President Koester's Speeches

Below are the transcripts and prepared remarks of select addresses delivered by President Jolene Koester.

Annual Convocation Addresses to the Campus Community

• Twelfth Annual Convocation Address (Thursday, August 25, 2011, Oviatt Library)
• Eleventh Annual Convocation Address (Thursday, August 19, 2010, Oviatt Library)
• Tenth Annual Convocation Address (Thursday, August 20, 2009, Oviatt Library)
• Ninth Annual Convocation Address (Thursday, August 21, 2008, Oviatt Library)
• Eighth Annual Convocation Address (Tuesday, August 21, 2007, Oviatt Library)
• Seventh Annual Convocation Address (Thursday, August 31, 2006, Oviatt Library)
• Sixth Annual Convocation Address (Thursday, August 25, 2005, Oviatt Library)
• Fifth Annual Convocation Address (Thursday, August 19, 2004, Oviatt Library)
• Fourth Annual Convocation Address (Thursday, August 21 2003, Oviatt Library)
• Third Annual Convocation Address (Thursday, September 12, 2002, Performing Arts Center)
• Second Annual Convocation Address(Friday, August 24, 2001, Performing Arts Center)
• First Convocation Address (Friday, August 25, 2000, USU Northridge Room)

Other Speeches and Addresses of Note

• Reflections on the Future of California State University, Northridge (Friday, December 16, 2011)
• CSU: The Next Fifty Years – Opening Remarks (Friday, April 22, 2011)
• 2011 Faculty Retreat Keynote Address (Monday, January 18, 2011)
• President Koester's Message to Students for Spring 2011 (December 13, 2010)
• Confessions of a University President: Information Technology and University Leadership, 2010 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, closing keynote address, general session (Friday, October 15, 2010, Anaheim, CA) – Note: Streaming video may require plug-in installation for your browser
  • Published version of address from EDUCAUSE Review: "Information Technology and Tomorrow’s University: A President’s Confessions and Advice." From EDUCAUSE Review Magazine, Volume 46, Number 1, January/February 2011
  • COMING SOON: Prepared text for this address
• 2010 Faculty Retreat Keynote Address (Monday, January 11, 2010)
• 2009 Faculty Retreat Keynote Address (Monday, January 12, 2009)
• Globalization and Foreign Language Teaching in the United States, U.S.-China Forum on English Teaching and Learning, China NOrtheast Forestry University, Harbin, China (May 25, 2008) - PDF
• 2008 Faculty Retreat Keynote Address (Monday, January 24, 2008)
• 2007 Faculty Retreat: The Movers and Shakers of Cal State Northridge (Monday, January 22, 2007, Oxnard, CA)
• 2005 Faculty Retreat (Monday, January 24, 2005, Oxnard, CA)
• 9/11 First Year Anniversary Commemoration (Wednesday, September 11, 2002, Oviatt Library)
• 9/11 Day of Remembrance (Friday, September 14, 2001, Oviatt Library)
• Inaugural Address (Thursday, April 19, 2001, Oviatt Library)
• Faculty Roles and Rewards (Thursday, March 29, 2001, USU Grand Salon)