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Eric D. Schwerin
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> From: "David L. Cohen, Penn Board Chair" <alumni@ben.dev.upenn.edu>
> Date: May 8, 2012 10:58:08 AM EDT
> To: "Penn Alumni and Friends" <ericschwerin@yahoo.com>
> Subject: A Message from Penn Board Chair David L. Cohen
> Reply-To: alumni@ben.dev.upenn.edu
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> A Message to the Penn Community
> > From
> > David L. Cohen, Chairman
> > Penn Board of Trustees
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> I am very pleased to share with you the wonderful news that President Gutmann has agreed to accept a five-year extension to her contract. This will ensure that she will continue to lead our University to at least June 30, 2019.
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> This is the very positive result of conversations that began several months ago and will be ratified at the meeting of the Penn Trustee Board on June 15th.
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> Like so many who are part of the Penn community, I firmly believe that Dr. Gutmann is the best university president in the country. A summary glance at where Penn has come under her leadership is really quite amazing:
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> As Penn’s President, Dr. Gutmann has championed greater interdisciplinary teaching and scholarship, enhancing Penn’s stellar faculty by attracting world-renowned scholars, adding over 100 new named professorships including 14 Penn Integrates Knowledge professors jointly appointed between two schools, and launching a new Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence. Penn’s students are the most academically accomplished and diverse in its history. Dr. Gutmann inaugurated Penn’s no-loan undergraduate financial aid program, which has greatly expanded access to a Penn education and become a model for other universities. She has led one of the most successful fundraising campaigns in higher education history, with Making History: The Campaign for Penn attaining its $3.5 billion goal 16 months ahead of schedule and securing the largest single gift in Penn history – $225 million from philanthropists Ray and Ruth Perelman. Alumni engagement has soared with participation at record high levels. Under her leadership, Penn Medicine has reached new heights in clinical care excellence and is more closely aligned with the University than at any point in its history. As one of the nation’s research powerhouses, Penn’s sponsored research funding has grown 23 percent to nearly $940 million annually. Through the Penn Connects master plan, Dr. Gutmann has overseen a strategic and dynamic renewal of Penn’s campus, adding 47 acres– including the spectacular Penn Park and the purchase of the former DuPont Marshall Lab property – and completing nearly four million square feet of capital projects. She has played a crucial role in strengthening Penn’s connections to its community, nation, and the world.
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> By any definition, Amy Gutmann has done a superb job.
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> President Gutmann is already focused on new strategic priorities for the coming years, and how we can best position Penn in a rapidly changing higher education environment. Despite the great success of the past eight years, she has made it very clear that the status quo will not suffice. I think we can all look forward to exciting new initiatives, all driven by her passionate commitment to make a Penn education the best in the world.
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> Being able to keep President Gutmann at the helm for another seven years is a huge win for our University. Speaking for the Trustees, I can say without reservation that we are confident that Amy has the vision and the tireless energy to sustain Penn’s extraordinary momentum. I don’t think there is any question that Amy Gutmann is the right person to lead us into what I know will be a very bright future.
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