West Point Association of Graduates President and CEO Todd Browne, USMA Class of 1985, gave the Founders Day welcome and opening remarks, while the guest speaker of the evening was Capt. In Our Founders Day Celebration Being a founder means being a fearless advocate. Julie Harris 0 Likes Sponsored Links The fountain is my speech. We will work to become one of the best research universities of our size in the world, and we are determined that our dream will not be deferred.. It means pushing for positive change, not settling for simply getting on with our work and studies. What will the next great chapter in our history entail? If we truly live our mission, if we light ourselves on fire with passion for what we value, if we truly exemplify personal worth and character in the tenor of our daily lives, we will continue to inspire men and leave a trail they will follow. 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. When Joseph Settles, James McNutt, Clarence Mayer, Owen Truitt, and C. Roy Atkinson gathered at 504 Locust Street in Bloomington, Illinois on January 10, 1899, and formed the Knights of Classic Lore they created a society whose avowed purpose was to aid men in their mental, moral and social development. Our mission to aid men in their moral, mental and social development for life has been present since our founding and has prevailed for 121 years. I hope you are as excited and energized as I am to be at Utah State University for fall 2022. How did we become an institution that others are seeking to emulate? On a parallel track, the federal-university partnershipwith funding from such new agencies as NSF, NIH, and NASAgrew significantly. Along with 87 other universities, we are working together to share best practices and guiding principles about truth-telling projects that address injustice in our histories. The tulips are my speech. It's up to each of us, as their progeny, to not only continue to live that vision and that experience in the real world but to pass it on to those who follow us, to ensure it lives and guides, not only our own lives, but the lives of the Fraters whom we touch and all men, women and children we come in contact with throughout our own lives. Founder's Day Speech 2000. We are in the quiet phase of the capital campaign now, and we will launch the public phase for $150 million in the spring. I urge you to reengage with the Fraternity, to find new and creative ways to support Tau Kappa Epsilon with your time, talent, and treasure. 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. 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. In FY 2016, UMBC secured $82.3 million in extramural awards, an increase of 12% above the prior year. How are we going to rally together to ensure we become stronger? Dr. Angelou founded so much good on our campus. We don't know anything about you, your school, or its founder. Founders Day She is rightly part of our celebration today. In the video just shown, you saw how our numbers have grown for enrollment, degrees, programs, research, buildings, budget, and endowment. Today marks the 120th anniversary of the founding of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. o Many of our studentsincluding those in the Humanities Scholars Programspend at least a semester in study abroad. What inspired these men to our fraternal table? It is the very fiber of the paper upon which we write our history. Fraters, I believe our greatest days are within our reach if we choose to embrace our values and fulfill our desire to be Better Men for a Better World. Men of wisdom and faith, Joseph Settles, James McNutt, Clarence Mayer, Owen Truitt, and C. Roy Atkinson had great confidence in the future of Tau Kappa Epsilon. WebWelcome, students! She thanked me for explaining all the positive opportunities awaiting her son and for taking the time to ease her fears. Today, there may be no other time in our history where fraternities may be more relevant. As I reflect back on the impact of our great Fraternity, I'm encouraged by the progress we've made just in this past year. Paradoxically at this moment in time, Tau Kappa Epsilon needs the aid of its men. I love the Fraternity. The ways to observe Founders Day are limited only by your imagination; there is no one right way to celebrate. Many on campus simply wanted to get on with their work and studies. A consequential factor in that growth was the Teke Loyalty Funda predecessor of todays LLT Fundto which TKE alumni were asked to contribute $3. o How can we become the anchor institution for the region? The National Academy of Engineering has outlined 14 Grand Challenges for engineering in the 21st century. The U.S. Military Academy held its annual Founders Day dinner March 16 in the Cadet Mess Hall. No worries, click here to reset your password. On this Founders Day, help me strengthen our Fraternity for the benefit of all current and future generations of TKE Fraters. This remains our call to action. These are key assets for our research, scholarship and creative achievement. As I travel TKE Nation, I consistently see the positive impact of our chapters, our alumni, our headquarters staff and our Foundation. It worked, he said. From just $1 million in the early 1990s, our endowment has grown in value to more than $77 million today, with almost $14 million raised this past year. Our philanthropic work has raised millions of dollars for the St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital along with other charitable organizations. Found is a verb, an action, not a single, set moment in some distant past. In fact, it is and will never be completely done. Today is a celebration but also a convocation a calling together. The headlines in the news when fraternity life goes wrong have a negative, adverse effect on all of us. o Global dimensions are hallmarks of many other departments and programs, ranging from economics to philosophy to visual arts to engineering. White attainment was at 10.4 percent in 1977 and the percentage of non-Hispanic whites over 25 with a college degree in 2015 was 36.2 percent. We will be increasing enrollment as we attract more resources to hire needed faculty and staff. In our fraternity, we get real life learning opportunities not found in the classroom. Where will the road ahead take us? 