尊敬的正规博彩十大网站教职员工:

I hope this letter finds everyone well and getting to enjoy some time with your family and friends after a superb academic year. I know the new fall semester seems like ages away, 但它很快就会到, and t在这里 are some exciting special events I hope you can put on your calendars so we can join together as the Pacific community.

We are designing a new university-wide signature speaker series featuring top thought leaders from a wide array of our disciplines. We will be announcing the first two shortly, but I wanted to give you a heads up so you can put on your calendars:

• 9月. 19: Dr. 凯茜戴维森 will open the new Pacific 总统ial Speaker Series on Thursday, 9月. 19. Professor Davidson is one of the leading thinkers on how faculty can drive student success. 她的书, “The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux” and “The New College Classroom” have been must-reads for many of us. 我很荣幸能与. Davidson when I brought her to my previous institution. She might have been the most popular speaker among our faculty in my 15 years at Arizona State University. We are working closely with the Academic Council leadership to create a robust two-day visit with lots of opportunities for faculty interaction, but the highlight will be a featured conversation Thursday evening, 9月. 19, in historic Faye Spanos Concert Hall to launch our signature series. 我希望每个人都能加入我们.
• 10月. 24: 莫妮卡古斯曼, a Seattle-based writer who has published a wonderful new book encouraging Americans to listen and learn from each other, will be our second featured guest in the new series. 我们正在购买Ms。. 古兹曼的书, “I Never Thought of it That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times,” for all our first-year undergraduates and hope to weave it into both classes and residential hall experiences. She will be with us for two days, with the keynote conversation held Thursday evening, 10月. 24日，菲斯帕诺斯音乐厅.

另外, 当然, you will be seeing soon the full fall semester calendar of concerts from our Conservatory of Music, 游戏 from Pacific 体育运动 and special events from 学生生活, Development and 校友 Relations and our schools and colleges (the university calendar is available 在这里). But t在这里 are two other special events I would like to highlight:

• 9月. 29: 百年校庆 marks 100 years to the day that 正规博彩十大网站’s new campus in Stockton opened. 我们将在9月9日星期日庆祝. 29, with a ceremony on Knoles 法律n and the distribution of a new book written by Pacific faculty on our 100 years in Stockton, followed by a concert by our Conservatory of Music students in Faye Spanos Concert Hall.
• 11月. 4: 太平洋男篮 will host the season opener at the Alex G. 11月11日星期一，斯帕诺斯中心. 下午7点.m. We hope you will join us to usher in the new era of basketball at Pacific with Coach Dave Smart. Coach Smart is already putting together a talented and high-energy team. We hope to supercharge the new era of Pacific 体育运动 with a full house at Spanos on opening night. All faculty and staff will be able to secure free tickets for themselves and discounted tickets for their guests. 我们希望你能加入我们. 即将到来的细节.

This past year was a historic one on many levels at Pacific–thanks largely to your many efforts, 个人和集体. And I am confident the coming year will be our best ever.

I hope you can join us for the many concerts, 游戏, 讨论, 首页coming and Family Weekend festivities (10月. 11-13) and other special events throughout the year, but particularly for these four special gatherings this fall.

真诚地,

克里斯托弗·卡拉汉
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