Maparyan Calls on UL Educators, Students to Uphold University’s Mission

Published: September 9, 2026

By: Destiny D. Jabula

MONROVIA— University of Liberia President Layli Maparyan has called on educators and students to uphold the university’s mission, urging them to ensure their words and actions reflect its stature, importance, and values.

Maparyan made the call on Monday during an appearance on LUX FM’s President’s Hour, where the discussion focused on the University of Liberia and the responsibilities of those who work, learn, and support the institution’s educational process. The UL president urged members of the institution to take time to reflect on why they are part of the University of Liberia and to reconnect with the purpose for which the institution exists. She introduced the program to acquaint the public and the UL family of her work, challenges, experiences and progress. LUX FM is the University’s radio which operates from Fendall campus.

She emphasized that education remains at the center of the university’s mission, saying everyone associated with the institution has a role to play in advancing that purpose. “The mission of the University of Liberia is education,” Maparyan said. “So we’re all here either to be educators, to be educated, or to support education as a process. That’s why we’re here.” According to Maparyan, the conduct of individuals affiliated with the university contributes to the institution’s identity, status and importance. “We are what makes it. We are what gives life to its nobility, its stature, its importance,” she said.

The UL president called on those affiliated with the institution to be mindful of how they think, speak, and act, stressing that their conduct should help the university become the best it can be. “And so I just ask everyone to think, to speak, to act in ways that support that and make this institution be the best it can be,” Maparyan noted.

She encouraged educators, students and those supporting education to view their roles as part of a broader responsibility to the institution, rather than simply as positions or activities within the university. Maparyan also described the University of Liberia as a “noble institution,” urging those who work or learn there to remember the significance of their affiliation with it. “I would like to encourage everyone to just do that reflection, reconnect with that mission, and remember that we all work for or learn at a noble institution, namely the University of Liberia,” she said.

Her remarks emphasized personal responsibility and the role of individuals in maintaining the stature of the University of Liberia, calling on members of the institution to ensure their conduct supports its educational purpose. She said the university’s nobility, status and importance are given life by the people affiliated with it, making their actions an important part of how the institution functions and is represented. She stressed that, by extending the call to everyone connected to the university, she emphasized the need to think, speak, and act in ways that support the institution and help it fulfill its purpose.

The UL president’s message was ultimately centered on a renewed reflection on the university’s educational mission and the responsibility of those who educate, learn and support education to contribute to making the University “the best it can be”