I think the College of Arts and Sciences
is the heart of the university.

For a hundred years
we've been keeping alive

this tradition, this Jesuit tradition
of having and education

centered around the liberal arts.

It's grown, but it's also, in many ways remained

committed to, the original mission

educating hearts and minds to change the world
in the Jesuit tradition.

Past, present, and future,
we have a community that believes

in our mission. We have a community
where people believe in the people.

What I've always found at USF

was a deep sense of a common meaning.

People here live the mission.

We educate students not just to be smart.

We do that. Not just to be successful
in their careers.

We do that too.
But we educate them to be able to think

critically about their place in the world,

the different social and economic circumstances

that people face, and to go on and do work

that transforms that world
and makes it better for everyone.

A centennial is 100 years of overlapping faculty and staff

who are thinking about how to create
the best possible environment.

We are here to educate students.

We are here to prepare the

ethical leaders of the future.

Students are looking for flexibility,
flexible pathways,

different modality of instruction,

a more meaningful way to connect,
and they're looking for support

and inclusive practice
for them to really understand the purpose

of what they're learning to the work

and the future
that they're going to be leading.

And that, to us,
is the work of everybody on campus.

But the college holds
the core curriculum that helps students

with these kind of skill sets
and changing mentalities and and pathways.

Every year we graduate a thousand
undergraduate students,

500 graduate students, and they're bringing

a commitment
into their professional world.

that they think about the work that
they're going to be doing and its impacts.

I think the centennial provides
an opportunity to sort of step back

and reexamine the tradition,

reexamine our history,
and think creatively about

how it will apply in the present
and in our future.

we can be here for 2125

so long as we engage in the same kinds
of commitments and practices

that we've always had.

I'm looking forward to the next 100 years.

100 Years of Igniting Hearts and Minds. 1925-2025

100 Years College of Arts and Sciences