>> Steven E. Franklin: This is a wonderful opportunity that we have to celebrate from the beginning at the University right through to the current we're going to celebrate throughout the year from August 2014 right through to complication in June 2015 and all through that year there's going to be many opportunities to become engaged we have our alumni homecoming in August we have our had the trend regatta in October have a gala event will have a president's reception for for alumni throughout the year will have a number of opportunities to be engaged in the university events as well as with departmental and a program events and different units sir are going to have their own fiftieth anniversary celebration activities and so I would encourage it visit our website and keep connected back and follow up and just determine whether there's something that that really is something that you could participate in and I would look forward to welcoming you here at Trent in that fiftieth anniversary here its it's a time to celebrate and two focus on love the achievements that the past and to think about the the great way in which we're gonna move the university building diversity Ford for the future we're very grateful for the contributions that faculty students staff alumni community members have made to trent and we're trying to recognize that and to really stimulate a little bit of a conversation about the future Trent University. I think that one of the things that people look for in a in celebration like this is an indication that we're building on our strengths we're really looking at has made the University great what we really did as excellent way high-quality what we did better than others what we provided leadership in and are we going to be able to continue then in the future and build on that for the future so that's what I think the opportunity of the fiftieth anniversary celebration provides to assist emphasize those themes our founding president Tom simon's is the honorary chair the fiftieth anniversary tom has made it a priority for him to be engaged in the life of the campus and the development of the fiftieth anniversary celebration we've all benefited from his enormous leadership is is his vision and his mentorship and and so we will focus on having examples of that from every one of the classes since the beginning of the class have the University in 1964 we will make sure that we get alumni back to the University to really benefit from their passion in their insights their perspectives on the on the University just three years ago we did launch our I new facility on certain road but we have been in Oshawa teaching and providing service research forty years and it's that fortieth anniversary that were also celebrating as part of the fiftieth anniversary Trent University so forty years in our show of forty years in the Durham Region providing that distinctive Trent University Brandon education and research in 1957 it was really the trigger which wasa letter written to the editor the Peterborough examiner suggesting that there be a University in Peterborough and that there be a committee formed with the sole purpose is devoting itself to acquiring this type of the infrastructure and of course communities since then have gone on to repeat that I think in the unique the interesting way it was done at Trent community engagement is at the foundation of our university want students to have the sense that they're joining this type of community that's committed to those grand ideas and we want to want them to have as much of an opportunity is possible to a flourish within that that world we have faculty students we have a long night returned to the University staff or very devoted to ensuring that they get the best quality education at at trent as is possible and I think that'll be the case in the future I'm looking for to to meeting some of those alumni that I have not yet met ten ensuring that it's not only student alum but actually staff who who worked here in earlier years faculty others who who are engaged in the University we have former board members who are going to return as part of the fiftieth we do have a great opportunity to to highlight to reflect on the important milestones throughout the past 50 years.