In May 2002, Xavier University (OH) unveiled the new $18 million Gallagher Student Center. The Center Provides a comfortable setting for studying and recreational activities in one lounge and a view of the campus from the clock tower in the other.

Connecting with Communities
Juniata College (PA) is trying to hook some of its science majors on field research this year by starting a stream-monitoring project along five miles of nearby Spruce Creek, one of Pennsylvania’s top trout streams. The research project, led jointly by a geology professor and a Juniata junior class student, will monitor a variety of water quality factors through daily testing. The study is sponsored by an area fishing club, an outfitters firm, a lodge, the Geological Society of America, and Juniata College.
    In August, 400 new freshmen from Southeastern College (FL) worked to clear “air potato,” a nonindigenous vine that covers and smothers ground plants, trees, and bushes, from nearby Lake Bonnie Park. The effort was part of “Clean Up Lakeland,” a civic enterprise provided by the community.
    Also, hundreds of Huntington College (IN) students spent a morning as part of 19 teams of first-year students who participated in the Ninth Annual Volunteer Plunge, an effort to connect the students with the Joe Mertz Center for Volunteer Service on campus. Individuals from the group were scheduled for one morning of work at various venues, including a nature preserve, head-start classroom, Boys and Girls Club, the public library, YMCA, the Red Cross chapter, and many other nonprofit organizations throughout the community.

Connecting with the World
Roy Nirschel, president of Roger Williams University (RI), and his wife, Paula, have fostered the idea of offering scholarship assistance to Afghan women as a good way for Afghanistan to rebuild a free and enlightened country. His college, along with Notre Dame College (OH), are among four institutions in the country that have begun to provide scholarship funds to help oppressed people under Taliban rule in Afghanistan attend U.S. higher education institutions.
    Defiance College (OH) has created the McMaster School for Advancing Humanity through a $6 million gift from two alumni. It will enable students and faculty members to study the factors that impede the human condition around the world and will encourage students to undertake careers that will ultimately reduce human suffering. Students can become McMaster Scholars and professors can become McMaster Fellows, receiving financial support to conduct original scholarship in their fields.
    University of the Incarnate Word (TX) began its second international degree-granting endeavor. This one is with the Province of Mexico of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word and establishes an affiliate offering Incarnate Word degrees in Mexico City. Also, Huntington College (IN) signed an affiliation agreement with Jingmei University, a new institution of higher learning on the outskirts of Beijing, China. Jingmei will offer a liberal arts curriculum focused on global leadership studies, with instruction to be in English. A pilot class began this fall through the efforts of a former Huntington dean who now serves as provost at Jingmei.

Adapting and Adding
Palm Beach Atlantic University (FL), Avila University (MO), and Immaculata University (PA) have all left behind their “college” name designation.
    Franciscan University of Steubenville (OH) began Bachelor of Arts degrees in German and in legal studies, preparing students for a range of careers as paralegals in law, government, and business. Nazareth College (NY) this fall began a new Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) program. MALS fulfills the master’s degree requirement for elementary and secondary teachers, who are pursuing permanent certification in the state of New York. Dominican University (IL) has combined programs in the Graduate School of Business and Information Systems and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science to offer a Master’s in Knowledge Management.
    Teachers and educational leaders will benefit from several new programs. The Indiana Professional Standards Board recently approved a special education program for Huntington College (IN). It will join environmental science as a new program this fall. Albright College (PA) launched a master’s degree program in education leading to MA or MS degrees. The master’s program offers four concentrations in general education, elementary education, special education, and early childhood education. Ohio Northern University begins a Master’s of Education in Teaching this coming summer. Aimed at part-time learners who are employed as teachers full-time and beginning with two classes in the summer of 2003, the program follows with one course per quarter for the 2003-04 year. Courses will offer reading, character education, and curriculum-centered studies.
    Bethel College (MN) will begin its first doctoral program in 2003. The EdD in educational administration is aimed at experienced K-12 educators, primarily those seeking licensure as principals and superintendents. The program will be convenient for educators located around the country because of its largely distance education delivery system.
    Nyack College (NY) announced its new Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) degree in two areas, business administration and accounting, at both its Rockland County and Manhattan campuses. These new MBA programs will allow Nyack “to send quality professionals with Christian values into an increasingly scandal-ridden business world,” said Provost Samuel Barkat.
    Mount Aloysius College (PA) opened a Master’s in Correctional Administration and Psychology this fall, and will begin a Master’s in Health and Human Services Administration next fall. The Correctional Administration program is the only freestanding master’s program of its type in central Pennsylvania. The program addresses a regional need and builds on the institution’s traditional strengths in criminology, health studies, and psychology.
    St. Edward’s University (TX) announced seven new degree programs this fall: Master of Business Administration (MBA) with an entrepreneurship concentration; Master of Science in Computer Information Systems; an individualized Bachelor of Arts; a Bachelor of Arts in English through the university’s New College; Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics; Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design; and Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship.

