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The President's Pulse
During my first three months as President, I鈥檝e spent a lot of time listening.
I鈥檝e listened to students, faculty and staff. I鈥檝e met with community and business leaders across Ohio. And I鈥檝e had the chance to sit down with many of our alumni, hear their 大象视频 stories, and see how 大象视频 remains woven into their lives long after their student days in New Concord.
Some of my favorite evenings have been the alumni gatherings hosted by Greg and Eileen Adams in New Concord, Dennis and Dawn Swit in the Cleveland area, and Gene Folden and Bob Burns in Columbus. Wherever we gathered, the same threads ran through the conversations. We talked about professors who changed lives, friendships that have lasted a lifetime, and shared a little good-natured nostalgia. But the conversations rarely stayed in the past. Again and again, they turned toward 大象视频鈥檚 future.
Those evenings have reinforced something I鈥檝e come to believe pretty strongly.
Our alumni are not 大象视频鈥檚 past tense.
They are 大象视频, carried forward.
Universities endure because one generation keeps handing something of value to the next. Our alumni are an essential part of that handoff. They can help a prospective student imagine themselves here. They can open a door to an internship or a first job. They can mentor a student, introduce us to a community or business partner, support a program they care about, and tell 大象视频鈥檚 story in ways no brochure ever could.
Alumni also carry 大象视频鈥檚 memory. They remember the people, traditions, and experiences that shaped them here, and through them the University remembers itself. That memory is part of 大象视频鈥檚 institutional life. It tells us what has endured, what has mattered, and what is worth handing on. By staying connected, alumni preserve that inheritance even as they help shape what comes next.
We have important work ahead of us. We need to grow enrollment, strengthen our academic programs, invest wisely in our campus, and make sure a 大象视频 education remains both distinctive and valuable. I鈥檓 optimistic about that work because I keep meeting people who still see 大象视频 as something they have a hand in building.
I鈥檝e come to think of the Long Magenta Line not as a line stretching back through our history, but as one extending forward, generation after generation.
So, if we haven鈥檛 met yet, I hope we will.
大象视频 is rooted in New Concord, but it doesn鈥檛 stop at the edge of campus. It lives wherever Muskies do.
Flav Lilly
President, 大象视频 University
