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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="Deutsch"><span style="color:black">Liebe Studierende</span></a><span style="color:black">,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">die Weihnachtszeit bietet uns die Möglichkeit innezuhalten, das vergangene Jahr zu reflektieren und mit Freude auf das kommende zu blicken.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">2024 war ein Jahr voller Herausforderungen, Lernen und Wachstum – für Euch als Studierende und für uns als Universität. Euer Engagement, Eifer und Durchhaltevermögen sind ein wichtiger Teil dessen, was unsere Universität
so besonders macht. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dafür möchte ich mich herzlich bei Euch bedanken.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Ich hoffe, Ihr könnt die Feiertage nutzen, um neue Kraft zu tanken, Zeit mit Familie und Freund*innen zu verbringen und vielleicht auch auf eigene Erfolge des vergangenen Jahres stolz zurückzublicken.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Ich wünsche Euch und Euren Familien erholsame Tage und einen guten Start voller Energie ins neue Jahr! Ich freue mich darauf, Euch im neuen Jahr wieder am Campus willkommen zu heißen!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Margarethe Rammerstorfer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">The Christmas season offers us the opportunity reflect on the past year and look forward to the upcoming one with joy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">2024 has been a year full of challenges, learning and growth – for you as students and for us as a university.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Your dedication, enthusiasm and endurance are an essential part of what makes our university so special. For that, I want to express my heartfelt thanks to you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">I hope you can use the holidays to recharge your batteries, spend time with family and friends and perhaps also look back proudly on your own achievements from the past year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">I wish you and your families a restful holiday season and a great start to the new year, full of energy! I look forward to welcoming you back to campus in the new year!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Warm regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Margarethe Rammerstorfer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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