Hello! Goodbye! Sharing salutations and valedictions with students in the university classroom

In this opinion piece, I passionately argue that effective lecturer-student relationships at university may be nurtured through the simple sharing of salutations (greetings) and valedictions (farewells). To promote this as an integral feature of instructor practice, I offer a suite of practical strategies for reader selection/adaptation. Informed by academic literature, I encourage readers to be mindful of/responsive to select Hello! Goodbye! considerations so as to positively enhance lecturer connections with students at all levels and in a variety of university classroom contexts.