Write A Thank You Letter To The First Academic Senate

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As the Division chair, I am delighted to present the first Academic Senate newsletter under my leadership. It is an honor to represent the amazingly talented UCSF faculty. I hope that together we will achieve important advances for the faculty, and the University as a whole, over the next two years.
In a foreword to a history of the Academic Senate, Clark Kerr wrote “The two greatest gifts to the University of California have been the institutional autonomy given to its Board of Regents in the Constitution of 1878 and the unprecedented grant of authority the board assigned to the Academic Senate in 1920. These two gifts constitute the institutional foundation for the growth in distinction of the University of California.” The Senate shares governance of University affairs with the administration, and as such, has the ability …show more content…

Like many of you, I greatly enjoy Dan Lowenstein’s Expresso newsletters. However, they tend to leave me a little wanting – for dessert! In the spirit of restraint, we will only offer dessert on a quarterly basis.
The dessert recommendation for this first newsletter comes from Mission Pie, a wonderful bakery at the southeast corner of 25th and Mission in the City. A locally owned business in close proximity to La Taqueria (need I say more), I can attest that its pies are indeed special (my expertise comes from having a mother who made pies for every Friday night dinner, pies known to be some of the best in Toronto). My favorite of Mission Pie’s current offerings is Pear-Ginger, which comes in a mini-size, so you can still feel somewhat honorable while indulging.
So, while you’re having your espresso and dessert, do check out the newsletter articles on important issues on which we are working these days, and perhaps some stories from around the world that I think you may find as fascinating as I do:
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