Buildings were ready to be occupied; sidewalks were installed; the faculty was here. Although they were expectedly nervous and overwhelmed, watching the Fraternity grow through their initiation was inspiring. 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. We have the option of serving as a Chapter Advisor to help a local chapter. o How high can we go with degree completion? My point is that Wake Forest is a place where many things have begun, where the act of founding is continuous. In our earliest years we built out the academic core, completed the Albin O. Kuhn Library, built the RAC, and began construction of our first dorms. o We have partnerships with a number of public school systems and community colleges that address student and community needs. Today, we face larger challenges and opportunities as we expand our educational programs and support services to meet the needs of a growing Fraternity. Second, snobbiness was a thing which we, the Founders, disdained. They were mostly men raised on farms in country towns in Central Illinois. Over the next few months, collegiates, alumni, volunteers, and our university partners will have the chance for continued input. Building relationships from Baltimore to Washington? We do this not to sully the good but to empower ourselves to continually strive forward. As a nation, we have much more work to do. UMBC is now an inclusive, selective, highly residential research university. Dear Sisters, We send warm greetings to each of you on the 122nd anniversary of AOIIs founding. 2023 All Rights Reserved. To achieve that, Tau Kappa Epsilon needs your help. 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 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 What should our long-term thinking be with regard to the neighboring Spring Grove campus? 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. Relatives and friends have buried children and others killed in a Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Uman. In our world, you become leaders. Program schedule for school and college annual day function. Welcome to all alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends! Welcome to our 2022 Founders Day Convocation. I ask you on this Founders Day to reflect on your TKE experience and financially invest in the Fraternity that has taken us on such a wonderful ride. 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). WebEach day children participate in circle time, small and large group activities, independent playtime, story time and movement activities. 7)Guest introduction. We have educated more than one-quarter of the IT graduates in Maryland. We were not in harmony with many of the popular ideals of that time. We are here today and we are who we are today because of many foundings and many founders. 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. 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. 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. We have just completed our self-study for the upcoming Middle State Accreditation and we are implementing our new strategic plan (greater detail about my comments can be found in those two documents). And what inspires confidence in our brotherhood and emboldens strong leadership is the mission of Tau Kappa Epsilon and the values it promulgates. We were founded in 1834 as a manual labor college and there is much work for all of us to do. Founders Day is always a significant day and I join you in paying tribute to those persons who through their own dedication and their tireless efforts brought this fraternity into being. In a real sense, you and I are the legacy of goodwill and sacrifice on the part of the founders of Tau Kappa Epsilon. In the decade or so after WWII, the GI Bill provided the opportunity for many young peoplemainly white mento go to college. Here at Wake Forest, we know our heritage is complex, and we have great respect for the complexity of our past. If you are already engaged, can you reach out and encourage other Fraters to do the same? His doctoral student and postdoctoral fellow, Victoria DSouza, was granted tenure as full professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Harvard University. WebFounders Day is a time to reflect on your PTAs achievements, examine its current concerns and set goals for the future. We have a strong national reputation for integrating undergraduates in mentored research. That amount includes substantial contributions from faculty, staff, and alumni. Start by We have indeed built a better world through building better men. Connect today with the Fraternity on MyTKE.org. We now have 15 major research centers on campus that report to either the provost or the vice president for research, and another 10 established by our colleges and departments. TKEs mission is to aid men in their mental, moral and social development for life. Thousands of collegiates struggle to pay their membership dues or are unemployed. Can you mentor a fellow Frater? We have an inclusive notion of leadership and shared governanceand many of our administrators today were once leaders in our senates. All our administrative work was done via paper, and even the most basic level of data analysis was difficult and time consuming. However, this time it was a mom mentioning her son had just joined TKE at a school in Ohio. This is a moment that allows us to consider what our aspirations have been over the years; reflect on 50 years of