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IT IS ALSO MY SINCERE HOPE EACH
OF YOU SEES IN ME, AS THE DEPAUW
PRESIDENT, A REFLECTION OF ONE
OR MORE OF YOUR IDENTITIES, SO

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THAT YOU ARE CONFIDENT IN MY
ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND HAVE A
CONNECTION WITH YOU AND TO LEAD
OUR UNIVERSITY AT THIS MOST

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IMPORTANT TIME.
MEET DEPAUW UNIVERSITY'S NEW
PRESIDENT, LORI WHITE. SHE HAS
MADE HISTORY BECOMING THE FIRST

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WOMAN AND FIRST PERSON OF COLOR
TO LEAD THE SMALL, PRIVATE
SCHOOL IN GREENCASTLE.
SHE TOOK OVER JUST A MONTH AGO

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AND LIKE OTHER ADMINISTRATORS IN
HIGHER EDUCATION, SHE'S FACING
THE UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGE OF
HOW TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE

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PANDEMIC AS THE FALL SEMESTER
DRAWS CLOSER.
FOR MORE ON THAT AND HER VISION
FOR DEPAUW WE ARE JOINED BY LORI

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WHITE.
FROM THE GREENCASTLE CAMPUS.
DR. WHITE THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE

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INVITATION.
>> I WANTED TO GET MORE ON YOUR
VISION FOR THE UNIVERSITY.
BUT FIRST AS MENTIONED

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UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS EVERYWHERE
GRAPPLING TO THIS BACK TO SCHOOL
BACK TO CAMPUS ISSUE.
YOU RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THE

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DEPAUW PROGRAM, JUNIORS AND
SENIORS NEXT SPRING.
HOW CHALLENGING A PROCESS WAS
THAT AND WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO

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ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS PLAN?
>> WELL THERE'S CERTAINLY NO
PLAY BOOK FOR HOW TO LEAD THE
CAMPUS DURING COVID-19.

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AND I KNOW PRESIDENTS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY VERY MUCH WOULD LIKE TO
WELCOME ALL OF THEIR STUDENTS
BACK THIS FALL.

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HOWEVER AS WE HAVE SEEN A
RESURGENCE OF THE VIRUS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY WE MADE THE DECISION
THAT WE NEEDED TO DEPOPULATE OUR

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CAMPUS AND OPEN OUR CAMPUS AT
ABOUT 50% CAPACITY.
AND IN MAKING THAT DECISION,
INVITED OUR FIRST AND OUR SECOND

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YEAR STUDENTS TO HAVE PRIORITY
FOR THIS FALL.
AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL BE
ABLE TO OPEN BACK UP IN THE

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SPRING OR FALL OF OUR STUDENTS,
BUT IF NOT THEN OUR SENIORS AND
JUNIORS WOULD HAVE PRIORITY IN
RESIDENCE IN THE SPRING.

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>> WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF KEY
POSITIONS IN UNIVERSITIES AROUND
THE COUNTRY MOST RECENTLY,
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST.

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LOUIS, WHERE YOU WERE VICE
CHANCELLOR FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS.
WHAT REALLY BOTTOM LINE WHAT
ATTRACTED YOU TO THE OPPORTUNITY

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AT DEPAUW?
>> WHAT ATTRACTED ME IS,
THROUGHOUT MY CAREER I HAVE
KNOWN ALUMNI FROM DEPAUW AND TWO

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TO ONE THEY TALKED ABOUT A
TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATIONAL
EXPERIENCE THEY HAD AS DEPAUW
STUDENTS.

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AND I ALSO SAW THE INCREDIBLE
NETWORK THAT DEPAUW ALUMNI HAD
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO MENTOR
STUDENTS, OFFER STUDENTS

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND
HOW PROUD THEY WERE TO BE DEPAUW
TIGERS.
SO WHEN I WAS NOMINATED AND I

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HAD A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE
CAMPUS FOR MYSELF, AND YOU
MENTIONED IN THE INTRODUCTION
THAT I AM THE FIRST WOMAN

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PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST AFRICAN
AMERICAN PRESIDENT, WHEN I WENT
TO MEHERY HALL WHICH IS THE
PORTRAIT OF THE FORMER

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PRESIDENTS HANG, I'M PRESIDENT
NUMBER 21 AT DEPAUW WHERE MY
PORTRAIT MIGHT HANG, I THOUGHT
TO MYSELF, YOU KNOW LORI THIS IS

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NOT ABOUT YOU, THIS IS ABOUT
CREATING INSPIRATION FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS.
FOR YOUNG WOMEN, FOR YOUNG

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PEOPLE OF COLOR, THEY COULD TOO
ASPIRE TO BE PRESIDENTS OF
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.

