 Hello, it's Chancellor Roberts. I'm sorry that I'm not seeing you in person today and that I have to be yet another familiar face confined to a video conferencing window. But before you begin your well-earned spring break, I wanted to take a minute to say hello to you and tell you how much I miss you. Normally an afternoon like this in April in the Bryan Lobby would see many of you passing through, heading down 9th Street to get smoothies or studying and talking at the tables. While I miss you greatly, I so appreciate you for the amazing perseverance and spirit you have shown over the past month. We all have a responsibility to each other and to our fellow citizens of North Carolina to do things that may be personally hard for us to make a sacrifice for the good of everyone. In fact, we were among the first to take the hard steps everyone across our state and across most of our country are now taking. I want you to know how deeply proud I am of all of you for the flexibility and perseverance you have shown in adapting to the many changes that have come your way. I'm also so very appreciative of the hard work of our faculty and staff and the great care they have shown in doing everything possible to continue serving you the very best that they can as we have all transitioned to a life and a virtual world for the moment. Part of the unicorn way is to understand each of our lives within concentric means of a community. With the entering being those are close around us in our everyday lives, yet also seeing how we are connected to fellow North Carolinians, Americans, and people across the globe. Through the efforts and sacrifices we are all making, we are all helping our community and all of these communities. You are exemplifying the NCSSM spirit in the world. This experience you're living through may very well inform the educational career and life choices of many of you. And I foresee that you will emerge as leaders who help the world through future crises we may face. Strong communities are uniquely situated to navigate difficult times. While these are difficult times for sure, you, we are very strong community. Remember that along with your family and your friends, you have your support team, your teachers, and all of us at NCSSM that you can reach out to for support in the coming weeks and months. I know that this was not the spring that any of us envisioned. I do hope that we can all find joys and insights where we can. We all need to seek these out. When we look back on this time, I hope that is not what we couldn't do that will define this time in us. But instead, what we could and did do. As you take the next week to hopefully relax and recharge some, know how very proud I am to be a part of our community with you and how much I look forward to the day when I get the chance to see you in person again. You'll always have a second home here on campus. All of us at NCSSM love you. Please take care, stay safe, and be well in UniPri.