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A conversation with President Joel Towers

“I fundamentally believe that this community is capable of self-regulation, of holding ourselves accountable to the norms and agreements and community standards that we have already set for ourselves,” said Joel Towers. Photo by Dove Williams

The New School Free Press sits down with the newly appointed President of TNS After 20 years at The New School, Joel Towers stepped into a new role…

‘We can’t just sit’: Students speak out about new university President Joel Towers

The New School’s University Center, photo by Jordan Fong.

With the end of former Interim President Donna Shalala’s year as New School president, many students were eager to see a fresh face in the presidency and anxious…

New university President Joel Towers’ welcome speech met with concerns

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Joel Towers, the university’s newly appointed president, delivered his first in-person address to the community last Thursday in the 66 W. 12th St. Johnson/Kaplan Hall auditorium. Throughout the 45-minute welcome speech, 10 audience members from a crowd of roughly 70 periodically rose from their seats, interrupting Towers to voice their inquiries.