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Drexel University President John Fry has been appointed honorary consul of South Africa for Philadelphia, a position that will charge him with strengthening the University and the city’s partnership and collaboration with the nation. As an appointee of the president of South Africa, duly approved by U.S. State Department’s Office of Foreign Missions, Fry will work to further the development of commercial, economic, cultural and scientific relations between the U.S. and South Africa.
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“Integrity, integration, inclusivity, impact and innovation” are the watchwords of Drexel’s new 10-year strategic plan, which was released Dec. 17.
The two-year undertaking is summarized in a brief framework, called “Drexel 2030: Designing the Future,” that outlines the initiatives, values and goals that will guide Drexel through the anticipated challenges of the coming decade.
The plan was drafted against a backdrop of changing trends in higher education, specifically demographic declines in high school graduates and international students, and it was made more urgent over the past year by the closure of Hahnemann Hospital and the acquisition of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, the pivot to remote instruction, and nationwide calls for racial equity.