During his farewell as Rector Magnificus, Arthur Mol touched on the struggle that sometimes accompanies efforts for improvement and the societal changes of the past nine years, such as increasing polarisation.
Mol handed over the office of Rector to incoming Rector Carolien Kroeze, who underscored the importance of education in her acceptance speech. ‘I believe we often overlook the impact teaching has on the lives of young people, our students. We train the next generation of experts who will be the source of the change we need in order to achieve the societal transitions we seek.’
Executive Board President Sjoukje Heimovaara minced no words in thanking Mol for his commitment and welcomed Kroeze as WUR’s first female Rector, ‘123 years after enrolling the first female student, 72 years after the first female professor was appointed and ten years after the first female board president took office.’
Mayor Floor Vermeulen was present to thank Mol for his dedication on behalf of Wageningen municipality. He announced that the outgoing Rector Magnificus will receive the city’s City of Life Sciences Award, which includes a chestnut tree to be planted in the Torck Park in Wageningen and a certificate.
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8 сен 2024
