Organizational Changes in Advancement and Enrollment Management

Dear Faculty and Staff, I am very excited to announce that we have a new Interim Chief Advancement Officer and Vice President of University Relations joining the Roosevelt community. Julia Brady will begin her interim six-month position effective October 5, 2022, and will be responsible for providing day-to-day strategic oversight for our advancement efforts, leading […]

Making Moves to Support Our Mission

Dear Roosevelt Faculty and Staff, The University leadership and Board of Trustees have announced new tuition rates for the 2023–2024 academic year. These rates are part of our overall Enrollment Growth Strategy, and just as importantly, will reinforce the University’s mission of social justice and the historical diversity of its undergraduate enrollment. We know that […]

University Statement on the Highland Park Mass Shooting

Yesterday our community was rocked by the kind of violence that has unfortunately now become common place. What should have been a day of families and friends gathered to celebrate resulted in terror and tragedy. My thoughts are with the victims, their loved ones and the Highland Park and our entire Laker communities. We must […]

University Statement Regarding the Overturning of Roe Vs. Wade

Last week, the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned the federal protections of reproductive rights, including the right to abortion, established in previous landmark rulings Roe v Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v Casey (1992). The ruling nullified a half-century of precedence in American life, that the right to decide whether and when to become […]

Statement on the Robb Elementary School Shooting

Yesterday, 19 children and two adults were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — what should have been a safe, welcoming place for students to learn. It’s an unfathomable tragedy, but not an isolated one. Less than two weeks ago, 10 people were killed in a Buffalo supermarket by a white supremacist. I’m […]

Mayor Harold Washington’s 100th Birthday

Dear Friends, On behalf of Roosevelt University and its Board of Trustees, it is my honor to recognize the centennial birthday of Mayor Harold Lee Washington, a distinguished Roosevelt alum. Mayor Washington graduated with Roosevelt’s first four-year class in 1949. From his earliest days as a college student, he embodied our founders’ mission of social […]