Chancellor DiStefano鈥檚 2013 State of the Campus address was delivered on Tuesday, Oct. 15 to a packed house in the University Memorial Center鈥檚 Glenn Miller Ballroom.
The address provided updates on several campus initiatives, reflecting progress towards Flagship 2030 goals as well as continued innovation in the face of new funding realities. The Chancellor shared how programs such as the Office of Industry Collaboration and the Office of Performance Improvement have been launched to support the pursuit of industry-sponsored research agreements, as well as re-engineering all aspects of what we do on the campus.
The Chancellor called upon the CU-Boulder community to imagine and support听innovations in how we serve students, identify听new sources of funding, and find ways to听build our reputation听in Colorado and around the world. He also outlined six fundraising priorities for the campus, ranging from aerospace to STEM education.
The chancellor also outlined an ambitious goal of increasing our campus鈥� six-year graduation rate to 80 percent from our current rate of 68 percent, saying 鈥淚t is imperative that, if we are to succeed as a top-notch university in the 21st century, we deliver on the promise of a valuable and timely degree to听all听of our students.鈥�
Read the full text of the speech at .