Top Prez Nair Videos
Presidential Messages
2023
July 31, 2023 - President's Summer 2023 Update
June 29, 2023 - University Statement on U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling on Affirmative Action
April 27, 2023 - President's April 2023 Newsletter
March 21, 2023 - President's March 2023 Newsletter
January 24, 2023 - President's January 2023 Newsletter
2022
December 19, 2022 - President's December 2022 Newsletter
November 21, 2022 - Condemning the Colorado Springs Shooting
November 21, 2022 - President's November 2022 Newsletter
October 20, 2022 - President's October 2022 Newsletter
September 29, 2022 - Donavan D. McCargo, Ed.D., Appointed Vice President for Campus Life and Dean of Students
September 26, 2022 - President's September 2022 Newsletter
August 22, 2022 - Welcome Back Message Fall 2022
June 1, 2022 - Arcadia Commemorates Juneteenth
January 17, 2022 - Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
2021
Dec. 3, 2021 - Thanks and Gratitude
Oct. 1, 2021 - Celebrations and Homecoming
Aug. 27, 2021 - Presidential Fall 2021 Message
Aug. 17, 2021 - Presidential Update: COVID Vaccine Requirement
July 15, 2021 - Celebrating 20 Years as Arcadia University
July 1, 2021 - A Culture of Dignity, Personal Responsibility, and Shared Safety
April 2, 2021 - Our University's Strength
March 19, 2021 - Follow-up on Our Community of Practice and Care
Jan. 5, 2021 - Happy New Year and Welcome Back
Oct. 22, 2021 - Update on Spring 2021 Semester
2020
Oct. 5, 2020 - Phased Approach to Opening Campus Spaces
Aug. 10, 2020 - Important Presidential Message: Stewarding Our Resources Wisely
July 30, 2020 - Important Presidential Announcement on Lorna Stern
June 29, 2020 - Planning for Fall 2020
June 18, 2020 - Follow-up to June 11 Message: Action Steps
June 11, 2020 - Radical Change at Arcadia
June 1, 2020 - Radical Change is Necessary
May, 13, 2020 - Building A University for the Future
President's Newsletters
2019
September 2019 - Presidential Commission on Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Established
July 2019 - Establishes Office of Social Impact and Innovation
March 2019 - Message on a University-wide Framework for Justice
President's Newsletters
December 2019
November 2019
October 2019
August 2019
July 2019
April 2019
March 2019
January 2019
2018
October 2018 - Arcadia United Against Hate and Intolerance
April 2018 - Achieving Our Full Potential
President's Newsletters
December 2018
November 2018
October 2018
September 2018
August 2018
July 2018
June 2018
May 2018
President Nair in the News
President Nair has been featured in and lent his expertise to several international, national, and regional media outlets, and has served on several panels on some of the most relevant and important topics in higher education today.
- December 21, 2022: Al Día – What Should the Future of the University Look Like?
- July 2022: Invest Philadelphia’s “Higher Ed Leaders Share State of Current Enrollment”
- November 16, 2021: Chronicle of Higher Education Panel: What It Takes to be a Student-Centered Institution Now
- November 9, 2021: Chronicle of Higher Education Features Arcadia’s ABRI Efforts
- October 26, 2021: Chronicle of Higher Education webinar with President Nair, “Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in a Changing Time”
- August 10, 2020: President Nair’s Op-Ed in Educause on Learning from Failure
- August 2020: Philadelphia Business Journal Minority Business Leader Award Recipient
- January 9, 2020: President Nair’s Op-Ed in NASPA on Systematic Injustices in Higher Education
- October 17, 2019: Chronicle of Higher Education Highlights Dr. Nair’s Dedication to Diversity
- September 27, 2019: President Nair Op-Ed in Philadelphia Inquirer — Higher education must close its leadership diversity gap
- January 2, 2018: Insight into Diversity — A Social Justice Approach to Building Community in Higher Education Today
2.0 Prez. Living at the Intersection of Authenticity and the Academy – Aug. 2018 Josie and The Podcast
Select Speeches
2021: Commencement Address
2019: Commencement Address
2018: Commencement Address
Reports and Strategies

The 2022 President’s Report reflects on our strategic and values-based approach to decision-making will remain as true to our core as it ever did, keeping us on a path that places student success at the center of all we do.
