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Dear Western Community, 

For new and transfer students, welcome to campus! We’re so happy to have you here. For everyone else, welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope that your holiday break was safe, restful, and enjoyable – and that you're refreshed and prepared for another productive, exciting quarter at Western. 

While…

Dear Western Community,

As fall quarter ends, Uzma and I wanted to take this opportunity to reach out to all of you with a message of thanks and gratitude as we approach the holiday season with so much to reflect on. It feels like just days ago that we welcomed so many of you to campus for the beginning of the quarter.  

On…

Dear Colleagues, 

I’m reaching out to you with this short note not because I have an update to share or a statement on another issue. Rather, I want you to know that you are not alone in feeling the weight of this past week.

It is hard to process the tragic loss of two of our students and the news that was shared this week…

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to you today to announce several administrative structural changes and position reduction strategies, the goals of which are to bring expenditures in alignment with revenues and to create a more stable financial situation for the University going forward. This strategic reorganization is part of a budget plan…

Dear Western Community,

It is with a terribly heavy heart that I write to you all today. Last night, we learned of the death of a student after an apparent fall from Nash Hall, and earlier this morning, we were informed of a second student death in Alma Clark Glass Hall. As law enforcement personnel and medical examiners conduct their…