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ARCHIVE:
Presidential Communications

This following links are to presidential communications from John Fallon's tenure as president, 2005-2007.

Please note that communications are listed in reverse chronological order: The most recent are first.

Also note: as an archive, some links may have moved. If you find broken links to files you would like to access, please send a message to webcomm@emich.edu.


Speeches

June 2007
[06.19.07] President's remarks to the Board of Regents

April 2007
[04.23.07] President's Testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education

March 2007
[03.20.07] President's remarks to the Board of Regents
[03.02.07] President's Testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education

February 2007
[02.11.07] President's Remarks to the Second Baptist Church of Ypsilanti

January 2007
[01.19.07] President's remarks to the Board of Regents
[01.15.07] President's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day remarks

November 2006
[11.21.06] President's remarks to the Board of Regents

September 2006
[09.29.06] President's remarks at the University Convocation and Institutional Values Awards presentation
[09.19.06] President's Remarks to the Board of Regents

April 2006
[04.24.06] President's Remarks to the Michigan Senate Use and Finance Threshold Advisement Task Force
[04.19.06] President's Talking Points before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education
[04.07.06] President's Investiture Address | Multimedia features from the Investiture

March 2006
[03.21.06] President's Remarks to the Board of Regents
[03.03.06] President's Remarks to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education

January 2006
[01.17.06] President's Remarks to the Board of Regents

November 2005
[11.15.05] President's Remarks to the Board of Regents

September 2005
[9.23.05] Perspectives on the University, and Institutional Values Awards
[9.20.05] President's Remarks to the Board of Regents
[9.03.05] President's Remarks at the Freshman Orientation Convocation

August 2005
[8.31.05] President's Remarks to the Kiwanis Club


Public Messages

April 2007
[04.17.07] On the tragedy at Virginia Tech University, Monday, April 16
[04.06.07] Moving together toward a faculty contract
[04.03.07] Regarding the Butzel Long and DOE investigations, and EMU's commitment to open communications
[04.02.07] Fact finder's recommendations received; moving forward toward a contract

February 2007
[02.26.07] Regarding recent developments in the case of an EMU student's death
[02.06.07] EMU's position on the Court of Appeals ruling prohibiting benefits for the same-sex partners of public employees

December 2006
[12.06.06] Regarding the resignation of Regents Valvo, Brandon and Rothwell

March 2006
[03.31.06] Cesar E. Chavez Day

November 2005
[11.11.05] Veteran's Day message

Special Selection
[9.07.05 - 9.20.05] President's Public Diary, Sept. 2005 (for the Journal of College and Character)

September 2005
[9.12.05] Please join in Friday's National Day of Prayer and Remembrance with a moment of silence at noon
[9.07.05] Welcome back for Fall term 2005
[9.07.05] A letter to the EMU community regarding the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

August 2005
[8.04.05] An open letter to students and parents regarding costs associated with attending EMU

July 2005
[7.18.05] President Fallon's opening message: In Pursuit of the Promise


Periodic Updates

June 2007
[ 06.12.07 ] The Academic Mission • Budget Update • Mark Jefferson Science Complex • Other Building Updates • Searches / Vacancies • Contract Updates • Kudos • Mark Your Calendars

January 2007
[ 01.23.07 ] Priorities / new initiatives •  Facilities • Parking • Proposal 2 • Foundation / Advancement • Personnel • The fact-finding and reaching a contract agreement •  Other administrative searches • Reminders • Mark your calendar

December 2006
[ 12.01.06 ] Administrative appointments • Other administrative searches • The fact-finding process and reaching a contract agreement • Honorary degree recipient and commencement speaker • Facilities projects • Plante-Moran capacity assessment • Finance 101 • SOC agendas and minutes • Appreciation • Our future together

October 2006
[ 10.17.06 ] College Place project / Washington Street parking lot • Bowen Field House update • Smart classroom / moveable furniture projects • College of Education updates • Director of Diversity and Affirmative Action • Other administrative searches • National Health Care Policy Forum • Mark your calendar

August 2006
[ 08.25.06 ] Strategic efforts at EMU • Budget development process • Administrative searches • Changes in Academic Affairs • Change in University Marketing and Communications • Plan for McKenny Union • Mark your calendar

July 2006
[ 07.25.06 ] Campus aesthetics and classroom enhancements • University budget • Vision statement final draft • Chief government relations officer • Changes in the Division of Enrollment Services

April 2006
[ 04.18.06 ] Open forums prove successful • Visioning Task Force continues its work • Search activity increases • Loppnow named provost • Strategic Operations Council reconstituted • State appropriations and the budget • Fundraising campaign • Kudos and good news

February 2006
[ 02.16.06 ] Impressed by alumni • Student center update • Governor's proposed budget • Friends of EMU PAC • Vice President for University Advancement • Ford opportunities • Making the grade • Business and Finance changes • Kudos to EMU people in the news

January 2006
[01.09.06] Back from the holidays • Athletic Director search • Capital outlay • Campus safety

December 2005
[12.09.05] Reflections around the holidays • Building the Promise • Congressman Dingell to deliver Commencement address • Chamber Choir in Lansing • United Way - we are SO close • Visioning task force underway • New weather policy • Kudos, news and notes

November 2005
[11.04.05] Organizational realignment • Open forums: past and future • Strategic Operations Council • Encouraging the giving spirit • EMU Pride. Wear it. Share it. • Engaging the community • Regents update

October 2005
[10.14.05] The passion people have for EMU • Special Board of Regents meeting • Administrative searches update • Open forum • Helping others, helping ourselves • McKenny Union, new student center update • Institutional Values Awards • Good news and kudos • On the horizon

August 2005
[8.30.05] Our visioning context • goals and objectives • administrative searches • Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities • K-16 coalition for Michigan's future • Friends of EMU political action committee • government Consultants • good news and kudos

[8.05.05] "The future belongs to us" • administrative governance update • goals and objectives for the coming year • Regents' update • good news and kudos


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