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2007.02.14: February 14, 2007: Headlines: Figures: COS - Iran: University Administration: Miami Herald: The Miami Herald writes: Donna Shalala is an invaluable community asset
The Miami Herald writes: Donna Shalala is an invaluable community asset
People throw around terms like ''transformational leader'' and ''change agent.'' President Shalala brings life and meaning to those words. She has reinvigorated the already-strong UM, bringing new faces and energy to the senior leadership, revamping the curriculum, improving our students' experience and growing our medical enterprise. We hosted the 2004 presidential debate that focused the world's spotlight on our campus and on South Florida. We raised more than $1 billion well ahead of schedule. That money is being pumped into scholarships, academic programs, infrastructure and our community. We named two of our schools -- the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine and the Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music -- thanks to the generosity of two distinguished and philanthropic families. The transformation of our medical school is astounding. Faculty and students are making incredible strides in research and patient care that have an immeasurable impact on the quality of our lives and on life itself. President Shalala's decision to invest in the biosciences will jump-start a new industry for South Florida that will provide jobs and, more important, cure diseases.
The Miami Herald writes: Donna Shalala is an invaluable community asset
Donna Shalala is an invaluable community asset
This Valentine's Day, I want to show my appreciation for someone who is working hard to transform our city -- University of Miami President Donna Shalala. This is always a special day for her, as Valentine's Day is also her birthday.
She arrived in South Florida in 2001 fresh off of eight years of public service as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and a distinguished career as a university president in Wisconsin and New York. She had opportunities to go almost anywhere she wanted. Her decision to come to Miami has forever changed our community and university.
People throw around terms like ''transformational leader'' and ''change agent.'' President Shalala brings life and meaning to those words. She has reinvigorated the already-strong UM, bringing new faces and energy to the senior leadership, revamping the curriculum, improving our students' experience and growing our medical enterprise.
We hosted the 2004 presidential debate that focused the world's spotlight on our campus and on South Florida. We raised more than $1 billion well ahead of schedule. That money is being pumped into scholarships, academic programs, infrastructure and our community. We named two of our schools -- the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine and the Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music -- thanks to the generosity of two distinguished and philanthropic families.
The transformation of our medical school is astounding. Faculty and students are making incredible strides in research and patient care that have an immeasurable impact on the quality of our lives and on life itself. President Shalala's decision to invest in the biosciences will jump-start a new industry for South Florida that will provide jobs and, more important, cure diseases.
And we have brought to campus amazing people like the Dalai Lama, Chief Justice John Roberts, Madeleine Albright, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Thomas Friedman, Spike Lee, James Carville and Mary Matalin.
Donna Shalala has set an example to which all of us should aspire. She has raised the bar to new heights, with enthusiasm, style, wit and grace. Twenty years from now, when the history of South Florida is updated, Shalala will be among the handful of leaders who changed the future of our community. I wish her a Happy Valentine's Day and an equally happy birthday, knowing how fortunate we are that she chose Miami over everywhere else.
DEAN C. COLSON, chair, UM Board of Trustees, Coral Gables
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