President Frenk announced last week that he is starting a new tradition of celebrating the University of Miami’s birthday as Founders’ Day. The birth date of the U is April 8, 1925 when the application for charter of the University of Miami was granted. Please click here to read the message from President Frenk.
The message also provides a link to the charter document found in the Office of the President Records in the Ashe Administration. The document as well as historical images of the University were shown during President Frenk’s inaugural ceremony on January 29, 2016. Please click here for the charter document as well as the short video on UM history shown at the inauguration.
To find out more about the University Founders and their original vision, please come visit the Otto G. Richter Library to see the exhibition “The Pan American University: The Original Spirit Of The U Lives On,” which is on view through July 2016. Please click here for an essay on the exhibition written by our student assistant David Colbus.
Happy 91st birthday to the U! We hope this special day will make more university colleagues and students think about UM’s history and heritage.
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