Valparaiso University:
Still #1 in the Midwest.

Kit Spicer, Dean of the Arts at Pacific Lutheran University, will lead a Butler Conference workshop.

Butler University: site of AACU/ANAC Conference, November 7-9.

9/11 vigil at University of Dayton.

9/11 vigil at University of Hartford.

University of Evansville campus.

Olmsted Administration Hall on the University of Evansville campus.

• ANAC Members Highly Regarded in US News & World Report Best College Issue
• November Conference with AACU at Butler University to be ANAC 2002 "Summer Institute"
• ANAC Members Observe 9/11
• Fall Enrollments Continue Upward Trend
• University of Evansville is Newest ANAC Member

ANAC Members Highly Regarded in US News & World Report Best College Issue

ANAC member colleges and universities continue to be highly regarded in the US News "America's Best Colleges" issue that appeared September 16, both in the regional Master's university rankings and the "Best Value" category. Notably, Valparaiso University was again named the #1 school in the Midwest, among seven ANAC members recognized in the top fifteen in this region. Members cited in the Master's regions are:

Midwest	North
1. Valparaiso University   5. Drake University   6. Butler University   9. Hamline University 10. University of Evansville 12. Drury University 13. North Central College	9. Ithaca College 11. Simmons College 15. Quinnipiac University
South	West
8. Mercer University (tie)   8. Elon University (tie) 15. Belmont University 27. Hampton University	8. Pacific Lutheran University   9. University of Redlands

In the Best Value category—a calculation based on the three variables of quality ranking compared to price, percentage of undergraduates receiving need-based financial aid, and average financial aid discount rate—the ANAC member regional rankings are as follows:

Midwest	North
1. Drury University   2. Valparaiso University   4. Drake University   6. Hamline University   7. University of Evansville 11.Butler University	8. Ithaca College 14. Simmons College
South	West
7. Mercer University	2. University of Redlands 14. Pacific Lutheran University

Members of this group were cited in several student categories. Evansville was second in the Midwest for international students with 7% of total enrollment, Valparaiso was second in the Midwest with a graduation rate of 72% and Elon was fifth in the South with 65%; Mercer was tenth in the South in diversity with an African American enrollment of 29%. Elon's first-year and service learning programs were cited and Butler was recognized for study abroad.

Among ANAC members ranked in listings other than the Master's category, the University of Dayton was placed in the second tier and University of Hartford in the third tier of national universities, The Sage Colleges was ranked #6 in the North among comprehensive colleges-bachelors institutions and Susquehanna University was recognized in the third tier of national liberal arts colleges.

November Conference with AACU at Butler University to be ANAC 2002 "Summer Institute"

Since 1996, the Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute has been a mainstay of ANAC faculty and institutional development programs. This year, due to the timing of the June ANAC Senior Leadership Conference and the opportunity to partner with the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) Network for Academic Renewal, the decision was made to move the Institute to the fall — November 7-9 — on the campus of member Butler University. The theme, Faculty Work and Student Learning: Meeting New Challenges of a World in Transition, builds on the foundation of ANAC's book, A New Academic Compact (Anker Press, 2002) to shine the spotlight on the needs of our changing students. The conference will use ANAC's interest in integrative learning, patterns of faculty work, and academic community to focus on implications of new research on how people learn for pedagogies, curriculum and faculty development, and faculty-institutional collaboration to meet the educational expectations of an increasingly complex and demanding world.

ANAC member colleges and universities are invited to send teams of faculty and administrators to the conference. Lodging and some conference events will be at the Sheraton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites, 8787 Keystone Crossing, Indianapolis, IN 46240 (317-846-2700, or 1-800-325-3535). To receive the $109/night hotel conference rate, registrations should be made by October 7, mentioning "AACU Conference." ANAC member chief academic officers and presidents have received copies of the conference brochure which contains registration information. Program information is also available at the AACU website (www.aacu.org).

