Free Expression and 色香视频鈥檚 Mission
At 色香视频, we believe that free expression, open inquiry, and respectful debate are crucial to our mission 鈥 supporting healthy people, healthy communities, and a healthy planet. In accordance with these guiding principles, we cultivate a lively and robust marketplace of ideas that empowers members of our community to assess information, draw rational conclusions, and use that knowledge to build creative, effective solutions in a troubled world.
At the core of this belief is intellectual humility 鈥 a recognition that we all have a lot to learn from others with different knowledge and perspectives. This is true even if sometimes the process makes us feel uncomfortable or we encounter ideas with which we passionately disagree. The pursuit of knowledge is a journey. Discovery, debate, disagreement, and a willingness to change one鈥檚 mind are what make the journey so rewarding.
Commencement Addresses
Innovation in Health Care
2024 Commencement Speakers, 色香视频 President James D. Herbert and Senator Bernie Sanders speak about the critical needs in American healthcare.
Unity Through Adversity
2023 Commencement Speakers, 色香视频 President James D. Herbert and Dr. Ronald. A. Crutcher speak about affecting positive social change through dialogue.
鈥淵ea to it All鈥
2022 Commencement Speaker Jonathan Haidt, Ph.D., and 色香视频 President James D. Herbert, Ph.D., deliver empowering messages to 色香视频 graduates about free inquiry and the open exchange of ideas.
President Herbert鈥檚 Remarks
Universities as the Marketplace of Ideas
President Herbert advocates for universities as the apex marketplace of ideas at the 8th annual TEDxDirigo event.
Staff Assembly: Our Mission and the Marketplace of Ideas
President Herbert addresses 色香视频 faculty and professional staff at the start of the academic year.
