Selected Addresses and Articles

Ann Weaver Hart

President, Temple University

2008

121st Annual Commencement: Citation for Floyd W. Alston (May 22)

"Mr. Floyd W. Alston is a business visionary, a neighborhood developer and community servant whose accomplishments have made a difference in the daily lives of Philadelphians."

121st Annual Commencement: Salute to Graduates (May 22)

"Whatever your age or interests, you share common traits that set apart Temple graduates:  Ambition. Initiative. Determination. Innovation.  These “T words” are more than billboard slogans.  They characterize your hard work, achievement and drive that have made you successful.  You can now add Graduate to that list of characteristics."

Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Jan. 21)

"I believe... that it will be Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life, assassination and legacy that will be judged to have had the most profound impact on America for the generations that followed.  It will be the King legacy that permanently shaped a 'necessary enlargement of democracy, freedom and moral seriousness.'”

2007

Celebrating Women and their Contributions to Law (Oct. 16)

"Justice O’Connor poignantly said, 'The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.' ... (W)e celebrate the power of legal reasoning and argument and the example of women who through their accomplishment, have opened the way for many young women to learn to excel on the basis of their arguments."

New Temple Students: You Have Many Reasons to be Proud (Aug. 26)

"You have reason to be proud, because by joining Temple you have chosen to attend an urban university, to participate in the community and have a meaningful impact on society."

Condolences to the Virginia Tech Community (Apr. 19)

"We join with the students, faculty, staff, and families of Virginia Tech in mourning the lives lost and the futures cut short by the horrendous events that occurred in Blacksburg."

Inaugural Address: Temple in the 21st Century (Mar. 23)

"Temple will change. It will grow in excellence, reach, and influence. Our surroundings will change. Our fundamental values will not. Our ways and tools of teaching will change. Our commitment to learning will not. We are respectful of the past, and we are ready to meet the future."

2006

Temple in the World/The World at Temple! (Nov. 16)
"As educators, we must confront a simple fact: Globalization changes everything. If we do not internationalize our teaching, our research, and our community outreach, we will be increasingly left behind in a dynamic and changing world."

21st Century Cities:  Research from Temple (Nov. 3)
"Land grant universities were the makers of knowledge in the past century, urban research universities will be the incubators of the next century."

School of Medicine Groundbreaking (Nov. 1)
"This new medical school is the largest capital project in the history of Temple University."

New Student Convocation (Aug. 27)
"Today we celebrate the arrival of an extraordinary group of men and women.... You range in age from 16 to 69. You represent 39 states and 101 nations, from Azerbaijan to Venezuela..."