This selection of speeches from UF's 11th president Bernie Machen offers insights on public higher education and its challenges and changes from the helm of one of the largest land-grant universities in the country.
Bernie Machen served as the eleventh president of the University of Florida from 2004 to 2014. Prior to UF, he spent six years as president of the University of Utah. He also served as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan and dean of the UM School of Dentistry. He is a past president of the American Association of Dental Schools and was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee.Aaron Hoover is an award-winning speechwriter who worked closely with President Machen. A former science writer and newspaper reporter, he was the executive speechwriter in the UF President’s Office.
