Message From the Interim Provost

It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is here and this very challenging semester is almost over! As I take a moment to reflect on things I am most grateful for, I think of you. I am so grateful to be surrounded by a campus community that goes above and beyond to help our students and each other. I am so grateful to be part of a university where excellence and caring are the norm, not the exception. These values are banners we wear proudly and display as our core values.

 

EXCELLENCE:
Continually striving for the highest level of achievement; overcoming challenges with reflection, improvement, innovation and reinvention.

 

CARING:
Serving the needs of others with respect, understanding and compassion; affirming the differences among individuals, values and ideas.

 

The Thanksgiving season is also a time to remember those who are struggling.  Many of our faculty, staff and students are struggling -- some as they continue to recover and rebuild from the historic flooding, and others from life circumstances. I ask for your continued understanding and compassion as we accommodate individual needs.

 

Thank you for everything you do to make Southeastern a great university. I hope you have a wonderful break filled with joy and laughter.

 

Happy Thanksgiving.
Tena