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CIC
Launches New Program for Presidents and Trustees
CIC launched a program in July that is intended to encourage dialogue
among presidents and trustee leaders. This initiative, funded by
the Luce Foundation, is one of several CIC services available to
presidents, including the Presidential Forums and the Presidents
Consulting Service.
This
new program, President-Trustee Dialogues, will enable presidents
to
discuss important issues facing their institutions with a small
group of presidents and trustee leaders from similar institutions.
In announcing the program, CIC President Richard Ekman said, “Presidents
have noted that it is often valuable for their own board leaders
to compare perspectives with leaders at other institutions and to
exchange ideas about ‘best practices’ in governance as well as challenges
and opportunities faced by their institutions.”
Ekman
said CIC would organize, on a regional basis, day-long meetings
of about six to seven presidents and one or two trustee leaders
from each institution. CIC will cover the costs of gracious meeting
spaces and meals, while participants will cover travel costs. The
project will be managed by Tom Flynn, former president of Millikin
University (IL), who now serves as CIC Senior Advisor and
has worked on several recent governance projects with the Association
of Governing Boards.
The
impetus for creating the program, according to Flynn, came from
both long-time and newly installed CIC presidents, who expressed
interest in informal discussion involving presidents and trustee
leaders from similar institutions. “The relationship with the board
of trustees and, especially, with the board chair and other trustee
leaders, is one of the most critical partnerships that every college
president must develop. Yet for most first-time presidents, effective
board relations is a somewhat elusive concept and a mysterious challenge;
prior experience serving as staff liaison for one or more board
committees, while helpful, provides only limited preparation and
perspective. Experienced presidents, though citing their close relationship
with trustee leaders as key to their success, frequently concede
that board development remains one of their most formidable tasks,”
Flynn said.
CIC
hopes to hold one or two meetings later this fall and several additional
ones in the spring at convenient locations across the country. Each
meeting will have a few pre-announced items on the agenda as well
as ‘unstructured’ time for participants to compare notes on a wide
array of subjects.
CIC
Members Partner with New York Times
More than 30 CIC members have joined in a partnership with the New
York Times that will provide discounted subscriptions, advertising
rates, and rights and permissions site licenses for the Times
archives, among other benefits. The partnership is being officially
launched this fall with copies of the paper on campus available
free for students, speakers from the Times on some member campuses,
and an announcement on the Times College website (www.NYTimes.com/college)
about the partnership with a listing of the member campuses, among
other activities.
Presidents
of institutions that joined the partnership have been invited to
serve on a Presidents Advisory Council that will guide the partnership
and be convened by the Times once or twice annually beginning
this fall. Other benefits of the partnership will include programs
and events on campus sponsored by the Times, priority privileges
for securing reporters and editors for speaking engagements on campus,
and help in developing coursepacks and educational material using
current Times content for classroom use.
The
minimum obligation for a college to be considered a partner is a
discounted subscription to the newspaper based on FTE enrollment.
CIC colleges and universities can join the partnership at any time.
For more information, contact Laura Wilcox at CIC at (202) 466-7230
or Felice Nudelman at the Times at (212) 556-4581.
Woodrow
Wilson Foundation Offers
Special Program for CIC Members
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
(NJ) is offering colleges and universities that are CIC members
a special opportunity to participate in its Visiting Fellows Program
at a discounted fee for the initial year of participation. This
Program brings notable, non-academic figures to college and university
campuses for weeklong residencies.
The
roster of Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows includes diplomats, ethicists,
prize-winning journalists, filmmakers, writers, artists, biogeneticists,
military strategists, entrepreneurs, and public servants. “The visits
are intensive —including participation in many classes, special
lectures, seminars, workshops, and informal conversations with students
and faculty groups,” CIC President Richard Ekman said in announcing
the offer. The individuals who have volunteered to be Woodrow Wilson
Visiting Fellows—many of whom are quite distinguished—have done
so because they want a deeper engagement on college campuses than
they find possible when they come to campus simply to give a public
lecture. Through the program, students and faculty members gain
perspective on the relationship between the classroom and the broader
society, as well as opportunities to establish relationships that
can continue long after the visit,” Ekman noted.
