CIC in the News

CIC garnered excellent publicity for the 2005 Institute for Chief Academic Officers in San Antonio, Texas in November. Chronicle of Higher Education reporter Piper Fogg, along with a photographer, attended the event and interviewed dozens of participants. Fogg sat in on many sessions for her story on professional development programs for campus provosts. The two and one-half-page spread in the Chronicle, “How to Be a Provost in 4 Easy Days,” provided extensive coverage of CIC’s CAO Institute and featured a dozen photos of participants and speakers.

The U.S. Department of State’s Online E-Journal published an article by CIC President Richard Ekman, “Strength Out of Diversity: The Independent Sector of U.S. Higher Education,” in its November 2005 edition that can be found at http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/1105/ijse/ekman.htm. And Ekman’s essay “Increasing Federalization of Higher Education” appeared in the winter 2005 issue of NASPA’s Leadership Exchange, Volume Three, Issue Four.

Upcoming CIC Cosponsored Events

Kenyon College (OH) is hosting a program, cosponsored by CIC, entitled The Conference at Kenyon 2006: Integrating Library and Computing Services, March 14–16, in Gambier, Ohio. Individuals from colleges and universities with integrated information system organizations will describe their institutions’ experiences, evolutionary paths, and outcomes to date. Both institutions that have integrated library and computing functions and those that are considering such a consolidation can benefit from this event. The conference will also include a half-day workshop for college presidents and senior administrators on “Building a Better Board: What’s a President to Do?,” led by Richard Chait of Harvard University. For information and registration procedures, visit the CIC website at http://conference.kenyon.edu/2006.

CIC is also cosponsoring with Edgewood College (WI) a new program, Considering the Presidency: A Symposium for Provosts, Senior Administrators, and Deans. It will be held June 4–6, 2006 at the Edgewood campus in Madison, Wisconsin. Topics will include the nature of the president’s job, characteristics of successful presidents, ways to acquire the necessary skills, and “getting the job.” More information and registration procedures are available on Edgewood’s website at www.edgewood.edu/symposium.

Staff News and Notes

CIC this fall reluctantly bid farewell to Elizabeth Bishop, Vice President for Operations, who left after ten years to join the National Council for State Housing Agencies. NCSHA is an association of housing finance agencies, organizations within each state that create housing opportunities for low-income and under-served populations. Bishop is heading one of three operational divisions, with responsibility for conferences, marketing, membership development, and communications. We wish her well in her new endeavors.

Allison Blackburn joined CIC as the new Director of Conferences in October. Allison brings with her a wealth of experience and training, including a master’s degree in Tourism and Travel Management from New York University, professional certification in meeting planning, and more than 15 years of experience in planning events. Most recently Allison has served as Manager of Conferences and Meetings for the International Life Sciences Institute where she worked for eight years with responsibility for managing multiple international conferences each year, both large and small.

In December, CIC President Richard Ekman participated in initiatives to advance the role of CIC in developing relations with colleges and universities in other countries. The first was a customized visit to a number of German institutions, organized by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The second was a conference in Istanbul, Turkey involving representatives of both private universities in Muslim countries and U.S. institutions. Ekman has also been invited to serve on the advisory board for Campus Technology, an online publication devoted to technology issues on college campuses.

In September, Russell Garth represented CIC in two conferences on civic participation. The annual National Conference on Citizenship, and the Deepening American Dream conference sponsored by the Fetzer Institute. In December Garth participated in a Fetzer planning meeting for a conference on “integrative learning” scheduled for February 2007. The guiding idea for this event is how to educate the whole student, bringing head and heart together.

CIC Director of Research Hal Hartley made a presentation on CIC’s new Making the Case website at the annual National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities State Executives research meeting in September in Nashville, Tennessee. He also presented his research on the religious engagement of first-year students at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education in November in Philadelphia. Hartley’s bibliography on religion and spirituality in higher education was recently posted on the Teagle Foundation website.