President Emerita

Perspectives

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Answering the Call

This essay by Peggy R. Williams was selected for inclusion in a book of essays by college and university presidents who have transformed their institutions through innovative practices.

Originally published by the Lumina Foundation, the work was selected in November 2008 by Portland State University's Center for Academic Excellence for inclusion in an electronic volume on the building of community-university partnerships.

Peggy Williams -- A Unique and Personal Brand

Career and success writer Bud Bilanich argues that to create positive personal impact, as Ithaca College president emerita Peggy Williams has done, you need to do three things that a more conservative leader might not.

Ten Years with Peggy

President Peggy R. Williams announced, shortly after marking her 10th anniversary in the position, that she would retire at the end of the 2007 academic year. This ICView cover story recalls many of her finest accomplishments.

Peggy Williams on Supreme Court Ruling

President Williams comments on the U.S. Supreme Court decisions handed down June 23, 2003, concerning affirmative-action programs at the University of Michigan.

Five Years On

President Williams takes a look back at her first half-decade at Ithaca and a look forward to the next in the Ithaca College Quarterly, 2002/no. 4.

A Home Run for Women

The June 24, 2002, edition of USA Today contains this essay from President Williams about the benefits of Title IX beyond sports in the feature "Title IX, 30 Years Later."

Where Have All the Great Presidents Gone? (Or Have They?)

President Williams responds in the July 2001 online edition of Ed. magazine to a Harvard article regarding the nature of contemporary leadership at the nation's colleges and universities.

Statement by President Williams on the UCU Debate Considering a Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions

On August 8, 2007, the names of a number of presidents of U.S. colleges and universities appeared in an advertisement that was placed in the New York Times by the American Jewish Congress (AJC).

President's Corner

A department in the College magazine ICView.

Reflections on Retirement - 2008/no. 1 issue

Worldwide Web of Learning - 2007/no. 1 issue

Good Neighbors - 2006/no. 4 issue

Good News and an Invitation - 2006/no. 3 issue

Shaping a Life - 2006/no. 2 issue

Growing by Degrees - 2006/no. 1 issue

Previously in the President's Corner

Speeches

Introduction for His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Ithaca College
October 10, 2007

Presidential Views on Women, College Sport, and Higher Education

Sport and Title IX Symposium, Cleveland, Ohio, March 31, 2007

Graduation Address Presented at the Sacred Heart School of Montreal

June 4, 2006

Diversity Address to the Ithaca College Community

March 15, 2005

Ithaca and Its Colleges, an Essential Partnership

Remarks to the Ithaca Downtown Partnership, April 13, 2004

A World in Need of Leaders

2003 NEAIR Conference, Newport, Rhode Island, November 16, 2003

Giving: Our Life's Work

Community Foundation of Tompkins County, September 22, 2003

Keynote Address

Administrative Management Institute, Cornell University, July 25, 1999

Convocation Remarks

  1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Commencement Speeches

  1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Inaugural Address

March 28, 1998