I am a first-year, and I have just emerged from the pre-college rite of passage: Summer Orientation. I, along with some three hundred other apprehensive first-years, wandered through the Grounds (map in hand), struggled with the SIS system and listened to speech upon speech, all with one resounding theme: LEADERSHIP. We were told that we will develop leadership skills here at the University and will become great leaders
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By Concerned Faculty | January 16, 2026By acting in bad faith, the Board has flouted its fiduciary duties to the University and has violated its own bylaws calling on it to protect the University from outside interference.
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