Speeches and Letters

2020-2021

The Necessity of Making Mental Peace

Remarks to Graduates at Commencement

April 18, 2021

Matriculation Remarks

August 24, 2020

A Letter to the Laurentian Community

August 4, 2020

2019-2020

Recording of Memorial Service for The Reverend Kathleen Buckley

February 2, 2020

The Two Hands of Heroism

MLK Remembrance, January 20, 2020

Standing in the Shadows

Convocation, August 28, 2019

Your Cabinet of Curiosity

Matriculation, August 25, 2019

2018-2019

Remarks from Reunion 2019 (video)

June 1, 2019

The Written Word Remains

Remarks to Graduates at Commencement - May 19, 2019

The Undamaged Angel - Part 2

Remarks at the Baccalaureate Services - May 19, 2019

The Power of Small Moments

The Campaign for Every Laurentian Launch

October 26, 2018

Related: The Campaign for Every Laurentian web site

But Don't You Know?

Convocation, August 29, 2018

Related: Faculty and Administrative Employees Hired, Promoted, or with New Roles Since August 2017

Walking Among Friends

Matriculation, August 26, 2018

2017-2018

The Stream of Life Passes Through It

Reunion 2018

Remarks at Commencement

May 2018

Hope Waits for You

Remarks at Martin Luther King Jr. Day Observance 

January 17, 2018

Response to Proposed Tax on Endowments

N
ovember 6, 2017

Our Testament of Dauntless Resolve 

Convocation 2017

Becoming a Better Student

Matriculation 2017

2016-2017

Never Far Away

Reunion 2017

The Extension of a Beginning

Commencement 2017

Not So Fast, Not So Big

Baccalaureate 2017

The Substance of Hope

Martin Luther King Day Celebration - January 18, 2017

What Is St. Lawrence Promising?

Remarks to the Board of Trustees, October 2016

The Imperative of the Attentive

Convocation 2016

Learning to Remember

Matriculation 2016

2015-2016

More Than Strictly Social

Reunion 2016

Finding Something To Do

Remarks at Commencement - May 22, 2016

The Indelible Incomplete

Remarks at the Baccalaureate Service - May 22, 2016

Remarks at Pride Week Kick-Off Event

April 18, 2016

Speaking with One Another

Martin Luther King Day Celebration

January 20, 2016

Never Better is Never Good Enough

Convocation 2015

Minding the Mail in a College of Letters

Matriculation 2015

2014-2015

Measures of Vitality

Reunion 2015

At the Top There Will Be Silence

Commencement 2015

The Undamaged Angel

Baccalaureate 2015

The Limits and Lessons of Hope

Remarks on Martin Luther King Day

January 19, 2015

Risking Success on the Modest, Kindly and Selfless

Remarks at Convocation 2014

August 27, 2014

Friendship Found

Remarks at Matriculation 2014

August 24, 2014

2013-2014

Splendid, Beautiful, Enduring

Remarks at Reunion 2014

Footprints

Remarks at Commencement

May 18, 2014

Under Repair

Remarks for Baccalaureate

May 18, 2014

Character Matters More

Remarks at the service for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 20, 2014

New York 6 Presidents Reject Call for Boycott

January 2, 2014

Defining a Year

Remarks at Convocation 2013

August 28, 2013

Novel Attitudes

Remarks to the Class of 2017 at Matriculation

August 25, 2013

2012-2013

We Carry On

Remarks to Alumni at Reunion 2013

June 1, 2013

Companionship Stays With Us

Remarks to Graduates

May 19, 2013

Comfort and Courage

Remarks at Baccalaureate Service

May 19, 2013

Dream and Dilemma

Remarks at the service for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 21, 2013 

Call Me When You Get It

Remarks to the Faculty and Staff at Opening Convocation

August 29, 2012 

Remarks to the Class of 2016 at Matriculation

August 26, 2012

2011-2012

An Inventory of the Possible

Reunion, June 2, 2012

Living Forward

Commencement, May 20, 2012

Blessings Around and Within

Baccalaureate, May 20, 2012

Remarks at the annual Martin Luther King Day Service

"Are We Ensigns of Hope?"

January 23, 2012

Remarks to Faculty and Staff at Opening Convocation

"Lessons from the Front Room"

August 24, 2011 

Remarks to the Class of 2015 at Matriculation

"Books and Bells"

August 21, 2011 

2010-2011

Summer Community Letter

June 20, 2011

We'll Ne're Forget

Remarks at Commencement Ceremony

May 22, 2011

A Registry of Surprise

Remarks from the Baccalaureate Ceremony

May 22, 2011

Spring Community Letter

April 18, 2011

"Not Always"

Remarks from the Martin Luther King Observance

January 24, 2011 

Fall Community Letter

November 29, 2010

Remarks to Faculty and Staff at Opening Convocation

"Three Drops of Water"

August 25, 2010

Remarks to the Class of 2014 at Matriculation

"Here Now to Dream"

August 22, 2010

Summer Letter to Laurentians

August 3, 2010