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President's Blog: From the Heart

Renewed Journey of Faith

By Eric F. Spina

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff,

I warmly welcome you to the start of the 2018-19 academic year! An especially heartfelt welcome to all who have joined our special community — from the most diverse, academically talented first-year class in University of Dayton history to the more than 100 new faculty and staff.

We are energized by your presence and stronger — much stronger — because of the diverse gifts and talents you bring to our campus.

I feel a sense of great joy and great purpose among our faculty and staff as we welcome this new academic year and our students, to whom we dedicate ourselves.

This fall, we opened a new living-learning facility — the magnificent Adèle Center in the heart of the student neighborhood — and will wrap up phase two of the ongoing transformation of the University of Dayton Arena.

Together as a community, we embark on the meaningful journey of this new year, full of confidence and faith about all we can accomplish together, especially during these complex times in our country and our world. We have a responsibility to be community builders — and model what it means to work across differences as we engage in respectful dialogue that honors the dignity of all people.

This is a responsibility we take to heart. Thanks to the Marianist charism, woven throughout the fabric of our 168-year history, we will always strive to be a community of faith, hope, and love.

I wish everyone an extraordinary year, one in which we work together to learn, discover, serve others — and be the best community members we can be.

May God’s grace fill our lives.

Warm regards,

Eric F. Spina
President

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