On August 29, 2017, Grove City College’s ninth president, the Hon. Paul J. McNulty ’80, delivered the 2017-18 Opening Convocation. The inspiring address embraced students, faculty, administration, and staff to the College’s interconnected values of faithfulness, excellence, community, stewardship and independence. “What we claim to be must match what we really are,” McNulty said. “Only a good tree bears good fruit. These values must be real for us. These values must be true for us.”