Penn State President Dr. Neeli Bendapudi
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi today (Feb. 27) shared her vision for the future of the University — a vision defined by building steadfastly on Penn State’s purpose, enabling agility across the institution to respond to ever-changing needs, and leveraging the University’s many strengths to realize strategic opportunities.
“Focusing on our purpose, increasing our agility and leveraging our opportunity will be the core drivers of the future of our great University,” Bendapudi said. “We must build on our legacy as Pennsylvania’s only land-grant university and our foundational purpose of serving our commonwealth, our nation and our world. We must be agile to meet the needs of our students, an evolving workforce, the commonwealth and, indeed, humanity. We must rise to meet the opportunities before us, to continue preparing our students for lifelong success, to continue solving the world’s most pressing problems through cutting-edge research, and to continue living our 21st-century land-grant mission.”
“Focusing on our purpose, increasing our agility and leveraging our opportunity will be the core drivers of the future of our great University,” Bendapudi said. “We must build on our legacy as Pennsylvania’s only land-grant university and our foundational purpose of serving our commonwealth, our nation and our world. We must be agile to meet the needs of our students, an evolving workforce, the commonwealth and, indeed, humanity. We must rise to meet the opportunities before us, to continue preparing our students for lifelong success, to continue solving the world’s most pressing problems through cutting-edge research, and to continue living our 21st-century land-grant mission.”