In addition to the formal conference program, ANAC will offer three pre-conference workshops from 2:00-5:00 pm on Thursday, November 7, and a reception for all ANAC member participants at 5:00 pm that afternoon at the Sheraton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites. ANAC's international program and ANAC Academy planning groups will also hold their initial meetings at the Indianapolis Sheraton and at Butler University in conjunction with the conference. The themes of the ANAC pre-conference workshops are:

• Integrating Liberal and Professional Studies to Meet Rising Expectations
  
• Shaping Faculty Work to Enhance Student Learning and Faculty Satisfaction
  
• Faculty/Administrator Collaboration for Institutional Leadership
  

ANAC Members Commemorate 9/11 Attacks and Loss of Life

Many ANAC members observed the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and loss of life with candlelight vigils, interfaith services, remembrance ceremonies, and global issue forums. Commemoration and reflection ranged from memorial observances with moments of silence to a week of remembrance events at Elon University. The University of Hartford, Hampton University, and University of Dayton communities typified a number of campuses with candlelight processions and vigils, the latter featuring the lighting of 3,189 candles representing each attack victim. University of Hartford participants offered fabric squares expressing their feelings to be sewn into a memorial quilt and a Wall of Remembrance containing the names of the September 11 victims was displayed in the student union. Hamline University and the University of Evansville held campus forums on religious, cultural, and political issues raised by 9/11. Former Iowa governor and Drake University president Robert Ray spoke at a remembrance ceremony at the Drake Law School.

Rev. Mark Radecke, chaplain at Susquehanna University, spoke in many ways for the larger educational community, "At some level, the attacks of September 11 were attacks against diversity, acceptance, respect and tolerance. We do not learn those virtues by minimizing our differences or pretending they don't exist, but rather by learning from and about our neighbors, witnessing something from their tradition and sharing something from our own." President James Appleton of the University of Redlands addressed core human values, "It is on the anniversary of this tragedy that I will call on the members of our academic community to mourn the losses but also to exhibit courage over cowardice, kindness over cruelty, service over selfishness, responsibility over indifference, love over hate, hope over fear and freedom over repression."

Fall Enrollments Continue Upward Trend

Several ANAC members report record fall 2002 enrollments and many have healthy increases in student numbers, suggesting that the upward enrollment trend of recent years is continuing. Belmont University reports a record enrollment of 3,344, up 6.8% over last year and 12.3% over Fall 2000; the campus residential population is up 12% over last year, as well. Quinnipiac University continues a pattern of impressive growth, increasing undergraduate enrollment by 6.5% and overall enrollment to 6,900, an advance of 4.5%. Moreover, only 25% of the entering class is from Connecticut. Drury University welcomed its largest freshman and new class ever, bringing traditional age undergraduate enrollment close to 1,500. Valparaiso University reports enrollment to be the highest in four years and second highest in a decade. University of Hartford has enrolled its largest full-time undergraduate headcount and second largest new student class in over a decade. University of Evansville has enrolled 603 new freshmen, the largest entering class in four years, and 131 international students, as part of a full-time undergraduate enrollment of 2,152. Other ANAC members report modest enrollment increases.

University of Evansville is Newest ANAC Member

In July the University of Evansville accepted ANAC's invitation to become our twentieth institutional member. Founded in 1854, as a small, independent liberal arts college, the University today is a Carnegie Master's I institution with 2,600 students, including a large international student enrollment, accredited professional programs in engineering, education, music, nursing, and physical therapy, and graduate programs in physical therapy, health services administration, and public service administration. The University is organized into four schools and colleges: arts and sciences, business administration, education and health sciences, and engineering and computer science.

The University of Evansville operates its well-known Harlaxton campus near Grantham, England, where study abroad enrollment is open to students from ANAC member colleges and universities. The University also places a high priority on community service where 1,300 UE students contributed more than 12,000 hours of community service last year. President of the University of Evansville is Stephen G. Jennings (president@evansville.edu, 812-479-2151) and vice president for academic affairs is Stuart Dorsey (sd50@evansville.edu, 812-479-2277).