 Greetings everyone, I hope this July 4th weekend provided an opportunity for you to connect with loved ones while celebrating our nation and union. And while recent months have highlighted many challenges, some new and some deep-seated, I hope this time has also underscored the opportunities we have to build a better future. Education is one of the greatest assets we have in overcoming any threat to our individual and collective well-being. And this is one of the many reasons I'm so looking forward to our campus reopening in the fall. But things will be different, very different from business as usual. Like other universities, businesses, cities and states, UVM will be instituting a range of rules, guidelines and protective measures to help keep our community safe, including a green and gold promise that contains standards for student behavior. These measures are outlined and will be regularly updated on the fall 2020 Return to Campus website, as well as an email and other forms of communication. So the bottom line is that we will all need to modify our behavior. There's been an enormous amount of research, discussion and input, planning and evaluation committed to a safe return to campus. And we're fortunate to have faculty here at UVM who are leaders in epidemiology and public health. We have drawn on them and benefited from their research experience and good counsel. Based on this expert knowledge and on our partnership with the state and the city, I'm confident in our ability to safely reopen campus. But I know that many of our students and their families have ongoing concerns for very legitimate reasons. This is why I am pleased to announce that we have developed an option to enable undergraduate students to take their classes remotely for the fall 2020 semester. As a part of this option, students who choose the at-home offering will have access to three free of charge credits for summer 2021. Further information about this option is available on the UVM registrar's website. For those of you who elect to take the at-home option, please know that we will continue to provide the multiple opportunities for engagement and the academic and career support that make UVM so special. And if you decide to return to campus in person, know that we'll be here to welcome you and guide you through the new ways of life on campus that are aimed at keeping us all safe. While we did not choose the challenges posed by COVID-19, we do have a choice in the way we confront it. I hope the options we're providing will enable each of you, our catamounts, to follow the pathway best suited to expanding your intellectual growth and seizing the opportunity to build a better future. Be well and see you in August.