Speeches
I am delighted to be here today and to welcome all of you to Texas, and I congratulate you on your choice of San Antonio. Before I became chancellor of The University of Texas System, my family and I made our home here for many years, and raised our children in this great city. There is a word in Spanish that describes it well — a querencia. A place of the heart, a place where one feels serene and from which one draws strength. That is what San Antonio means to us. I hope you enjoy your visit here.
The University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., delivered the keynote address at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Annual Meeting on November 14, 2010. The event is the largest meeting of public research university leaders in the nation. He outlined the critical and historic importance of U.S. research universities, responsible for countless practical and transformational solutions, and the challenges to their continued global preeminence. He also provided strong recommendations to ensure U.S.
