In her 2024 Annual President’s Address, President Ana Mari Cauce shared her priorities for her last year in office and the role of higher education in strengthening a democratic society through learning and discovery. The video and full text of the speech are available.
Category: Annual Address
The 2022 Annual President’s Address “Accelerating change for the public good: Expanding the role of public research universities”
Thank you to everyone who attended this year’s Annual President’s Address. Our university creates impact for the public good in countless ways, and we have the power to expand and accelerate that impact at an even greater scale.
2021 Annual President’s Address: Finding Our Way Forward
Thank you to everyone who watched the livestream of this year’s Annual President’s Address. As we continue our work of recovering from the pandemic and meeting the many serious challenges we face, we are guided by the shared sense of purpose that informs our public mission.
Additional Q&A from the Annual President’s Address
Every year, I look forward to my annual address as an opportunity to address questions from members of our community. I didn’t have time to respond to all of them during the event, so I wanted to address a few of the topics that we didn’t get to.
Annual President’s Address: Building Community Resilience for a More Equitable Future
Thank you to everyone who virtually attended this year’s Annual President’s Address.
2019 Annual President’s Address: The Public University’s Role in Tending Democracy
Thank you to everyone who joined me for this year’s Annual President’s Address, whether in person or via livestream. Our great public university has a unique and essential part to play in advancing our democratic values.
2017 Annual President’s Address – Community is the engine that powers our impact
Today I had the pleasure of addressing our University community from the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ, or Intellectual House, about our institutional priorities — and challenges — and our path forward to meeting them together. Thank you to all who attended or watched via livestream and for your continued engagement with the UW. The full text of the address is available here.
To our community, new and returning, welcome!
After a hazy, smoky last few days of summer here in Washington, the snap in the autumn air is a welcome change. It matches the mood at our great University as we welcome a new entering class, transfer students and returning students, many of whom arrived on our campuses last week to begin the 2017–18 academic year.
The 2016 University of Washington Annual President’s Address: For Washington and the World
When I get asked what my vision for the University of Washington is, I have a ready answer: I want this university to be the number one university in the world in terms of impact. I’m going to take this opportunity to talk about that impact – on our state, nation and our world. Above all, on our collective future.
Video: Annual President’s Address
UW President Ana Mari Cauce discussed the boundless future of the University and answers questions from the audience on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 at the Intellectual House.