Dear Nazareth community,
During
this defining time in our democracy, I reflect on Nazareth’s vital
commitments to inclusion, belonging, community, and citizenship. Let our
ideals of citizenship and inclusion provide the inspiration for the
kind of community we want to become; where the diversity of humanity and
ideologies is valued, all are welcome, and each person thrives with the
support and empowerment of belonging.
As students and citizens of this time, you take your place in this important work. In our learning community, we explore freedoms and responsibilities, diversity of thought and ideas — fully immersed in putting values into practice. Whatever your ideology, it is openness, understanding, and empathy that will bring us together. Citizens ideally both feel belonging in a community and take responsibility for their own and others' belonging, honoring the right of each person to be fully oneself.
Let’s gather together today to reflect on this defining time. I am grateful to Dr. Tim Kneeland for facilitating a flash forum today at 4 p.m. for our entire community. Thanks also to the group of staff and faculty that is planning a discussion series for this spring on freedom of expression, civil discourse, and what it means to be an engaged citizen Please register now and join us at 4 p.m. for Reflections on Events of 1/6/21 and Citizenship — and look for future events — so that you can add your voice to these critical conversations. Progress is possible when we, as caring and committed citizens, listen openly and respectfully to one another, build bridges across differences and divides, address injustice, and form inclusive community to pursue the ideals of humanity.
Nazareth was founded to lead social innovation, progress, and justice through transformative education. Nazareth graduates are effective change agents, building up our social fabric. I urge you, as engaged students, to keep an open mind. Pay full attention. Don’t look away. This is what citizenship means. You are the citizens we need now. And the Naz community is with you every step of the way.
Sincerely,
Beth Paul, Ph.D.
President, Nazareth College
As students and citizens of this time, you take your place in this important work. In our learning community, we explore freedoms and responsibilities, diversity of thought and ideas — fully immersed in putting values into practice. Whatever your ideology, it is openness, understanding, and empathy that will bring us together. Citizens ideally both feel belonging in a community and take responsibility for their own and others' belonging, honoring the right of each person to be fully oneself.
Let’s gather together today to reflect on this defining time. I am grateful to Dr. Tim Kneeland for facilitating a flash forum today at 4 p.m. for our entire community. Thanks also to the group of staff and faculty that is planning a discussion series for this spring on freedom of expression, civil discourse, and what it means to be an engaged citizen Please register now and join us at 4 p.m. for Reflections on Events of 1/6/21 and Citizenship — and look for future events — so that you can add your voice to these critical conversations. Progress is possible when we, as caring and committed citizens, listen openly and respectfully to one another, build bridges across differences and divides, address injustice, and form inclusive community to pursue the ideals of humanity.
Nazareth was founded to lead social innovation, progress, and justice through transformative education. Nazareth graduates are effective change agents, building up our social fabric. I urge you, as engaged students, to keep an open mind. Pay full attention. Don’t look away. This is what citizenship means. You are the citizens we need now. And the Naz community is with you every step of the way.
Sincerely,
Beth Paul, Ph.D.
President, Nazareth College
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