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Dear Saints,
Welcome to the 2022-23 academic year!
As we begin the year, let's recognize that we have so much to be thankful for and look forward to in the coming year. We start this year from a position of strength. Siena is clearly on the rise. We are the #1 college in New York state for job placement for the past three years running; once again a national "Top-20 Best" Catholic College and a US News & World Report "Best College"; and among the 50 Most Beautiful College Campuses. We have just launched a new, bold Strategic Plan; we have strong enrollment and financial posture and outlook; new facilities including the Welcome Center at Patricia Gioia Hall and the Bob Guido ’68 Athletic Academic Center; and back-up power spanning most of campus ensured by new generators. We will break ground on Nobel Hall, our state-of-the art science facility, in the spring, and build new tennis courts next summer. We have plans to renovate existing facilities in the coming years – especially our residential halls. It's a great time to be a Saint!
Meanwhile, the first week of September we welcomed the Class of 2026 into our community. They have brought so much excitement and new energy to the campus and we look forward to everything they will contribute to our Franciscan cause of helping make the world "more just, peaceful and humane."
For our entire community, as we start the new academic year, we are reminded of all the challenges facing our country in a national political environment increasingly polarized and vitriolic. Towards that end, let's remember who we are – a proud Catholic, Franciscan liberal arts college committed to academic and intellectual freedom and the development of the whole person: mind, body, and spirit. As we debate issues, let's treat others the way we want to be treated – with dignity and respect. We reaffirm that the classroom is the marketplace of ideas.
To the Class of 2023, as you begin your final year at Siena, our entire community thanks you in advance for your leadership and everything you will do to assist and guide your fellow Saints in the weeks and months to come. At the same time, in your busy schedules, take time to pause, reflect and find joy in every day. Make the most out of your final year. We have that timeline in common, as I will retire next summer knowing that Siena is poised to continue its march to reaching its full potential as a nationally renowned college.
I look forward to all the challenges and opportunities before us. I wish you much academic success and hope you also experience joy in your time on campus. Let's have a great year together.
Go Saints!