Blank’s Slate

As part of her annual address to the Board of Regents, Chancellor Blank addressed the many challenges faced by the university due to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and the ways staff, faculty and students are… Read More

In conversations with alumni, students, community members and others, I am frequently asked what a typical day for a Chancellor looks like. I’m never quite sure how much they really want to know. For those… Read More

The following post was jointly written by Chancellor Blank and Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Karl Scholz.  Welcome to 2021. Both of us are happy to see the end of 2020. The holiday… Read More

When we launched our current alumni fundraising campaign, we chose the theme of “All Ways Forward”—both catchy and emblematic of our state’s motto, Forward. For the past nine months, figuring out how to move forward… Read More

A guest post from Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor in honor of Veterans Day When we speak about veterans or military-connected students in higher education, I’ve found the focus is often on their… Read More

Español Hmoob བོད་སྐད Tibetan 中文 Chinese नेपाली Nepali I admit that I’m a political nerd.  I still watch as much coverage as I can of the summer political conventions. I stay up as late as… Read More

This message was sent from Chancellor Rebecca Blank to all employees on Oct. 26. It is being translated into multiple languages. Check back here for updates. To our employees, This has been a year unlike… Read More

As prepared for delivery, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. Welcome. Thank you for your leadership and partnership in this extraordinarily difficult semester. I know that you’re balancing these responsibilities with your teaching and research – not… Read More

I last wrote to you in July outlining what our university is doing to confront and disrupt racism and other forms of systemic prejudice. This was in the wake of George Floyd’s death which horrified… Read More

To our students, faculty and staff, I want to start by recognizing how frustrating the beginning of this semester has been. This was not how we envisioned the start of the academic year. In particular,… Read More