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Closing
In closing I thank you for your attention today and especially for your consideration of the context for our new strategic plan. While the evidence of our achievements and progress are irrefutable, our new plan will reshape the university only if it reshapes our thinking. Part will be our focus on major initiatives and part will be a shift toward higher self-expectations and lower expectations from others. Plans that rely on uncommitted partners are doomed at the outset. Taking charge of our own destiny, while engaging the support of others wherever possible, allows for the best use of our most valuable resources—our talent and our time.
I consider serving as president of the University of Maryland a privilege and appreciate the continuous support the Senate has provided me. I look forward to our decisions on strategic directions that will chart our future contributions in education, research and service to the State of Maryland, the nation and beyond.
C.D. Mote, Jr.
President
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