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Miami University President David C. Hodge in his second President's Annual Address Thursday, Sept. 6, highlighted some of the year's accomplishments by students, faculty, staff and student-athletes, then asked all those groups to contribute to strategic goals to help Miami accomplish becoming a fully "Engaged University."
Fourteen months into his presidency at Miami, Hodge noted the many opportunities that confirmed the great qualities of Miami due to "the warmth and commitment of our staff and faculty, the energy and creativity of our students, and the passion of our alums.
"I believe more firmly than ever that one of the most significant elements of Miami's success is how deeply we value community," he added. "It runs through every fiber of our university, providing an environment that encourages individual success through collaboration and support for each other."
To make Miami even better, Hodge asked members of the university individually and in their respective departments or units, to consider this fall how to contribute to a set of strategic goals drafted by the President's Executive Committee to provide a sharper vision of Miami's future.
The goals relate to Miami's core missions of teaching and scholarship, our role as a public university and supportive actions that outline how we will achieve those goals and further strengthen the university's identity and success.
Central to that success, said Hodge, will be actions that strengthen the engagement of undergraduates academically and extracurricularly. Areas in which we can do that include research, student life, diverse cultural options, technology and more. Furthermore, "We need to be an engaged university that obliterates boundaries between our activities and pushes beyond the boundaries of what we have already achieved," Hodge said.
Beyond reaching for goals, the president reminded his audience that it will take a commitment to excellence in all activities and all divisions for Miami to offer the best in higher education. "Excellence is not a part-time attitude," he advised.
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