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 Subject: MASSMAIL - A Letter from the President

February 6, 2004



Dear Colleagues:


Nancy Cantor has provided outstanding leadership for the Urbana-Champaign 
campus and positioned the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 
the vanguard of higher education's multidisciplinary approach to 
teaching, research, and public engagement.

In order to fulfill those three fundamental missions, the best 
universities continually engage in creative and resourceful new ways to 
learn, to teach, and to prepare young adults to become leaders of future 
generations.  Nancy's cross-campus, interdisciplinary initiatives on the 
Urbana-Champaign campus have made it a national model for how 
universities will serve America in the twenty-first century.

In addition to being a dynamic and forward-looking national spokeswoman 
for the U of I and American higher education, Nancy has been a passionate 
advocate for the Urbana-Champaign campus, its faculty, staff, and 
students.  Despite successive cuts in state support to the university 
during her tenure, Nancy and her team managed to enhance the quality and 
stature of the Urbana-Champaign campus. As I often remark, Nancy might be 
petite, but her energy and resourcefulness are boundless.

While I am disappointed to see her leave so soon, and with so much 
promise left in her agenda, we all recognize this is a tremendous 
opportunity for Nancy as she rises to the next plateau in her profession. 
Syracuse University is fortunate to have her as its chancellor and to 
continue to build on the tradition of excellence established under 
Chancellor Kenneth Shaw.

Please join me in wishing Nancy and her husband, Steve Brechin, and their 
children, Maddy and Archie, the best of luck, success, and happiness.


James J. Stukel
President
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