but he did possess what is better still, that wealth of character which has ever been the standard of Tau Kappa Epsilon. We have the choice to improve others as a Province Advisor or Grand Province Advisor and help several chapters. o The latest one-year retention rate for full-time, first-time freshmen from the first to the second year is the highest ever at 87.2 percentwith little variation among racial/ethnic groups. We have just launched the first Naval ROTC program in Maryland, with special support from Senator Mikulski. Staff had literally been sweeping floors and assembling desks the night before students arrived. These milestones are points of pride, but also events that we should think about deeply as we consider our own contributions to Wake Forest today. With 275,000-plus lifetime members, TKE makes a difference in the lives of thousands of men, from all across the world, each and every day. Tempting them is all you have to do and then stop make them feel excited about the event. Welcome speech must address all the guests and the chief guests of the event (if any) thanking them for being present and giving the auspicious event their valuable attention. Youngest Grad Remarks Given by First Lieutenant Francis Q. Hoang At Kansas City Area Founders Day Dinner On March 27th , 1999 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Brigadier General Abizaid, Brigadier General Wood, distinguished guests, fellow graduates, Good evening. Through these experiences and our educational programming, we are creating and fostering next generation leadership. Joseph Settles took their advice and ran with it. o Engineers without Borders extends what we learn on campus to those in need around the world. As we know, scores of other organizations had to amend their membership criteria and adapt to changing societal and federal laws as the years passed. Happy Founders Day. We continue to work with children to find ways of closing the achievement gap among students of different racial and ethnic groups. We have indeed built a better world through building better men. We now have prestigious scholars programs in addition to Meyerhoff that address a range of key areas: Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars; Humanities Scholars; Linehan Artist Scholars; Sherman STEM Teachers Scholars, Cyber Scholars; and CWIT Scholars. WebMake sure that it is relevant to the content of your welcome speech or the point youre making. His Excellency Atiku Abubakar, GCON, Founder of American University of Nigeria His Excellency Rt. Can you mentor a fellow Frater? My name is First Lieutenant There is a commitment to make our Fraternity great. TKE Nation now exceeds 285,000 lifetime members and continues to grow stronger every year. America still faces major social challenges from economic inequality and the issues that divide usrace, ethnicity, religion, and sexualityto criminal justice reform and heath disparities. o We have substantive partnerships with Federal agencies that provide students experiential learning through internships, lead to jobs and careers, and provide partnerships. Be selectiverealizing that it would not be realistic to try to be all things, excellently, to all people, but that it could grow selectively to be excellent in key areas Many have lost a loved one to Covid-19. In the year 2000, there were at least 100 and many more aspiring to this status.. We were the first university in Maryland that welcomed students of all races and backgrounds when we opened our doors. Some of my predecessors were faced with significant threats to the survival of Tau Kappa Epsilon. In celebrating our 116th birthday, we know our TKE work is not done nor should it be. On the day each of us knelt at the triangle and recited the Bond, we joined Tau Kappa Epsilon. o US News has ranked as #5 on its list of most innovative national universities and among the top 20 in undergraduate teaching. Together, we can make this dream a reality and demonstrate the power of the Fraternity for Life. How are we going to prove that we are Better Men for a Better World? In the challenges that lie ahead, there undoubtedly will be opportunities for all of us to renew our commitment, improve our ways, and exemplify the ideals of Tau Kappa Epsilon that we pledged to uphold when we assumed the Bond. This is part of how we recognize that traditions like people need to grow, evolve, and expand to welcome more people into our unfolding story. To showcase living our values of love, charity and esteem. And so I think of the way we have embraced these challenges and joined NAEs Grand Challenges Scholars Program, preparing students to tackle them. That fundamental membership requirement of personal worth and character has withstood the test of time, and its as relevant today as ever. Second, using our research capacity we will tackle critical challenges faced by society and all of humanity in general. WebFounders Day is extremely important for the school for two reasons: firstly, it is a day on which we celebrate achievement our many achievements, individual and collective; second, it is an important occasion for the whole school to be together, to do things together, and to remember that we are an important and strong community the whole is Speech on Foundation Day of a School. More than 60 Fraters volunteered to serve on TKEs Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. In our world, you dont only