dr. mary wardell, and i want to share briefly a little bit about usf's character and achievement as a national leader in diversity engagement as well as local community outreach. you heard earlier from vice-chairman smith about some of usf's community service accolades. actually last year in 2013, over 7,000 usf students performed more than 300,000 hours of community service. and you may know that usf is among a handful of universities nationally that requires all undergraduates to complete a service learning course in order to graduate. you may know he that usf sponsors more than 25 sustained community projects throughout san francisco and the bay area and we offer more than 100 service learning courses in which our students and faculty are doing service learning projects with the community. but what you may not know is that in 2013 diverse issue in higher education, a premiere magazine that focuses on diversity and the united states, named usf the number one university in the country for recruiting, retaining, and graduating minority students. this is a significant accomplishment that usf is