{"id":7947,"date":"2019-09-20T10:25:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T14:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=7947"},"modified":"2020-07-14T14:32:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T18:32:41","slug":"former-lexington-mayor-jim-gray-speaks-on-campus-theme-of-resilience-during-transylvania-academic-convocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2019\/09\/former-lexington-mayor-jim-gray-speaks-on-campus-theme-of-resilience-during-transylvania-academic-convocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Lexington Mayor Jim Gray speaks on campus theme of resilience during Transylvania Academic Convocation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kiei2J-wQyo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Lexington Mayor Jim Gray on Thursday drew from his personal and political experiences when he spoke at Transylvania University&#8217;s Academic Convocation on the 2019-20 campus theme of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/newsroom\/creative-intelligence\">resilience<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual ceremony \u2014 which includes a student awards presentation \u2014 kicks off the academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I appreciate the students, faculty and the entire Transy community for taking on the subject of resilience this year,&#8221; Gray said. &#8220;In a changing and unpredictable world, resilience is a quality we need to do all we can to cultivate \u2014 in ourselves and in our communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gray, who lives across Third Street from the school in the Gratz Park neighborhood, has strong personal ties to the university. His late mother, Lois Howard Gray, graduated in 1940. She was Miss Transylvania that year and later served on the university\u2019s Alumni Board and was on the Board of Trustees for 22 years. Also, in 1997 she received the Morrison Medallion, the school\u2019s highest alumni award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two-term mayor Jim Gray ran for public office six times, winning three times \u2014 a batting average of .500. &#8220;You win some, lose some,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But like in business and sports and life, you\u2019ve gotta be willing to swing at the ball.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/gray1-810x539.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7954\" width=\"485\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/gray1-810x539.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/gray1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/gray1-730x486.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/gray1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/gray1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/gray1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gray said winning is more fun, of course. &#8220;You actually get to do public policy, and if you have a vision you get to work hard to implement it. But there were valuable experiences in the losses too. And one of them was that I could endure loss: the disappointment and the frustration, the public nature of asking for the votes of your fellow citizens and having a majority of them choose another candidate. And that whole process is public.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2010 Gray became Kentucky\u2019s first openly gay mayor. During his convocation address to students, faculty, staff and Lexington community members, he talked about how he felt like he had to keep that aspect of his life private for a long time \u2014 and about the challenges of making it public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The upshot of all this is that I want to encourage you to take on big challenges, even the ones that scare you \u2014 no, especially the ones that scare you,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So how do you develop strength and resilience? &#8220;There\u2019s really no perfect formula or template,&#8221; said Gray, who is chairman of the board of Gray Construction. &#8220;It\u2019s a personal journey, and if we\u2019re lucky and living, we\u2019re always encountering the next chapter of challenge and its corollary resilience.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He concluded by saying, &#8220;The energy you invest in developing your own resilience is remarkably worthwhile \u2013 and it will pay off in many ways \u2013 in surprising ways \u2013 including the predictable chance that your resilience will inspire others to find resilience and growth in themselves.&#8221;    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Cairo, interim vice president for academic affairs and dean of the university, also spoke during Thursday&#8217;s event. &#8220;Academic Convocation is a very special occasion at Transylvania University,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This ceremony is a time to renew our commitment to lifelong learning, gives us an opportunity to focus on the journey before us and allows us to reflect on what we strive to achieve during this year. Most importantly, this is a time to come together as a community to affirm our mission and the values of a liberal education in today\u2019s complex and global society.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cairo also noted how convocation is a chance to celebrate Transylvania&#8217;s successes through the presentation of university awards to outstanding students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Student awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dean\u2019s Purchase Award<br><\/strong>Lauren Nunn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beginning in 2001 the dean has selected an artwork from Morlan Gallery\u2019s Juried Student Exhibition to purchase and add to the university\u2019s permanent collection. 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