Hello, colleagues and friends across the University of Michigan community. We’re at the beginning of a new new year and new semester with all of the possibilities of 2025. One of the reasons I’m so excited about the new year is that it’s the second anniversary of the launch and growth phase of the Arts …

Dear University of Michigan Community,  Happy New Year! I hope that each of you had a restful and rejuvenating holiday season filled with moments of joy and connection with family and friends. As we begin this new semester, I am thrilled to welcome you back to our beloved campuses. What a way to ring in …

Dear colleagues and friends across the University of Michigan family, I want to wish you a joyous holiday season, full of happiness, light and memories.  We gather together, grateful for these days to share with our loved ones, thankful for all we have achieved over the past months, and guided by the hope that rises …

(As prepared for delivery) Good afternoon! Congratulations graduates! After all the projects, the exams and the hours of study, you have reached this moment of transition, this pinnacle of commencement. We’re so proud of you. We’re so proud of you, and your families and friends and loved ones too. They’ve been with you – lifting, …

(As prepared for delivery) Thanks so much for joining us this afternoon, for our final meeting of 2024. It is thanks to all of you that we’ve had such an accomplished semester, and such a fantastic year together. Since this is his last meeting with us as regent, I’d like to begin by offering my …

Dear friends and colleagues across the U-M family and community, I’d like to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving!  Since that first harvest celebration more than 400 years ago, it has been a day of gratitude, of connection, and of reflection. Gratitude is so important. It is good for us in so many different ways, …

[President Ono] Hello colleagues and friends across the U of M community!  We’re approaching the beginning of the holiday season, and all that we’ve achieved together is truly a reason for celebration and thanksgiving. This is a time for us to  reflect on all we have accomplished and look with clear eyes to what we …

Hello colleagues and friends across the U of M community! It’s such a busy season – and it can be a truly challenging one – with end-of-semester projects and anticipated travel and upcoming exams. Yet each of us still has so much for which we can be thankful. At the University of Michigan, we are …

I’m so honored to join with you this Veterans Day as we celebrate our students, faculty and staff who are veterans or who are serving in the military. You are so important to me personally – you are such a valued and vital part of our community. You exemplify our tradition, our ethos, our mission …

Dear colleagues and friends, students, staff and faculty: The strength and vitality of our democracy begins with a choice. A choice to be informed, to be engaged, and above all, to vote. Early voting has officially launched in the State of Michigan, giving us nine days for voters to cast their ballots. Voting opened this …