Gordon Gee

“We are the land-grant university. We are the university of the people.”

“Higher education is the strongest, most consistent ladder for economic and social mobility.”

“You can't wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.”

“I have a belief that if you're not in trouble, you're not doing your job.”

“Fundraising is not about asking for money. It is about building relationships.”

“I'm a religious man. I'm a Mormon. I'm not a bigot.”

“The leaders of the great research universities have to be capitalists in the best sense of the word. They have to be entrepreneurial and forward-looking.”

“The power of a university is the power of its ideas.”

“My role is to be the chief storyteller of the university.”

“We need to stop thinking about ourselves as an institution and start thinking about ourselves as a movement.”

“I believe that the university is a public trust... and we must be good stewards of that trust.”