We have activated a transition team which is working on the assumption that the people of Kansas want us to succeed. We are looking at every aspect of our operation and determining how we can improve. We are working on the same expectations that we did last year, hoping that we will have a new hospital governance bill in place by next fall. As we move ahead in this whirlwind of change, there are a few things that we need to clearly understand. We are one university with multiple campuses.
Every element is here only because of our education mission.
Without the university we lose our reason for being. However, our task is to present our institution as a new KU, intertwining all its fibers in a design so they are interdependent. Our schools must be woven together with the hospital, brightened with rich colors of our research program and textured with our faculty, staff and students. Together, we can weave a tapestry of KU that will live long into the next century. Remember, we must keep working on the design, and do everything possible to keep it from unraveling as we weave.