UConn formally inaugurates Herbst as 15th president

It wasn't until Friday that Susan Herbst was formally inaugurated as the University of Connecticut's 15th president, but long before the ceremony celebrating her arrival she was engaged in the challenges facing the school.

 

Since being sworn in three months ago, Herbst has made several major decisions for the university, including finding new leadership for the UConn Health Center and the athletic department, helping with the completion of a new technological park, setting new research and endowment goals and increasing UConn's economic presence in the state.

 

Herbst is formally inaugurated as UConn's 15th president

 

"The Board of Trustees and our governor have challenged me to take UConn to a new level," Herbst said. "I am humbled by your trust in me and inspired by the work ahead."

 

"Susan doesn't do anything small," said the inauguration's keynote speaker, Professor William Hitchcock of the University of Virginia, a friend and former colleague of Herbst.

 

Other inaugural speakers stressed her ability to think globally, which may prove important as she confronts the various challenges ahead of her this year.

 

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