Statements

President Philip A. Glotzbach shares final reflections and appreciation for the Skidmore community and pledges continued support for the College.

As the COVID-19 pandemic that we all have been living through these past months has disrupted virtually every aspect of our lives, it also has both exacerbated and underscored the deep-seated and longstanding racial disparities that persist within our nation.

As I have reported to our community before the current global COVID-19 crisis began, ensuring our continued financial sustainability will require difficult decisions, moving us away from "business as usual."

At its meeting last Friday, February 14, the members of the Institutional Policy and Planning Committee (IPPC) again discussed this project, along with other important topics relating to Skidmore’s financial sustainability.

President Philip A. Glotzbach writes to the Skidmore campus community about the athletics facilities project

Once again, over the past weekend, senseless violence ripped through two communities — one in El Paso, Texas, and the other in Dayton, Ohio — and authorities are investigating at least one of the cases as a hate crime.

While many of us were away for spring break, terror targeted at members of the Muslim community struck in New Zealand, taking dozens of innocent lives and leaving scores injured.

I am pleased to announce Skidmore’s 108th Commencement Exercises to be held Saturday, May 18, at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

Philip A. Glotzbach will step down as Skidmore’s seventh president at the end of the 2019-2020 academic year.

Our hearts go out to those directly affected by the horrific shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh. We express our heartfelt sympathy to the victims of this attack and express our solidarity with all members of the Jewish community within the Skidmore family, in the United States, and internationally.