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. 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. She went on to explain how worried she was about his decision to join a fraternity and after not hearing from him for a period of time, she had thought he might be dead. With what resources? We don't know anything about you, your school, or its founder. To achieve that, Tau Kappa Epsilon needs your help. These partnerships are important to the Maryland economy and the health and defense of our nation. Academic Programs and Success In 1991, we had four separate offices that reported to three different leaders providing support for technology. 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. Lets rekindle old bonds, make new ones, and embrace our opportunity to propel TKE forward in ways that no other organization has yet achieved. I want them all to be safe from harm and to benefit from their TKE experiences. For example, Kate Brown, professor of History, won seven prestigious national and international awards for her book, Plutopia, and has recently been named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow, a Fernand Braudel Fellow at the European University Institute, and a fellowship with the American Academy in Berlin. I am mindful of the solemn responsibility entrusted to methe current occupantto safeguard the legacy and the future of TKE. With utmost pride and enthusiasm, I say unto you all - Happy Founders Day. In the early 1960s, the case for a new campus in Maryland was growing. This remains true today, but innovation and accountability will determine how successful we can be moving forward. Welcome to our 2022 Founders Day Convocation. Fraters, perception is reality. Social injustice continues. They didnt want the necessity of distraction and controversy that often accompanies the march of justice. This is such a special moment for UMBC, one of twelve institutions in the University System of Maryland, which is led by Chancellor Robert Caret and the Board of Regents, chaired by James Brady. For our broader engagement: Dr. Angelou founded so much good on our campus. A Private Liberal Arts University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina / Founded1834 / ProHumanitate. It is always the result of high intentions, sincere effort, and intelligent execution. We want to ensure that our work has direct impacton the scientific and engineering fields, on our students, and on the many communities that we touch. We must all work together for the good of the Fraternity. The additional budget funding and income from our endowment allow us to hire new faculty and staff as enrollments grow, expand academic programs, better support our students through increased financial aid, and grow our health and wellness initiatives for the campus. It means persistently and peacefully striving on. It promises to be a magnificent celebration in the city where dreams do come true. And what inspires confidence in our brotherhood and emboldens strong leadership is the mission of Tau Kappa Epsilon and the values it promulgates. Yet, I know that future generations of Tekes will read about this time in a future edition of The Teke Guide. For the first time in a generation since 1992, our chapters and colonies initiated more than 4,000 new men. 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. Thank you for having the vision to open this university, and for carrying In the video just shown, you saw how our numbers have grown for enrollment, degrees, programs, research, buildings, budget, and endowment. Founders Day Speech Quotes WebA special occasion speech can often give pride to the individual being honored. If you are already engaged, can you reach out and encourage other Fraters to do the same? We are here today and we are who we are today because of many foundings and many founders. 3)lamp lighting. 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. 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. o The Commons (2002); Information Technology and Engineering (2003); Public Policy (2004), and state-of-the-art Performing Arts and Humanities Building (2012 and 2014). The future of our great Fraternity is at a cross roads and we must act now to improve, to evolve, and to define our existence for a successful future. My name is First Lieutenant Can you create a MyTKE.org account so we know you are interested in reconnecting? Hon. Lets expand on that quest and chart an even greater future. The voices of disenfranchised and marginalized Tekes inspired the Fraternity to deepen our commitment to justice and inclusion. 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. 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. Second, snobbiness was a thing which we, the Founders, disdained. We do this not to sully the good but to empower ourselves to continually strive forward. We are now developing a systematic, integrated approach to using analytics in decision-making. Because of public health restrictions, many chapters are unable to recruit new members. It is a good way to recognize ones effort. 5)Welcome song. We can better understand UMBCs growth over the past half-century if we consider the national context in which our campus was founded and subsequently grew. The key point is that more students are succeeding today than ever. Founder's Day Essay: Leadership in my Community And, most of all, we still believe in hard work. In 2011, she said I have great respect for the past. We had just $4 million in research in the late 1970s and $22 million at the end of the 1980s.