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<div><b>From:</b> "Burgess, Shane C - (shaneburgess)" <<a href="mailto:sburgess@cals.arizona.edu">sburgess@cals.arizona.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> October 25, 2017 at 9:22:36 PM MST<br>
<b>To:</b> "Antin, Parker B - (pba)" <<a href="mailto:pba@email.arizona.edu">pba@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Silvertooth, Jeffrey C - (silverto)" <<a href="mailto:Silver@ag.arizona.edu">Silver@ag.arizona.edu</a>>, "Ratje, Jeffrey M - (jmratje)" <<a href="mailto:jmratje@email.arizona.edu">jmratje@email.arizona.edu</a>>,
"Staten, Michael E - (statenm)" <<a href="mailto:statenm@email.arizona.edu">statenm@email.arizona.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>from Q&A with Pres R</b><br>
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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#231F20">So what is your vision for the direction of the university?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#231F20">I believe as a land-grant university we’ve got the opportunity to, and the responsibility to, look at all segments
of the mission of the university, whether it be agriculture, whether it be human health, engineering, philosophy, the arts, humanity. We have such a broad and diverse mission. I believe we are positioned with all of our accomplishments, being one of the top
35 research universities that at the same time is very student-centric, that we have a tremendous opportunity and responsibility to leverage all of our assets together to prepare our students for a life of work in a rapidly changing world. I often reference
the fourth industrial revolution, where there’s an emergence of physical science, biological science, digital science and the dramatic effect that this rapidly changing world is going to have on humanity and society. I think that the vision I have for the
University of Arizona would be to step up over the next 10, 15, 20 years and be a global leader as we contemplate all of these changes, to prepare our students for a lifetime where they’ll have five, 10, 15 jobs in their lifetime, prepare them by giving them
an education, the highest quality of education and skills that will allow them to be successful in the early stages of the fourth industrial revolution. However, I think we need to focus our research strategies around the collaborative efforts of the convergence
of these three areas of expertise so that we can discover the next new thing, the next transformational technique, or service, or device, or process that will simply make the world a better place. I think we’ve got a great opportunity to do that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Shane C Burgess<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Vice President for Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dean, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Director, Arizona Experiment Station<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Forbes Building, Room 306 | 1140 E. South Campus Drive | P.O. Box 210036 Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">PHONE: 520.621.7621<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">EMAIL: <a href="mailto:sburgess@cals.arizona.edu">
<span style="color:blue">sburgess@cals.arizona.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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