Dear Nazareth students, Happy October! And happy “we’ve made it halfway!” I am so grateful to be part of this learning community with you, and I am so proud of the progress we have achieved. We are resilient! I think of you often, as students learning, growing, and pursuing your life’s work in such a complex time. We are dealing with the ongoing pandemic, participating in the important work of social justice amidst the heaviness, divisiveness, and trauma of our times. We are all coping in our own ways and we are not only coping, we are working diligently at making progress towards a better future for each other no matter our differences. And we’ve created success day by day with the individual decisions and contributions made by each and every member of our community. With sacrifice, we’ve seen our community adopt PPE and safety protocols, turning restrictions into new daily habits embraced by all with care and creativity. With ingenuity, we’ve seen our community adopt