His Excellency Atiku Abubakar, GCON, Founder of American University of Nigeria His Excellency Rt. For example, our Humanities and Social Sciences Forums explore key issues in our society. We can better understand UMBCs growth over the past half-century if we consider the national context in which our campus was founded and subsequently grew. We believe in high expectations and have a passion for learning. Phi Delta Theta not only rejected them for not being conventional, but frowned on the name Knights of Classic Lore and suggested we start a new fraternity. It was the first day of classes for those students and faculty. Even though we were founded as an undergraduate organization, our fraternity lives long beyond the undergraduate years. This is such a special moment for UMBC, one of twelve institutions in the University System of Maryland, which is led by Chancellor Robert Caret and the Board of Regents, chaired by James Brady. Together, we can make this dream a reality and demonstrate the power of the Fraternity for Life. I was born the son of a car mechanic and a hairstylist. I am mindful of the solemn responsibility entrusted to methe current occupantto safeguard the legacy and the future of TKE. In 1902, our medical school. As you may know from our Declaration of Principles, We believe that a fraternity should be a brotherhood in conduct as well as in name., Secrecy that is promoted for selfish purposes or utilized to cloak fraternal wrong-doings we unsparingly condemn., We believe that at no other period in the life of a man is the time more opportune for the fostering of such qualities than during the years of his college career.. And then in 1956, we relocated to this beautiful campus here in Winston-Salem. Can you create a MyTKE.org account so we know you are interested in reconnecting? More than half of the states population then lived in the Baltimore metropolitan area. We have many international partnerships, such as those with Kyushu University in Japan and Kassel University in Germany. * As the old saying goes. However, there is much more to do and the time has come for us to once again lead the way via important organizational changes. These accomplishments and so many more are a very real and proud tribute to the hard work and dedication of our active members and of the alumni volunteer teams who educate and support our mission. It is the plate. In celebrating our 116th birthday, we know our TKE work is not done nor should it be. It is a good way to recognize ones effort. On the day each of us knelt at the triangle and recited the Bond, we joined Tau Kappa Epsilon. Strengthening pre-K through 12 education, and improving teaching and learning, advising and mentoring, and student support on our campuses can elevate this rate and improve overall student success. We have now created more than 140 programs, initiatives, partnerships, and organizations in which our students, faculty, and staff connect to the City and its residents. Today is a celebration but also a convocation a calling together. With fewer than 1% of more than 240,000 living Fraters donating to the Fraternity, the promise of an equally inspiring moment in our Fraternitys history is great. Agreeing with Miss Thompson regarding the importance of encouraging student travel, he worked with Dr. Sven Knudson of the University of Copenhagen to So today, I want to call us to all be founders for the future and to engage in the hard work needed to accomplish great things. While social norms and social mores continue to evolve at a rapid pace, our timeless values have been a steadfast mooring for those nearly 290,000 Fraters who have joined our Bond. 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! These partnerships are important to the Maryland economy and the health and defense of our nation. I love the Fraternity. Fraters, in celebration of 120 years of Tau Kappa Epsilon, I ask that you all join me in a cohesive effort to embrace our values, expand our engagement, and fulfill our desire to be Better Men for a Better World. For obvious reasons, we think of the year 1834 when we think of the founding of Wake Forest. We have a growing partnership with Bowie State in cybersecurity and with UMES in the alliance for minority participation in science. When Frater R.C. Your engagement in Tau Kappa Epsilon will help to define our future. o How can we become the anchor institution for the region? UMBC, since its founding, has been a place for people of all backgrounds to participate equally in higher education, preparing them for meaningful lives and careers, working to solve the problems of humanity. As responsible Fraters, we know we must constantly strive for excellence in our daily actions and demand the same from our fellow Fraters. All of these bills expanded access and support. As the Grand Prytanis of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, I am only a temporary occupant of the Office I was elected to hold. Change, both significant and vital, will require concerted efforts and meaningful plans for implementation. 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. And, most importantly as an educational institution with knowledge creation at our core we must learn from them. We are in the quiet phase of the capital campaign now, and we will launch the public phase for $150 million in the spring. 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). Something new and beautiful was founded here. It is encouraging that recent legislation calls for multi-year increases to our base budget to make this possible. President, UMBC. And what inspires confidence in our brotherhood and emboldens strong leadership is the mission of Tau Kappa Epsilon and the values it promulgates. We fear that the loss of scholastic achievement may be traced to the artificial tendency of making social qualities the only test of membership-rather than the essentials of a strong, vigorous, aggressive manhood that stands for the highest and best things in life. Our Declaration of Principles outlines that our purpose is to aid our men in their mental, moral, and social development. It was the year that Ed Reynolds became the first full-time black student to enroll at Wake Forest. Good These initiatives and programs are designed to ensure that students learn and make significant progress toward completion. 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. Following the tragic death of Freddie Gray, we looked in the mirror to assess what we as a campus could do to reach out to Baltimore City. Our recommendations reflect our willingness to be honest with ourselves. 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. All of us who have entered the Bond over the last 121 years is their legacy and, thanks to the vision of our Founders, we are well-positioned for continued success. Looking to the Future: Imagine whats next. In their address to the Grand Chapter, they wanted to reiterate the original ideas and purposes that brought our fraternity into existence. Today, on our 123rd Founders Day and throughout 2022, I encourage you to engage withTKEs 1-2-3 - Connect, Celebrate and Contribute. Our membership is strong, our staff is top notch, and our volunteers give their heart and soul for the betterment of others. 