We will continue to get through this trying time, together
Aug 3, 2020
Dear Xavier Family and Friends,
With all that is happening in the world, I hope you and your loved ones are safe, healthy, happy, and enjoying the summer as best you can. While some parts of our lives do remain tenuous, I want to extend my thanks, for it is because of you and our extended Xavier family, that we are persevering.
Though it may sound cliché, it is the truth: We will continue to get through this trying time, together.
As our students start to return to campus next week, our attention turns to the incoming freshmen, the Class of 2024, and how we may offer them the best possible version of our transformative Xavier Experience.
In any given year our students will face numerous challenges, but now there are new and extraordinary ones, like adjusting to online courses, adapting to a different routine and finding ways to cope with an ever-changing cultural landscape.
It sounds daunting, even to me. But support from our Xavier family allows our talented faculty and staff to help all Musketeers achieve their dreams.
As you may know, we are in the final phase of the Together. For Others campaign for Xavier. If current incidents have shown us anything, it is that we need to remain together, for and with others, and gifts to the Annual Fund — which provide scholarship dollars for students — have never been more important. Recent events have financially impacted not only our University, but those students who will be attending Xavier in the fall.
So I am asking you now, to again come together and ensure the future of this next class. Your gift, no matter the amount, will truly make a difference to our students and our world. In my opinion, a Xavier education has never been more appropriate, more important or more necessary.
But I know we will continue to get through this, together. I know it to be true because I believe in the Xavier Mission and the Xavier family. I believe in the power of creating men and women for and with others.
May God bless you and your family,
Michael J. Graham, S.J.
President