University of Louisville Magazine

SUMMER 2016

The University of Louisville Alumni Magazine: for alumni, faculty, staff, students and anyone that is a UofL Cardinal fan.

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S U M M E R U O F L M A G A Z I N E | 5 F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T President James Ramsey spoke at Spring Commencement on May 14. Dear friends and alumni of UofL, I hope that each of you are having a wonderful summer. As you probably know, Governor Matt Bevin effectuated an executive order on June 17 that called for a restructuring of the university's Board of Trustees. I respect and applaud the governor's decision to reconstitute the board. Throughout this period of transition, the University of Louisville remains committed to our mission of becoming a preeminent, nationally recognized metropolitan research university. The university's leadership, both present and future, will continue to work with our students, faculty and staff to provide the highest quality education possible for our diverse campus of students, while promoting growing our valuable research and creative activities, and engaging in community service and outreach. In fact, we have not missed a beat during the summer. We are having a most successful summer session; we have hosted all of our incoming freshmen and their families for summer orientations; we have made signifi cant research announcements; our fundraising has continued unimpeded — the University of Louisville continues to signifi cantly enhance educational opportunities and the quality of life for the people of our community and state. We will work with our new board to fi nalize a budget that is affordable for students and allows us to achieve the policy mandate expected of higher education institutions in Kentucky, and allows us to move forward strategically. I have publicly indicated that with the transition to a new board I will step down after 14 years as president of the University of Louisville. I thank you for the opportunity to serve you in building on the great history and tradition that is the University of Louisville. Thank you for your support. We know that you love the University of Louisville deeply and we appreciate your day-to-day efforts to help us maintain our tremendous progress. Inside the Oval James R. Ramsey, President

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