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| ANAC Members In The News |
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| ANAC Members Still a Strong Enrollment Draw |
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| Belmont campus celebrates largest enrollment in history. |
College enrollments have softened a bit nationwide, but many ANAC members continue to experience significant enrollment increases. Of ANAC members reporting enrollment data, these are some examples:
- Belmont continued a robust growth pattern that has seen enrollment increase 45% since Fall 2000 (from 2,976 to 4,319 students in fall 2005). Belmont’s freshman class is both the largest and the most academically qualified in school history.
- Capital law school received a record number of applications, up 15% from last
year, in enrolling a class of 250 new law students.
- Elon had more than seven applicants for each admit in its entering class of 1245 and overall enrollment increased nearly 4%.
- Evansville enrollment increased 5% with the largest first year class since 1997 and a doubling of School of Business Administration enrollment, where there are fifteen first year minority students, eleven valedictorians, and two national merit finalists.
- Ithaca saw a significant increase in graduate enrollment, especially in physical therapy where the doctorate (D.P.T.) is being offered for the first time.
- North Central enrolled its largest first year class in history.
- Susquehanna welcomed its third largest entering class in history
- Valparaiso’s three-year old MBA program increased enrollment 30% this fall.
- Total enrollment at Valparaiso University for the fall semester is 3,866 students, including the largest number of graduate students in more than 30 year and the second highest overall enrollment since 1991.
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| Elon Among America’s “Hottest Colleges”; MBA Program Earns #1 Princeton Review Rating |
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| In the Bio lab at Elon. |
The 2006 edition of the Newsweek/Kaplan college guide has named Elon University one of the twenty-five “hottest colleges” in the nation and the hottest school for student engagement. Elon’s admission applications have increased 70% in the past five years. To add to Elon’s sizzling reputation, the MBA program was ranked #1 in the “best administered” category by Princeton Review, based on a survey of 16,000 business students nationwide who rated the institution they attend.
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| Drake Celebrates 125th Anniversary |
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| Cupcake giveaway at Drake. |
Drake University handed out 3,000 free cupcakes in August to kick off celebration of its 125th anniversary at an Iowa State Fair birthday party. According to University lore, founder George Carpenter climbed a tall elm tree in a densely wooded area on the outskirts of Des Moines in 1881 and declared, “Here we will build our university.” To commemorate Drake’s founding and “Chancellor’s Elm,” a victim of Dutch elm disease in 1969, president David Maxwell planted a disease-resistant hybrid elm near the original site in a September 20 ceremony. We might call it the Drake version of the “sturdy American hybrid.” |
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| Butler, Hampton, Simmons, Westminster, and Valparaiso Attract Sizable Grants |
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A sampling of recent grants to ANAC members includes the following:
- Butler University has announced a $3 million gift from the Clowes Charitable Foundation to construct 2,200 seat Clowes Hall, which will complete its $30.5 million performing arts complex.
- Hampton University has received several recent grants, including a $3.2 million federal grant for its new Eastern Seaboard Intermodal Transportation Center to study regional and national transportation issues, a $404,163 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to the School of Pharmacy to study early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, and a $100,000 grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation to fund the University’s new Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
- Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) has received a national Institute for Museum and Library Sciences grant of $787,465 to establish a Ph.D. program in Management Leadership. GSLIS has also been awarded a $1.8 million Atlantic Philanthropies grant for 25 Vietnamese librarians to study at Simmons. Their program will emphasize development of leadership and management skills.
- Westminster College has been granted $400,000 from Intermountain Health Care to purchase high tech human simulators and to add two faculty members in order to double student enrollment in the nursing program. Later this year, the nursing program will move to new quarters in the soon to-be-completed $15 million Westminster health, wellness, and athletics center.
- Valparaiso University has received a $500,000 Lilly Endowment grant to extend its Project on Theological Exploration of Vacation, launched in 2000 with a $2 million Lilly grant.
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| The Emancipation Oak on the Hampton University campus. |
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| Former President Clinton Speaks at Butler University
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| Bill Clinton at Butler. |
Bill Clinton addressed a crowd of 9,600 persons in Butler’s Hinkle Fieldhouse on November 6. He is the fifth U.S. president to speak at Hinkle (Hoover, Eisenhower, Nixon, and Ford preceded him) and President Bush is scheduled to speak there on March 2, 2006. Clinton used the theme, “There’s very little we can do alone,” to make a case for engaging the international community, providing leadership in assisting poor nations with education and development and protection of the global environment. He criticized the Bush administration for tax cuts to benefit the wealthy and advocated clean energy as a strategy for job creation and energy independence. He also said that the U.S. couldn’t “just walk away” from Iraq. |
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| ANAC Members Host Prominent Politicians, Authors, and Celebrities |
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Member campuses have had many well-known visitors this fall. Among them:
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| Stephen Breyer |
Drake University was the site of an October address by U.S. Supreme Court associate justice Stephen Breyer who reflected on several controversial recent Court decisions.
