Dear colleagues,
It’s finally here – inauguration weekend! To all of you who’ve worked so hard to make this happen and to ready our campus for the celebrations, please accept my sincere gratitude.
Dr. DesRoches is Rice’s eighth president. He has ambitious goals for us, including aspirations for reaching higher levels of distinction nationally and internationally through impactful research, award-winning scholarship, and insightful, creative work. He also wants to build graduate programs that are of the same distinction as Rice’s top-rated undergraduate programs while maintaining Rice’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Finance and Administration will be deeply connected to these endeavors.
Please take a moment to enjoy this special time on campus as we celebrate Dr. DesRoches. I look forward to seeing many of you at the staff luncheon on today and the Investiture Ceremony on Saturday.
Take care,
Kelly Fox, Vice President for Finance and Administration