Op-eds, Presentations, and Speeches

Rutgers' Holloway and HBC president: We are standing up for free speech on campus
September 3, 2023
An essay for NJ.com coauthored with Benedict College president Roslyn Clark Artis argues that "rigorous, yet respectful, debate helps our students find common ground where they may not expect it and develop the training for constructive civil discourse."

New Student Convocation 2023
August 31, 2023
Dr. Holloway challenged New Brunswick first-year and transfer students to "listen to all sides of an argument and then make your decision," as a student and as a citizen.

2023 Budget Address to the University Senate
February 17, 2023
Keeping a promise to speak to the Senate each year about the university budget, Dr. Holloway discusses Rutgers’ fiscal challenges and outlines plans for addressing them in the years ahead.

Expanding Access and Opportunity
Rutgers Magazine, Winter 2023
A new initiative emphasizes the value of providing access to a Rutgers education for people of limited means but unlimited potential.

2022 Stakeholder Address
October 12, 2022
President Holloway speaks to donors, elected officials, alumni, and other stakeholders about Rutgers' achievements in access and academic achievement, pursuit of a beloved community, and commitment to the common good.

2022 Address to the University Senate
September 23, 2022
In delivering his third annual report to the University Senate, Dr. Holloway focused on the vital important of ensuring student success.

New Student Convocation 2022
September 2, 2022
Dr. Holloway encouraged New Brunswick first-year and transfer students to "be unafraid to take new paths, dare to ask questions, be a good citizen ... show up."

A Taste of Rutgers Pageantry
Rutgers Magazine, Summer 2022
With the return of in-person activities, President Holloway enjoyed the richness and meaning of Rutgers traditions honoring the best of our community and celebrating the Class of 2022, our newest alumni.

Rutgers' president: What Juneteenth calls us to remember
June 15, 2022
President Holloway argues in the Star-Ledger that "being honest about this nation’s history is hard, but being committed to telling a robust history that recognizes our triumphs and our shortcomings is a deeply patriotic act."

Budget Address to University Senate
February 18, 2022
Launching an annual tradition, President Holloway presents a broad articulation of the university's finances, speaking to some of its mechanics and offering a roadmap of where the university is headed and why.

The Promise of Our Students
Rutgers Magazine, Winter 2022
In his magazine column, President Holloway promotes Scarlet Promise Grants as a means of keeping more students on the path to personal success and the Rutgers Summer Service program as a way to make Rutgers students better citizens.

Inaugural Address: "This is what Excellence looks like"
November 5, 2021
As he is ceremonially invested as Rutgers' 21st President, Dr. Holloway affirms the university's commitments to access, research, and service to advance the common good.

2021 Address to the University Senate
September 24, 2021
In his second annual address to the University Senate, Dr. Holloway reflects on his first 15 months as president and commits to progress toward carbon neutrality, improved labor relations, increased academic excellence and faculty diversity, a new financial model for athletics, and a discussion of the future of work at Rutgers.

New York Times: To Unite a Divided America, Make People Work for It
July 2, 2021
Dr. Holloway's invited essay proposes a one-year mandatory national service program as a means for young people to learn from one another and become familiar with people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds and who hold different political views.

What We Believe
May 16, 2021
Dr. Holloway’s essay for the Eagleton Institute’s “This I Believe” project argues that universities must both “protect our oldest and most valued ideas … and cultivate people who challenge that which we have considered sacred.”

Time of Transition
Rutgers Magazine, Spring 2021
President Holloway’s magazine column salutes the graduates of 2021 and looks forward to an in-person experience at Rutgers in the fall semester. 

Isn’t 400 Years Enough?
February 11, 2021
President Jonathan Holloway writes in The New York Times about why insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, white nationalism, and how the failure to appreciate Black history leaves our nation incomplete.

Knowing Our History
February 4, 2021
In an essay for Black History Month, Dr. Holloway asserts, “I believe that we will become a better (and safer) country once we understand the Black experience.”

Standing Together to Save Lives
February 4, 2021
Dr. Holloway joins with five other New Jersey college presidents of color in encouraging their fellow members of Black and brown communities in the state to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as they are able. 

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