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 Frederik
Ohles joined CIC as vice president for advancement on June
1, having served at Wabash College (IN) as senior
research fellow in the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts since
2002. Ohles is primarily responsible for planning and directing CIC’s
cultivation and solicitation of corporate and foundation grants. He
has worked extensively with CIC and small independent colleges. From
1996 to 2002, Ohles served as vice president for academic affairs
and dean of the College at Illinois College, and
from 1990 to 1996 he was associate dean of Saint Olaf College (MN).
Earlier in his career, Ohles worked with the Fulbright Scholar Program
at the Council for International Exchange of Scholars in Washington,
DC, and taught history at Upsala College (NJ), the University of Melbourne
(Australia), and Boston College (MA). He has raised funds successfully
for many large and small projects, including a science building, faculty
development activities, high school outreach programs, and business/liberal
arts internships.
CIC President Richard Ekman
was the speaker at the commencement ceremonies of Marywood
University (PA) on May 9 and Otterbein College
(OH) on June 13. Marywood honored Ekman with an honorary doctorate
of humane letters and Otterbein presented him with an honorary doctor
of liberal arts degree. In addition, Ekman presented the keynote address
at a planning retreat at Hiram College (OH) on May
6, and spoke at the summer workshop of the National Association of
Independent College and University State Executives at Lake Geneva,
WI, about CIC’s Making the Case initiative on August 2.
Mary Ann Rehnke, vice
president for annual programs, represented CIC
at the Renewal and Transformation Program celebrating the presidency
of Rodney Sawatsky and presidential spouse Lorna Sawatsky at Messiah
College (PA) on Sunday, June 13. A number of CIC presidents
and their spouses were in attendance.
Michelle Gilliard,
vice president for planning and evaluation, spoke at the annual meeting
of the National Association of Schools and Colleges of The United
Methodist Church in Santa Fe, NM, on July 26. Her presentation on
“CIC’s Key Indicators Tool: Applying National Comparative Data to
Institutional Decision-Making,” provided an overview of CIC’s Data
Initiatives, including an in-depth review of CIC’s new benchmarking
service, the Key Indicators Tool. Gilliard also represented CIC at
the 3rd Annual Center of Inquiry Assessment Conference, an invitational
meeting sponsored by the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at
Wabash College (IN). The meeting was held at the
college on August 8-10.
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Staff
Spotlight – People Who Make CIC Work
Elizabeth
Bishop is CIC’s vice president for operations. Having
begun her career at the Council in 1995 as the conference coordinator,
her responsibilities have grown as CIC has evolved and she is
now responsible for the operational functions of CIC, including
all institute and workshop arrangements, personnel functions,
and office administration.
A native of New York who did her
undergraduate work at Skidmore College, Elizabeth came to DC
to pursue graduate studies in nonprofit management at American
University and began a career in nonprofit administration. Prior
to coming to CIC, Bishop’s management positions included director
of the conference center for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
and training manager of the American Symphony Orchestra League.
In her life outside CIC, Elizabeth
sings with the National Philharmonic Chorale, serves as the
president of the board of the Court Appointed Special Advocate
Program of Montgomery County, MD, and is active as a presenter
and trainer on contract negotiation and event planning. Elizabeth
enjoys traveling the world, “channeling” Bob Vila when working
on her “fixer-upper,” and playing mediocre tennis (often with
her CIC colleagues, which has led to entertaining in-office
rivalries and demonstrations of serving and volleying techniques).
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