First, as one of 11 presidents on the Climate Leadership Steering Committee (formerly Second Nature's American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment), I collaborated on a message to college and university presidents nationwide urging their active leadership in continuing to foster environmental awareness and activism on their campuses and in their communities. Second Nature guides the Climate Leadership Commitments to which Virginia Wesleyan is a signatory, and will host the 2017 Presidential Climate Leadership Summit.
The message can be accessed using this link:
http://secondnature.cmail19.co
Second, I am one of more than 100 campus presidents who signed a joint letter to President-elect Donald Trump urging him to “condemn and work to prevent the harassment, hate and acts of violence that are being perpetrated across our nation, sometimes in your name, which is now synonymous with our nation’s highest office.”
Announced this morning in Inside Higher Ed, our letter to Mr. Trump can be accessed using this link:
https://www.insidehighered.com
In agreeing with many of my presidential colleagues around the country that our nation is at a critical crossroads in these and other areas, I will keep you informed of opportunities for Virginia Wesleyan College and my office to provide appropriate leadership and communication in the coming months.
