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A MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS—
George VanderZwaag

The River Campus The season, in a way, reminds me of when I
really comes alive get a new book by a favorite author. I don’t
this time of year. know how the story that will unfold, but I
There’s a sense of am excited to read it. I’ll turn the pages with
hope, optimism, anticipation, knowing that I’ll come across a
and renewal. few surprises, I’ll finish it feeling rewarded,
First-year students and I’ll look forward to whatever the author
arrive, and publishes next. Observing our teams play is
returning students like this.
come back better prepared to meet the We hope you can watch our athletes with
challenges ahead, both on and off the field. us in the months ahead, at games and
That’s the rhythm of a college campus— various celebrations. On September 7, after
cycles and seasons complete. our home football game with Case Western

For me, the fall is upstate New York’s best Reserve, we will honor the next group of
season. It’s when our campus becomes a Garnish Scholars. We’ll have a special guest,
beautiful backdrop for the changing colors too, as President Sarah Mangelsdorf will join
and the cooler temperatures. I enjoy the us. On September 21, our football tailgate
camaraderie that builds among the athletes and Homecoming game will provide a good
and the campus community at large, when time for all. Then, during Meliora Weekend
so many fans come out to cheer on their October 3–6, we will welcome our newest
Yellowjackets. Hall of Fame inductees.
Although we cannot predict how our teams We owe much of our success to all of you
will perform in the coming seasons, we have and your support. Thank you for being a
every reason to be optimistic. A pattern of Friend of Rochester Athletics.
success—across our teams and inside the Meliora!
classrooms—has been established in our
athletics program.

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