For our broader engagement: Similarly, at our founding no one could then have fully envisioned what we one day could become. Founders Day provides us the opportunity to reflect briefly on our university's history, to highlight important recent accomplishments, and to describe some of our vision for its future. Can you help find lost alumni? 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. To achieve what our Founders set out to accomplish. Agreeing with Miss Thompson regarding the importance of encouraging student travel, he worked with Dr. Sven Knudson of the University of Copenhagen to Happy Founders Day. 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. Our recommendations reflect our willingness to be honest with ourselves. This past semester, I had the honor of attending initiation at UCF and leading the Bond reading to the new Fraters. WebMake sure that it is relevant to the content of your welcome speech or the point youre making. 2019 Founders' Day Message These accolades are backed up by solid achievements. Through the leadership of our skilled Chief Executive Officer, Donald Aldrich, our dedicated Professional Staff and critical volunteers, we weathered the pandemic and emerged with a stronger organization. Second, using our research capacity we will tackle critical challenges faced by society and all of humanity in general. As Grand Prytanis, I have experienced firsthand the amazing benefits our bond bestows upon those that choose to join. They are representative of the creative class in the State of Maryland. Yet as the campus matured, it was clear that we could become an even more valuable asset to the State of Maryland and the nation. Id like to share a story of a chance encounter I had while travelling home from a Grand Council meeting this past fall semester. The speech is a means of showing ones appreciation through words of praise and gratitude. And it means embodying our motto, Pro Humanitate. I am especially proud of their foresight and the vast membership that TKE has grown to achieve since that time. Our Founders and National Founders were passionate about the Knights of Classic Lore and the organization which only a few years later became 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. From Founders Day on April 8 to the grand opening of Thunderbird Global Headquarters in November, this longstanding tradition of honoring diversity and fostering Why do we celebrate? We are helping to change the culture of STEM education in the nation from weeding out students to supporting success for all students. Our fraternity has been made by the early initiates and this in itself was sufficient vindication of the policy we made use of in securing our first new members. Michael Hooker began to expand UMBCs aspirations at his installation as fourth chancellor in 1986 when he said, My [vision] is for UMBC to be a model university for the twenty-first century, and to be the best public university of its size in the country. Hooker argued that to capitalize on the universitys potential and make this vision a reality, the campus should: Collegiate chapters broke recruitment records despite social distancing. o Most recently, an article in yesterdays New York Times provides more national exposure to our academic strengths (in research and teaching) than ever before. In fact, it is and will never be completely done. Because of public health restrictions, many chapters are unable to recruit new members. TKE ideals and values endure through generations and connect our past to our future. As their membership size grew, they felt that they needed to affiliate with a larger fraternity. Speech on Foundation Day of a School EdgeArticles They called themselves the Knights of Classic Lore. 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. Staff had literally been sweeping floors and assembling desks the night before students arrived. I love the Fraternity! If you are unable to make a gift, share your time and your talent. We are now developing a systematic, integrated approach to using analytics in decision-making. Each Fraters journey to Tau Kappa Epsilon is individualized but often rooted in finding a community. It was a wise bargain for a new university: commuters saved their money by living at home; the state saved money by forgoing the cost of residence halls. The Grand Council and I are engaged with numerous stakeholders in strategic conversations about changes we can champion together to safeguard our future. And contribute to Life Loyal Teke to help impact the future of Tau Kappa Epsilon at TKE.org/LLT. At our opening in 1966 Albin Kuhn said, Just like a youngster, we dont have all the answers, but we do want to develop our own personality and become part of the Baltimore metropolitan area. Over the next 20 years, after Dr. Kuhn had laid a solid foundation, the campus was steered through a challenging period of growth by Calvin Lee, UMBCs second chancellor; Louis Kaplan, interim chancellor; and John Dorsey, third chancellor. * As the old saying goes. The Grand Council and I look forward to continuing to support the philanthropic work of our Fraternity and expand our financial wellbeinga key pathway to a more secure future. However, there is much more to do and the time has come for us to once again lead the way via important organizational changes. o We have a new and growing partnership with the Naval Academy, in cybersecurity research. In fact, announcing a goal of having more active alumni than any other college fraternity by January 10, 2024, the date of our 125th anniversary. With what initiatives? From modest beginnings, we have solidified our place as a Doctoral University with Higher Research Activity, as designated by the current Carnegie Classification. Thousands of Fraters have engaged with the Fraternity for Life in new ways. o