President Richard Guarasci,
Wagner College.

Drury University.

President John Moore,
Drury University.

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Wagner College Receives TIAA-CREF Hesburgh Award; ANAC Higher Education Futures Symposium and Summer Institute, June 14-17, 2005 at Drury University

ANAC member Wagner College has received the 2005 TIAA-CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Award, one of the nation’s most prestigious awards to recognize innovative undergraduate faculty development programs. Wagner, honored at a February 14 ceremony at the American Council on Education annual conference in Washington, DC., was cited for its First Year Program which integrates freshman classroom work with civic learning through service experiences in the community. The program engages nearly half of Wagner’s full-time faculty who participate in monthly faculty development workshops and an annual program faculty retreat.

Aligning faculty/staff professional identity and institutional expectations in response to the challenges higher education will face during the coming decade with be the focus when Drury University hosts the ANAC Symposium,“Futures in Higher Education: A 2020 Outlook for Colleges and Universities,” June 14-15, and ANAC Summer Institute 2005: “Creating Your Professional Identity at an ANAC Institution,” June 15-17. Registration materials for both events are attached to this issue of the Bulletin. The Symposium is designed for ANAC member administrator and faculty leaders, plus a wide spectrum of invited campus and association leaders across higher education. Summer Institute 2005 is geared for ANAC member and institutional guest teams of faculty, academic administrators, and student affairs professionals. Both events have attracted an excellent slate of knowledgeable speakers familiar with ANAC institutional characteristics and priorities.

Also upcoming – the first ANAC chief academic and finance officer joint benchmarking conference, March 17-19, at Butler University. The conference will feature speakers from investment and financial planning firms serving higher education, analysis of ANAC financial benchmarks, discussion of issues such as impending retirements and the generation turnover of the faculty and CFO/provost collaboration to provide adequate resources and improve cost effectiveness of academic programs. ANAC chief student affairs officers will meet in Tampa, March 21, during the annual NASPA conference. ANAC member institutional research directors will meet May 29-30, at the AIR national conference in San Diego. ANACSA member study abroad directors tentatively, will meet, May 31, in Seattle, just prior to the opening session of the NAFSA national conference.

A Bulletin salute to ANAC member presidents John Moore, who is in his 22nd year as president of Drury University, and James Appleton, in his 16th year as president of University of Redlands, both stepping down this summer, and Daniel Cheever, who has announced that he is retiring in summer 2006, after eleven years as president of Simmons College. President Appleton will become chancellor at Redlands, giving particular attention to the University’s centennial fundraising campaign. Each president presided over major advances at his institution. Their many contributions to ANAC are much appreciated.

Butler University campus.

Articles In This Issue:

In the Headlines

• Wagner College Receives Prestigious TIAA-CREF 2005 Theodore M. Hesburgh Award
• Butler University to Host First ANAC CFO-CAO Conference, March 17-19
• ANAC June 14-15 Symposium to Address Future of Higher Education
• ANAC Summer Institute 2005, June 15-17, to Examine Faculty/Staff Professional Identity
• ANAC Member Presidents Portray Engaged Leadership in AACU Panel
• Long-time ANAC Member Presidents Announce Plans to Step Down

ANAC Projects and Activities

• March 15 Deadline for Enrollment in Fall 2005 ANACSA Featured Programs; ANAC Data Exchange Open for Benchmarking
• ANAC Communications Project Focuses on Data Benchmarks and Engagement with Higher Education Associations
• ANAC Institutional Representatives and Presidents Council Meetings
• Chief Student Affairs Officers to Meet, Offer Session at NASPA, March 21

ANAC Members in the News

• ANAC Members Observe Black History Month
• Belmont University Receives $10.5 million; Establishes Montessori Teacher Education Program and Electronic-Based Stock Market Facility
• Drake University Receives $10 Million Gift for Scholarships and Stadium Renovation
• Pulitzer Prize Winning Author at Ithaca College; Hamline Faculty Publish Books
• Elon University Global Perspectives on Science and Spirituality Program Awards $1.2 Million to Scholars Worldwide
• Notable Women Speak on ANAC Member Campuses During Women’s History Month
• Hampton University to Build Biomedical Research Center; Valparaiso University to Dedicate New Geography and Meteorology Building
• Drake University Wins CASE Awards; Drury Website Recognized
• Sage Establishes Reality Program; Susquehanna “Write Option;” Valparaiso Extends LEAP Program
• Evansville Unveils Founder’s Day Portrait
• Pacific Lutheran, Belmont, and Drury Host Conferences
• Capital University Establishes Lifelong Learning Center in Cleveland
• Susquehanna Measures Regional Economic Impact
• Simmons College Receives Genetic Counseling Grant
• Student Projects at Drury and Valparaiso Serve Community; Valparaiso and Belmont Students Raise Funds for Tsunami Relief

Faculty, Staff, and Student Activities, Awards, and Appointments

• ANAC Member Administrators and Faculty Honored
• Simmons Dean Elected APA President
• Drake Moot Court Team Wins National Honors
• Quinnipiac Professor to Write University History; Valparaiso Professor Receives Grant to Study Ozone Depletion
• Former Mercer Law Dean and Noted Georgia Jurist Dies at Age 102
• ‘Tis the Season for New Administrative Appointments

ANAC Commentary

• Ithaca president Peggy Williams Acknowledges ANAC Influence
• Lee Shulman on “Pedagogies of Uncertainty”
• ANAC Presidents Comment on “New Academy”
  

Calendar of Upcoming Events

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