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President Nemer invites you to celebrate YES

12/19/2025

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Dear UA community,

YES, our campus is celebrating a win! You are invited to join the momentum. Earlier today, we had a "Call to Celebrate" event outside of the Jean Hower Taber Student Union. The excitement was palpable, as Zippy danced, students and UA colleagues interacted, and we celebrated the start of the semester in the spirit of Zips togetherness.

Today, and throughout the coming year, we have much to celebrate. I'd like to share with you just a few highlights of the increasing energy and positivity that will propel ÐÔÊӽ紫ý into an incredible season of refreshed identity, renewed organizational culture and meaningful institutional growth.

During the past year, behind the scenes, University leaders were given several calls-to-action. Central to our work is a singular goal — an enhanced student and colleague experience. Today's "Call to Celebrate" proudly featured an essential component of our bold new institutional brand and campus identity: the word YES.

President Nemer standing with Zippy and students

ÐÔÊӽ紫ý is a place where students find their "yes." We're a university where the ambition of our students is met with real opportunity. We're creating "yes" moments, and we're actively encouraging our students — past, present and future — to boldly say "yes" to participating in lifelong learning and forging their individual pathways, both personally and professionally.

At UA, we're also saying "yes" to strengthened institutional culture. With a healthy respect for our past and the stories that have shaped our University narrative, we now concentrate on our current social impact and community engagement, saying "yes" to a bright, promise-filled future.

Finally, we are celebrating our flourishing student community. As of today, our enrollment is well over 15,000 students! Understanding the number will fluctuate as we approach the official fall census, we nevertheless wanted to share this positive news. With several hundred students more today than we enrolled during fall 2024, our current number represents the largest UA growth in seven years. I express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who participated in campus-wide advancement initiatives.

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Thank you to all of the students and colleagues who accepted our "Call to Celebrate." If you were unable to stop by, that's ok, as our momentum carries forward far beyond today. On behalf of ÐÔÊӽ紫ý, I welcome you back for fall 2025.

In celebration,

President Robert J. (R.J.) Nemer signature

President R.J. Nemer
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