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: WebThe first program began in December 2009 with a speech by Olympic Gold Medalist Misty Hyman. In 2000, Susan Parker and Wendy Scott were married here in Wait Chapel. 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. 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. WebI am so glad that you got to live a normal life, that you always brought me so much pride and joy, and that you now have a wonderful family of your own. I often quote Aristotle: Excellence is never an accident. Collegiate chapters broke recruitment records despite social distancing. In our world, you dont only learn but you live diversity and inclusion. Fraters, grit and determination have been the cornerstones of TKE successes throughout our history. Looking to the Future: Imagine whats next. Celebrate with your fellow Fraters by sharing on social media the memories of your fraternal experience using #IAMTKE. For FY 2017, we have our largest budget ever $440 million, a net increase of $10 million over the previous year. 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. With faith in our heritage, with confidence in our future, with unswerving commitment to the magnificent obsession" and with fidelity to mission, the best days of Tau Kappa Epsilon are ahead. As Grand Prytanis on this Founders Day, I declare that now is the time for all hands on deck. UMBC was, therefore, founded at a time of great expansion in access to higher education, and we were expected to play a key role in facilitating that growth in Maryland. Through an $18 million BUILD grant from the National Institutes of Health, we are extending best practices from our scholar programs to the entire student population. So, six years after matriculating, 90 percent of students in the 2009 cohort had earned a postsecondary degree or were still enrolled in college. If you are unable to make a gift, share your time and your talent. And while we clearly would not be here today if not for our opening in 1834, we cannot deny that our history like that of our state and indeed our nation is tied up with slavery, segregation, and Americas other injustices. President, UMBC. In my tenure on the Grand Council, this has happened frequently. TKE builds Better Men for a Better World. His doctoral student and postdoctoral fellow, Victoria DSouza, was granted tenure as full professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Harvard University. They were mostly men raised on farms in country towns in Central Illinois. WebWe learn by growing older, by suffering, by loving, by bearing with the things we can't change, by taking risks. Over the next few months, collegiates, alumni, volunteers, and our university partners will have the chance for continued input. My point was that we needed to set our sights high. It was easier for us to do this by effecting an organization of a brotherly character for mutual helpfulness. Remarks as prepared. Mission will always illuminate the pathway of excellence. From Founders Day on April 8 to the grand opening of Thunderbird Global Headquarters in November, this longstanding tradition of honoring diversity and fostering o We now have more than 70,000 alumni who are working in Maryland and beyond as artists, social workers, policy analysts, doctors, and dentists, healthcare workers, teachers, lawyers, engineers, and computer scientists. Fraters, perception is reality. As they sat at 504 East Locust Street on a cold Tuesday night, Settles, Truitt, McNutt, Atkinson and Mayer set out to create a fraternity that was different than others in their time. Looking ahead to August 1-4, be sure to mark your calendars and make plans to join us in Orlando, FL for the 60th TKE Conclave. We have just launched the first Naval ROTC program in Maryland, with special support from Senator Mikulski. Meanwhile, more than 70 courses across all our colleges have been infused with an entrepreneurial emphasis, and the minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation currently has 120 students enrolled. This past semester, I had the honor of attending initiation at UCF and leading the Bond reading to the new Fraters. We have a strong focus on inclusive excellenceteaching students how to live and work with people different from themselves. Walker challenged sorority members to dare to be bold and courageous in their service to community, the cornerstone of the sororitys mission. And what motivated you to join our family through your lifelong commitment to Tau Kappa Epsilon? And Baltimore needed another public research university that would play a role in the regions economic growth and civic life. History has shown that Tekes are undeterred and undaunted by threats to the Fraternity. Partnerships It's a challenge I proudly accept without hesitation as I know all of you do as well. But the expectations of ourselves remain constant. The State of Maryland and other sources have generously provided almost three-quarters of a billion dollars in developing and building state-of-the-art facilities for instruction, research, and student life for the 20-year period from 2000 to 2020. If you would like to write a draft speech and post it here, we will have a look at it for you. Fraters, those were the words of Fraters Settles, Mayer, Atkinson, Truitt, and McNutt about why our fraternity was founded. Day We have just welcomed 2,800 new students to campus this fall, including 1,550 new freshmen. It is always the result of high intentions, sincere effort, and intelligent execution. The Grand Council and I are engaged with numerous stakeholders in strategic conversations about changes we can champion together to safeguard our future. In 1902, our medical school. As we celebrate the 119th anniversary of Tau Kappa Epsilons founding, we once again have an opportunity to recall our origins and use them as inspiration for continued excellence in our lives. We have many international partnerships, such as those with Kyushu University in Japan and Kassel University in Germany. Over the past fifty years, as our nation has grown its higher education enterprise, many more Americans went to college and earned bachelors degrees, access to our postsecondary institutions was widened to people of all groups, and the federal government expanded its investments in university research. Success is never final. Although we have experienced significant growth since 1944, the global pandemic has upended higher education on Americas college campuses and Tau Kappa Epsilon is once again facing an existential threat. Lets expand on that quest and chart an even greater future. For the first time in a generation since 1992, our chapters and colonies initiated more than 4,000 new men. 