Dear Friends: As we enter this holiday season, I want to thank each of you for choosing The University of Toledo for your education, whether it was five years ago … or 50! I hope your UT degree has served you well in preparing you for lifelong success, continued learning and giving back to your […] Read more »
It was great seeing so many of you – proud University of Toledo alumni – on campus for Homecoming festivities! If this was your first visit back to campus in awhile, I hope you experienced the renewed energy and vibrant engagement of our campus community as you reconnected with friends and colleagues! Perhaps you noticed […] Read more »
Student-athletes continue to excel With fall semester and Rocket Football under way at The University of Toledo, I want to acknowledge the academic excellence of our student-athletes, whose scholastic achievements continue to place your alma mater in the public spotlight! In late August, UT was named the recipient of the Mid-American Conference Institutional Academic Achievement […] Read more »
Dear Alumni, Exceptional education and the pursuit of life-changing discoveries cannot occur without the drive to create, the courage to be innovative and the willingness to collaborate. Moreover, the fulfillment of the University’s mission can be measured by the success of our graduates and the long-standing support of our 157,000 alumni worldwide. I want to […] Read more »
Showing Rocket pride by giving back I’m proud to share that throughout the past academic year, UT students completed nearly 40,000 hours of community service through activities with their more than 400 student organizations and athletic teams. This represents a 59 percent increase over the previous year! It’s also in addition to the thousands of […] Read more »
I hope you will join me in congratulating the 2,683 students who graduated on Saturday, May 5, with nearly 40 percent earning an advanced degree! I’m proud to add each of them to our list of amazing alumni who have gone on to make their mark on the world. My thanks go to our faculty, clinicians, and […] Read more »
Partnership to result in better patient care, research, training We are continuing our promise to enhance the community and better serve the people of Toledo. Through the Academic Affiliation between The University of Toledo and ProMedica, our College of Medicine and Life Sciences and the regional health-care system have opened a new Neurosciences Center to […] Read more »
Reducing costs for students supports their success The cost of textbooks has increasingly become a burden for college students across this country. Since 2006, the cost of college textbooks has risen by 73 percent – more than four times the rate of inflation. Unlike when most of us earned our degrees, today it’s not uncommon […] Read more »
Tuition Guarantee plan promotes success for students, UT I’m pleased to share that, beginning in fall 2018, new students at The University of Toledo will be able to pay the same undergraduate tuition from their first day of college through graduation under a new tuition guarantee plan. Recently approved by the Board of Trustees, the […] Read more »
Why diversity and inclusion are critical to UT Last month The University of Toledo hosted another Diversity Roundtable to gather local leaders from various sectors – including business, health care and higher education – to discuss opportunities and challenges in creating more diverse and inclusive organizations throughout northwest Ohio. As part of our strategic priority […] Read more »
Ensuring success of first-generation students Did you know one in three students currently enrolled at The University of Toledo is a first-generation college student? To support our first-generation students, UT offers programs through TRIO – a group of (three originally—hence its name, and now eight) federally grant-funded outreach and student services programs, such as Upward […] Read more »