A team of Cedarville University (OH) mechangical engineering seniors designed and built a wheelchair wheel cleaner, which could be installed in the entryway floors of buildings or homes to brush dirt from wheels. The device earned third place in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Old Guard Competition in Spring 2002.

Finding Partners
Saint Michael’s College (VT) has become a higher education partner with the Burlington School District to carry out its $1.25 million, five-year federal grant designed to improve the success rate of non-native speakers of English in their schools.
    The Lilly Endowment is helping two CIC members in Indiana, Goshen College and Manchester College and another college establish a “Peace House” in Indianapolis, a facility and program for students who will live in the city and take courses in peace studies, social justice, reconciliation, and related issues. The project is supported by a $13.88 million “Plowshares” grant spread over the next four years. Another Lilly Endowment grant, this one given last year to theological seminaries across the country, has spurred Milligan College (TN) and a nearby graduate seminary (Emmanuel School of Religion), to develop a Youth in Ministry program. This program is designed to help the Tri-Cities area youth determine their vocational callings and how they can best minister as Christians in their chosen careers.
    Two CIC members, Eastern University (PA) and Greenville College (IL), are partnering on a project to help all incoming students understand their strengths and link those strengths with choosing academic majors and career paths, supported by a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). Another Pennsylvania institution, Dickinson College, joins with Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland in an articulation agreement to offer a Master’s in Elementary Education.

Celebrating Contributions
Four CIC member institutions were among six that were awarded grants totaling $35 million from The Robert and Ruby Priddy Trust. Austin College (TX), Hendrix College (AR), Rhodes College (TN), and Southwestern University (TX) received grants ranging from $3.5 to $8.5 million to be used for a range of purposes, including student scholarships, new academic programs in science and international affairs, new faculty positions, and community research programs.
    Two of the largest gifts in the history of Pacific University (OR), a $3 million gift for building a new library, and a $3.45 million gift for its endowment, have helped the institution reach an all-time record of $12.1 million in gifts during this past year. Both gifts came from the estates of Pacific graduates.
    Marywood University (PA) officially closed its IMPACT 2000 campaign after raising $58.5 million since the drive started in 1996. Dominican University (IL) collected $32 million, well above its original $25 million goal.
    Ursuline College (OH) completed a $29.7 million phase of its capital campaign. The drive nearly doubled Ursuline’s initial goal. It helped to double endowment, construct the student learning center, begin intercollegiate athletics, and initiate three master’s programs.
    Chapman University (CA) surpassed its $160 million capital campaign goal, reaching $214 million over its seven-year campaign. The money will build two new academic facilities and a new residence hall, as well as create more than 35 new endowed chairs and provide scholarship funds for hundreds of students.
    University of the Incarnate Word (TX) concluded its $12 million campaign with a $1 million challenge gift from a Tulsa foundation. The university hopes to break ground for a new science and engineering building and raise an additional $2.7 million. Rocky Mountain College (MT) credits U.S. Senator Conrad Burns for securing $1.5 million for its new Aviation Training Center. The money was included in the Veterans Administration/Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill; Burns is a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee that cleared the funding.
    Monmouth College (IL) has established the Garrett W. Thiessen Chair of Chemistry through an estate gift. Campbellsville University (KY), which recently attained a U.S. Department of Education grant for an alternative special education certification program, will name its chapel after the trustee who donated $1 million. Finally, donations of $1 million for scholarship funds from the Asbury Foundation to Millsaps College (MS), an anonymous donor to Marian College (IN), and an alumna to Greensboro College (NC), have enriched these CIC colleges.

