Find messages, speeches and videos from Saint Louis University President Fred P. Pestello, Ph.D.
Selected messages to the SLU community
- 10th Anniversary of OccupySLU: Looking Back and Moving Forward 10/4/24
- Recognizing National Voter Registration Day and Constitution Day 9/17/24
- Welcoming a New Academic Year 8/21/24
- This Juneteenth, Reflecting on Reconciliation 6/18/24
- A Message to the SLU Community 3/21/24
- 2023 President's Report: Making an Impact 2/27/24
- Mission Priority Examen 2/20/24
- Celebrating the Light of the Season 12/15/23
- A Call for Community in a Time of Conflict 10/13/23
- A Message About the Supreme Court Decision on Race-based Admissions Practices 6/29/23
- Celebrating Juneteenth and Reflecting on the Path Ahead 6/16/23
- Finding Solace and Strength in Community 1/27/23
- Honoring the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 1/13/23
- Wishing You Peace and Joy 12/15/22
- Bonus Holidays for 2022 11/21/22
- Honoring the SLU Veteran Community 11/11/22
- Celebrating our First-Generation Billikens 11/7/22
- We Grieve with the CVPA Community 10/24/22
- This Juneteenth, Reflecting on Memory and Hope 6/17/22
- Bonuses for Employees Earning Less Than $135,000 5/25/22
- A Reflection as Easter Approaches 4/14/22
- A Message of Peace and Care 3/1/2022
- Announcing SLU's Dean and Vice President for Medical Affairs 2/17/22
- Today is Veteran's Day 11/11/21
- Our Continued Call for Civil Discourse 11/10/21
- Search for the Vice President of Marketing and Communications 11/2/21
- Retirement of Jeff Fowler, Vice President for Marketing and Communications 10/18/21
- Announcing SLU's Vice President and General Counsel 9/17/21
- Memorial Service for Dr. Smith 6/23/21
- Passing of Dr. Jonathan Smith 6/19/21
- Associate Provost in Diversity and Community Engagement 6/17/21
- Bonuses for Essential Workers & Lower-Paid Employees 5/21/21
- SLU to Recognize Juneteenth as a University Holiday 5/11/21
- A Jury Deliberates and Our Nation Sits on Edge 4/19/21
- Regaining Normalcy on Our St. Louis Campuses 4/10/21
- Search for the Next Vice President and General Counsel 3/31/21
- Commencement Update (December 2020 and May 2021 Graduates) 3/26/21
- Commencement Update (May 2020 Graduates) 3/26/21
- Statement from the President on Recent Hate Crimes 3/19/21
- Unity and Opportunity 1/20/21
- Jesuit College and University Presidents Call for End to Violence 1/7/21
- We Made it Together as OneSLU 12/21/20
- Minimum Wage Increase 11/17/20
- NACCC Survey 10/29/20
- #ScholarStrike 9/2/20
- Provost Search Announcement 8/3/2020
- Changes to International Student Regulations 7/14/20
- Responding to Regulations Affecting Our International Students 7/8/20
- Alumni Message: Reflections on Racial Injustices 6/15/20
- A Starting Point: Injustice and Healing 6/1/20
- Walking in Solidarity with Campus Community Members 2/06/20
- Communicating During a Pandemic Spring/Summer 2020
- Remembering What Unites Us 10/31/2018
- Admission Decisions and Prospective Student Activism 2/27/18
- Compassion 10/2/17
Video Messages
- After Two Years, Emerging Stronger as OneSLU (Video) 3/28/22
- Welcome Back to Campus, Spring 2022 (Video) 1/19/22
- Reflections on a Year Like No Other (Video) 5/21/21
- Conquering COVID-19 as OneSLU (Video) 3/24/21
- The Light of SLU Shines Bright (Video) 4/10/20
Selected Published Commentaries and Reflections
- University Leaders Unite Behind Medicaid Expansion (St. Louis American) 7/23/20
- St. Louis' Moment to Rally Against a Pandemic (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) 3/24/20
- The Letter and Spirit of the Clock Tower Accords (Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal) 5/23/17
- Progress Through Honest Dialogue (St Louis Post-Dispatch) 10/28/14
selected presidential REMARKS
- Edmund Campion Lecture 11/30/21
- Eulogy for Mary Bruemmer 2/26/2022
- Bicentennial Mass-Closing Remarks (Video) 9/23/17
- Spring Commencement-Salutation (Video) 5/20/17
- Inauguration-Inaugural Address (Video) 10/3/14