Leadership

A welcome back message from Chancellor Carol L. Folt

Chancellor Folt shares exciting news from December and discusses what's in store for the spring semester

By University Communications, Thursday, January 11th, 2018

Dear Campus Community,

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a nice holiday break and are ready to kick off 2018.

We had some exciting news over the break and we have much to look forward to this semester. Please take a moment to watch my welcome back video message.

Sincerely,

Carol L. Folt
Chancellor

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