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Welcome to a new academic year at Loyola University Chicago and your journey through the School of Social Work to be this generation’s Innovators of Hope<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Innovation is not limited to the apples’, googles’, and the amazons’ of the world. The spirit of innovation is within each and every one of us. The ability to see a problem, think through solutions, and launch an innovative approach to solve problems…innovate. Hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why hope? We all “hope”. We wake up every morning because of our belief in hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hope that today will be a good day for me<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hope that my\ncommute will be easy<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hope that I\nwill meet my partner of a lifetime<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hope that my\nchild will have a happy day at school<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hope that my\nparent will not worry about my future<\/p>\n\n\n\n And of course, hope that I will get an A grade in this course<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hope permeates everything and anything we do and so, why not innovate hope for the marginalized…the disenfranchised…the voiceless?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In a world of infinite imperfections, there is much hope for us at Loyola University Chicago for each and every one of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We hope:<\/p>\n\n\n\n You will be that person who will bring a smile to a child; food and shelter to the homeless; comfort to a parent grieving; fellowship to an elder socially disconnected; peace and reconciliation to a community traumatized through violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That is the power of hope<\/strong>. That is the power of our profession<\/strong>. That is Social Work<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Hope needs innovators. Innovators who will take calculated risks for creating abundant opportunities for those we serve through the myriad interprofessional offerings LUC provides to each and every one of you. And I am looking at the innovators of hope. Today. Here. At Loyola. At the School of Social Work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So my “ask”\u009d of all of you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n I want you\nto remember this quote as you go through our program and reflect on it this\nsemester and in the years to come:<\/p>\n\n\n\n One’s mind<\/strong>, once stretched by a new idea<\/strong>, never regains its original dimensions<\/em> – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end of the year, I will invite all of you to complete this\nsentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I will<\/strong> Have a blessed, fruitful year ahead. Welcome once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Pic Courtesy: Antonio Perez\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to a new academic year at Loyola University Chicago and your journey through the School of Social Work to be this generation’s Innovators of Hope. Innovation is not limited to the apples’, googles’, and the amazons’ of the world. The spirit of innovation is within each and every one of us. The ability to …try to<\/s> innovate hope for …<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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