I love Southeastern, its people, its vigor, its dynamic culture, and its intellectual strength. I have learned much from so many of you, and have had the luxury of working with an administrative team that I believe is the best in America. The staff has shown me how simple acts of kindness positively and directly affects the lives of students. This is an uncertain world where rapid communications are changing all the rules. Our nation's population is growing older, becoming more diverse, and thanks to marvelous technological advances, workers have greater productivity.
Fewer workers can now produce more and more of our needs.
No one knows where these dramatic changes are leading, but the greater the uncertainty about the world and what America may become, the more certain I am of higher education's role in our future prosperity. Thank you for the honor of serving as your President for the past six years. This is indeed hallowed ground where admirable work takes place . . . Unofficial and external sites are not endorsed by Southeastern Louisiana University.