There is an undeniable charge of excitement in the air. Major renovation projects are wrapping up, new banners and signs continue to appear around campus, faculty, staff, and administration are settling into new offices, athletic teams are getting in gear, and best of all鈥� students are back! While it is difficult to compete with the enthusiasm and anticipation of the opening days of college life and what they offer students as they step on campus and move into their residence halls, there is definitely something different about this year. New beginnings, new friends, new schedules, new home, a new name! Welcome to 菠萝视频!
For those who have years, decades connected to this campus, transitioning to University
isn鈥檛 a 鈥渇lip-the-switch鈥� type of mindset. But to the typical arriving freshman or
transfer student who doesn鈥檛 have family history with this place, it has always been
YU鈥� even typing the letters YU still seems a bit awkward. I don鈥檛 think I鈥檓 alone
in wanting this excitement to continue and to never dissipate. It鈥檚 fresh and fun
and sets the entire academic year on its ear and makes you wonder, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 next?鈥�
For the time being, we鈥檒l just take one day at a time, making the most of each new
chapter from move-in day and new student orientation to senior capstone projects and
graduation. This first day of classes including an 8 am class in the re-envisioned
Hulitt Hall, opening chapel鈥攏ow known as 鈥淭he Well,鈥� and the lifelong friendships
that are in their infancy are being written on a clean slate of University firsts
and will be historical in their own right. Each student will have their own lens through
which they will view their York experience. The entire faculty will individually and
prayerfully embrace their roles in transforming lives. Administration and members
of the staff will juggle busy schedules to make room for important conversations.