Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Ceremony
April 19, 2006

Vice President Cheney, Secretary Gutierrez, members of the Baldrige and NIST families, fellow Baldrige award recipients, and honored guests--on behalf of Richland's diverse student body from across Texas, the United States, and 131 additional countries; our incredible faculty and staff-experts and heroes all; our colleagues from the nearly 1,200 U.S. community colleges; and the Thunderduck representatives who have flocked to Washington, D.C., today, for this thrilling ceremony, Richland College-is deeply honored to accept the 2005 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award!

This presidential recognition honors Richland College's serious commitment to and passion for student learning success and our vital mission of teaching, learning, and building sustainable local and world community. This mission stems from our belief that emotionally and intellectually authentic whole people best learn, teach, serve, and lead with heart and soul in our local and global communities.

We are grateful to arrive at this important milestone in our ongoing quality journey, as today we celebrate together the quality success of which the businesses, educational institutions, and health care organizations in our nation are so capable.

So I join my 50 Thunderduck colleagues here and the 1,300 who celebrate with us at home in Dallas, Texas, through a satellite feed, in thanking our students, stakeholders, community and business partners, our exceptional Dallas County Community College District Board of Trustees, our other DCCCD colleagues, and the Malcolm Baldrige volunteer examiner-consultants, for all you have done to help Richland College achieve this important milestone in our never-ending quality journey.

We are humbled.
We are honored.
We thank you!

News release on the ceremony for the 2005 Baldrige winners

Posted: 4/20/06
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