November 26, 2024
Dear Rockets,
We have so much to be thankful for.
Your University of Toledo is supporting student success with record graduation rates and countless stories of achievement when Rockets take advantage of UToledo’s student involvement, experiential learning and research opportunities.
Our faculty are being recognized as experts in their fields earning National Science Foundation CAREER Awards, fellowships and other prestigious honors. Our research mission is growing with more than $72 million in external funding, the second highest in University history.
UToledo Health is providing excellent care to our community with the launch of our new Mobile Health Unit and new procedures like deep brain stimulation and Aquablation.
The success of Toledo Athletics is putting UToledo on the map receiving multiple Mid-American Conference Championships, winning the Cartwright Award for the third straight year and earning both the Jacoby Trophy and Reese Trophy in the same year for the first time.
Campus is energized with our new Mascot Plaza and Engineering Quad and more exciting projects to come with the approval this spring of our updated Campus Master Plan.
And we are contributing our expertise to support the growth of our region as a lead academic partner in the new Northwest Ohio Glass Innovation Hub, as co-director of the Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health with the University of Michigan and through a new APEX Accelerator in our Business Incubator.
With the launch of our new brand this summer, we are celebrating The Power To Do. With confidence and determination, we have the power to do what we’ve only ever imagined.
I am grateful for your commitment to UToledo, and I look forward to the future successes we will accomplish together. I wish you a happy Thanksgiving holiday and a strong finish for the fall semester.
Thank you and Go Rockets!
Matt Schroeder
Interim President