SF State President Robert A. Corrigan
Robert A. Corrigan has served as the 12th president of San Francisco State University since September 1988. He previously served nine years as chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Boston. At both universities, he has made civic engagement and the application of university expertise to community issues a campus hallmark.
For more on President Corrigan, read his biography.
Statement
9/26/2006 -- As chair of the board of directors of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, I endorse the following statement regarding the Spellings Commission Report on the Future of Higher Education: AAC&U statement
Article
Fall 2004 -- Renewing the Social Contract, The Presidency (Acrobat Reader required)
Senate Resolution
12/2/2003 -- Resolution honoring President Robert A. Corrigan's 15 years of service (RF03-222)
Speeches
4/16/2004 -- Welcoming remarks at the opening session of the 2004 Model Arab League
10/10/2003 -- Remarks on the five year anniversary of SFSU's partnership with SF Head Start
9/11/2003 -- Educating Hearts as Well as Minds: Moral Leadership and Wesleyan College
9/2/2003 -- Testimony given at the Voices for AmeriCorps hearing
6/21/2003 -- Remarks on the repercussions of limiting foreign student enrollment
4/11/2003 -- Welcoming remarks at the opening session of the 2003 Model Arab League
2/20/2003 -- Remarks at the opening reception of SFSU's National Sexuality Resource Center
1/28/2003 -- Remarks on the SFSU/Cañada College Pathways project
4/19/2002 -- Remarks at the dedication of the Garden of Remembrance
11/20/2001 -- Presidential Leadership: Moral Leadership in the New Millennium
5/25/2001 -- Cañada College's Commencement Speech: The Story of Joseph
9/25/2001 -- President Corrigan's remarks to the San Francisco Kiwanis Club on civic engagement and SFSU's response to Sept. 11
10/10/2000 -- The Service Learning Imperative for Teacher Education
10/3/2000 -- President Corrigan's remarks on civic engagement to the San Francisco Rotary Club
4/13/2000 -- National Campus Compact Speech: Service Learning and Higher Education
VIEWPOINT: President Corrigan's column to the campus
2/3/2003 -- An update on proposed budget cuts to the CSU and how that might affect SFSU
12/2/2002 -- Beyond the U.S. News ranking: Alternative ways of measuring the value we give to students
11/14/2002 -- Recovering a sense of academic community
10/7/2002 -- Proposition 47 and the importance of the November election
9/9/2002 -- Highlights from the President's opening speech to the faculty
3/42002 -- The importance of CUSP II, the next round of strategic planning for the University
2/4/2002 -- A primer on the SFSU Foundation
President Corrigan's opinion pieces
12/27/2005 -- SF schools need strong leadership
4/14/2003 -- Money for our Schools: Challenge for higher education -- budget cuts, increased enrollment
Commentary on campus and world events
2003 -- President Corrigan's war in Iraq messages
2001-2002 -- President Corrigan's Post-Sept. 11 messages
2002 -- President Corrigan's messages related to pro-Palestinian/pro-Israeli tensions on campus
Endorsements
7/1/2007 -- President Corrigan supports and endorses the statement by Columbia University President Lee Bollinger on the British University and College Union Boycott
5/21/2007 -- President Corrigan supports a new approach to the U.S. News & World Reports reputational rankings of colleges and universities
