2010 Conversation between Foundation Officers
and College and University Presidents
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
TIAA-CREF Headquarters
730 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017
The 2010 Foundation Conversation is an annual meeting for corporate and private foundation officers and CIC presidents of member colleges and universities. Event information is below.
Theme
New Perspectives on Funding Independent Colleges and Universities
Five foundation leaders will help college and university presidents understand why foundations choose the areas of support that they do and why they choose to fund certain projects as means toward the larger goals they hope to serve. The Foundation Conversation also helps foundation leaders understand how creative and effective many of the lesser-known small colleges are in meeting the very goals that the foundations embrace. The foundation leaders will address such questions as: Has the economic situation changed funding priorities? Has it changed the criteria for selecting grants to support? What would you predict about the future of funding for the liberal arts and for private colleges and universities. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with foundation leaders in small groups.
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Agenda
The Foundation Conversation will take place on Tuesday, October 12, 2010,
from 8:15 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at the TIAA-CREF Wharton Auditorium in
New York City (730 Third Avenue between 45th and 46th Streets).
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Program Summary
This meeting provides an occasion for senior-level foundation officers to guide a candid conversation with CIC member college and university presidents from across the nation. In 2010 the Conversation will include three plenary presentations by national and regional foundation executives and roundtable discussions over lunch with foundation offiers. There also will be generous amounts of time for discussion during each session and informal networking opportunities between sessions.
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Speakers and Breakout
Groups
The first plenary session speaker will be Richard Morrill, new president of the Teagle Foundation and former president of the University of Richmond and former president of Centre and Salem Colleges. E. Philip Lewis, vice president for the liberal arts colleges program at the Andrew W, Mellon Foundation, and Mason Granger, program director, grants, at the William Randolph Hearst Foundations, will speak at the second plenary session. Sherry P. Magill, president of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, and Steven G.W. Moore, executive director of the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, will offer their thoughts on funding independent colleges from a regional foundation perspective. Foundation executives will lead small group roundtable discussions during the buffet luncheon.
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Registration Details
Methods of Registration and Payment
Please note that there are separate registration methods for presidents and foundation officers.
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For CIC Member Presidents: Please note that registration for presidents is for CIC members and attendance
is limited to the first 100 registrants. The registration fee is $125.
Register and pay by credit
card or check online. 
Confirmation of your registration will be sent
by email upon receipt of payment. Please register early as there is likely
to be a great deal of interest in the Foundation Conversation among CIC
presidents.
Refunds will be made in full for cancellations received by September
14, 2010. Requests received after September 14 and "no shows"
are ineligible for a refund. Requests must be made in writing. Refunds
will be issued after the meeting. If you have any registration questions, contact Veronica Relph, CIC Conference Coordinator, at (202) 466-7230.
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For Foundation Officers: Foundation officers should register
using the printed
registration form ( ) or by calling Veronica Relph, CIC Conference Coordinator, at (202) 466-7230. Registration is complimentary.
Confirmation of your registration will be sent
by email.
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Hotel Information
For those needing hotel accommodations, a block of rooms
is being held at a discounted rate at the Grand Hyatt New York.
Grand Hyatt New
York
109 East 42nd Street (at Grand Central Terminal)
New York, New York 10017
Phone: (212) 883-1234; (800) 233-1234
Fax: (212) 697- 3772
Room Rate: $289.00 per night plus state and local taxes
for single or double occupancy. Please refer to Council of Independent
Colleges when calling to make your reservation. This special
room rate is available only from October 10, 2010, through October 14,
2010. Reservations for other dates may be higher at the hotel’s
regular room rate.
Reservation Deadline: Friday, September 17, 2010 (The
discounted rate cannot be guaranteed after this date.)
The Grand Hyatt New York is situated just four blocks away from TIAA-CREF’s
headquarters, the location of the 2010 Foundation Conversation.
It is also conveniently located in Manhattan’s popular East-side
neighborhood, adjacent to Grand Central Terminal station, and close to
many of the city’s attractions including Times Square, Central Park,
Fifth Avenue and the theater district. The location is easily accessible
from New York’s three airports via taxi or shuttle. The Grand Hyatt
offers spacious rooms, luxurious beds and linens, and 24-hour fitness
and business centers.
Check-in is 3:00 p.m. and check-out is noon. Please note that cancellations
must be made 24 hours prior to arrival. Note that there is a $3.50 per
night room charge in addition to sales tax of 13.4%. Any reservation not
cancelled or any no-shows will be charged one night’s room rate
plus applicable sales tax.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please contact Barbara Hetrick, CIC senior
vice president, at (202) 466-7230 or bhetrick@cic.nche.edu.
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