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>> GREAT STORY.
AS YOU LOOK AT DEPAUW
UNIVERSITY, YOUR VISION FOR THE
UNIVERSITY, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE

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TO SEE DEPAUW BECOME?
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE THE VERY BEST LIBERAL ARTS
COLLEGE IN THE COUNTRY.

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WE ARE FULLY ACCESSIBLE TO EVERY
STUDENT WHO DESIRES A DEPAUW
EDUCATION, REGARDLESS OF THEIR
FINANCIAL BACKGROUND.

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I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
FACILITATE AN UNPRECEDENTED
UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR
STUDENTS SO OUR STUDENTS ARE

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SUCCESSFUL THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO
ACHIEVE THEIR HOPES AND THEIR
DREAMS AND THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO
ASPIRE TO BECOME WHATEVER IT IS

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THAT THEY WANT TO BE, IN THEIR
LIFE POST-DEPAUW.
>> YOU COME FROM A FAMILY OF
EDUCATORS AND I THINK HEALTH

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CARE PROFESSIONALS AS WELL.
EDUCATION IS IN YOUR DNA.
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, ENORMOUS
PRESSURE ON UNIVERSITIES AND

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LIBERAL ARTS UNIVERSITIES
INCLUDED, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW
REPORTS OF POTENTIAL FAILURES OF
UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY

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IN THE COMING YEARS BECAUSE OF
THESE UNPRECEDENTED CHANGES,
CHALLENGES.
AS YOU LOOK AT THOSE CHALLENGES,

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WHAT ARE KEYS IN YOUR VIEW TO
MANAGING THROUGH THAT PROCESS,
AND MAKING DEPAUW A SUCCESS IN
WHAT IS A VERY CHALLENGING

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ENVIRONMENT?
>> THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF
STUDENTS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE

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STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO
SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
COLLEGE EDUCATION, I MENTIONED
BEFORE THAT MY VISION FOR DEPAUW

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IS THAT WE BE FULLY ACCESSIBLE
TO ANY STUDENT WHO DESIRES A
DEPAUW EDUCATION.
SO CERTAINLY, COLLECTIVELY AS A

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HIGHER INDUSTRY WE ALL HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT WAYS TO REDUCE THE
COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION SO THAT
ANY FAMILY CAN AFFORD TO GO TO

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COLLEGE, AND/OR WE HAVE TO RAISE
MORE MONEY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS SO
THAT AGAIN A KID WHO COMES FROM
A LESS WEALTHY BACKGROUND REALLY

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CAN CHOOSE ANY COLLEGE THAT HE
OR SHE MIGHT WISH TO ATTEND.
I ALSO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO
BOTH FOCUS ON THE LIBERAL ARTS,

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WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE
IMPORTANT TO LEARN TO THINK
WELL, AND CRITICALLY, TO BE ABLE
TO WRITE, TO BE ABLE TO

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COMMUNICATE, TO BE ABLE TO WORK
IN DIVERSE GROUPS.
THOSE ARE ALL REALLY IMPORTANT,
THEY'RE THE IMPACT BONE OF A

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LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FULLY
PREPARING STUDENTS NOT ONLY FOR

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THE JOBS THAT EXIST TODAY BUT
THE JOBS THAT HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN
IMAGINED OR CREATED, SO THAT OUR
STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO BE NIMBLE

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ONCE THEY GRADUATE IN ANY OF OUR
INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> DR. LORI WHITE THE NEW
PRESIDENT OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY.

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I KNOW FOOTBALL AND FALL SPORTS
PUT OFF, CAN MAYBE NEXT SPRING
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT, CAN'T
WAIT TO MEET YOU AS WELL, WE

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APPRECIATE THE TIME FOR YOU TO
TAKE TO TALK TO US.
WE APPRECIATE THAT AND WE'LL
TALK SOON.

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>> I APPRECIATE YOUR INVITING
ME.