growth, grit and greatness; celebrate all that we have achieved together; and aspire yet again as success is never final. Good You can use phrases such as the following: * According to. In 1942, women were finally admitted to the College. The key point is that more students are succeeding today than ever. The Pell Grant program, which today provides extensive need-based federal student aid, was created in the Higher Education Act Amendments of 1972 under Nixon. Much as America's founding fathers before them, our Fraternity's Founders were pioneers filled with the spirit of building a new and better enterprisenot just for them, and not just for their time, but for all brothers for all time. I love the Fraternity. Yet, I know that future generations of Tekes will read about this time in a future edition of The Teke Guide. The Maryland General Assembly authorized a new campus for Baltimore County in 1963, and it was 50 years ago today that UMBC opened in 1966 on what had recently been 432 acres of farmland. o Princeton Review named us a College that Pays You Back and Kiplingers named us a Best Value College for 2016. Something incredibly important happened that year, 1962. As a scientist, Im accustomed to asking lots of questions, but my own way of thinking about Founders Day centers on one question in particular: What does it mean to be a founder? I want them all to be safe from harm and to benefit from their TKE experiences. I love the Fraternity! UMBC at 50: Reflections and Aspirations. During this time, UMBC has been in the midst of it all a 50-year experiment in higher education here in Catonsville. o Our faculty across disciplines have won a range of impressive awards. 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. Speech on Foundation Day of a School. We had just $4 million in research in the late 1970s and $22 million at the end of the 1980s. And the case for putting that campus in the Baltimore region was growing as well. For my parents, life was about survival and college was mere a fairy tale of opportunity that people living in double-wide trailers did not get. Web1] Welcome address A very good evening to all the wonderful people present today Its a pleasure to start this auspicious occasion by heartily welcoming every body to It is your faith and believe in our company that has helped us achieve so much in such a short time. We anticipate that, with winter, spring, and summer enrollments, as well as students in UMBC Training Centers, we will serve a total of more than 20,000 students in the coming academic year. 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. TKE Nation now exceeds 285,000 lifetime members and continues to grow stronger every year. We have many international partnerships, such as those with Kyushu University in Japan and Kassel University in Germany. 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. Student and faculty activism played a vital role in desegregation initiatives. 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: Fraters, on this Founders Day and all days, I love the Fraternity! According to current data from NSF, UMBC ranks #151 in federal research and development expenditures out of more than 3,000 four-year colleges or universities. 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. 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, Campus Memorialization Steering Committee, University Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council (UDEIC), An engaging process is itself a valuable product, Jacqueline Travisano named Executive Vice President, Jackie Krasas named Dean of the College and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. But it wasnt easy. In FY 2016, UMBC secured $82.3 million in extramural awards, an increase of 12% above the prior year. 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. 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. It means cultivating a respectful and open dialogue with those with whom we may disagree. 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. It was 187 years ago this month that the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute was founded about 100 miles east of here. 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. Better Men for a Better World is a commitment we make each and every day to each other and our beloved Fraternity. 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.. * As the old saying goes. It is a time to honor our How can the development of this tract support the work we do for students, research, and the community? Be metropolitanbe a partner for the region, a force for addressing its social problems and economic development needs. You can see the progress we are making in our numbers. Welcome to our 2022 Founders Day Convocation. More than half of the states population then lived in the Baltimore metropolitan area. Similarly, at our founding no one could then have fully envisioned what we one day could become. Today, we celebrate our birthday. With a vision of forward-thinking, growth for Tau Kappa Epsilon, the Grand Council of TKE has released our 2020-2025 Strategic Plan. 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. For the life of our campus: On behalf of all Tekes everywhere, I thank you for your part in that magnificent effort. It was a wise bargain for a new university: commuters saved their money by living at home; the state saved money by forgoing the cost of residence halls. o The latest one-year retention rate for full-time, first-time freshmen from the first to the second year is the highest ever at 87.2 percentwith little variation among racial/ethnic groups. What new goal can we achieve? The good news is that more people of every race, ethnic group, and gender are educated today than ever before. 