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. For obvious reasons, we think of the year 1834 when we think of the founding of Wake Forest. We have educated more than one-quarter of the IT graduates in Maryland. It was truly the day the past met the future. Here at Wake Forest, we know our heritage is complex, and we have great respect for the complexity of our past. The Grand Council, which typically convenes three or four times a year, met more frequently. The things you learn in maturity aren't simple things such as With nearly 12,000 collegiate members, Tau Kappa Epsilon contributes to the advancement of society through the personal growth of our members, and service to others. There were blackboards and even chalk.. There are other examples of more inclusive foundings that form all the parts of the Wake Forest story. (Until the 1980s, the diplomas of our graduates did not yet say University of Maryland, Baltimore County, but just University of Maryland, reflecting a particular mindset about who we were.). Agreeing with Miss Thompson regarding the importance of encouraging student travel, he worked with Dr. Sven Knudson of the University of Copenhagen to Upon hearing this, I extended my hand, introduced myself, and commented that as the TKE International Board Chairman, I was equally concerned about her son as I am about all of our 11,000 collegiate members. It was the first day of classes for those students and faculty. 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. I believe that Tau Kappa Epsilon has the ability to lead the fraternal world by living our Declaration of Principles. With a vision of forward-thinking, growth for Tau Kappa Epsilon, the Grand Council of TKE has released our 2020-2025 Strategic Plan. Good UMBC, since its founding, has been a place for people of all backgrounds to participate equally in higher education, preparing them for meaningful lives and careers, working to solve the problems of humanity. We had a nice discussion that continued while we waited for our bags after the conclusion of the flight. Consider the year 1962 sixty years ago. It was 187 years ago this month that the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute was founded about 100 miles east of here. Being a TKE for Life means acting on our values to make a better life for you and those around you. More than half of the states population then lived in the Baltimore metropolitan area. PBS - JOHN GARDNER - EDUCATION AND EXCELLENCE In 1924, at the Silver Jubilee Conclave, our founders addressed the Grand Chapter and clearly set forth the inspiration which led to their founding of our fraternity. They need us and as a fraternity we have a need of them. Thanking all our customers on the Foundation Day of our company. 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250. One of Armys first female Rangers speaks during Founders Day 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. We will continue to innovate in the classroom and on campus generally. Our founding fathers had a vision that was progressive and revolutionary back in 1899, creating an organization that would consider personal worth and character to be principle qualifications for membership. The Fraternity's first-ever fundraising effort was a $300 campaign in 1908 for a piano for the Alpha chapter house. In some ways, connecting with a chapter became easier to accomplish through virtual meetings. 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. Second, using our research capacity we will tackle critical challenges faced by society and all of humanity in general. And what inspires confidence in our brotherhood and emboldens strong leadership is the mission of Tau Kappa Epsilon and the values it promulgates. While they believed college was not for everyone and you didnt need book smarts to survive in the world, college was for their son. We are now developing a systematic, integrated approach to using analytics in decision-making. Only a small number of students lived on campus. In so many ways, we've done just that. We also have a community based on shared values. Thats why Im proud of the important work being done by Wake Forests Slavery, Race, and Memory Project and particularly proud of our membership in the Universities Studying Slavery consortium. But Im a person of the moment., Two years later in 2013, not long before she died, she said, Heritage is so complex we have to be simple, consider ourselves global. Over the next several days, I found my first Teke family with Nathan White, Wes Newton, Mikey Kriese, Robert Luby, Kevin Major, and Walt Moody - my fellow candidates in the Rho-Omega chapter that fall of 1998 and all of whom would later become the newest Fraters of our chapter. If you are already engaged, can you reach out and encourage other Fraters to do the same? Following the tragic death of Freddie Gray, we looked in the mirror to assess what we as a campus could do to reach out to Baltimore City. And it was the year that the Rev. It is a good way to recognize ones effort. January 18, 2018. And the case for putting that campus in the Baltimore region was growing as well. UMBC at 50: Reflections and Aspirations. They are working. With utmost pride and enthusiasm, I say unto you all - Happy Founders Day. In 1942, women were finally admitted to the College. o With College Park, we are collaborating (with MITRE) on the states Cybersecurity FFRDC, (with funding from NASA) on the Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology, and (with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities) on Baltimore Stories: Narratives and the Life of an American City, which seeks to use humanities scholarship to produce print and digital materials that help frame and contextualize narratives of race in American cities. From modest beginnings, we have solidified our place as a Doctoral University with Higher Research Activity, as designated by the current Carnegie Classification. September 19, 2016. 