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| Myles Brand |
"I believe that if Indiana University and The University of Georgia and all of America's great public institutions of higher learning are going to thrive in the future, they must become not more private, but more public. They must be the first place people turn to -- and the last -- in the search for creative solutions to their most pressing needs," he said.
Brand has served as IU president since 1994, taking the helm as the university turned 175. Presently, Indiana University is made up of eight campuses throughout the state, with more than 90,000 students. With the credo "Working to Build 'America's New Public University,'" Brand is helping to reshape IU.
"Our goal should be to make our constituents as comfortable in our front yards as in their own. But we must not stop there. We, too, must venture forth and become active participants in the world around us. The message that we must convey is that we are not merely oases of studied intellectual reflection; we are also a vital life force contributing to change, growth and innovation. We are not isolated islands; we want to work together to develop a common vision to meet the challenges of the 21st century," he said.
Before IU, Brand was president of the University of Oregon from 1989 to 1994. Other higher education positions he has held include provost and vice president for academic affairs at The Ohio State University from 1986 to 1989, and faculty and administrative posts at the University of Arizona (from 1981 to 1986), the University of Illinois at Chicago (from 1972 to 1981), and the University of Pittsburgh (from 1967 to 1972). From 1983 to 1989, he was general editor of the Arizona Colloquium in Cognition book series. Brand has also served on the editorial boards of Philosophical Perspectives, Philosophical Studies, the Journal of Higher Education, and American Philosophical Quarterly.
The Hill Lecture Series, sponsored by The University of Georgia Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, is designed to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Walter Barnard Hill, who as University of Georgia chancellor from 1899-1905, championed the public service "calling" of institutions of higher education.
The first Hill Lecture was given on October 30, 1995, by Russell G. Mawby, chairman emeritus and trustee of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan, who addressed "The Challenge for Outreach for Land-Grant Universities as They Move Into the 21st Century." The second lecturer was David Mathews, president and chief executive officer of the Kettering Foundation, who addressed "Evolution of American Democracy: The Influence of Athens, Georgia" on October 11, 1996. The lectures are presented each year in the Journal of Public Service & Outreach, published each year by the Office of the Vice-President for Public Service and Outreach. In addition to the Hill Lecture, The University of Georgia conducts the Walter Barnard Hill Awards for Distinguished Achievement in Public Service and Outreach each January as part of UGA's Annual Public Service and Outreach Conference. Begun in 1992, the awards program recognizes distinguished achievement in public service by faculty members and public service professionals. The lecture series and awards program are sponsored by UGA's Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach.
For more information, contact the Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, 300 Old College, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-1692, 706-542-3352. (Information about Brand from Web sites at Indiana University.
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