Colleagues,

The time we spend together as a community is a precious resource, and we culminate these months together by celebrating and participating in many rituals and traditions in the coming days.

To our students completing degrees and embarking on new journeys, I extend the best wishes of trustees, faculty, administration, and staff. We offer gratitude for your presence and prayers for your continued success.

Congratulations to those honored at the annual Rose Awards. We praise your accomplishments as teachers, scholars, advisors, and servant leaders. Your dedication and humble service are treasured gifts.

The celebration of Nurses Week reminds us of this special ministry which Viterbo has fulfilled for decades. We bless your healing hands and compassionate hearts.

Mother’s Day approaches and so we will pause to remember the unconditional love of our mothers and grandmothers, and to thank them for their nurturing ways and their selfless sacrifices. Happy Mothers’ Day!

I offer our gratitude to colleagues who are retiring and to those not returning next academic year.

To all—enjoy a change of pace, time for contemplation and vacation, and the satisfaction that you made a difference in the lives of students and thus all they will touch in the decades ahead.

Pax et Bonum,

Rick Artman