Dr. Mary Ann Gawelek, the tenth president of Lourdes University (Sylvania, OH), describes what inspires her and the different ways she strives to make the collegiate experience a memorable one for students, faculty, and staff. The unprecedented challenges facing higher education due to COVID are also discussed. Her first job as a teenager? Well, let’s just say it wasn’t very glamorous. 

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