Selected Speeches, Letters and Columns by President Lawrence
Speeches
Commencement Address
Friday, May 20, 2011
President Lawrence welcomed more than 287 graduating seniors and 144 graduate students, along with their families and friends, to Sarah Lawrence College's 83rd Commencement. Before introducing the day's keynote speaker, Internet publishing entrepreneur Arianna Huffington, President Lawrence opened the ceremony with a traditional address. Watch the video/read the transcript»
Inaugural Address
Friday, October 5, 2007
Karen Lawrence was inaugurated as the 10th president of Sarah Lawrence College in October 2007. She delivered her inaugural address in front of an audience of more than 700 people, including delegates from 83 colleges and universities and students, faculty, staff, alumnae/i, and friends of the SLC community. Read the speech»
Commencement Address at the Birch Wathen Lenox School
May 27, 2010
President Lawrence delivered the Commencement address for the Birch Wathen Lenox school in Manhattan. She accepted the traditional honorarium for her talk as a donation to the College’s Students for Students Scholarship Fund. Read the transcript»
Letters and Columns
President's Letter about Tuition for the 2012-13 Academic Year
Sent to students and their parents on March 26, 2012
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President’s Post-storm Update for New Students and Parents
Sent to first-year students and their parents on August 28, 2011
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Major Gift Announcement: Nancie and Steve Cooper Make $5 Million Gift to SLC
Sent to the Sarah Lawrence community on December 14, 2010
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Return to New York
From the President, Sarah Lawrence magazine, Fall 2010
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Cost vs. Value
From the President, Sarah Lawrence magazine, Spring 2010
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A New GI Bill
From the President, Sarah Lawrence magazine, Fall 2009
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Letter to the Community
August 28, 2009
Each summer, President Lawrence looks back at the close of one academic year and ahead to the start of a new one in a letter to the entire Sarah Lawrence Community. Read the most recent letter»