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Hello, my name is Jim Ryan. When I was
named president I said that any vision

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for our university should be a shared
vision. That's why on my first day in

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office, we launched a website called Ours
to Shape, with some basic questions about

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the future of UVA. Since then we've
received over 2600 comments suggestions

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and ideas through Ours to Shape. At the
same time hundreds of students, alumni,

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faculty, staff, parents, and Friends of the
university, have come together on Grounds

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and in cities across the country to talk
about what we love about UVA and what we

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can do better. In just a few weeks I'll
be sending the board of visitors a draft

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of a strategic plan. One that reflects
many of the goals you've shared as well

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as specific actions we plan to take. It's
my hope that together we can make UVA

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what we know it can be, a university that
is both great and good in all that we do.

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Whatever comes next,
I'm humbled and grateful for your

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honesty, your commitment to UVA, and your
willingness to share your ideas. I look

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forward to continuing the journey ahead.