Rita Bornstein

John Moore

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Philip Glotzbach, newly inaugurated president of Skidmore College.

Linda McMillin

• ANAC Member Presidents Honored
  
• Susquehanna and Drury Faculty Members Gain Recognition
  
• Drury SIFE Team Wins World Cup
  
• Valparaiso Students Place First in Indiana Accounting Competition
  
• Senior-level Administrative Appointments at Hampton, Redlands, and Susquehanna

ANAC Member Presidents Honored

Rita Bornstein, president of Rollins College since 1990, recently was honored as one of two recipients of the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy's most prestigious award, the Henry A. Rosso Medal for lifetime achievement in ethical fund raising. The Henry A. Rosso Medal is presented annually to recipients who have long and distinguished careers marked by a dedication to values and ethics in philanthropy, service as a mentor to perpetuate and invigorate the tradition of philanthropy, and who are widely recognized for their fund raising expertise and contributions. President Bornstein conducted the most successful campaign in Rollins history, raising more than $150 million. Earlier, as vice president for development at the University of Miami, she directed a five-year campaign that raised $517.5 million, at the time the second largest campaign in the history of American higher education. President Bornstein has announced that she will retire as president of Rollins at the end of the 2003-04 academic year.

President John Moore of Drury University received the 2003 Missourian Award, sponsored by the American Heart Association, which recognizes Missouri's most accomplished citizens. President Moore was honored for his leadership as Drury's president since 1983, especially in guiding Drury to national stature through the development of distinctive programs in areas such as science and mathematics literacy, university-school-community partnerships, business and entrepreneurial education, and programs that assist students in making successful transitions to college. During his tenure, Drury has experienced significant enrollment and endowment growth and major capital construction and renovation.

Susquehanna and Drury Faculty Members Gain Recognition

Faculty members at Susquehanna and Drury universities have received significant recognition for their work. Gary Fincke, professor of English and director of the Susquehanna Writers' Institute, recently won the Flannery O'Connor Prize for fiction writing—one of the highest honors bestowed on a writer in the United States. Fincke's winning entry, Sorry I Worried You, is a compilation including twelve short stories previously published in national literary magazines such as The Seattle Review, Cimarrron Review, Other Voices, and Santa Monica Review.

Drury's Wendy Anderson, assistant professor of Biology and Environmental Studies, is the recipient of the National Association of Biology Teachers' 2003 Award for Excellence in Encouraging Equity in Science Education. Anderson was nominated for the award primarily due to her work with a science education program for women students, Opening New Horizons, managed collaboratively by women science faculty members at Drury and neighboring Southwest Missouri State University. Paul Nowak, Breech Professor of Private Enterprise at Drury, has received a Fulbright Senior Specialists grant in business administration for a residency at the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Economics in Slovenia.

Drury SIFE Team Wins World Cup

Drury University's Students in Free Enterprise team (SIFE) achieved global recognition on October 14, by defeating world finalist teams from Nigeria, Australia, Malaysia, and New Zealand to win the 2003 SIFE World Cup in Mainz, Germany. The victory culminated a competitive "dream season," that included the US championship and an appearance on the NBC Today Show. In their 24-minute presentation, the five-member Drury team presented projects such as these among the forty projects they worked on last year:

• FARM, a program to help sustain family farming by teaching farmers basic business skills
  
• Southwest Missouri Business Ethics Coalition, which educates business people on ethical business practices
  
• Building for Tomorrow, a partnership with a middle school in Laredo, Texas, to teach children about business, ethics, and cultural sensitivity
  
• YEA! - the Young Entrepreneurs Association which provides lesson plans and classroom materials on economics and entrepreneurship to teachers around the world
  
• HIGHER, a two-day camp where Hispanic high-school students compete to develop the best business plans and the winning team receives $1,000 to start a business.

Drury SIFE students received recognition on the Missouri State Capitol
floor for winning the inaugural SIFE World Cup.

Valparaiso Students Place First in Indiana Accounting Competition

A Valparaiso University team of four accounting students won the Indiana CPA Society 2003 Case Competition in October. In defeating teams in the finals of the competition from Butler University, Purdue North Central, Indiana University-Bloomington, Marian College, and the University of Southern Indiana, Valparaiso students grappled with tough real-world problems in analyzing the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, enacted in response to the accounting scandals at Enron and Arthur Anderson, as well as the role of the public company accounting oversight board and internal controls required by the Act. Each member of the Valparaiso team received a $1,000 cash award.

Senior-Level Administrative Appointments at Hampton, Redlands, and Susquehanna; Glotzbach Becomes President at Skidmore College

Long-time University of Redlands chief academic officer and ANAC institutional representative Philip Glotzbach was inaugurated the seventh president of Skidmore College on October 18, 2003. His departure plays a role in a series of new administrative appointments at Redlands, all of persons long-involved with ANAC programs. Nancy Carrick will replace Glotzbach as vice president for academic affairs, Lawry Finsen will replace Carrick as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, chief finance officer Phillip Doolittle will assume the title of senior vice president, administration and finance, and treasurer. Charlotte Gaylord Burgess will become vice president and dean of student life, a promotion from her long-time position as dean of students.

At Susquehanna University Linda McMillin has assumed the role of acting vice president for academic affairs. McMillin managed the ANAC Faculty Work Project and co-edited A New Academic Compact: Revisioning the Relationship of Faculty and Their Institutions (Anker, 2002). JoAnn Haysbert, provost at Hampton University, is also acting as president during president William Harvey's sabattical leave this academic year. And, Hamline University has named Jon Garmon as new dean of the law school. Garmon is known nationally for his legal expertise in the areas of copyright law, as well as entertainment and First Amendment law.

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