I’m Diane McFarland, Dean of the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida. Thank you. Thank you. About five years ago, I was a newspaper publisher in Sarasota having lunch with one of our college interns. She was a student here at our college and I was eager to hear all about what was happening at my alma mater. She had a lot of great things to say, but she was particularly animated when she started talking about one professor in particular who was starting a new program here. She talked about how it was all about making the world a better place. And I remember how her eyes lit up when she told me that. Of course, the professor was Ann Cristiano and the program was Public Interest Communications. And I asked her to tell me more because I wasn’t familiar at all with public interest communications. So she did. She told me a lot more and she did a great job of explaining it. And I got very excited too. But never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would become Dean of this college and that I would be here today welcoming you to our third annual Frank gathering. So with immense gratitude and enthusiasm, I welcome you to Gainesville and I wore my rain boots so it wouldn’t rain. That always works. Although I couldn’t do anything about the wind. Welcome to this installment of Frank and welcome to Super Week. Yes, Super Week. I think we lost our minds and we decided that we were going to have multiple conferences in one week. But that’s what we’ve done and so far it’s working beautifully. Let me tell you what else is going on this week. In addition to this conference, we have Frank Scholar, which is centered around research to grow and support the field of public interest communication. We have Changeville, a storytelling festival that features artists who use their work to persuade people to change. And Journalism Interactive, a conference for educators advancing the national discourse around how we can prepare students for a rapidly changing world. Yes, we are probably crazy but in the best kind of way because we have more than a thousand people registered to participate this week in all of these events. These are people who want to make the world better, who want to catalyze change, who want to understand better how to communicate and what means to communicate are most effective. I want to thank each and every person in this room, the speakers who are our heroes, the educators, registrants, students, ambassadors, staff, and sponsors who have brought Frank to life. And speaking of sponsors, I want to take a moment to extend our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation. Our college hosts this event each year and your support is absolutely integral to making it work. It also speaks volumes about your interest in this growing field. So drum roll please, our sponsors are the Al and Nancy Burnett Charitable Foundation, the Atlantic Philanthropies, Frank Hurrell Endowment, Helios Education Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Hugh Cunningham Professorship, Visit Gainesville, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Please give them a round of applause. Now let’s take a moment to think about Frank Hurrell, the vision he had for this field and the change he made by endowing a chair in public interest communications. This was so this field could grow and grow it has. And Anne Cristiano has carried forward Frank’s legacy in extraordinary ways. In addition to Anne, I want to give a shout out to Linda Hahn, Ellen Nodine, and Matt Sheehan for leading the Army of Volunteers and Students who have truly put the super in super week. There’s so many others I could name, but I better stop there. But thank you all so much for your hard work.