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Chancellor's Speeches and Articles 

2009

   Articles

   Speeches and Testimony 

• House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education And Economic Development - USM Overview For Fiscal Year 2010
  Testimony from Chancellor William E. Kirwan
  February 9, 2009
  
  
• Senate Budget And Taxation Subcommittee On Education, Business And Administration Testimony by Chancellor William E. Kirwan
  February 12, 2009
  
  
• National Council of State Legislators Presentation: The College Board Commission on Access, Admissions, and Success in Higher Education
  February 28, 2009


• Testimony by Chancellor William E. Kirwan Senate Bill 728 Higher Education - System and Funding
  March 6, 2009


• Testimony by Chancellor William E. Kirwan Senate Bill 275 Higher Education Investment Fund (HEIF)
  March 6,2009


• Testimony by Chancellor William E. Kirwan Senate Bill 861 Maryland Funding Model for Higher Education
  March 6,2009


• Chesapeake College Sustainability Roundtable
  March 23, 2009


• Towson University, CoSMiC Scholars Lecture
  April 15, 2009


• Association of Governing Boards: Voluntary System of Accountability
  April 19, 2009


• University of Kentucky Commencement Address
  May 9, 2009

   Reports to Regents

• Chancellor's 2009 Annual Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  June 19, 2009
• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  April 10, 2009
• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  February 13, 2009

2008

   Articles

• Outdated Policies, Overlooked Mandates. Trusteeship, July/August 2008
• Presentation to the Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board September 24, 2008
• Diversifying the College Presidency Special Supplement to The Presidency, ACE Winter 2008

   Speeches and Testimony 

• Maryland Senate Budget and Taxation Subcommittee on Education, Business and Administration on USM Budget For Fiscal Year 2009 University System of Maryland Office
  Testimony from Chancellor William E. Kirwan February 1, 2008
• House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education And Economic Development on USM Budget For Fiscal Year 2009
  Testimony from Chancellor William E. Kirwan
  February 4, 2008
  
• Senate Budget And Taxation Subcommittee On Health, Education, And Human Resources
  Testimony from Chancellor William E. Kirwan, February 18, 2008
  


• HBCU Summit on Retention March 14, 2008


• Business And Campus Development Summit April 7,2008


• 2008 NACME National Symposium, Reginald H. Jones Distinguished Service Award May 28, 2008

   Reports to Regents

• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  December 12, 2008
  
• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  October 17, 2008
  
• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  September 05, 2008
  
• Chancellor's 2008 Annual Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  June 20, 2008
• Chancellor's 2008 Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  April 11, 2008
• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  February 15, 2008
  

2007

   Articles

• A Model of Efficiency (and Effectiveness)
  Public Purpose, April/May 2007
• Higher Education Accountability
  Change Magazine, March/April 2007
• Higher Education & The Social Compact
  February 22, 2007

   Speeches and Testimony 

• Remarks to State Science & Technology Institute (SSTI) Annual Conference
  October 18, 2007
  
  
• Seminar on Sustainability at Frostburg State University
  September 15, 2007
  
  
• Historic Preservation Event
  May 20, 2007

• Remarks at Commencement Ceremony, UMUC - Europe
  May 27, 2007
  
  
• Historic Preservation Event
  May 20, 2007

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• ACE, "From Competition to Collaboration"
  July 10, 2007
  
  
• Historic Preservation Event
  May 17, 2007

• Maryland Senate Budget and Taxation Subcommittee on Education, Business and Administration
  University System of Maryland Office Testimony from Chancellor William E. Kirwan February 20, 2007

• Chancellor Accepts House of Delegates Speaker's Medallion
  February 15, 2007
  
  
• Remarks to Greater Baltimore Committee, Education Committee
  February 7, 2007

• House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education And Economic Development on USM Budget For Fiscal Year 2008
  Testimony from BOR Chairman Kendall
  Testimony from Chancellor William E. Kirwan
  Presentation of FY 2008 USM Budget Chancellor William E. Kirwan
  January 31, 2007
  

• Appropriations Committee HB 81 Maryland Higher Education Commission - Review of Duplicative Academic Programs
  Testimony from Regent Orlan Johnson & Chancellor William E. Kirwan
  January 30, 2007
  

• Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - USM Overview/Background
  Testimony from BOR Chairman Kendall & Chancellor William E. Kirwan
  January 25, 2007
  

• University of Massachusetts Medical School, 19th Annual Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  January 10, 2007
  

   Reports to Regents

• Chancellor's 2007 Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  December 14, 2007
• Chancellor's 2007 Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  October 19, 2007
• Chancellor's 2007 Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  September 7, 2007
• Chancellor's 2007 Annual Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  June 22, 2007
• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  April 13, 2007
• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  February 16, 2007

2006

   Articles

• Solutions for Maryland's Future
  October 27, 2006
• Security Through Education
  August 14, 2006
• Erasing the Education Deficit (The Presidency)
  February 24, 2006

   Statements

   Reports to Regents

• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  December 01, 2006
  
• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  October 27, 2006
  
• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  September 08, 2006
  
• Chancellor's FY 2006 Annual Report to University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  June 23, 2006
  
• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  April 07, 2006
  
• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  February 10, 2006

   Speeches and Testimony

• Chancellor's Testimony before the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee
  September 26, 2006
  
• Promoting State Strategies: USM's Effectiveness and Efficiency Initiative
  September 22, 2006
  
• Higher Education's Triple Challenge: Quality, Access and Affordability Knight Center for Specialized Journalism
  June 13, 2006
  
• College Opportunity 2006: Connecting Policy with Practice
  April 06, 2006

   Statements

• USM Chancellor Kirwan Thanks Governor for Extraordinary Investment in State's Future
  January 3, 2006

 

2005

 

   Articles

• Kirwan Calls for Flexibility for Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty
  

   Reports to Regents

• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  December 9, 2005
  
• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  October 21, 2005
  
• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  September 9, 2005
  
• Chancellor's Annual Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  June 22, 2005
  
• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  April 8, 2005
  
• Chancellor's Report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents
  February 18, 2005
  

   Speeches and Testimony

• Chancellor's GBC / USM Nano-Bio Symposium
  December 13, 2005
  
• Chancellor's Lumina Foundation National Summit on College Costs "Seeking Solutions"
  November 2, 2005
  
• The Challenges Facing Maryland and the USM in the Knowledge Economy
  September 21, 2005
  
• Diversity in Higher Education and the Current Legal Landscape
  June 28, 2005
  
• Frostburg State University Commencement
  May 21, 2005
  
• Education Writers Association Annual Meeting
  May 6, 2005
  

 

2004 Archived Speeches and Articles