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Statement from University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler on national and local issues related to transgender and nonbinary rights
Across the country, institutions of higher education are responding to proposed changes in the federal definition of gender under Title IX. If implemented, gender would be defined as male or female, unchangeable, and determined by an individual’s sex assigned at birth. This would effectively remove the identities of transgender and gender non-conforming people.
Understandably, many are feeling scared, angry, and confused about how potential policy changes will affect their lives and the lives of others. I can assure you that I will reject any movement that would erase or deny the identities of those in our University community who are transgender or gender non-conforming. To do so would be to deny human dignity.
EVPP leadership update
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to share that Provost Karen Hanson and I have mutually identified a new arrangement that will allow her to remain as executive vice president and provost (EVPP), and step down when the new president hires a new chief academic officer.
This arrangement will allow Provost Hanson to step away from the EVPP position January to March 2019 for a leave that will accommodate personal and family considerations referenced in her August message. She will return full time to the EVPP position April 1, 2019.
President's report to the Board of Regents: Celebrations and enhancing campus climate
Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the opportunity to update the Board of Regents on the work taking place across our University system.
Be an active bystander
Dear Twin Cities students,
This week marks the 104th annual celebration of Homecoming, a tradition dedicated to honoring the spirit of the University of Minnesota on the Twin Cities campus. Many of us will participate in events and share experiences that reflect our collective pride around the choice we each made to be Golden Gophers.
This week's tragic event
Dear Twin Cities Campus Greek Community Leaders,
Early Wednesday morning, a University of Minnesota Twin Cities student was found deceased at the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity near the Saint Paul campus. Many members of our University community are mourning this loss and trying to make sense of it. It also reminds us of other tragedies we’ve experienced in our community. As your president and a parent, I am deeply troubled any time we lose a life much too early.
When something like this occurs, it’s important for all of us to pause and take stock of what more we need to do as individuals and as a community.
President’s and Provost’s Response to the Report of the Advisory Committee on University History
To:
John Coleman, chair, President’s and Provost’s Committee on University History, and dean, College of Liberal Arts
Members, President’s and Provost’s Committee on University History
University community
From:
Eric W. Kaler, President
Karen Hanson, Executive Vice President and Provost
Background
University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler announces he will leave role at end of his eighth year in July 2019
President Kaler's statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's Travel Ban decision
A powerful force: an update on U's Medical School and Fairview
Today the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents approved a nonbinding letter of intent among the University, University of Minnesota Physicians (UMP), and Fairview Health Services that takes us one step closer to re-imagining our clinical partnership under the M Health brand.
President's report to the Board of Regents: A year of systemwide accomplishments
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Another academic year has ended, a year with a clear systemwide focus and with systemwide achievements. To me, that’s what made 2017-2018 exceptional and forward looking for all of the campuses of the University of Minnesota.
Let’s begin in Crookston, where many of us visited to officially inaugurate Chancellor Mary Holz Clause in April. There, we see a real commitment to a systemwide research approach.