Dear LIBI Community

As the Summer wears on and our enthusiasm for parting with winter slowly turns to complaints about the endless heat wave, I am once again reminded how the human spirit is rarely content. In many ways, these transitory feelings of satisfaction are what fuels the phenomenon we call "progress" - a word that has become part of my everyday outlook since I arrived at LIBI nearly two years ago.




Serving as your President has been immensely fulfilling. LIBI has made remarkable progress over the past two years and I am proud to report that more academic innovations and co-curricular initiatives are being planned and are underway to help ensure the College's success well into the future. I am tremendously proud of our achievements and convinced that, despite the current economic crisis, LIBI will continue to thrive and evolve.



I have come to view LIBI's progress as a journey toward change – moving forward and transcending boundaries to realize our vision to become a college that continually strives to do more and to be more. We are not only making notable strides toward a multitude of academic goals, but we are also continually making every effort to reach out to and connect with the local communities around our campuses. I invite you to take a moment to read through the stories featured in this issue of the LIBI Log and to learn more about the progress we are making. I am proud to say that this has been another quarter of excitement and another quarter of records at LIBI. I want to extend an especially warm invitation to all of our alumni to visit the campuses and to get involved in all of the “LIBI Cares” initiatives and programs currently underway.



Enjoy the rest of your Summer!





Monica W. Foote

President