Randall Heidt

I’m excited to be writing my first publisher’s message for the KPU Alumni Magazine. While I joined the university last June, this is my first opportunity to communicate with all of you via this outstanding publication. First, I want to thank all of you for choosing KPU in the first place. I have had the good fortune to meet and work with several outstanding alumni already and their passion and enthusiasm for KPU is impressive and contagious. They talk about how KPU transformed their lives and gave them the skills, confidence, connections and knowledge that helped them to grow and flourish to become the professionals they are today. Alumni who are on the KPU Alumni Association and KPU Foundation boards often talk about the importance of giving back and helping grow and evolve the institution that gave them the transformational learning adventure they desired. They talk about wanting to pay it forward by increasing opportunities for innovation and financial support for today’s students, just as previous alumni helped them grow and thrive during their time at KPU. It’s that circle of giving that makes KPU a special place. So to all of our supporters, and all of our alumni, I thank you for believing in the power of education, in the power of KPU. Many of you have personified KPU’s slogan, where thought meets action, by donating your time, money and expertise to help make things better for the next generation. I cannot thank you enough for that as there has never been a more important time for your support. Alumni like you, along with our current and future students, are the key to our economic recovery in a post-pandemic world. You are the innovators, the business owners, the artists, the scientists, the healthcare workers and the skilled trades people who will build a new and improved world full of opportunity and inclusiveness. You will shape and mold the lessons learned over the last couple of years into a novel future that is more nimble, pliable, innovative and seaworthy to the waves of change that await us. I cannot wait to read more of your inspiring stories in upcoming magazines. Please contribute in whatever way you can to help support the next generation of KPU alumni. Thank you

Randall Heidt Vice President, External Affairs and CEO, KPU Foundation