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. We were in the top the top 20 nationally in research in these fields. Member Privacy, Frater Eric Chamberlain Becomes TKE Foundation's Chief Development Officer, 2023 Founders' Day Address - Ryan J. Vescio Esq., Grand Prytanis, Past Grand Prytanis Robert D. Planck Enters Chapter Eternal, The Grand Council of Tau Kappa Epsilon Has Extended Donald Aldrichs Contract as CEO for Ten Years. Capital Projects Consider the year 1962 sixty years ago. Yet, I know that future generations of Tekes will read about this time in a future edition of The Teke Guide. Sage Policy Group estimates, The state business community generates $340 million in additional revenues because of the operations of bwtech and it tenants. These facilities include the following. Many have lost a loved one to Covid-19. How can the development of this tract support the work we do for students, research, and the community? November 15th, 2018 in Executive Board, General News. These men laid the foundation for joining collegiate men together not based on wealth, rank or honor but on something more important and timelesspersonal worth and characterin a bond that provided equal opportunity for all college men to join in a worthy endeavor. o We have substantive partnerships with Federal agencies that provide students experiential learning through internships, lead to jobs and careers, and provide partnerships. o Engineers without Borders extends what we learn on campus to those in need around the world. The things you learn in maturity aren't simple things such as In the challenges that lie ahead, there undoubtedly will be opportunities for all of us to renew our commitment, improve our ways, and exemplify the ideals of Tau Kappa Epsilon that we pledged to uphold when we assumed the Bond. Through these experiences and additional outreach efforts in our communities, we continue to foster next generation leadership among our collegiate and alumni members as the Fraternity for Life. After WWII, all of this changed, quite dramatically. Through an $18 million BUILD grant from the National Institutes of Health, we are extending best practices from our scholar programs to the entire student population. 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250. However good you are, you can always improve. State governments, university administrators, and our insurance carriers are all moving to impose significant changes upon us, or even seek to eliminate us, as these issues continue to persist. Remarks as prepared. The Grand Council, which typically convenes three or four times a year, met more frequently. The Higher Education Act of 1965, a key piece of Great Society legislation, was passed under Johnson, expanding federal postsecondary support. It was 187 years ago this month that the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute was founded about 100 miles east of here. We had just $4 million in research in the late 1970s and $22 million at the end of the 1980s. The U.S. Military Academy held its annual Founders Day dinner March 16 in the Cadet Mess Hall. We have 2,000 alumni working for the Navy and another 1,000 at NSA. We also need to recognize that not everything about Wake Forest was founded in the antebellum period. In the early 1960s, the case for a new campus in Maryland was growing. For FY 2017, we have our largest budget ever $440 million, a net increase of $10 million over the previous year. As we look forward in the new year, what does 2018 have in store for us? 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. At the beginning of that fateful week, I was 500 miles away from home and knew no one on campus. January 18, 2018. As my time as a collegiate evolved, I transferred and found a new Teke family within the Xi-Iota chapter at the University of Central Florida. For example, we know we must continue our work to develop a more diverse faculty and staffparticularly African Americans, Hispanics, and womenin selected areas. Our Founders and National Founders were passionate about the Knights of Classic Lore and the organization which only a few years later became Tau Kappa Epsilon. Whether you are a new or returning student, we all have so much TKE Nation now exceeds 285,000 lifetime members and continues to grow stronger every year. Being a TKE for Life means acting on our values to make a better life for you and those around you. Fraters, those were the words of Fraters Settles, Mayer, Atkinson, Truitt, and McNutt about why our fraternity was founded. I have thought about you and Our fraternity has been made by the early initiates and this in itself was sufficient vindication of the policy we made use of in securing our first new members. Through these experiences and our educational programming, we are creating and fostering next generation leadership. 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. When we look ahead we are also inspired in two essential ways. Welcome to our 2022 Founders Day Convocation. Faculty are using technology to teach across borders from Portugal to India. Yet, despite all of what we have achieved in the past year, the existential threat to Tau Kappa Epsilon has not abated. We had two incompatible networks and two email systems that made it difficult to communicate between academic and administrative staff. 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. America is failing these lower-income students; we must continue to elevate not just college readiness but the work we do on campuses to ensure these students succeed when they get here. Dr. Martin Luther King spoke in this very chapel. As we celebrate our 50th anniversary, it is important to recognize how far we have come over the past 25 years with regard to information technology on campus. As we celebrate, we can look back at significant achievements and tremendous growth in our capacity to conduct meaningful research across our entire campus community. 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. At the same time, the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case of Brown v Board of Education of Topeka and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964again under Johnsonhelped ensure that the expansion of access could be inclusive, extending beyond just whites to African Americans and other minorities. We celebrate this energy and are working to support and expand it. It promises to be a magnificent celebration in the city where dreams do come true. And so, with federal higher education and civil rights legislation, the percentage of Americans 25 or older who had earned a bachelors degree increased from 9.8 to 32.5 percent between 1966, when we were founded, and 2015.

Unsolved Murders In Richmond Virginia, Underground Chicago Rappers, Articles F