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Thank you all so much for being here today
This is a very exciting time for our program as we officially open UofL’s Get Healthy Now Wellness Center
With the primary focus on employee health and wellbeing
This wellness center creates increased capacity
for the geographical reach of our wellness separate center driving industry best practice
From the individual employee at UofL to every person in the community that we serve
your good health and wellbeing are our top priority.
This facility really represents an extraordinary renovation and as many of you know, Dr. Ramsey
whenever he speaks talks about the 13 budget cuts that we’ve taken in the last 12 years
Get Healthy Now has been housed in Crawford Gym as it’s really outgrown that space
and we’ve had a huge need for a physical facility that both houses Get Healthy Now
and serves as a great fitness facility to encourage our wellness efforts and programs
and As in so many things that the university’s done over the last 10 years
It just wasn’t possible for us to do it on our own
So again, we’ve turned to the miracle of friendship
and to Tom Jurich from our athletic association and to Burt Deutsch from our UofL Foundation
because without significant commitment from them and significant financial input from both of those organizations
So will you join me first of all in giving a heartfelt thank you to Tom and Burt for ongoing support of the university.
One of the things that’s happened at the university that I don’t need to tell any of you all
because you all are the ones who make it happen
but one of the things that’s happened at the university in the past several years, 10 years
is that we have had a lot of dreams fulfilled and a lot of those dreams certainly come from the hard work of everyone
but a lot of those dreams come because there’s already a built in constituency
This particular dream, this particular facility and its renovation was a dream that came about because of the vision
but not because there was a built in constituency
this came about because of the team Patricia put together and that team built the constituency
So yes we have contributed funds
but the funds do not equal the perseverance, the spark, the vision and the continued effort
that Patricia and her team have put together
so our congratulations to the fulfillment of a dream that did not need to come true.
You got to have that vision and that vision is great. I think that’s what makes our university so special
I speak all over the country and I always love to talk about the unique set up we have here
The family atmosphere we have here
Where the academics and athletics are tied so much together and that doesn’t happen at many campuses
I been all over the country, I’ve worked at many different places
I know many different presidents and provosts and deans all across the country and I think we’re the envy of a lot of them
We’re having a great year academically and athletically as we move into the ACC, it’s things like this
I think, that really showcase our wonderful university.