Description of the video:
2022 IU Kokomo Holiday Video Transcript
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Snowy visuals of campus are on screen as Chancellor Mark Canada begins to speak. He sits at a desk in the Kelley House in front of a bookcase. Images are shown on screen matching is comments as he speaks,
[Happy, holiday-themed music is playing.]
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Greetings from Indiana University Kokomo.
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As IUK’s new Chancellor,
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I want to thank you for the role that you play in our success.
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Whether you were one of our students, a colleague making transformative
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learning experiences for these students, or a friend of IU Kokomo,
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you're part of something truly special.
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As we wrap up 2022 and look ahead to 2023,
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we have much to celebrate and to anticipate.
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Indiana University Kokomo continues to be a builder of community on and off campus.
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We are providing mentoring and wellness programing for local educators.
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We continue to offer a platform for the marginalized,
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misunderstood, and underrepresented populations around us to help shine
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a light on issues that many of us might not normally encounter.
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That's the IU Kokomo culture of care.
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We're providing a
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welcoming and inclusive home for our students, faculty and staff.
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A place where we celebrate and share rewarding cultural experiences.
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And our faculty, they continue to be recognized for their research
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and excellence and teaching, as well as for their work to find common ground
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and bring our diverse communities together.
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Our students continue to benefit from the KEY.
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At the KEY Summer Institute many of them get a head start on their college
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experience, networking with their peers and faculty before the first day of class.
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Later, they get to see for themselves the world of possibilities
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they can unlock with their IU degree through conducting research
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and immersing themselves in different cultures and exploring
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their disciplines in office settings, natural environments and more.
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The Office of Sustainability is enhancing our campus with plantings,
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signage for native plants, and even four new beehives.
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Athletics continues to develop students of character and excellence.
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Cross-country produced two national qualifiers.
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The men's basketball team ranked nationally and made the NAIA sweet 16.
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My wife, Lisa and I were there to enjoy it.
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Our women's volleyball team has built a reputation of dominance,
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making its eighth straight NAIA national championship appearance,
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and our women's soccer team enjoyed a record-breaking season
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and its first NAIA championship appearance.
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Last spring,
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we celebrated the achievements of nearly 700 graduates at commencement.
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Our favorite time of year
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and our first commencement with IU president Pamela Whitten.
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Finally, I
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can't begin to express the gratitude that Lisa and I share
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following my installation as IU Kokomo's eighth Chancellor
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and our first major initiative, my colleagues and I here at IU Kokomo
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set out to improve this campus and our community in 100 ways in 100 days.
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And we did it.
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But we're just getting started.
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One of my top priorities as Chancellor is to take this
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already extraordinary campus to even greater heights
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to make IU Kokomo a destination campus known around the state and the Midwest
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for next-level learning experiences, an extraordinary culture of care,
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and an engine for positive change in our community.
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We can do it with your continued engagement and support.
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On behalf of all of us here at IU Kokomo,
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I wish you a wonderful holiday season as well as a new year
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in which we all thrive together.
The video comes to an end as a Happy Holidays ornament is on screen and
