Messages &
Speeches

Today marks the beginning of Free Speech Week across our country. Here on the Forty Acres, it is an opportunity for us to celebrate and reflect upon our constitutional freedom to speak, and to appreciate the key role this freedom plays in our University’s educational and research missions.

The horrors of the last week will be forever etched in our minds and hearts. Across countless conversations, I have heard and felt the pain the ongoing war is causing for so many throughout our campus community.

Join us September 19, 2023, at 3 p.m., to learn about how we are continuing to advance our Change Starts Here strategic plan and bring our bold vision to become the world’s highest-impact university to life.

Our University leadership is continuing to assess and understand the full impact of the legislation that passed and will likely be signed by Gov. Abbott during the next two weeks.

Our University leadership is continuing to assess and understand the full impact of the legislation that passed and will likely be signed by Gov. Abbott during the next two weeks.

As we turn our focus to the upcoming school year and continue to bring our Change Starts Here vision to life, one of the important initiative areas within our plan is to Deliver Operational Excellence.