learn but you live diversity and inclusion. o We have completed our new Campus Gateway providing a more attractive welcoming entrance to the campus. In 2011, she said I have great respect for the past. Dear Sisters, We send warm greetings to each of you on the 122nd anniversary of AOIIs founding. Most of all, we believe in hard, sustained work for student success. Something incredibly important happened that year, 1962. If TKE is truly the Fraternity for Life, then the undergraduate years are merely a launching pad for life. For instance, a welcome speech gives thanks to the audience for being present despite various circumstances. Change, both significant and vital, will require concerted efforts and meaningful plans for implementation. The National Academies, in Research Universities and the Future of America, argued that it is the role of these institutions to produce the new knowledge and educated citizens who will drive innovationadvances in ideas, products, and processes that create new industries and jobs, contribute to our nations health and security, and support a high standard of living. And so I think, for example, of the important research we are doing to increase understanding of AIDS, develop anti-cancer strategies, improve the aquaculture industry, environmental research, and contribute in such areas as the digital humanities, imaging and digital arts, and public policy. And what inspires confidence in our brotherhood and emboldens strong leadership is the mission of Tau Kappa Epsilon and the values it promulgates. September 19, 2016. Their decision to select our membership by an individuals personal worth and character, not by their wealth, rank or honor, had wisdom decades ahead of society at the time. And then in 1956, we relocated to this beautiful campus here in Winston-Salem. This hard work formed deep bonds and I still consider my fellow Xi-Iota Fraters my closest personal friends. In 1923, the Demon Deacons burst onto the scene. What inspired these men to our fraternal table? Strengthening pre-K through 12 education, and improving teaching and learning, advising and mentoring, and student support on our campuses can elevate this rate and improve overall student success. January 18, 2018. This commitment to personal worth and character continues to be showcased as we further our efforts for diversity and inclusion through our 2025 Strategic Plan. We were in the top the top 20 nationally in research in these fields. Happy Founders' Day Fraters. Our philanthropic work for the St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital and other charitable organizations has a profound effect on the lives of those around us. WebThe first program began in December 2009 with a speech by Olympic Gold Medalist Misty Hyman. o How can we deepen our innovation in teaching and learning, improve advising and mentoring, and more fully capitalize on student analytics and assessment? Thank you for having the vision to open this university, and for carrying Despite our growth, accolades, and achievements, we do face important challenges as a campus, including our funding per student given our mission, the expensive nature of some of our programs, other campuses recruiting away our faculty; the need to deepen the diversity of our faculty, and the unevenness of progress across all disciplines in improving teaching and learning a key component of our ongoing effort to improve student success. You can see the progress we are making in our numbers. o Along with UMB and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, we jointly operate the Institute for Marine and Environmental Technology. If you are in a position to support TKE with a financial gift during this difficult time, a donation to Life Loyal Teke through the TKE Foundation will sustain educational programming for collegiate and alumni Fraters. To achieve that, Tau Kappa Epsilon needs your help. For FY 2017, we have our largest budget ever $440 million, a net increase of $10 million over the previous year. In 1991, we had four separate offices that reported to three different leaders providing support for technology. The National Academy of Engineering has outlined 14 Grand Challenges for engineering in the 21st century. o The Chronicle of Higher Education has ranked us as a Great Place to Work seven years in a row. She was followed by political and civic leaders, best selling authors and media I invite you to read Professor George LaNoues new book, entitled Improbable Excellence: The Saga of UMBC, which discusses our 50-year history and has many excellent observations about where we are today and about the challenges we will face in the future. We can and we must do better. Each Fraters journey to Tau Kappa Epsilon is individualized but often rooted in finding a community. As we saw in the video, we have grown significantly over the years, from 750 students on this day on 1966, to almost 14,000 students 11,000 undergraduates and approaching 3,000 graduatestoday. Knowing full well that the mission of college training is to develop such traits, we were fully convinced that in the end-developing character, enriched life and enlarged personality-would justify any risk that might be taken in selecting such a man. State governments, university administrators, and our insurance carriers are all moving to impose significant changes upon us, or even seek to eliminate us, as these issues continue to persist.
