作者：辛西娅·休伯特

2023年8月25日

New 萨克拉门托 State President Luke Wood promised during his first campuswide address to “turn plans into action” by implementing programs to improve campus safety, ensure student success, and boost research, among other priorities.

Speaking to a packed house in the University Union Ballroom on Aug. 24, Wood said during his Fall Address that he “would not want to be president at any other place” than 囊状态, where he received two degrees, served in student government, and met his future wife, Idara Essien-Wood.

“I’ve worked my entire life to reach this moment,” he said. “I came home to finish what we started 20 years ago as student leaders, and to give back to the community that has given so much to me.”

除了正式向校园社区介绍自己外，伍德还概述了他对萨克州立大学的愿景和优先事项。

"We have to have a plan, intentional strategies to give every student an opportunity to succeed.” ——卢克·伍德总统

他说，他的首要任务是促进学生的成功，特别是那些因教育体系内的不平等而受到阻碍的群体的成员。 他说，校园里的每个人，从管理员到教职员工再到管理人员，都必须承担起帮助所有学生取得成功的责任。

“All of us have the privilege of being educators,” Wood said.

他指出，体育运动和研究是参与其中的学生可以学习领导能力、获得自信、提高整体发展的两个领域。 To that end, he announced the University will release $1 million worth of “research design time” for faculty members working on projects that involve students.

Wood also stressed the importance of safety and well-being to students’ success.

Recalling his college days, during which he said he struggled with food and housing insecurity, Wood said the University must “ensure that every student knows where they are going to lay their head at night, and where they will get their next meal.”

伍德说，他将优先考虑改善校园安全，包括组建一个安全工作组，在关键地点安装更多的数字监视器，增加大学社区服务官员和心理健康顾问的数量。

他的首要任务之一就是倾听。 Beginning on Aug. 25, Wood will begin a series of conversations with students, faculty and staff, alumni, and community members about “where we want to be five years from now, and what are the tangible steps we must take to get there,” he said. He calls the project “100 Days of Listening.”

“We have to have hope for a better future, because the institution belongs to all of us,” Wood said. “But hope and listening is not enough. We have to have a plan, intentional strategies to give every student an opportunity to succeed.”

演讲结束后，伍德回答了校园社区成员提出的问题。 伍德和妻子一起坐在台上，由妻子提出问题。他时而严肃，时而轻松，谈论的话题包括他早年在北加州一个小镇的生活、他的三个孩子、他的运动鞋收藏，以及他进入萨克州立大学的道路。

Asked what has been his favorite part about returning to the University as president, he answered “the warm welcome” that he has received.

“囊状态 is my home, the place where I spent the formative years of my life,” Wood said. “囊状态 invested in me, and now I have the privilege and honor to invest back in it.”