Author Archive: President Susan Herbst

• March 21, 2013 New Investment In UConn Promises Big Return The strength of Connecticut’s future economy depends on the boldness and vision of the choices we make today, say UConn’s President and the CEO of MetroHartford Alliance.
• December 25, 2012 Happy Holidays to the UConn Community Jazz up your holidays, UConn style!
• December 17, 2012 A Message from President Herbst on the Newtown Tragedy President Herbst expresses the grief of the University community for the lives that were lost on Friday and concern for those left behind.
• December 5, 2012 Happy Holidays, UConn! Jazz up your holidays, UConn style.
• July 11, 2012 Changing Times? Yes and No. Herbst Looks Back at UConn 82 Years Ago A chance find of a 1930 campus newspaper prompts President Herbst to reflect on UConn’s growth from a small agricultural school to one of the best public research universities in the nation.
• May 30, 2012 Virginia Native Thomas Jefferson Would Have Loved Storrs The ‘good real estate fortune’ bestowed on us by the Storrs brothers in 1881 would have appealed to Thomas Jefferson according to UConn President Susan Herbst.
• May 2, 2012 President Herbst’s Advice for Soon-to-Be College Students and Their Anxious Parents As one group of students graduates, a new cohort is preparing to start college in the fall. Susan Herbst offers UConn’s rising freshmen three simple pieces of wisdom.
• April 24, 2012 Spring Weekend: Thank You to the Community UConn President Susan Herbst and Mansfield Mayor Betsy Paterson thank the community for ending the event known as spring weekend, and look forward to new, more positive end-of-semester traditions.
• April 11, 2012 What Do Professors Do, Anyway? President Herbst challenges some myths about the academic life.
• March 20, 2012 Herbst: UConn Reaching Out to the Community From offering assistance on a local farm to taking part in hands-on service projects all over the country, UConn students amaze me with their dedication to serving the community.
• February 29, 2012 A Reflection of UConn’s Strength Having a growing endowment will ensure our future excellence through the long term.