This page contains links to selected speeches, op-eds, Rutgers Magazine columns, and written statements by President McCormick over the past year, as well as clips of selected broadcast appearances. Earlier speeches and commentary are archived below.

• Annual Addresses
  

Recent Highlights
 

• 2009 Annual Address: A Reprieve, Not a Pass
  (September 25, 2009)
  “To achieve our goals, we must be smarter and tougher and harder working than ever. In particular, we need more of what Rutgers has accomplished already: greater efficiencies, shared sacrifice, good management, hard choices, and above all, new revenues.”
   
• Taking to Heart Our Service Mission
  (Rutgers Magazine, Fall 2009)
  “The Future Scholars initiative is one of the freshest examples of Rutgers’ commitment to a strong engagement with our home state.”
   
• Rutgers Provides Excellent Return on State Investment
  (Op-Ed, July 19, 2009)
  “It is gratifying to know that we are having a six-to-one impact on the economy for every dollar invested by the state—a welcome rate of return in these difficult times.”

From the Past Year

• The More Things Change...
  (Rutgers Magazine, Spring 2009)
   
• New Administration, Congress Return Science to the Front Burner
  (Op-Ed, May 28, 2009)
   
• Bicentennial Celebration of Old Queens Building
  (April 27, 2009)
  
  • President McCormick's Letter for Bicentennial Time Capsule
    
    
• Campus Diversity Transforms Learning and Society
  (Essay, March 2009)
  
  
• Lincoln’s Leadership Undiminished 200 Years Later
  (Op-Ed, February 12, 2009)
  
  
• Higher Education's Role in Tough Times
  (Rutgers Magazine, Winter 2009)
  
  
• Rutgers: Making Changes and Moving Forward
  (Op-Ed, December 18, 2008)
  
  
• Statement by Rutgers President Richard L. McCormick on the Athletics Review Committee Report
  (November 19, 2008)
  
  • Committee Report [PDF]
    
    
• Presentation to BOG: Rutgers' Steps in Dealing with the Global Economic Crisis
  (October 13, 2008)
  
  
• Update to BOG: Policies to Enhance Governance and Accountability
  (October 13, 2008)
  
  

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