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. Founder's Day Speech We have an inclusive notion of leadership and shared governanceand many of our administrators today were once leaders in our senates. As Grand Prytanis, I have experienced firsthand the amazing benefits our bond bestows upon those that choose to join. We celebrate to commemorate the humble beginnings of our beloved sorority, They applied to Phi Delta Theta and were rejected because they were not a conventional group of men. Whether a few dollars of your finances or a few hours of your time, you can make a difference to our current and future Fraters to shape a more prosperous Fraternity. It means engaging in radical collaboration with others. 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. Speech on Foundation Day of a School. This was after a three-year battle, where Wake Forest students played a leading role in efforts to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage ceremonies on campus. These initiatives and programs are designed to ensure that students learn and make significant progress toward completion. All of these bills expanded access and support. We have been changing attitudes about who can succeed as we continue focusing on improving undergraduate teaching. In 1899, when TKE was born, our Founders started the Fraternity with the purpose of preparing men for the challenges of society, certainly a noble endeavor. 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. With Gods grace, with faith in our heritage and a strong commitment to the magnificent obsession, with confidence in our future, with inspiration from the enduring wisdom of our Founders, and with the beacon of mission to light the way, the best days of Tau Kappa Epsilon are unquestionably ahead. o Going forward, we have broken ground on the new Events Center, and we are in the planning stages for the new Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Center, which will be important for teaching and research in the life sciences and for innovation supporting Marylands biotech industry. How can the development of this tract support the work we do for students, research, and the community? Staff had literally been sweeping floors and assembling desks the night before students arrived. Our Declaration of Principles outlines that our purpose is to aid our men in their mental, moral, and social development. Now we have integrated those four offices into the Division of Information Technology. o How can we continue to build our partnerships with other research universities, within the system and beyond? While social norms and social mores continue to evolve at a rapid pace, our timeless values have been a steadfast mooring for those nearly 290,000 Fraters who have joined our Bond. o This spring, Michael Summers, Robert E. Meyerhoff Chair for Excellence in Research and Mentoring, University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Howard Hughes Investigator, was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. 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. It must be the compass by which we chart our course. At the beginning of that fateful week, I was 500 miles away from home and knew no one on campus. Alpha Kappa Alpha 110th Founders' Day Message - YouTube Common ambitions and ideals were necessary. And then in 1956, we relocated to this beautiful campus here in Winston-Salem. January 18, 2018. We are truly blessed. For us to achieve what our Founders set out to accomplish, the Fraternity For Life needs you. However, there is much more to do and the time has come for us to once again lead the way via important organizational changes. I love the Fraternity. The speech is a means of showing ones appreciation through words of praise and gratitude. In 1991, we had four separate offices that reported to three different leaders providing support for technology. Williams became Grand Prytanis in 1944 following a series of unexpected resignations on the Grand Council during the Second World War, there were only 11 chapters and about 100 collegiate members of Tau Kappa Epsilon at that time. o Our alumni now lead such institutions as the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and Clemson University, and chair the Department of Neurosurgery at Vanderbilt University. It represents the wisest choice of many alternativeschoice not chance, determines your destiny., University of Maryland, Baltimore County Faculty are using technology to teach across borders from Portugal to India. In the year 2000, there were at least 100 and many more aspiring to this status.. Whether in the chapter room or the boardroom, my time in TKE has highlighted that our Fraternity's true strength lies within our members' diversity. Founder's Day Essay: Leadership in my Community Like many of our newest students, Im still learning about Wake Forest learning what makes this place so special and how we can contribute in our own way to the Universitys distinctive story. 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 You can see the progress we are making in our numbers. As we look forward to the future of Tau Kappa Epsilon and fraternities as a whole, the expectations of todays society are much higher than ever before. Welcome to our 2022 Founders Day Convocation. o Indeed, we can report that for the 2009 cohort, after six years: Through the leadership of the TKE Foundation and its Chairman, James Crockard, we are more aligned than at any point in our history to grow the resources to advance the mission of our Fraternity. UMBC at 50: Reflections and Aspirations. o We have corporate partners such as Mitre, Northrop Grumman, and IBM that allow us to advance education and research in cybersecurity and with Medimmune which facilitates key work in biomedical research. Corey Carter 08, biological sciences, 10 M.A.T., was selected as the Baltimore County Teacher of the year and Shalonda Holt 07, biological sciences, teaching certificate in education, was recognized by the Washington Post as Teacher of the Year after previously being selected as the Howard County Teacher of the year.

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