Academic Year 2025-26

The Board of Trustees has charged me with leading Bucknell through an accelerated strategic planning process that will position the University for continued success through a rapidly changing environment. In turn, I have charged our senior leadership team, and especially our provost, our vice president of finance & administration, and our senior vice president of University strategy & advancement, with the design and implementation of this process. Working with and through a number of formal and informal governance and advisory bodies, they will synthesize the best set of options for us to consider over the period ahead. They and many others are doing this work with full and unequivocal support from me, and with high expectations and appropriate requirements from the Board of Trustees.

Well, for the fourth time tonight, someone will stand here and say good evening, members of our faculty and staff. And especially welcome to Bucknell University transfer students and the Class of 2029! Let me also welcome the hundreds and hundreds of people who are watching us now online.