Description of the video:
To me, leading for the greater good is getting out of bed every day trying to make the world
just a little bit better. Everyone in any capacity has the opportunity to do that,
no matter what their role is in society and I think it's our responsibility to do so.
My hopes and aspirations for the O'Neill school is that it will
continue to produce outstanding alumni, who will go out and do great things.
I hope that we can continue to bring in those exciting faculty and students that
want to be in the space and that are also excited about fulfilling our mission of
leading for the greater good, whatever that means for all sorts of different people.
We of course focus on majoring in making a difference. You always have someone there
to push you to be better and that's what I like about O'Neill. They don't settle for anything and
they're always looking to make groundbreaking changes in the community and in the world.
What makes O'Neill special is the faculty. You will find that the faculty are really committed
to student success and I've really appreciated an institution that is largely research driven,
but also really heavily involved in wanting to see students succeed.
The school has always had outstanding faculty, has always been forward thinking in terms of
what's kind of the next challenge out there for its graduates and how do we bring those
kinds of experiences into the program to make it relevant for incoming students.
It's real easy to get cynical and frustrated sometimes when I look at the state of the
world. When I'm dealing with these young people they've got optimism,
they've got hope. We need that kind of enthusiasm to make our country work better,
to make the world work better, and I think that's the thing that means the most to me.
Because looking ahead 50 years we're going to need O'Neill graduates even more than we do
right now. We're going to need civic-minded, philanthropic focused leaders who want to get
up every day and get really excited about changing the world and making a difference.
I frankly think that what the O'Neill school brings to the world,
certainly to our country, and certainly into the state,
is more important today than it even was in 1972. And I would say it's not only a hope,
but I think it is a imperative that this school continue to lead and to allow students to go out
into the world prepared to lead in a time where I think the world needs us more than they ever have.
Buckle up raise your expectations raise your standards because the
O'Neill students are going to meet and exceed all of your expectations.
The education from O'Neill is a global commodity and it needs to be taken to the world.
