寻找联系、创造和协作的新方式

We will all remember the past two years as being unlike any we have faced — as families, 作为一个社区, 作为一所大学. The pandemic forced all of us to learn new ways to connect, 创建, and collaborate — and perhaps most importantly — to care for the changing needs of those around us and our students in whose future we are all vested so deeply.

Whether it has been establishing protocols and programs to ensure a safe campus; launching virtual platforms for staff meetings, 校友面板, and family campus visits; or offering alternative learning platforms, 比如虚拟的, 混合动力, 为我们的学生提供面对面的课程, the entire 正规的赌博app community has been quick to pivot and to do so successfully in ways that demonstrated time and time again our flexibility and our innovative spirit.

当我们这样做的时候, we were committed to fiscal responsibility and to providing stability for our employees and community. 作为这些努力的一部分, we have been able to provide support programs and critically needed financial relief to our students and employees. Some of these initiatives you will learn about in this publication.

在今年的慈善报告中, you’ll read a note from Vice 总统 for University Advancement and External Relations 苏 Davies, who after nearly 10 years of working with our generous alumni has decided to retire to enjoy more time with family. 学校对她感激不尽, and I wish to thank her personally for her dedication and service to our community. You’ll also read about how our alumni and corporate partners are stepping up to support students and ease their financial worries. 有关于新事物的故事, 有创意的, and holistic scholarships that are increasing the number of underrepresented students on campus, 其中包括妇女, 非裔美国人, 和西班牙裔学生. You’ll even read about a new scholarship for students on the spectrum and the alumni who started it.

Included as well is an update on our Boldly Forward campaign and its centerpiece, 学习共用资源. 这个最先进的创意创新中心, 连接, and collaboration is coming alive and now dominates the heart of our campus thanks to your support.

In reading these many stories of success and of overcoming challenges, we hope you will be inspired by our alumni and friends who have chosen to contribute to the Boldly Forward campaign and 学习共用资源. 当你读到的时候, you will even get a renewed sense of the importance of this new facility through a student’s reaction to it.

谢谢你！ for your generosity and your belief in the importance of a vibrant and enduring 正规的赌博app. Your support makes it possible for us to meet the daily challenges we face as well as to plan for the future with optimism and hope — a future that we are confident is bright because of you.

当我们勇敢地迈向2022年, we invite you to continue to join us in building that bright future. 谢谢你！.

最热烈的问候,

Dr. 罗伯特K. 麦克马汉

总统 & 物理学教授