VICE PRESIDENT ENEWS MESSAGES

We are a few short weeks away from the exciting time of year when students return to campus. Preparations for this fall have been unlike any other. I am extremely proud of all the ways that our Student Affairs team has risen to this moment with COVID-19—leading and joining campus efforts to keep our students and community as healthy and safe as possible. Hopefully, with our collaborative work together, our students will continue to have an amazing experience here.
 
As we ready the campus, we are also playing critical roles in efforts to improve our campus culture and strengthen our learning environment. This fall, I will have the honor of chairing a new Presidential Task Force on Race, Ethnicity, and Community, alongside other new efforts to create a more diverse and inclusive UGA. This work will further strengthen UGA in some important and needed ways.
 
We are also advancing key priorities to benefit students, particularly with the recent launch of our Student Affairs 2025 plan. Through new collaborative teams, we will be working more closely than ever to ensure that all students practice well-being, engage meaningfully, and develop the essential skills they need to succeed in life. Even during these different and unexpected times, this goal remains constant.
 
I am excited to welcome students back. Whatever new challenges this fall may bring, I am assured we will be there together #forthestudents. Let us all take good care of ourselves and each other. Welcome back!