- Ithaca College hosted Bill Moyers, acclaimed newspaper and TV journalist, and conservative higher education author critic Dinesh D’Souza.
- Hampton University hosted civil rights leader and Democratic Party political consultant Donna Brazile.
- Quinnipiac University had Scott Ritter, former UN chief weapons inspector in Iraq, who spoke on the search for an exit strategy in Iraq.
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| Anita Perez Ferguson |
Susquehanna University was the setting for remarks by Anita Perez Ferguson, former president of the National Women’s Caucus.
- Mercer University headlined popular TV legal analyst Nancy Grace among twenty-four authors who spoke and signed books at its November 12 University Press Authors Luncheon.
- University of Evansville welcomed Steve Forbes, president and CEO of Forbes, Inc., Republican presidential candidate in the 1996 and 2000 primaries, and editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine.
- University of Redlands hosted Barbara Ehrenreich, best-selling author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America.
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| C.S. Lewis Conference at Belmont |
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Douglas Gresham, stepson of C.S. Lewis, was the featured speaker at the November C.S. Lewis conference, “Past Watchful Dragons,” at Belmont University. Author of the children’s book, The Chronicles of Narnia, and advisor to the forthcoming Narnia Disney film, Gresham spoke of his famous stepfather, as well as his own work in the field of spirituality. With more than 300 people in attendance, the conference included a variety of lectures, book-signings, dinners, and two concerts—by the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and the progressive rock band Glass Hammer.
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| Douglas Gresham at Belmont University. |
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| David Gergen to Chair Elon Law School Advisory Board |
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| David Gergen at Elon. |
David Gergen, advisor to four U.S. presidents and director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, will chair the advisory board at Elon University’s new School of Law.
Declaring that the new law school has “enormous potential,” Gergen lauded its leadership education tract, “Leadership will set Elon apart from other law schools.” |
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WONC at North Central Wins
Silver Globe Awards |
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| In statewide competition among college radio stations, the Illinois Broadcasters Association awarded WONC-FM 89.1, the North Central College student radio station, seven Silver Dome awards, including three for first place—more than any other Illinois college or university. Four North Central students garnered Silver Domes for WONC in the live game sports, news casting, best news story, radio spots, and radio air check categories. |
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Hispanic Heritage Week at Evansville;
Cuban Artist Celaya Exhibit at Valparaiso |
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| "Frankness" by Enrique Martinez Celaya. |
University of Evansville held “La Hispanidad,” a Hispanic Heritage Week observance for campus and community, as its recognition of La Hispanidad month, recognized by Congress in 1989 and observed this year nationally between September 15 and October 15. The Evansville activities included lectures, music, dance, poetry, art, theatre, film, children’s events, and Hispanic food. A number of guest lecturers and performers participated.
The Brauer Museum of Art at Valparaiso University is exhibiting the photography, painting, drawings, and sculpture of famed Cuban artist Enrique Martinez Celaya. Celaya uses photography as an experimental form to explore a blending of artistic media.
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Capital Tobacco Public Policy Center
Files Amicus Brief |
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| The Tobacco Public Policy Center at Capital University recently joined an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in the U.S. Justice Department federal racketeering lawsuit against the tobacco industry. The tobacco center brief focuses on the remedies the judge should order if she concludes that tobacco companies have violated the federal RICO act. Founded in February 2005, the Capital Tobacco Public Policy Center is funded through a four-year grant from the Ohio Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation. |
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| North Central Wins 32nd Consecutive Cross-Country Championship; Susquehanna Joins Liberty Football Conference |
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For the 32nd consecutive year the North Central College men’s cross-country team has won the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin cross-country championship. Under the tutelage of legendary coach Al Carius, the Cardinal harriers have captured twelve NCAA Division III national championships.
President L. Jay Lemons has announced that Susquehanna University is joining the Liberty League for football, a conference of well-regarded liberal arts and masters institutions such as Union College, University of Rochester, St. Lawrence University, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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| ‘Tis the Season of Football Playoffs—Hampton, Capital, North Central, and Ithaca Qualify |
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Most of the national football press coverage goes to NCAA Division IA schools, but several ANAC members distinguished themselves on the gridiron this fall. Hampton University completed an undefeated regular season, going 11-0 and capturing the NCAA Division IAA MEAC conference championship.
In Division III Capital University narrowly defeated North Central College, 21-19, in a first round playoff game in Naperville, Illinois, and Union College defeated Ithaca College, 55-41, in a high-scoring playoff contest.
