Southeastern Massachusetts University - Scrimshaw Yearbook (North Dartmouth, MA)

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President John R. Brazi To the Class of ' 89: For most, the time spent in college is a time of personal change. It is a time of intellectual growth and affective development, a time when personality and perspec tive expand, a time when one comes to grips with important issues of self and society. Members of the class of 1 989 have, I hope, experienced these things. But you have also been fortunate to witness important changes in the topography of your University. During your stay, the Swain School of Design merged into the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the curriculum became computerized, we began several new graduate programs, a new science and engineering building and a new dormitory complex were completed, intercollegiate football was resumed, and so on. In one sense, you are not the same person you were when you arrived here. In another sense, while you may be different in many important respects, you are also still you. Similarly, SMU is not the same University you first encountered, but it is still SMU. As I write this there has been considerable discussion about reorganizing higher education in the Commonwealth and of SMU adopting a new name. These things may or may not come to pass, but whatever changes occur, if any, you may rest assured SMU will continue, in the second sense, to be SMU. If identity is at least part process and part continuity of purpose and if there is at its core an essence unmitigated by events, SMU will remain SMU by whatever name. Sincerely, UU te John R. Brazil President 12

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