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• Foundation Honors Cunningham Presidency with $7.5 Million Gift for Music and Art Center
• Quinnipiac Becomes "University;" Butler, Susquehanna, Drake, and Hamline Fill Positions
• Ithaca College Completes Impressive Capital Projects
• ANAC Calendar of Upcoming Events

Foundation Honors Cunningham Presidency with $7.5 Million Gift for Music and Art Center


The Degenstein Foundation of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, has awarded Susquehanna University a grant of $7.5 million for the construction of a new music and art center to honor the accomplishments of President Joel Cunningham who has just completed a sixteen-year tenure as Susquehanna's president. The project will bring the music and art programs under one roof and includes a 320-seat concert hall. The Degenstein family has been a remarkably generous donor to Susquehanna throughout the Cunningham presidency, including major gifts for several campus buildings. Joel Cunningham becomes President of The University of the South on July 1, and will be sorely missed as the founding president of ANAC and a leader in ANAC's evolution over the past decade.

Quinnipiac Becomes "University;" Butler, Susquehanna, Drake, and Hamline Fill Positions

July 1 is the date when the name change at Quinnipiac from "College" to "University" becomes official. President John Lahey requested campus and alumni input on the proposed change over a year ago and the decision was made late in 1999 to go forward, a reflection of the robust enrollment and program development at all levels at Quinnipiac University over the past decade.

Butler and Susquehanna universities have chosen senior women administrators internally to guide them on an interim president basis for the coming year. Butler's choice is Gwen Fountain, who has been Dean of Academic Affairs; Susquehanna has selected Sara G. Kirkland, who has been Vice President for Advancement/External Relations. Both have assumed their presidential responsibilities. Ron Troyer, Dean of Arts and Sciences at Drake University, has been named Drake's Provost. Garvin Davenport, associate dean at Hamline University, has been named Dean of Liberal Arts.

Ithaca College Completes Impressive Capital Projects

Several impressive new physical facilities were among the outstanding features that Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute participants were able to tour and enjoy during our time on the Ithaca College campus, June 14-17. The College's spectacular new Fitness Center, opened in August 1999, was available for participant use throughout the Institute. In addition to two gymnasiums, the Center contains an aerobic room/dance studio and a 100-station exercise area. Institute participants toured the new Center for the Health Sciences which also opened just prior to the 1999-2000 academic year and adds a computer center and pediatric, adult rehabilitation, and occupational/physical therapy laboratories for Ithaca College's nationally-recognized health sciences programs. The James J. Whalen Center for Music was dedicated in October 1999, as a showcase 68,000 square feet new home for the College's acclaimed School of Music.

ANAC Calendar of Upcoming Events

July 22, 2000 — ANAC CFO Benchmarking Meeting, 8:30 am–5:00 pm, at NACUBO Annual Conference, Chicago. Contact Jerry Berberet for further information (ph 850-927-3948, or email anacjberb@aol.com).

July 28-August 2, 2000 — National Academy Minnowbrook Conference for new deans and institutional teams, Blue Mountain Lake, NY (See above Bulletin article for details.)

October 5-8, 2000 — Association for Integrative Studies: "Interdisciplinarity – Values in Conflict." Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon. Co-sponsored with the Society for Values in Higher Education. For further information, contact Sherry Stock, AIS Conference Coordinator (ph 503-721-6520, or email svhe@unidial.com ).

November 19-22, 2000 — National Academy CAO-CFO Team Workshop, The Don CeSar Beach Resort and Spa, St. Pete Beach, FL (See above Bulletin article for details.)

January 18-20, 2001 — AACU Annual Meeting, "Degrees of Value: Technology, Markets and the Aims of Education," New Orleans, Louisiana, Hyatt Regency Hotel. (Visit AACU web site www.aacu-edu.org for more information.) Tentatively scheduled ANAC events at AACU:

• January 17, Hewlett project dissemination conference
• January 17, Institutional representatives dinner meeting
• ANAC sponsored sessions on AACU meeting program (Send ideas for proposals to Jerry Berberet, 850-927-3948, or email anacjberb@aol.com.)

January 30 or 31, 2001 — ANAC Presidents Council (tentative), following NAICU annual conference at Capitol Hyatt Regency, Washington, DC, January 28-30.

February 1-4, 2001 — AAHE Faculty Roles and Rewards Conference, Tampa Waterside Marriott, FL (Visit AAHE web site www.aahe.org for more information.)

Jerry Berberet enjoys a laugh on the Lake Cayuga dinner cruise at the ANAC Summer Institute with Dean Wright and Rahul Parsa of Drake University.