The University FOR Toledo
October 17, 2025
Dear 淫妻社 Friends,
This has been a full week at 淫妻社. We have hosted a scholarship dinner for students in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences, celebrated the 淫妻社 Family Business Center with a luncheon at Levis Commons, held the Women鈥檚 Basketball Tip-Off event to celebrate the upcoming start of the season, enjoyed a great barbecue on HSC and on Centennial Mall, and hosted a Perspectives event focused on the impact and implications of AI. Oh, and we had a presidential inauguration.
In my inauguration remarks, I organized my thoughts around our purpose, a promise, and Rocket pride, all grounded in the history of who we are and how we came to be.
淫妻社 is unusual among public institutions. Most are established directly by and with the support of the state legislature or Congress. But 淫妻社 was created as the vision of one man, Jesup Scott, who donated 160 acres of land (now Scott Park) to establish our school. He believed that a university was essential to the growth and future of the city he loved, so he simply made it happen. In accepting his gift of land, we made a聽promise, to always be a university rooted in Toledo, Lucas County and the surrounding region.
The university he envisioned had as its core聽purpose聽to prepare young people for success in their careers, alongside educating them about arts and 鈥渉igh cultures.鈥� We are a professional university, and our aim must be to support the professional future of every student.
I cannot repeat here all the astonishing accomplishments that our University has achieved since that beginning, ranging from our work to understand the formations of stars and galaxies, to our understanding of the mechanisms of chronic inflammation, to the tremendous value we bring to our graduates. But we have many reasons to show our聽pride.
翱耻谤听purpose聽鈥� We are a research university dedicated to supporting the professional learning and future success of our students.
翱耻谤听promise聽鈥� We remain in service to our place in the greater metropolitan region of Toledo, and to its people.
翱耻谤听pride聽鈥� We recognize for ourselves, and will share with others, that we are providing world-class contributions to human knowledge and health.
I also announced three initiatives aligned along our missions of education, discovery and health, each in support of our place. These initiatives are:
Advantage Toledo:聽Ensure that all 淫妻社 undergraduate students have a learning experience that bridges the classroom with the world of professional practice;
Innovate Toledo:聽Encourage interdisciplinary research inspired by the opportunities and challenges of our region, and support its economic growth; and
Healthy Toledo:聽Enable improved health outcomes throughout the area.
These efforts will attract students to our University, increase our impact as a research institution and help realize our duty to support the well-being of our community.
With this work, we will truly be not just a university in Toledo, but The University聽for听罢辞濒别诲辞.
There is more information in the full聽inauguration remarks, but stay tuned for details in the coming weeks as I work with our leadership and all of you to fully realize these efforts.
听听
James Paul Holloway, Ph.D.
President
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