Selected Remarks and Messages

Find messages, speeches and videos from Saint Louis University President Fred P. Pestello, Ph.D.

Selected Messages to the SLU Community

• SLU is R1. We are OneSLU. 2/13/25
• Responding to a Changing Legal Landscape 2/7/25
• 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
• 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

• Sharing a Message of Gratitude (Video) 11/21/24
• Announcement from SLU President Fred Pestello (Video) 3/21/24
• Welcome Back for Spring Semester (Video) 1/16/23
• Celebrating First-Generation Billikens (Video) 11/2/22
• 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