This video was recorded on September 25, 2020 and is available for viewing on YouTube and Vimeo.
In her first “State of the University” address, recorded in the Welles-Brown Room of Rush Rhees Library, President Mangelsdorf provides a wide-ranging update to the University community. Timed to release on what would have been the annual Meliora Weekend, Mangelsdorf praises students, faculty, and staff, for their commitment to safely reopening campus and discusses the current hybrid learning environment. “Everyone at the University has made a COVID-19 Community Commitment to staying healthy and keeping other members of our community healthy, too,” she says.
One year after celebrating her inauguration, Mangelsdorf highlights the extraordinary research, scholarship, and academic inquiry taking place at Rochester despite recent disruptions. “Certainly the world has changed,” she says, “and the University of Rochester is adapting to change with it.”
“I believe that in these challenging times, we have not just an opportunity, but an obligation, to make an impact,” she says.