A Special Leader Descriptive Transcript

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UMASS PRESIDENT MARTY MEEHAN
UMass Boston is a special place that needs and it deserves a special leader.

UMASS BOSTON CHANCELLOR, MARCELO SUAEZ-OROZCO
My mother, she saw the dark clouds that were gathering in Argentina. She became convinced that it was very important for me to seek safety in the United States.

Footage shows Marty Meehan and Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco walking together through campus hallways, alongside remarks from UMass Boston professor Jean Rhodes, Vice Chair of the Search Committee. A montage captures the vibrant life of UMass Boston students walking through city streets, working in labs, and engaged in classrooms.

UMASS PRESIDENT MARTY MEEHAN
The young man who spoke only Spanish at the time found his way to a community college in California.

UMASS BOSTON CHANCELLOR, MARCELO SUAEZ-OROZCO
And I was blessed because I transferred to the University of California at Berkeley. I really understood the extraordinary power of the public research university.

UMASS PRESIDENT MARTY MEEHAN
I am very proud to recommend Marcelo Suárez-Orozco be appointed chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston.

UMASS BOSTON PROFESSOR JEAN RHODES
He's a person who's made it here through public education. So he becomes the personification of all that UMass can provide to our students.

TRUSTEE IMARI K. PARIS JEFFRIES, UMASS BOSTON 97' B.A '99M.ED '03M.A, SEARCH COMMITTE
Everyone's going to be excited about having him as our next chancellor.

MARCELO SUAEZ-OROZCO
I am grateful. I am humble. I am delighted. Muchas gracias. 

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