Fulbright Scholars from CIC Institutions on the Rise
The number of Fulbright scholars from CIC institutions has increased dramatically over the past three years. From 1992-93 through 1998-99, CIC colleges and universities produced an average of 19 Fulbright scholars each year, while in the past three years, from 1998-99 through 2001-02, the number nearly tripled to an average of 47. In 1994-95, 16 Fulbright scholars came from CIC institutions, compared with a high of 58 faculty scholars in 2001-02. CIC congratulates all the Fulbright scholars!

CIC Faculty to Attend CMU Workshop
Nine CIC faculty members will participate in a training workshop to develop online tools and instructional methods that can help students enhance their skills of causal and statistical reasoning. The workshop will be held August 5-8 at Carnegie Mellon University and is being led by CMU Professor Richard Scheines.
    Each participant will receive a $2,000 stipend plus expenses, and in return must agree to use and evaluate the tools and methods learned in the workshop during the 2002-03 academic year. The nine places in the workshop were reserved for individuals from CIC institutions.
    Those selected from 65 CIC faculty member applications include Barbara Dowds (psychology), Regis College (MA); Davida Fromm (speech-language pathology), Duquesne University (PA); Barbara Ganley (nursing), Dominican University (CA); Susan McCormick (physician assistant program), Bethel College (TN); Jennifer O'Donnell (psychology), Allegheny College (PA); Monica Robbers (criminal justice, sociology), Marymount University (CA); Chitta Unni (philosophy), Chaminade University of Honolulu (HI); Samuel Winslow (politics), Ursinus College (PA); Debra Wiens (mathematics), Rocky Mountain College (MT); and Roman Won (mathematics), Washington & Jefferson College (PA).

CIC Schools Heavily Represented at Frye Institute
Nine librarians, information technology staff, and faculty members from CIC member institutions attended the Frye Leadership Institute on June 2-14 at Emory University (GA). A total of 46 individuals were selected from a pool of 138 applicants from academic institutions nationwide to participate in the 2002 Institute.
The Frye Institute, sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources, Emory University, and EDUCAUSE, offers librarians, information technology staff, and faculty members the opportunity to learn new ways to think about transforming systems for information resources management.
    Daniel Gjelten, director of the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library at the University of St. Thomas (MN), found the two-week program to be a "wonderful, intense, and even transforming experience." He said the Institute "offered a unique opportunity to come together with librarians, information technology professionals, and faculty members from a wide variety of institutions, to reorganize and rethink the role of the library. Right now, at this moment in history, we are designing new organizations and new kinds of libraries—places where students come to research, write, and take advantage of electronic technology, and where faculty members come to learn more about the integration of technology into their teaching," Gjelten said.
    Other participants from CIC member institutions included Robert M. Cotter, Xavier University (OH); Paul M. Levit, Dickinson College (PA); Michael Nanfito, University of Puget Sound (WA); Gail Scanlon, Mount Holyoke College (MA); Candice Scott, Schreiner University (TX); Toby Gail Stone, American University of Paris; and Susan Barnes Whyte and Irving Wiswall, Linfield College (OR).

CIC Presidents, Senior Counsel Honored in Panama
Several CIC member presidents and CIC Senior Counsel Marylouise Fennell received presidential medals of honor from the Universidad Interamericana de Costa Rica and Universidad Interamericana de Panama for service, friendship, and effort in establishing exchanges for students and faculty members between the United States and Central America. Rosalie Mirenda of Newmann College (PA) and Scott Miller of Wesley College (DE) were honored on March 9 in Costa Rica, and Thomas K. Meier of Elmira College (NY), Hal Laydon of Lake Erie College (OH), and Fennell were honored during graduation ceremonies on March 24 in Panama. (l-r) William Salom, president of the Universidad Interamericana de Panama, Thomas Meier, Marylouise Fennell, and Hal Laydon.

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