Can we imagine student apartments, along with a coffeehouse, a convenience store, a dry cleaners, or other desirable commercial services, to serve the campus of the future well? Our service and outreach efforts have benefitted numerous communities in desperate need of help. Wake Forest University does not rest on a rigid slab foundation but on a growing number of piers and beams that together hold us up and expand our footprint. o CBS featured UMBC and the Meyerhoff Scholars Program on 60 Minutes, noting the significance of what we have achieved as a place focused on student success. At my own installation in 1993, I remarked that at the founding of Stanford University or even at its 25th anniversary, no one could have envisioned what it would one day become. The ways to observe Founders Day are limited only by your imagination; there is no one right way to celebrate. Alumni volunteers, professional staff, and collegiates have been more creative and more productive. As a collegiate Frater serving as an officer, we learn a sense of duty to our chapter and personal responsibility. Our campus has become a leader in cybersecuritya key tool for our nations securitywith work ranging from information technology to ethics. They are as true today as they were in 1899 or in 1924. The park hosts more than 130 companies and provides more than 2,500 direct and indirect jobs with associated annual income of $165 million. Home [www.ginasteam.org] We are here today and we are who we are today because of many foundings and many founders. Founder's Day Essay: Leadership in my Community It was the first day of classes for those students and faculty. Over the next few months, collegiates, alumni, volunteers, and our university partners will have the chance for continued input. o We have students from more than 100 countriesalthough the majority of our students are from Maryland. WebAlpha Kappa Alpha 110th Founders' Day Message - YouTube 0:00 / 2:53 Alpha Kappa Alpha 110th Founders' Day Message Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 35.2K subscribers She thanked me for explaining all the positive opportunities awaiting her son and for taking the time to ease her fears. Today we have 1,020 faculty (527 FT and 298 PT instructional) and 158 FT and 37 PT non-instructional) and 1,288 staff. Research, Scholarship, and Creative Achievement The key point is that more students are succeeding today than ever. Budget and Endowment The U.S. Military Academy held its annual Founders Day dinner March 16 in the Cadet Mess Hall. Their focus on mental development by studying classic literature is what inspired the original name. Social injustice continues. In TKE, the term fraternity man took on a new and positive meaning, something that has endured to this day 116 years later. Yet, I know that future generations of Tekes will read about this time in a future edition of The Teke Guide. View Full Video. We are not yet done. We share equipment, our faculty are developing joint proposals to NIH, we administer a joint MD-PhD program, and we send large numbers of students to professional schools social work, law, medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy. o How can we deepen our innovation in teaching and learning, improve advising and mentoring, and more fully capitalize on student analytics and assessment? That effort raised nearly $30,000which is more than $430,000 in todays dollars when adjusted for inflation. As the new year kicks off, our Fraternity is poised to capitalize on strategic growth opportunities that stem from our recent policy changes and internal accountability. We anticipate that, with winter, spring, and summer enrollments, as well as students in UMBC Training Centers, we will serve a total of more than 20,000 students in the coming academic year. WebOn the speech day, the production designer, who has a lot of say in things, and sometimes I didn't agree with him but I had to do what I was told, wanted the speech day to be all in neutral colours for the women, which was a good thing. As a volunteer for the past 20 years, I have come to more fully understand how TKE honors the uniqueness of each Frater, the basis of our brotherhood. o How high do we want to go with enrollment? Ahmadu Fintiri, Executive Governor of Adamawa State Founder's Day Speech Together, we can make this dream a reality and demonstrate the power of the Fraternity for Life. The Higher Education Act of 1965, a key piece of Great Society legislation, was passed under Johnson, expanding federal postsecondary support. Hon. With an increase of 24 percent in applications over the past five years, we have become more selective. Welcome Speech by Dawn Dekle, PhD, President of American University of Nigeria at the 14 th Founders Day Ceremony held on Saturday, November 30, 2019 Good Afternoon! Failure is not part of the fabric of Tau Kappa Epsilon. Founders Day Speech. Today, I am here to tell you that we still embrace this goal and that, along with such great universities as Stanford, MIT, Carnegie-Mellon, Arizona State, Georgia Tech, and the University of Michigan, we are on a list of the most innovative national universities in the nation! The headlines in the news when fraternity life goes wrong have a negative, adverse effect on all of us. We do this not to sully the good but to empower ourselves to continually strive forward. And so, with federal higher education and civil rights legislation, the percentage of Americans 25 or older who had earned a bachelors degree increased from 9.8 to 32.5 percent between 1966, when we were founded, and 2015. These challenges focus our work on carbon sequestration, improved solar energy, access to clean water, modernizing urban infrastructure, reverse engineering the brain, preventing nuclear terror, and the development of advanced personal learning.