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Sage Partners with Carrier for
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Comfort Planning |
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With grim forecasts for winter heating costs, The Sage Colleges has turned to the Strategic Partnership division of Carrier Corporation, the world’s largest provider of heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, and ventilation solutions. Carrier identified significant energy and maintenance cost savings on Sage’s Troy and Albany campuses that are expected to exceed $250,000 annually, while improving heating, cooling, lighting, and building automation for increased reliability and comfort.
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| The Sage Colleges campus. |
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| Westminster, Susquehanna, and Evansville Create New Programs |
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Taking advantage of its Salt Lake City winter sports location, Westminster College is partnering with the U.S. Ski and Snowboarding Association (USSA), the only college in the country to serve as “official provider of educational services” to USSA. The centerpiece of the relationship is a tuition grant program that will provide athletes an opportunity to pursue at the same time their Olympic dreams and educational aspirations at Westminster. At some point in the future, Westminster will also provide on-line courses to USSA coaches. Westminster also initiated this fall a master’s program in Nursing Education to address the shortage of nursing educators in Utah and nationally.
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| Westminster College partners with USSA. |
Susquehanna University significantly expanded and redefined its interdisciplinary international studies program this fall to expand its emphasis on Asian and developing world studies. New programs have also been added in communications and theatre and the management program will have a new entrepreneurship emphasis. University of
Evansville has developed the Global Assistance Program (GAP) to assist businesses to take advantage of global business opportunities. GAP faculty-student teams will help to identify these opportunities and provide services such as market research, economic feasibility studies, and business and technology planning. |
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| Hampton Named a Top Wireless Campus |
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Results of an October Intel Corporation/Center for Digital Education survey named Hampton University one of the top fifty U.S. campuses for wireless Internet capability, one of only two Virginia campuses to make the “Most Unwired” list. Hampton recently unveiled campus-wide wireless Internet access The ranking was based on the percentage of the campus with wireless connectivity, the number of undergraduate students, and each school’s computer-to-student ratio. Some 95% of Hampton students bring some type of computer to campus. Hampton VP for technology, Debra Saunders White believes that many Hampton students will abandon their desktop computers for laptops.
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| Hampton University campus. |
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| Capital Admissions Website Recognized |
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The Capital University admissions website was recently ranked 4th in the nation and the only Ohio school in the top 10 in the seventh annual Enrollment Power Index TM rating of more than 3,000 college and university admissions websites for the National Research Center for College and University Admissions. Websites were evaluated for their functionality and design features in providing information moving potential students from prospect to applicant.
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| Capital University website. |
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| Drake Receives NAACP Award |
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| The Des Moines branch of the NAACP has conferred its President’s Award for Outstanding Community Service on Drake University. Drake was recognized for its history of partnering with the NAACP and “for making tremendous progress and efforts to be a welcoming, inclusive, fair-minded University and neighbor to the community in which you are located.” Earlier this year two Drake Law School alumni and a Drake law professor were honored at the NAACP national convention in Milwaukee for their efforts to promote civil rights and social justice. |
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| Ithaca College Sponsors Cell Phone Film Festival |
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| “Cellfix,” Ithaca College’s film festival for high school and college student movies shot entirely on a cell phone, is being sponsored by the Park School of Communications and invites 30-second entries by a January 10 deadline on subjects selected by students for a chance to win a grand prize of $5,000. According to a study by the Pew/Internet & American Life Project, 45% of U.S. teens have their own cell phones. Another study projects that by 2008 an estimated 20% of cell phones will have “smart” features such as video cameras. |
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| Ithaca College's CellFlix Festival website.. |
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| Mercer Medical School Delivers Babies for Quarter Century |
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| The Mercer University School of Medicine has delivered babies for twenty-five years. To quote the Macon Telegraph, “Erica Hope McMichael was born at the Medical Center of Central Georgia on November 8, 1980, the same day the Georgia Bulldogs beat Florida on Buck Belue’s famous pass to Lindsay Scott.” She was the first baby to be delivered by a physician staff member at Mercer’s new medical school, approved by the Mercer board of trustees just eight months earlier. The new school had already begun to hire faculty for classes which commenced in August 1982, when Erica Hope McMichael was born. |
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| Frightening Tornado Spares Evansville Campus |
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On November 6 the nation awoke to news that a horrific tornado had struck during the night in northern Kentucky and southern Indiana near the University of Evansville. Severe damage occurred within several miles of campus, particularly in a mobile home park where most of the twenty-four storm-related deaths were reported. Homes of University faculty and staff were also damaged.
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| Members of the Westminster College Honors program. |
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