President of Lawrence University
Matriculation Convocation
"The Value of Individualized Instruction in Liberal Education"
Thursday, September 23, 2004, 11:10 a.m.
Jill Beck assumed office as Lawrence University's 15th president on July 1, 2004. A native of Worcester, Massachusetts, she received the Ph.D. in theatre history and criticism from the City University of New York. Prior to coming to Lawrence, she served as dean of the School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine from 1995 to 2003. During her tenure as dean, she founded the ArtsBridge America outreach program in art education and established the da Vinci Research Center for Learning Through the Arts, an interdisciplinary center for research focused on learning across disciplines. This is her first matriculation convocation address as president of Lawrence University.
Read the Press Release: President Jill Beck Opens Lawrence University's 155th Academic Year with Matriculation Convocation Focusing on Value of Personalized Instruction
"The Value of Individualized Instruction in Liberal Education" can be read in the 2003-04 President's Report.