 Greetings from Burlington and the University of Vermont campus where we're throwing out from a colder than usual winner and looking forward to a beautiful New England spring. The change of seasons and longer daylight hours always brings smiles to our faces, but rarely have our smiles been brighter. After two years of pandemic discipline and sacrifice, I'm so glad we're able to bid goodbye to our mandatory masking policy this month. It'll be great to see one another's faces again and to return to the familiar rituals of campus life. I know this spring we will see a remarkable amount of reconnection, gatherings and joyful reunions. UVM students succeeded during the pandemic as they always do and that success takes many different forms. It's true that student success is about mastering a subject as demonstrated by a high grade, but it's also about setting students on a course that ensures social, professional and personal growth and accomplishment. This bigger definition of success rests on the unwavering dedication of our faculty and staff and that commitment begins before a student arrives on campus and long after they've graduated. From their earliest days on campus, students were supported by teams of academic and career advisors in all schools and colleges at UVM who help students develop integrated plans that capitalize on campus resources and promote their intellectual growth and their career readiness. As part of those integrated plans, some 92% of our students participate in internships and other dynamic experiential learning and research opportunities. Opportunities taking place locally and all around the world. Their internships often lead to great job offers but also serve to give students an inside look at an industry or profession they may never have considered. Then there are the skills and networks students build through hundreds of student organizations and activities and of course their future success is built upon the rock solid foundation of their achievements in the classroom. Our students are learning about real-life issues, perplexing problems that require workable solutions at a local and global level. While progress in developing these leadership skills isn't immediately measured in a quantitative manner, it is equally as important as UVM's measurable success metrics such as graduation rate and post-college placement both of which are stellar. When all these elements combine with a student population that shows the commitment and discipline of UVM students during the pandemic, I know that our current undergraduates will achieve greater levels of success in life than ever before. We will soon turn our attention to UVM's 221st commencement. In two short months, some 3,000 catamounts will don their caps and gowns, join families and friends, and celebrate their success achieving the milestone of a bachelor's, graduate or professional degree. I'm excited that we'll be welcoming Eric Weinmayer as our commencement speaker. He's the first blind person to climb Mount Everest and Eric is a person with such determination and a sense of adventure that he didn't stop there. He's climbed all of the seven summits, the highest point on each continent. I cannot think of a better example for our graduates, someone completely undeterred in pursuit of his goals. Our hearts swell with pride to think about what each of our graduates has accomplished and what lies ahead in their promising futures, whether here in Vermont or halfway around the world. I'm proud of the success our students achieve and I remain committed, along with our entire faculty and staff, to making sure the UVM experience is always centered on our students' individual and collective success. Until next time, be well.