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. As we mark the 124th Founders' Day in the history of our beloved Fraternity, we celebrate the 1,549 men who have officially joined the Fraternity for Life this past semester. She was followed by political and civic leaders, best selling authors and media Joseph Settles took their advice and ran with it. Consider the year 1962 sixty years ago. We are truly blessed. To safeguard the mission of Tau Kappa Epsilon, we need untiring and dedicated Tekes who will marshal the Fraternity toward greater financial sustainability and emerge from this crisis stronger than before. 5)Welcome song. These partnerships are important to the Maryland economy and the health and defense of our nation. Can you help find lost alumni? We have been changing attitudes about who can succeed as we continue focusing on improving undergraduate teaching. Looking to the Future: Imagine whats next. And what motivated you to join our family through your lifelong commitment to Tau Kappa Epsilon? Following Sputnik, the National Defense Education Act of 1958which provided the federal funding for students in the sciences, area studies, and foreign languageswas enacted under Eisenhower. To achieve what our Founders set out to accomplish. In celebrating our 116th birthday, we know our TKE work is not done nor should it be. o We have substantive partnerships with Federal agencies that provide students experiential learning through internships, lead to jobs and careers, and provide partnerships. In a real sense, you and I are the legacy of goodwill and sacrifice on the part of the founders of Tau Kappa Epsilon. We are looking to build on these strengths with key research prioritieswell-aligned with state and national prioritiesin environment, health, national security, education, and public policy. Let me give a few examples. These accolades are backed up by solid achievements. Yours in the Bond, Christopher T. Hanson Grand Prytanis. Where the most loyal Wake Forest supportersbelong. In their address to the Grand Chapter, they wanted to reiterate the original ideas and purposes that brought our fraternity into existence. o We are sending our students to the most prestigious graduate and professional programs in the country and our doctoral graduates hold faculty positions at research and comprehensive universities across the nation. Instead, we should confront them. With more than $80 million in training and research grants, UMBC has solidified its place among our nations research universities as Carnegie has classified our institution as a Doctoral University with Higher Research activity. 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. In 1923, the Demon Deacons burst onto the scene. Significantly, more than one thousand Tekes since June made their first gift to the TKE Foundation through Life Loyal Teke (LLT). Sage Policy Group estimates, The state business community generates $340 million in additional revenues because of the operations of bwtech and it tenants. In the year 2000, there were at least 100 and many more aspiring to this status.. Their decision to select our membership by an individuals personal worth and character, not by their wealth, rank or honor, had wisdom decades ahead of society at the time. In our world, we live by high standards and exceptional values. First, we seek to expand our work as a national model for others on approaches to helping students succeed, in not just a few disciplines but across the board, and to do so in ways that will impact the real world. History will be the judge of that and of the decisions we make now to sustain Tau Kappa Epsilon for this and future generations. 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. As their membership size grew, they felt that they needed to affiliate with a larger fraternity. Our emergence as a model research university can be traced to many factors. UMBCs IT operations are now regarded as a model of innovation in higher education. 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. 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. In some ways, connecting with a chapter became easier to accomplish through virtual meetings. Welcome Speech by Dawn Dekle, PhD, President of American University of Nigeria at the 14 th Founders Day Ceremony held on Saturday, November 30, 2019 Good Afternoon! We are now developing a systematic, integrated approach to using analytics in decision-making. Dr. Martin Luther King spoke in this very chapel. We are not yet done. Failure is not part of the fabric of 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. Tempting them is all you have to do and then stop make them feel excited about the event. Welcome speech must address all the guests and the chief guests of the event (if any) thanking them for being present and giving the auspicious event their valuable attention. 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. If TKE is truly the Fraternity for Life, then the undergraduate years are merely a launching pad for life. In our world, you learn service above self.

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