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dear
viewer
ALAN WILDEMAN
President and Vice-Chancellor
This issue of
VIEW
provides me with an opportunity to thank the
many, many people who contribute to the University of Windsor. Our
Annual Giving Program stands as a centerpiece of the commitment
of our alumni and friends to the University. Year in and year out,
these gifts provide much-needed student financial aid, and enrich the
education, research and recreational environment of our campus.
Beyond the Annual Giving Program, we benefit from the support of
those who have given to scholarships, our endowment and capital
projects such as our Medical Education Building.
Each and every donor is adding conviction to the University of
Windsor’s reputation as a place where people from all walks of life
can find new levels of personal achievement, and a place that is
taking action on what our communities and society expects of us.
In my role I have the privilege of speaking to many people about
the successes and aspirations of the University. I do so knowing that
each and every donor helps my words ring true.
I also want to thank the many staff, students, and volunteers who
put their energy into spreading the message about the University
of Windsor during the Annual Giving Program. Their enthusiasm is
vitally important to all of us.
I want to return to what I referred to as the aspirations of the
University of Windsor. Our University, like others, has a duty to do
the best it can in education, research and service to society. Beyond
this somewhat universal reason for being, however, there are things
that are unique to us and that we pride ourselves on. Our academic
and research programs, our community, our partnerships, and our
alumni all give us a distinctive palette from which to create a vision
for our future… our aspirations. In its simplest terms, a strategic plan
should state what these aspirations are and what we will do to fulfill
them. During the fall of 2009, we will be embarking on a process
to identify those things that we will commit to doing to make the
University of Windsor a place in which we all have even greater
pride. It will be process driven by consultation – by the consultations
I have had over the past year across the campus, with alumni, and
across the community, and by consultations that are now beginning.
You can be a part of it. Log on to
and find out more. You can tell us what you think the University of
Windsor should aspire to be.
There is a direct link between aspirations and giving. Everyone
who gives to the University of Windsor should be able to see how
in some way, great or small, they contribute to fulfilling what we say
we can do. On behalf of the University of Windsor, I thank all of you
for what has been accomplished and for what will be achieved in the
future.
Dr. Alan Wildeman
