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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Liebe Studierende,</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:2.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">wir hoffen, dass Sie sich im Sommer gut erholen konnten und jetzt im Oktober wieder mit frischem Elan ins Semester starten können! Alle Neuankömmlinge heißen wir an
dieser Stelle herzlich Willkommen an der WU.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:2.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Auch wir als Rektorat starten mit Oktober neu und wollen uns hiermit bei Ihnen kurz vorstellen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:2.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><img width="825" height="572" style="width:8.5937in;height:5.9583in" id="Grafik_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D9F2B8.7D9F5AC0" alt="Ein Bild, das Kleidung, Mann, Himmel, Person enthält.
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<p style="margin-bottom:2.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Im Zentrum unserer Arbeit wird der gesellschaftliche Auftrag als öffentliche Universität stehen, das heißt, dass eine verantwortungsvolle, exzellente, sichtbare und
engagierte Forschung und Lehre einen hohen gesellschaftlichen Impact erzielen sollen. Dabei sind Integrität, Offenheit und Wertschätzung das Fundament unserer Zusammenarbeit. Von dieser Ausrichtung profitieren insbesondere Sie als Studierende als unsere Zukunftsträger*innen.
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<p style="margin-bottom:2.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Uns ist wichtig, dass die WU in den nächsten Jahren die anstehenden Herausforderungen meistert und mit den schnellen technologischen Entwicklungen Schritt hält, dennoch
aber auch bewusst Räume schafft, um Begegnungen und Gemeinschaft zu ermöglichen und ihrer Verantwortung gegenüber Gesellschaft nachzukommen. Erst die Menschen am Campus schaffen die WU-Community und machen so die WU zu einem Platz der Begegnung. Die Expertise
und Exzellenz dieser Menschen machen die WU zu einer internationalen Top-Universität.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:2.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Wir freuen uns daher besonders auf den Austausch mit Ihnen in dieser Community und sind schon auf Ihren Impact gespannt.
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<p style="margin-bottom:2.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In diesem Sinne wünschen wir ihnen einen guten Start in ein erfolgreiches Semester und viele spannende Begegnungen am Campus WU!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Ihr neues Rektorat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:2.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Univ.Prof Dr. Rupert Sausgruber (Rektor)<br>
Univ.Prof. Dr. Harald Badinger (Vizerektor für Finanzen und Campusmanagement)<br>
Univ.Prof. DDr. Bernadette Kamleitner (Vizerektorin für Forschung und Third Mission)<br>
Univ.Prof. Dr. Margarethe Rammerstorfer (Vizerektorin für Lehre und Studierende)<br>
Univ.Prof. Dr. Martin Winner (Vizerektor für Personal und digitale Infrastruktur)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Dear students,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">We hope that you were able to recharge your batteries during the summer and that you can now start the new semester with fresh energy. And if you’re new to WU, we’d
like to extend a warm welcome to you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">As WU’s newly appointed Rector’s Council, we are also just starting out this October, and we’d like to take this
opportunity to briefly introduce ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Our work will center around WU’s social mission as a public university. This means that we want to achieve a strong social impact through responsible, excellent, highly
visible, and committed research and teaching. Integrity, openness, and appreciation will form the foundation of our work together. This focus will particularly benefit you as students and future leaders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">We care deeply about WU and we want to make sure that WU masters the challenges that lie ahead in the coming years,
and that it keeps pace with the rapid technological developments. At the same time, we also want to create spaces where people can come together and build a strong community at WU, making sure that WU lives up to its responsibility towards society. It’s the
people on our campus who make up the WU community and give life to WU’s role as a meeting place. And it’s the expertise and excellence of these people that make WU a top international university.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">We’re very much looking forward to meeting you as a part of this community, and we’re excited to see the impact you
will create.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">With this in mind, we wish you all the best for a successful semester with many exciting new contacts and encounters
on Campus WU.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Your new Rector’s Council<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Rupert Sausgruber (Rector)<br>
Harald Badinger (Vice-Rector for Financial Affairs and Campus Management)<br>
Bernadette Kamleitner (Vice-Rector for Research and Third Mission)<br>
Margarethe Rammerstorfer (Vice-Rector for Academic Programs and Student Affairs)<br>
Martin Winner (Vice-Rector for Human Resources and Digital Infrastructure)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:DE-AT">******************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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