A three-week observance of UT's 115th birthday
gets underway today.
Please join the festivities including birthday cake...remarks by
President Faulkner...Texas flag...sing "Happy Birthday, UT!"
Sponsored by the Student Chapter of the Ex-Students' Association.
A special feature will be the introduction of the ceremonial mace, a
staff symbolizing academic authority or office. Rolando
Hinojosa-Smith, Marshal of The University, will present the mace that will
travel among UT's core constituencies and be displayed in significant
campus locations, leading to anniversary events on Tuesday,
October 6th.
Birthdays invite us to reflect on the past and to ponder the future. In the UTexas@115 Symposium, UT faculty and alumni will trace the trajectories of UT’s present into UT’s future as they consider what kind of university The University of Texas at Austin will be at its Sesquicentennial in 2033.
Moderator
Dr. Teresa A. Sullivan
Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies
Panelists
Dr. Ronald A. Crutcher
Director, School of Music
The Marie and Joseph D. Jamail, Sr. Regents Professor in Fine
Arts
Dr. Betty Sue Flowers
Distinguished Teaching Professor of English
Dr. Neil F. Foley
Associate Professor of History
Mr. Morton H. Meyerson
Chairman and CEO
2M Companies, Inc., Dallas
Reactors
Dr. Edwin Dorn
Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Holder of the J. J. "Jake" Pickle Regents Chair in Public
Affairs
Dr. Steven Weinberg
Regental Professor
Holder of the Jack S. Josey-Welch Foundation Chair in
Science
Professor Charles Alan Wright
Holder of the Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts
Guests are invited to a reception following the symposium.
4:30-6:00 p.m., Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Concert Hall
The Academic Convocation will signal officially the assumption of office of Larry R. Faulkner as the 27th president of The University of Texas at Austin. President Faulkner will present his inaugural State of The University Address at a ceremonial occasion that includes celebratory music, heraldic maces, and an academic procession of students, faculty, staff and alumni.
Guests are invited to a reception following the convocation.
|
|
|
|
|