The
special offer by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
to CIC members (the Foundation itself is a CIC Affiliate Member)
is that for those who are new to the program, the program fee will
be reduced by 20 percent for the college’s first Visiting Fellow
residency. Normally, the fee for participating colleges and universities
is $5,000, plus housing and meals during the week-long visit. For
CIC members new to the program, it will be $4,000. One college dean
who recently hosted a Visiting Fellow commented, “For half
of what these people would normally charge for one evening’s lecture,
we get an entire week of their dedicated attention in a range of
settings—a remarkable opportunity.”
Ekman
encourages CIC members to take advantage of the offer if they have
not already. “This is not a competitive program with fixed deadlines.
All interested colleges will be accommodated. The program is specifically
designed for small colleges that are dedicated to excellent teaching,
high scholarly standards, and informed citizenship. Fifty-two CIC
members have shown interest in the program since it began in 1973.
Among those that have scheduled visits in the past: Central
College (IA)— Lynne Sharon Schwartz, poet and author, and
Harry Schwartz, urban developer; Earlham College (IN)—Dwight
Pitcaithely, chief historian, National Park Service; Goshen
College (IN)—Bob Levey, journalist at the Washington Post,
and Jane Freundel Levey, public historian; Juniata College
(PA)—Dimon Liu, Hong Kong architect and Chinese civil rights activist;
Susquehanna University (PA)—Marcia Grant, founding
dean of Effat College, the first women’s college in Saudi Arabia;
University of Indianapolis (IN)—Ambassador Edward
Perkins, Former U.S. ambassador to Liberia, South Africa, and Australia;
and University of Scranton (PA)—June Carter Perry,
deputy chief of mission/ charge’ d’ Affaires at the American Embassies
in Madagascar and the Central African Republic.
For
more information, visit the Foundation’s website at www.woodrow.org/visiting-fellows.
Staff
Spotlight - People Who Make CIC Work |
|  Tiwanda
Washington is CIC’s Development Coordinator. She
manages CIC’s database on funders; maintains fundraising paper
files, payments, and funder reports; and prepares correspondence
and mass mailings for fundraising. In addition, Tiwanda assists
CIC’s business manager by
processing all incoming checks.
Tiwanda
grew up in Washington, D.C. and has been at CIC since August
1996, where she began as a secretary and two years later was
promoted to administrative assistant. She was promoted to
Development Coordinator in 2000.
After
obtaining an Entrepreneurial Certificate from Howard University’s
Small Business School in Washington, D.C., she took courses
at the University of the District of Columbia in business
management. Before coming to CIC, from 1992 to 1995 Tiwanda
worked at Children’s Hospital as an administrative assistant
in the hematology/oncology department.
Tiwanda
enjoys spending time with her family, reading to her seven-year-old
daughter, Taniqua, and activities such as baking, hairstyling,
and gardening.
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Staff
News and Notes
CIC President Richard Ekman delivered the commencement
address at Bethany College (WV) on May 17 and received
an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree. On April 29, he spoke and
then led a faculty discussion on issues in private higher education
at New England College (NH). In addition, Ekman
was recently invited to join the Editorial Advisory Board of University
Business magazine.
Senior
Counsel Marylouise Fennell received an honorary
doctoral degree from Carlow College (PA) on May
10 and spoke at the graduation of Mercy College
(OH) on May 7, where she received the College’s highest honor, Misericordia
et Cura Honor (Compassion and Care).
Jacqueline
Skinner,
associate director of CAPHE, presented “Creating an Assessment Framework:
Evaluation Strategies from the Engaging Communities and Campuses
Program” at the HBCU Service Learning Summer Institute held in June
at LeMoyne-Owen College (TN).
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Last updated: March 2003
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