Dear Friends, We are blessed to have so many wonderful accomplishments to celebrate. I’d like to share just a couple of them. The most notable being the completion of The St. Augustine Center for Social Impact. The addition of this building to our campus provides collaboration space for our students and faculty, meeting space for faculty and administrators, and state-of-theart tools and resources to educate our young Friars. The Center advances STEM to the next level. If Chapel nourishes our spiritual life, the Center celebrates the imagination and elevates the value of inquisitiveness to solve problems for the betterment of humanity. In addition to the Center, we have transformed the traditional pathways between buildings into a beautifully appointed Quad. Benches and lighting surround our common room and provide
a space to strengthen the bonds of Unity, a treasured Augustinian Core Value. As the Christmas Tree in the center of it reminded us of God’s engagement with humanity through the Birth of Christ, the Lenten Cross now recalls the purpose of our Faith, to accept God’s offer of abundant life here and hereafter. Also, with the arrival of warmer weather, I anticipate students, faculty, and administrators enjoying the space as well as hosting events for the entire Malvern Community. I am grateful for the generous benefactors that have made and continue to make the vision of The St. Augustine Center for Social Impact a reality. When I walk through the Center connecting Sullivan and Carney Halls, I am aware of the integration of the Sciences and Humanities commingling for an independent Augustinian, brain-based, student centered
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