Celebrating Achievements
Drury University (MO), Eckerd College (FL), and Elon University (NC) were among 13 institutions cited by the Policy Center on the First Year of College as “Institutions of Excellence in the First College Year.”
    College of Mount St. Joseph (OH) earned an EDUCAUSE award for institutional advancement for its excellence in networking.Jacksonville University (FL) French professor Suzanne Carrell retired in 1989 after 35 years of teaching French at the institution. This past summer Jacques Chirac, president of the Republic of France, bestowed upon Carrell the National Order of the Legion of Honor for eminent service to the Republic of France. Carrell, who was born in France, helped establish Alliance Francaise of Jacksonville and in 1952 initiated the Congres de la Culture Francaise Florida (CCFF) to encourage French studies throughout Florida high schools.
    Jacksonville University (FL) French professor Suzanne Carrell retired in 1989 after 35 years of teaching French at the institution. This past summer Jacques Chirac, president of the Republic of France, bestowed upon Carrell the National Order of the Legion of Honor for eminent service to the Republic of France. Carrell, who was born in France, helped establish Alliance Francaise of Jacksonville and in 1952 initiated the Congress de la Culture Francaise Florida (CCFF) to encourage French studies throughout Florida High Schools.
    Northwestern College (MN) marked its 100th birthday on October 2. It celebrated with a Centennial Homecoming birthday for the college’s 1,700 day-school students.
    President Rick Niece of University of the Ozarks (AR) was named Arkansas’ 2001 Nonprofit Executive of the Year. Nazareth College (NY) art professor Catherine Kirby designed a banner that was aboard shuttle Atlantis on Space Shuttle mission STS-112 last August.
    Paul R. Corts, president of Palm Beach Atlantic University (FL) for more than 11 years, has been appointed U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Administration. He left the university on Nov. 15, 2002 for Washington, D.C. In his new position, Corts oversees the Department's Justice Management Division. This division assists senior management officials with issues regarding basic department policy for evaluation, budget and financial management, personnel management and training, equal opportunity programs, ethics training and advice, and various other matters pertaining to organization, management, and administration.

Calvin College's (MI) DeVries Hall, an $18 million life sciences facility, is a key contributor to Calvin's high placement rates in medical and dental schools. Last spring, 100 percent of seniors who applied to medical, dental, and podiatry schools were accepted.

Announcing New Facilities
Several CIC institutions are opening important new facilities at their campuses: a $7 million teacher education and communications center at University of the Ozarks (AR); a $19 million academic building at Moravian College (PA); a $5 million, 32,000 square foot Center for Healthy Families for state-of-the-art research, interdisciplinary study, and community outreach at Marywood University (PA); a $2.5 million technology training center at Campbellsville University (KY); the Audrey Hirt Academic Center at Mercyhurst College (PA); a multi-purpose Arts Center Scene Shop at Nazareth College (NY); a 3,000 square foot state-of-the-art chapel at Robert Morris University (PA); a 70,000 square foot indoor tennis center at College of Santa Fe (NM); a 24-hour computer lab and classrooms in Trustee Hall at St. Edward’s University (TX); a $20 million center for science at Juniata College (PA); a two-thirds of a mile interpretive trail at the Sustainable Living Center of Wilson College (PA); and a 180-bed residence hall at Wesley College (DE).
    A 38-acre parcel of land in New Hampshire, appraised at approximately $11 million, has been given by a Massachusetts philanthropist to Saint Anselm College (NH), located only two miles from the land.

From Campuses to Training Camps
Last July, CIC member campuses hosted eight National Football League teams’ training camps. The American Football Conference teams included: Baltimore Ravens (McDaniel College in Westminster, MD), Buffalo Bills (St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY), Cincinnati Bengals (Georgetown College in Georgetown, KY), and Pittsburgh Steelers (Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, PA). National Football Conference teams include: Carolina Panthers (Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC), Chicago Bears (Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, IL), Green Bay Packers (St. Norbert College in DePere, WI), and Washington Redskins (Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA).