President's Report 2007 - Benedict College
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BENEDICT<br />
COLLEGE<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> is committed to being the best<br />
college it can be. It is committed to establishing<br />
and maintaining high quality programs of teaching,<br />
research, and public service. <strong>Benedict</strong> is distinguished<br />
by its continued commitment to facilitate the<br />
empowerment, enhancement, and full participation<br />
of African Americans in American society.<br />
President’s <strong>Report</strong><br />
<strong>2007</strong>
VISION<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> is committed to being the best college it<br />
can be. It is committed to establishing and maintaining high<br />
quality programs of teaching, research, and public service.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> is distinguished by its continued commitment<br />
to facilitate the empowerment, enhancement, and full<br />
participation of African Americans in American society.<br />
MISSION<br />
TEACHING. The <strong>College</strong> is committed to providing instruction that leads to the baccalaureate<br />
degrees in the arts and sciences and professional areas. In addition, we are committed to providing<br />
continuing education that will lead to certificates and other special designations that may be useful<br />
for a career in the external environments. It is our intent to prepare students to enter career paths<br />
that will result in leadership positions in business, education, church, government, community, and<br />
professional organizations, or prepare them for further graduate and professional study. We seek to<br />
instill in students a life-long commitment to self-development and a commitment to being the best<br />
and a desire for public service. Our graduates should be committed to making the world a better<br />
place. They should be powers for good in society. We continue our historic emphasis on providing<br />
educational opportunities that will prepare African-American students for full and complete<br />
participation in American society. We explicitly accept the admissions challenge of providing the<br />
broadest possible access to all students consistent with maintaining the highest quality. <strong>Benedict</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> is an equal opportunity educational institution. We seek geographic, international, and racial<br />
diversity in our student body.<br />
RESEARCH. We are committed to undertaking faculty and student research that will contribute<br />
to the knowledge required to achieve the full and complete participation of African Americans in<br />
American society. We aim to improve instruction by incorporating the African American experience<br />
and perspective. We seek to stimulate increased and improved discussion and consideration of<br />
matters of importance to achieving a full and equal opportunity society. <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> hopes<br />
that its research will contribute to discovery and implementation of better policies and programs in<br />
the public and private sectors to advance African Americans to full and complete equality. We also<br />
encourage our scholars to undertake research to keep current in their fields and to contribute to the<br />
general advancement of knowledge in their disciplines.<br />
SERVICE. <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> is committed to utilizing its faculty, students, and administrative<br />
resources to provide service to improve conditions in the African-American community. We seek to<br />
provide direct service in the local community and throughout South Carolina. Our service emphasis<br />
is on education, social and family service, community and economic development, justice, and crime<br />
reduction, and youth development. We seek to demonstrate and develop innovative approaches to<br />
providing services that can have a profound and positive impact.<br />
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Table of Contents<br />
COLLEGE 3<br />
Vision and Mission ......................................2<br />
President’s Message ....................................4<br />
Chairman’s Message ....................................5<br />
Introduction ................................................6<br />
Strategic Direction 1 ....................................8<br />
Strategic Direction 2 ..................................14<br />
Strategic Direction 3 ..................................17<br />
Strategic Direction 4 ..................................20<br />
Strategic Direction 5 ..................................22<br />
Strategic Direction 6 ..................................26<br />
Strategic Direction 7 ..................................28<br />
Strategic Direction 8 ..................................30<br />
Strategic Direction 9 ..................................32<br />
Statement of Financial Position .................34<br />
Statement of Activities 2003-2006 ...........35<br />
Board of Trustees .......................................36<br />
President’s Cabinet ....................................36<br />
Appendix:<br />
Additional Construction by Year ...............38<br />
Property Acquisitions ..............................38<br />
Renovations/Upgrades/Projects ..............38<br />
Credits .......................................................39
President’s Message<br />
Dear <strong>Benedict</strong> Family and Supporters,<br />
The first students to enter the doors of <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> were just five<br />
years from emancipation and were ready to forge a new future for<br />
themselves and their descendants. That was 1870, and 138 years later,<br />
there is much left to be done, much of it is related to unshackling the<br />
minds of our young people and enabling them to cut a path leading to<br />
cultural and personal independence. The challenges remain and the<br />
opportunities are more fulfilling than ever. Our obligation is to educate<br />
and empower our students to build better lives for themselves and future<br />
generations. In short, we claim our role in helping to make America and<br />
the world a better place for all.<br />
This report is presented in the context of our strategic directions; these<br />
guidelines keep us focused and direct our efforts to achieve our goals<br />
and objectives for the mission and vision of the <strong>College</strong>. We invite you<br />
to peruse this book thoroughly and see what we have accomplished.<br />
Note that our physical plant has never been better. From the renovated<br />
and newly constructed buildings to the beautiful foliage and flowers,<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> is on the move. Our noble heritage and bright future as a school<br />
of choice continues to catch the attention of prospective students. We<br />
were fortunate to process more than 4,000 applications for the <strong>2007</strong>-<br />
2008 academic year, a thousand more than the previous year. This flies in the face of data suggesting that<br />
enrollment of African-American students has declined in the States’ institutions of higher education.<br />
Please visit our campus. Attend one of our athletic events in our state-of-the-art Charlie W. Johnson<br />
Stadium. Join one of the clubs and/or societies that provide service to the <strong>College</strong>. Hear our award-winning<br />
choirs during our official and traditional events such as the Fall Convocation, Founder’s Day, the annual<br />
Christmas Concert and Commencement. Become a part of us; lend us your talents, your support and your<br />
good wishes. Together we can be the “Power” for all that is “Good” in our “Society.”<br />
Sincerely,<br />
David H. Swinton, Ph.D.<br />
President and CEO<br />
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COLLEGE<br />
Chairman’s Message<br />
Dear <strong>Benedict</strong> Family and Supporters,<br />
You have before you the newest President’s <strong>Report</strong>, outlining what <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> has accomplished, under the administration of<br />
Dr. David H. Swinton.<br />
Dr. Swinton came to the Columbia campus in 1994 and since then, the school has renovated and built new facilities, increased the<br />
strength and size of its faculty, grown its student body and continues to have an astonishing impact on the greater community.<br />
I invite you to drive around the neighborhoods surrounding our campus. Revitalization is too tame a word to describe what’s<br />
happened around the <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> campus. “Extreme makeover” might be closer. And that’s just the buildings. Remember,<br />
there are people inside those buildings, living and working and helping others live a better life, too, in outreach that extends beyond<br />
working in the community to living there, too.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> is truly helping to create a whole new Columbia.<br />
The <strong>College</strong> has given me the opportunity to share in the blessing that is uniquely<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong>. We have given thousands of African Americans for generation’s similar<br />
opportunity.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> continues to command affection and respect from its alumni and<br />
supporters, generating more than $25 million in contributions in just the past<br />
three years.<br />
Many of these gifts come from alumni now working in careers that don’t<br />
command large salaries: teachers and ministers, social workers and counselors, to<br />
name just a few. These are people in jobs that have a huge impact on the people<br />
– young and old – they serve, and on our society as a whole. And they know that<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> has helped empower them to do well, and to do good.<br />
One of the things I appreciate most about <strong>Benedict</strong> is the diversity of learning and<br />
service the school offers its students and the community, all within the context of<br />
giving our students a superior college education. These are promising students to<br />
be sure, but they come here with much to learn.<br />
As Benjamin Franklin once said, “Genius without education is like silver in the<br />
mine.” With your support, <strong>Benedict</strong> continues to grow as a place where genius is<br />
mined and futures are forged.<br />
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter, and to read this report. Please<br />
consider taking the time to visit the campus, too, either in person or on the Web at www.benedict.edu. Stop by to hear some “joyful<br />
noise” at Antisdel Chapel from the hearts and souls of our award-winning gospel choir. And stop by the new football stadium and<br />
hear some “joyful noise” there, too, as we cheer on our Tigers!<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Dr. Charlie W. Johnson<br />
Board of Trustees, Chairman<br />
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BENEDICT<br />
COLLEGE<br />
Over the past 10 years,<br />
one-third of <strong>Benedict</strong><br />
graduates have enrolled<br />
in graduate school.<br />
Introduction<br />
At <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>, we’re in an enviable position.<br />
We’re graced with an illustrious history, steeped in tradition nearly a century and a half strong.<br />
Legendary scholars and citizens call themselves <strong>Benedict</strong> alumni, with more graduate success<br />
stories being written each day.<br />
Only the current reality and bright future are equal peers to its past. Over the past ten years, we’ve<br />
witnessed unprecedented growth at <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>, physical and academic expansion yielding<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> deserving national recognition.<br />
Our students help ensure this recognition is a deserved one. They fill new state-of-the art<br />
laboratories in Alumni Hall, restored pews in Antsidel Chapel; and the classrooms taught by<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong>’s award-winning faculty.<br />
In my last report, I presented you with a work in progress; a foundation on which to build upon<br />
over the next few years. I’m pleased to report that foundation is complete.<br />
Still, progress should never become complicated, stagnate or satisfied. Simply put: Laurels should<br />
be received as motivators, not reasons to rest.<br />
Thus, I welcome you to the next phase of <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
Go Tigers.<br />
Strategic Direction 1:<br />
Strategic Direction 2:<br />
Strategic Direction 3:<br />
Strategic Direction 4:<br />
Strategic Direction 5:<br />
Strategic Direction 6:<br />
Strategic Direction 7:<br />
Strategic Direction 8:<br />
Strategic Direction 9:<br />
Right-size the <strong>College</strong><br />
Educational and Academic Support Programs<br />
Student Affairs<br />
Research and Public Service<br />
Physical Resources<br />
Private and Public Partnerships<br />
Financial Resources<br />
High-Quality Management<br />
Institutional Effectiveness<br />
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COLLEGE<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> was ranked one of the top ten producers of<br />
African American Physics majors in the country, as<br />
reported by the Education and Employment Statistic<br />
Division of the American Institute of Physics.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> is only the<br />
second HBCU to receive<br />
national accreditation for<br />
its Environmental Health<br />
Science Program among<br />
the nation’s 25 institutions<br />
of higher learning.<br />
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Strategic Direction 1<br />
Right-Size the <strong>College</strong><br />
MEETING THE CHALLENGE<br />
Today’s technology-powered, global job environment demands<br />
a workforce to match. <strong>College</strong>s and universities nationwide<br />
are faced with creating a student body prepared to handle this<br />
challenge, a collection of future leaders possessing both diverse<br />
skill sets and academic backgrounds that empower them to excel.<br />
Not surprisingly, four-year degrees are becoming prerequisites<br />
for this challenge. Record-breaking numbers of students enroll<br />
at undergraduate colleges and universities each year, with these<br />
numbers expected to grow exponentially. The National Center for<br />
Education Statistics, in fact, predicts a dramatic 20 percent gain in<br />
undergraduate student enrollment over the next half-decade.<br />
“<br />
The legacy of any college always<br />
begins and ends with its students.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong>’s more-active recruitment<br />
and retention efforts will help<br />
ensure that this legacy not only<br />
continues, but grows.”<br />
– Dr. David H. Swinton<br />
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BENEDICT<br />
COLLEGE<br />
BUILDING PAST SUCCESSES<br />
INTO FUTURE ONES<br />
As the nation’s fourth-largest Historically Black <strong>College</strong> and University (HBCU),<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> both recognizes this challenge and is well on its way to<br />
meeting it head-on.<br />
Who do we recruit? How should we recruit them? Under the leadership of<br />
President David H. Swinton, <strong>Benedict</strong>’s Office of Admissions and Student<br />
Marketing actively increased efforts to both attract and retain top students.<br />
These efforts are paying dividends. <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> experienced an 18.5<br />
percent increase in the number of applications from 2006 to <strong>2007</strong>, combined<br />
with an equally impressive 48 percent rise in the number of mail responses<br />
from students targeted by <strong>Benedict</strong> as future scholars at the Columbia campus.<br />
Miss Colombia South America, Vanessa Mendoza, flew to the United States<br />
with her mother, family members and friends to celebrate the graduation<br />
of her younger sister, Verily Mendoza , an accounting major who recently<br />
accepted a position with Price Water House-Coopers in Washington, DC.<br />
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, a national magazine devoted to minority<br />
issues in academe, recently released its annual “Top 100 Undergraduate Degree<br />
Producers” and “Top 100 Graduate Degree Producers” rankings. Using graduation<br />
data reported by 4000 two- and four-year institutions to the U.S. Department of<br />
Education’s National Center for Education Statistics for the 2005-06 academic year, the<br />
magazine ranked universities not only on how many degrees were granted overall<br />
to minority students, but also gave separate rankings by race, specifically African<br />
American, Asian American, Hispanic and Native American, for specific fields of study.<br />
• <strong>Benedict</strong> ranked 13th for granting undergraduate degrees in Physical Sciences to<br />
African Americans.<br />
• The <strong>College</strong> ranked 41st for granting undergraduate degrees in Computer and<br />
Information Sciences to African Americans.<br />
• <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> ranked 42nd for granting undergraduate degrees in Biology-<br />
Biomedical Sciences to African Americans.<br />
© Copyright <strong>2007</strong> by DiverseEducation.com<br />
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Strategic Direction 1<br />
Right-Size the <strong>College</strong><br />
Who do we recruit? How should we recruit them? Under the leadership<br />
of President David H. Swinton, <strong>Benedict</strong>’s Office of Admissions and<br />
Student Marketing actively increased efforts to both attract and retain<br />
top students.<br />
These efforts are paying dividends. <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> experienced an<br />
18.5 percent increase in the number of applications from 2006 to <strong>2007</strong>,<br />
combined with an equally impressive 48 percent rise in the number of<br />
mail responses from students targeted by <strong>Benedict</strong> as future scholars at<br />
the Columbia campus.<br />
Nearly 4,000 students accepted admission at <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> in the<br />
Fall of <strong>2007</strong>, a thousand more than the same period only two years<br />
earlier. In contrast, African-American student populations at South<br />
Carolina’s state universities steadily declined over this same period<br />
while <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> has stabilized its enrollment.<br />
A similar trend can be found within <strong>Benedict</strong>’s impressive male<br />
enrollment. While most colleges and universities struggle to recruit<br />
and retain male students, <strong>Benedict</strong>’s undergraduates are a near-perfect<br />
gender split.<br />
Still, educational success is never measured by application, acceptance<br />
or enrollment figures. While the largest private undergraduate college<br />
in South Carolina, <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> retains a mission of individualized<br />
dedication to its unique student populations, past and present.<br />
Several areas around campus,<br />
such as the plaza around the<br />
library, allow students to<br />
enjoy a wireless connection<br />
to the Internet.<br />
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COLLEGE<br />
Michael Roberts is a rising senior who plays on the football team, is<br />
a part of <strong>Benedict</strong>’s ROTC program and a member of the Alpha Phi<br />
Alpha, Inc. fraternity.<br />
SUPPORTING THE MISSION OF<br />
CREATING NEW LEGACIES<br />
The <strong>College</strong>’s open enrollment policy combined with its<br />
intervention strategies serve to provide and sustain opportunity<br />
for its students. This opportunity is the legacy of <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>,<br />
a 138-year tradition of opening higher education doors for men<br />
and women aspiring for a college education. Of <strong>Benedict</strong>’s 2006<br />
freshman class, 95 percent were first-generation college students.<br />
Maximizing this opportunity can be a difficult task, as financial<br />
and academic challenges often go hand-in-hand. Our HOPE<br />
and LIFE Scholarship recipients receive regular check-ins<br />
on their classroom performance, which serve as constant<br />
measures of success from freshman orientation to senior<br />
commencement.<br />
Backed by a committed staff, these support programs achieve<br />
resounding, measurable success. Retention rates for HOPE<br />
Scholarship recipients increased more than 200 percent these<br />
past few years, resulting in ten times the funding to support<br />
future scholarship beneficiaries. Similar figures underscore<br />
LIFE Scholarship students; a nearly 150 percent increase in<br />
student retention plus $600,000 in available LIFE funds.<br />
Posted on Tue., May 29, <strong>2007</strong><br />
At black colleges,<br />
door open for whites<br />
By KATRINA A. GOGGINS<br />
Associated Press Writer<br />
Michael Roberts has done more than study finance at historically<br />
black <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>. He’s played football for the college, joined a<br />
fraternity and proposed to his girlfriend.<br />
Pretty typical, except that Roberts is one of the few whites who<br />
attend one of the nation’s traditionally black colleges.<br />
“When I tell people I attend <strong>Benedict</strong>, they comment, ‘Well, you’re<br />
not black,’” Roberts said. “But it’s still a school, I’m still getting an<br />
education. You don’t have to be black to attend.”<br />
Officials for the nation’s historically black schools say Roberts’<br />
experience is not that unusual. White students are being actively<br />
recruited, and attracting them has become easier for a variety of<br />
reasons, including the offer of scholarships and lower tuitions than<br />
those paid at non-black schools.<br />
Private, historically black schools cost an average of $10,000 less per<br />
year than their traditionally white counterparts, according to the<br />
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education.<br />
The head of the association says lower costs are not the only<br />
thing the schools have to offer. Whites who attend the schools are<br />
preparing for an “increasingly black and brown world,” said Lezli<br />
Baskerville, the association’s president and CEO.<br />
“If you want to know how to live in one, you can’t grow up in an<br />
all-white neighborhood, go to a predominantly white school, white<br />
cultural and social events, go to a predominantly white university<br />
and then thrive in a world that is today more black, more brown than<br />
before,” Baskerville said.<br />
White students say they’ve taken valuable experiences from their<br />
time at black colleges. Skin color, the students say, is much more of a<br />
factor away from the campuses than it is on them.<br />
“You should get to know people based on who they are,” Roberts<br />
said. “You can’t judge a book by its cover.”<br />
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Strategic Direction 1<br />
Right-Size the <strong>College</strong><br />
A FEW OF OUR FINEST<br />
The investment in <strong>Benedict</strong>’s students is richly rewarded through<br />
their outstanding accomplishments to society. Current <strong>Benedict</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> undergraduates include NASA interns, Rohn and HAAS<br />
Chemistry Award prize winners, athletic trainers with professional<br />
football teams, and top-tier genetic researchers.<br />
Similarly, the best of role models can arguably be found in the<br />
footsteps of those who went just before you. Here we offer Antonio<br />
Ellis, a 2005 graduate studying law at Georgetown University.<br />
Gina Green-Davis, a 2006 <strong>Benedict</strong> alum, is a master’s student<br />
at Harvard University. Elena Span, who completed <strong>Benedict</strong> in<br />
2005, is in her second year as a Ph.D. student in economics at Ohio<br />
State University. All proud <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> graduates and future<br />
national leaders.<br />
Current <strong>Benedict</strong> students<br />
are following up on these<br />
accomplishments through their<br />
own dedication to academic<br />
performance. Four-year<br />
graduation rates at <strong>Benedict</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> have more than doubled<br />
over the last five years. Their future<br />
is bright, and through them, so is<br />
that of their college.<br />
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COLLEGE<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> to awards new degrees<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> awarded its first five electrical engineering degrees during the<br />
May <strong>2007</strong> graduation program. The school will now be eligible to seek<br />
accreditation, and for which dean Stacey Jones has high hopes.<br />
The private, historically black college in the heart of Columbia will<br />
award those new degrees among the 280 it plans to hand out today in<br />
Charlie W. Johnson Stadium. Ceremonies begin at 9 a.m. at the<br />
stadium on Two Notch Road at Read Street. The speaker for the<br />
commencement is U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn.<br />
Jones, who has master’s degrees in math and science from<br />
Johns Hopkins University and a doctorate in computer sciences<br />
from George Washington University, can hardly contain her<br />
pride in the five graduates, all of whom plan to enter graduate<br />
school.<br />
The five earned scores between 730 and 790 on the Graduate<br />
Record Exam, for which 800 is a perfect score in math.<br />
Jones aims to prove that students can excel at an institution<br />
that has an open admissions policy, which means <strong>Benedict</strong> accepts<br />
students with marginal academic backgrounds.<br />
Adura Sopeju, who transferred to <strong>Benedict</strong> from the University of Lagos<br />
in Nigeria, has 10 scholarship offers, seven of which are fully funded, from<br />
universities including Virginia, Florida, Cornell University and Purdue. And,<br />
he has participated in research at the European Organization for Nuclear<br />
Research in Switzerland, where <strong>Benedict</strong> plans to send more engineering<br />
students for hands-on experience.<br />
The five students also have had opportunities to interact with students<br />
from engineering powerhouses like Massachusetts Institute of<br />
Technology, Georgia Tech and Cornell.<br />
They say they often feel a lack of respect for the <strong>Benedict</strong> program, and<br />
they plead with the engineering world to give them a chance to prove<br />
themselves.<br />
“Don’t judge us until you see what we’ve done,” said graduate Aderele<br />
Fapohunda.<br />
Some people automatically think they’d prefer someone from MIT,”<br />
Fapohunda said. “Just give us a chance.”<br />
Jones said that, for starters, her electrical engineering program was<br />
approved by the Southern Association of <strong>College</strong>s and Schools, a key<br />
accreditation agency.<br />
The program can now seek accreditation by ABET Inc., the recognized<br />
accrediting agency for college and university programs in applied science,<br />
computing, engineering and technology.<br />
– by James T. Hammond<br />
The State newspaper<br />
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Strategic Direction 2<br />
Educational and Academic<br />
Support Programs<br />
The success of <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> is best determined through our most-prized assets:<br />
the <strong>College</strong>’s students and faculty. We’re pleased to continue the academic momentum<br />
from previous years, a testament to the stronger national presence <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> is<br />
fast achieving.<br />
NATIONAL PRESENCE, NATIONAL RECOGNITION<br />
Under the skillful hand of Dr. Janeen Witty, <strong>Benedict</strong>’s School of Education has<br />
strengthened its curricula, partnerships with area public schools and overall vision.<br />
These efforts resulted in a resounding statement of support by the National Council<br />
of Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE): national accreditation of <strong>Benedict</strong>’s<br />
education program.<br />
It also didn’t take long for one of our recent graduates to make her mark. Denise Covert<br />
was honored as Williamsburg County (S.C.) School District’s First Year Teacher of the<br />
Year. Education Professor, Dr. Gloria Boutte, was named Chair of the Multicultural<br />
Committee for the American Association for <strong>College</strong> of Teacher Education (AACTE).<br />
Finally, the school’s Elementary Program received national recognition status from the<br />
Association for Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI).<br />
Dr. Janeen Witty, Dean of<br />
the School of Education,<br />
also teaches students<br />
in the new Continuing<br />
Education program<br />
designed to help adult<br />
learners to complete their<br />
bachelor’s degree.<br />
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COLLEGE<br />
“<br />
The <strong>Benedict</strong> experience<br />
is a unique blend of<br />
scholarly vigor and<br />
community awareness.<br />
Our goal is to produce<br />
informed, participating,<br />
contributing citizens,<br />
who expand their<br />
learning beyond our<br />
campus and enrich the<br />
community with their<br />
deeds and words.”<br />
– Dr. David H. Swinton<br />
Dr. Samirusuba Raychoudury, who<br />
received an Excellence In Teaching<br />
Award shows off his country’s flag<br />
during International Day.<br />
Another program to make its national accreditation mark was the Health, Physical Education<br />
and Recreation Department’s undergraduate degree in recreation and leisure services. The<br />
program, led by Drs. William F. Gunn, Jr. and Ifeanyi Emenike, is now accredited until 2011 by<br />
both the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) and the American Association for<br />
Physical Activity and Recreation Council on Accreditation.<br />
Similar success can be found across the campus curricula. <strong>Benedict</strong>’s Environmental Health<br />
Science program received national accreditation by the National Environmental Health Science<br />
and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC), likewise re-accreditation was earned by the<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> Social Work program from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).<br />
Several <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> programs also began forging their own new success stories. More<br />
than 14 new degree programs were created, including a Continuing Education program located<br />
within a newly renovated building near the <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> Business Development Center.<br />
Meanwhile, in May <strong>2007</strong> <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> awarded its first five degrees in electrical<br />
engineering. All five recipients planned to enter graduate school in the next academic year.<br />
TEACHING BY EXAMPLE<br />
It takes top-notch faculty to support growth throughout the academic department. <strong>Benedict</strong><br />
is fortunate to attract and retain scholars to its faculty ranks. For instance, Dr. Samirusubas<br />
Raychoudury, professor of biology, was named a 2006 recipient of the South Carolina<br />
Independent <strong>College</strong>s and Universities (SCICU). Excellence in Teaching Award. <strong>Benedict</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>’s faculty are also involved in the “Town and Gown” connection, offering<br />
services in outreach to the community. In that effort, Drs. Alma Byrd, professor of<br />
English and French and Norma Jackson, director of international programs, were both<br />
honored for their commitments to community service. Dr. Ronald high, professor of<br />
music, received a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at the University of Music and<br />
Drama in Hannover, Germany.<br />
Not surprisingly, our students thrive<br />
under the tutelage of <strong>Benedict</strong>’s<br />
outstanding faculty. <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
is the second-highest producer of<br />
African American physics majors in the<br />
country as reported by the Education<br />
and Employment Statistic Division of<br />
the American Institute of Physics. In<br />
addition, the 2006 <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
Honda Campus All Star Challenge Team<br />
finished fifth out of 64 competing<br />
teams and emerged from the Floridabased<br />
tournament undefeated.<br />
During the December 2006<br />
Commencement Ceremony, Miss<br />
Kamilah Fabian was voted Outstanding<br />
Senior by her peers in the senior class.<br />
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INVESTMENT IN SELF<br />
AND COMMUNITY<br />
In addition to the faculty, many of our students cite <strong>Benedict</strong>’s<br />
unique service learning initiative as an important co-curriculum<br />
program adding to their success. We aspire to create top scholars and<br />
citizens, with several programs in place to help students meet their<br />
expectations, and ours.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s Service Learning Program requires all<br />
undergraduates to complete 120 hours of community service<br />
during their matriculation at the <strong>College</strong>. Increased exposure to the<br />
community means a greater ability to apply classroom skills in a realworld<br />
environment. Perhaps most importantly, it instills in <strong>Benedict</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> students a culture of good citizenry that transcends beyond<br />
both the campus and collegiate life. People have noticed. NASA cited<br />
the <strong>Benedict</strong> service learning program for its excellence, awarding<br />
it the Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy<br />
(SEMAA) Award for outreach efforts to Richland School District One<br />
here in Columbia.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong>’s Service Equals Effort (SE2-square) project supplements the<br />
<strong>College</strong>’s service learning requirement by rewarding underclassmen<br />
for academic rigor. Designed to motivate and retain students during<br />
early and often difficult collegiate years, the SE2 initiative increased<br />
retention, number of credit hours enrolled, and overall academic<br />
achievement for <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> undergraduates.<br />
Supplemented by <strong>Benedict</strong>’s new Continuing Education Program,<br />
School of Honors, and Offices of Academic Support and Special<br />
Support Service, the <strong>College</strong> now<br />
boasts an unprecedented number<br />
of mechanisms in place to assist<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> students in reaching<br />
their goals, in the classroom<br />
and beyond.<br />
Educational and Academic<br />
Support Programs<br />
The beautiful Miss Tina Sanders,<br />
Miss <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> 2006<br />
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BENEDICT<br />
COLLEGE<br />
Student Support Service<br />
As the proverbial foundation supports the greatest of structures, so too does a strong<br />
student affairs component helps to underpin a college’s mission, vision and objectives.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> is no exception.<br />
A DECADE OF STRONG SUPPORT<br />
The ability to enable our students outside the classroom is vital both to their<br />
academic and personal wellbeing, knowledge that led <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> to complete a<br />
comprehensive, 10-year assessment of its student affairs programs.<br />
The results of this study produced very definitive and favorable results. As <strong>Benedict</strong> has<br />
grown, so, too, have the student affairs mechanisms to support this expansion.<br />
With student enrollment increasing exponentially, the <strong>College</strong> expects the need for<br />
housing to grow in tandem. Aggressive renovations and upgrades to existing facilities<br />
and simultaneous location of new residential options occur on a daily basis.<br />
Two-dozen Community Life staff guide these initiatives, providing 24-hour coverage<br />
for all <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> dormitories and the 65 percent of <strong>Benedict</strong> students who call<br />
campus housing their home away from home during the school year.<br />
“<br />
The service learning<br />
initiative is unparalleled<br />
anywhere in the<br />
country. For our<br />
students, this is not<br />
simply a graduation<br />
requirement. It becomes<br />
part of their <strong>Benedict</strong><br />
identity.”<br />
– Dr. David H. Swinton<br />
The <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> Campus Police Department supplements these efforts,<br />
continuously ensuring the safety of all <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> students, faculty and staff.<br />
Community-oriented policing, mandatory dormitory inspections and a state-of-the-art<br />
security monitoring system are all recent initiatives to keep our campus a safe, enjoyable<br />
place to learn and live.<br />
A COMMITMENT TO SERVICE AND SELF<br />
Through the school’s award-winning service learning initiative, <strong>Benedict</strong> students<br />
are extending their campus experiences to South Carolina and beyond. Now in its<br />
twelfth year, a record-breaking amount of service learning hours are completed every<br />
semester by <strong>Benedict</strong> undergraduates. The <strong>College</strong> has responded as well, appropriating<br />
approximately $1.4 million each year to support service learning projects.<br />
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Student Support Service<br />
In April <strong>2007</strong>, a group of <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> students teamed up with<br />
Habitat for Humanity to help rebuild New Orleans homes ravaged by<br />
Hurricane Katrina. Eighty <strong>Benedict</strong> students applied for 18 available slots.<br />
Related, a 2006 freshmen service learning project successfully resulted<br />
in providing new school supplies to replaces much-needed goods stolen<br />
from The Good Samaritans organization in Bishopville, S.C.<br />
As a testament to its success, several service learning initiatives have<br />
grown into annual events at <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>. Over a decade strong,<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong>’s PLUS (Preparation for Leadership through Unity and<br />
Service) Day attracts 600+ volunteers who help beautify neighboring<br />
communities in Columbia. A similar success story is found in <strong>Benedict</strong>’s<br />
annual “It’s Your Health” Day. Attendance tripled at this yearly health fair<br />
that provides the <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> community with free tips, screenings<br />
and resources on health issues vital to African Americans.<br />
ROAR TIGERS, ROAR!<br />
One of <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s proudest bragging points stems from the<br />
amazing accomplishments of its student athletes, both on and off the<br />
court. <strong>Benedict</strong> now fields a total of 10 teams each year, highlighted by<br />
the action in Tiger football’s new home at beautiful Charlie W. Johnson<br />
Football Stadium. Likewise housed in this stadium is Assistant Football<br />
Coach John Montgomery’s annual NFL camp for area youth. The summer<br />
camp offers 80 kids lessons in athletics and in life itself.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> men’s and women’s basketball produced stellar seasons<br />
in 2006-<strong>2007</strong>, finishing 1st and 3rd, respectively, in their divisions while<br />
netting spots in the NCAA Division II Tournament. Fred Watson, men’s<br />
head basketball coach and<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> alum, was<br />
named SIAC Coach of the Year<br />
two years in a row.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong>’s Tigers are certainly<br />
no slouches in the classroom<br />
either. Seven student athletes<br />
were named to the SIAC<br />
academic and all-conference<br />
team, with women’s track<br />
and field earning the title of<br />
2005-2006 SIAC academic<br />
champions. Their combined<br />
GPA was an impressive 3.46.<br />
Men’s Basketball Coach and <strong>Benedict</strong> Alum, Fred Watson,<br />
was named SIAC Coach of the Year in 2006 and <strong>2007</strong>.<br />
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Best program isn’t the biggest<br />
Men’s and women’s teams have tall postseason expectations<br />
By CHRIS DEARING<br />
Special to The State<br />
Quick, off the top of your head, name the most successful<br />
basketball program – men and women’s combined – in the<br />
Palmetto State this season.<br />
Winthrop or <strong>College</strong> of Charleston? Nope. They have solid men’s<br />
programs, but the women lack success.<br />
How about Francis Marion or Charleston Southern? Neither one<br />
would qualify.<br />
Furman or Wofford? Not even in the discussion.<br />
Don’t even try to bring the two big schools, South Carolina or<br />
Clemson, into the mix.<br />
Try tiny <strong>Benedict</strong>, whose men’s and women’s squads are in the<br />
field of 64 for the NCAA Division II tournament.<br />
The women’s team is 20-10 and earned the automatic berth<br />
that went with winning the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic<br />
Conference tournament. They will play today as the No. 8 seed in<br />
the South Region and face the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed,<br />
Florida Gulf Coast (29-0).<br />
The men’s team won the regular-season SIAC title with a 25-4<br />
record to earn a No. 3 seed and will play No. 6 seed Eckerd (25-5)<br />
on Saturday.<br />
“Both of our programs are on the rise,” fifth-year men’s coach and<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> alumni Fred Watson said. “We’ve gotten good backing<br />
from the administrators, and they’ve given us the things we need<br />
to be successful. I guess it would be safe to say that we have one<br />
of the better combined programs in the state.”<br />
The women’s team was the runner-up in the SIAC during the<br />
regular season. It overcame several key injuries during the early<br />
part of the season.<br />
Natasha Gray missed time with a hip injury, Val McQueen, the top<br />
perimeter shooter on the team, had a couple of injuries that set<br />
her back, and Aja Trotter missed time with a pulled hamstring.<br />
Throw in a couple of rolled ankles, and it took a while for every<br />
thing to come together. The Tigers have won 10 of 11 entering the<br />
tournament.<br />
“We certainly started off slower than we anticipated,”<br />
said second-year coach and former Eau Claire star<br />
Felicia Jenkins said. “We had everybody coming<br />
back, so we were looking for a big season until the<br />
injury bug bit us.<br />
“As we got healthier and worked harder, the<br />
brighter side started coming at the right time,<br />
and we’re peaking when we need to.”<br />
Head Football Coach,<br />
Stanley Conner<br />
talks to the media<br />
during his first press<br />
conference.<br />
Bennie Lewis was recently<br />
named to the SIAC <strong>2007</strong>-2008<br />
Pre-Season All-Conference<br />
Basketball Team.<br />
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Research and Public Service<br />
Service to community is a commitment that <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> holds as a sacred component<br />
in its mission. For almost 140 years, <strong>Benedict</strong> faculty and students have maintained a<br />
tradition of outreach extending the college beyond its campus walls by supporting area<br />
residents and businesses.<br />
The past few years have seen a dramatic growth in these efforts, as <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
committed an unprecedented amount of funds to public service initiatives.<br />
BUILDING HOPE, REBUILDING NEIGHBORHOODS<br />
The <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> Center of Excellence for Community Development celebrated its tenth<br />
anniversary in <strong>2007</strong>, marking a decade of investment in the Columbia community upwards<br />
of $20 million. Under the leadership of Dr. Jabari Simama and in partnership with <strong>Benedict</strong>-<br />
Allen Community Corporation, the center continues to offer new hope and opportunity for<br />
South Carolinians.<br />
A notable example is the center’s contribution to help build the first new, affordable home<br />
in over 30 years in Columbia’s Ridgewood section. The house is but one step in a much<br />
larger revitalization project for one of the city’s oldest and most historic sections. To date,<br />
nearly 70 affordable houses have been built by the center around the community and<br />
purchased by Columbia-area residents.<br />
“<br />
At the end of the each<br />
day, we feel we’ve<br />
done something special<br />
at <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
We’ve simultaneously<br />
empowered our students,<br />
our neighbors, our entire<br />
community, and one<br />
person at a time, a piece<br />
of our nation’s economic<br />
future.”<br />
– Dr. David H. Swinton<br />
THE BUSINESS OF OPPORTUNITY<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s Business Development Center tells a similar story of success. The center<br />
recently welcomed David Palmer as its new director, and with him, renewed our continued<br />
commitment to helping new entrepreneurs looking for a business, technical and/or<br />
financial leg up.<br />
Four unique loan programs comprise the center’s new<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> Minority Revolving Loan Fund (BMRLF), a program<br />
instituted in early <strong>2007</strong>. Technology forums supplement<br />
these assistance efforts, the most recent analyzing the role<br />
of broadband in supporting economic development.<br />
Over the past four years alone, the Business Development<br />
Center raised $410,000 in capital while serving 119 business<br />
and entrepreneurs across the state. It first opened its doors<br />
to new facilities of its own and a business incubation<br />
program in December 2006.<br />
TRUCK DRIVER PROGRAM HITS HIGH GEAR<br />
Inarguably the highest profile program for the Business Development Center is its<br />
Entrepreneurial Truck Driver Training Initiative. This revolutionary project, a partnership<br />
between <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> and C.W. Johnson XPress, offers direct job placement for those<br />
who successfully complete the demanding program.<br />
Dr. Jabari Simama, Vice<br />
President of Community<br />
Development and Executive<br />
Vice President of External<br />
Relations, shows Congressman<br />
James E. Clyburn the<br />
architectural rendering and<br />
future plans for the LeRoy<br />
Walker Health and Wellness<br />
Complex.<br />
Dr. Swinton is joined by Mr. William Dudley Gregory<br />
(formerly) of SC HUD; Dr. Simama; new Business<br />
Development Center resident, Mr. Gene Dennis of Prestige<br />
Insurance Agency and Mr. Larry Salley, Executive Director<br />
of the <strong>Benedict</strong> Allen CDC, at the ribbon cutting ceremony<br />
for the official opening of the <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> Business<br />
Development Center.<br />
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COLLEGE<br />
Enrollees receive five weeks of classroom training followed by 10,000 miles of hands-on driving leading to a<br />
commercial driving license. The program also supports students via job skills training and credit counseling.<br />
Successful graduates of the Johnson XPress program receive a starting salary of $42,000 – well above the<br />
national average for this growth industry.<br />
The School-to-Work Internship Program and the School-to-Work Transportation Training and Careers<br />
Program were recognized for their excellence at the <strong>2007</strong> National Transportation Summit in Charlotte,<br />
N.C. This program received the Summit’s National Partnership Award for its contribution to the country’s<br />
transportation workforce.<br />
Dr. Charlie W. Johnson conducts<br />
an interview with a reporter<br />
about how the Driving for Inner<br />
City Development –Truck Driver<br />
Training Initiative program works.<br />
SUPPORTING TOMORROW’S STUDENTS TODAY<br />
South Carolina’s children – and prospective <strong>Benedict</strong> students! – are our future, of course, and are at the<br />
loving heart of <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s community service programs.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong>’s Child Development Center serves 70 children annually, providing them with comprehensive<br />
school readiness training and cultural enrichment courses. The center recently received reaccreditations by<br />
the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).<br />
As a sister program, the Center of Excellence for Education and Equity of African American Children (CEEAS)<br />
provides South Carolina educators with critical training geared toward servicing its diverse and minority<br />
populations. The state recognized this program’s accomplishments via a $1.5 million grant to CEEAS from<br />
the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education.<br />
Research stemming from this program provides equal proof of its potency. In 2006 alone, four publications<br />
and eleven professional, scholarly presentations emerged from CEEAS efforts.<br />
Perhaps no <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> community service initiative has a greater legacy than its TriO Program.<br />
For more than three decades, the TriO Program’s wide range of offerings has brought academic and life<br />
opportunities to countless South Carolina students. <strong>Benedict</strong> was one of only a few schools that was<br />
awarded $435,000 for the next four years, totaling $1.6 million from the US Department of Education.<br />
More than 800 students each year benefit from its Upward Bound, March to Manhood, Educational<br />
Talent Search and 21st Century Community Learning Center, all aimed at helping low income and/or first<br />
generation, college-bound middle and high school students achieve their dreams of going to college.<br />
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Physical Resources<br />
To anyone who’s ever said, “I’ll believe it when I see it,” come take a look. The latest<br />
expansion and improvements of <strong>Benedict</strong>’s physical facilities continue what has indeed<br />
become an source of pride of the school for and its surrounding neighborhood.<br />
A HOME BEFITTING A CHAMPION<br />
The new Charlie W. Johnson Football Stadium – standing prominently on 61 acres<br />
of open land at Two Notch Road and Read Street – is the centerpiece of the <strong>College</strong>’s<br />
most with physical expansion in several decades.<br />
Named after <strong>Benedict</strong>’s current board chairman, Charlie Johnson, for his outstanding<br />
commitment and support to the <strong>College</strong>, the spectacular 11,000-seat, $13.6 million<br />
facility becomes without a doubt the premier stadium in all of Division II football.<br />
The Charlie W. Johnson Football Stadium features a dramatic, five-story entrance,<br />
state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment, and a professional-grade artificial turf<br />
surface. New Head Football Coach Stanley Connor guides the Tigers in their new<br />
environs. Connor previously led Alabama A&M to several SWAC Eastern Division titles,<br />
including a SWAC Championship in 2005.<br />
“<br />
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TIGER TRADITIONS<br />
The new stadium, along with a new but, seasoned coach continues to add marks of<br />
achievement and pride for the 12 year old Tiger football program. A far cry from the<br />
current purple and gold, Tiger frenzy accompanying home football contests, <strong>Benedict</strong><br />
football first took to the gridiron in 1911 thanks only to the efforts of then-Professor<br />
Ralph Fleming Bates. Bates founded the <strong>College</strong>’s baseball team four years earlier. In<br />
1938 the mascot – originally a Deacon – was changed to a Tiger. <strong>Benedict</strong> did not field<br />
a football team for three full decades, from 1965-1995.<br />
The <strong>College</strong>’s aggressive<br />
approach to physical plant<br />
upgrades is essential to its<br />
future. The Charlie W. Johnson<br />
Stadium and the Alumni Hall<br />
labs are testaments to this<br />
thrust. They are landmarks<br />
for the ‘new’ <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
They speak to the generosity<br />
of resources and spirit that<br />
propels <strong>Benedict</strong> toward a<br />
bright future.”<br />
– Dr. David H. Swinton
BENEDICT<br />
COLLEGE<br />
Head Football Coach, Mr. Stanley Conners; Athletic Director, Mr. Willie<br />
Washington; Palmetto Capital City Classic MVP and Quarter Back<br />
Mr. Markus Webb; President Swinton; and Mr. Willie Jefferies, Executive<br />
Director, <strong>2007</strong> Palmetto Capital City Classic<br />
BRICK BY BRICK,<br />
OUR CAMPUS GROWS<br />
The new stadium trumps a new era in <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
athletics, the first piece of a much larger $25 million LeRoy<br />
Walker Health and Wellness Complex. Dr. Walker, 88, was an All-<br />
American at <strong>Benedict</strong> in three sports, first as a Deacon, then a Tiger<br />
from 1937-1940. Former chancellor of North Carolina Central University,<br />
Walker coached more than 100 All-Americans, 40 national champions,<br />
and 12 Olympians from six different countries. He also served as the<br />
President of the 1995 Olympic games, held in Atlanta, Georgia. He has<br />
been elevated to emeritus status as a member of the <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
Board of Trustees.<br />
Additional physical developments are planned for the Walker Complex<br />
area, including a MainStays Suites Hotel and significant retail shopping.<br />
These developments cap several years of renovation and revitalization<br />
by <strong>Benedict</strong> and City of Columbia and others of the Two Notch Road<br />
area adjacent to the <strong>College</strong>. Read<br />
Street is now lined with new<br />
homes. The same holds true for<br />
the former Saxon Homes public<br />
housing complex, replaced by the<br />
Celia Saxon neighborhood. More<br />
than $10 million has been spent<br />
in landscaping which lines the<br />
streets of Two Notch Road from<br />
Taylor Street to Beltline Boulevard.<br />
Finally, the new Drew Health and<br />
Wellness center, one of the city’s<br />
finest such facilities, welcomes<br />
hundreds daily through its doors<br />
for swimming, and aerobics,<br />
weight training, compliments the<br />
campus neighborhood.<br />
The Health and Wellness Complex is named after<br />
Board of Trustees Emeritus, Dr. LeRoy T. Walker,<br />
who was the President of the United States<br />
Olympic Committee Games and a 1940 graduate<br />
of <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
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Physical Resources<br />
Within the <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> campus walls, outstanding development<br />
continues. Having completed Phase I, the <strong>College</strong> is taking historic<br />
Antisdel Chapel into its second and final restoration phase for the<br />
foreseeable future. A campus landmark since 1932, the chapel stands<br />
as a religious and spiritual landmark for the <strong>College</strong>’s past, present<br />
and the years to come.<br />
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY,<br />
CUTTING-EDGE RESULTS<br />
The <strong>Benedict</strong> community reaps the benefits of the <strong>College</strong>’s most dramatic technology<br />
infrastructure upgrade in its 138-year history. Granted an APC Silver Award for its efforts, <strong>Benedict</strong><br />
computing boasts new, blazing-fast servers, expansive computer<br />
access, campus-wide wireless accessibility, and a potent firewall, all<br />
backed by a gamut of support services.<br />
The inarguably gem in this new technology infrastructure are<br />
the five Alumni Hall learning labs within the School of Science,<br />
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.<br />
The Pearl B Cox Laboratory for Biomedical Research houses<br />
equipment valued over $1 million, tools currently aimed at studying<br />
cancer prevention in pregnant women and children. The Cox Lab is<br />
the recipient of several National Institute of Health grants including<br />
the Minority Biomedical Research Support, Research Infrastructure<br />
in Minority Institution, Academic Research Enhancement Award,<br />
and Extramural Associate Research Development Awards. Research<br />
from this lab has appeared in the Journal of Environmental Science<br />
and Health and the Journal of South Carolina Academy of Science.<br />
Dr. Stacey Franklin Jones,<br />
Dean of the School of<br />
Science, Technology,<br />
Engineering and<br />
Mathematics (STEM),<br />
and winner of the <strong>2007</strong><br />
Governor’s Award for<br />
Excellence, introduces a<br />
high school student to<br />
an interactive robot that<br />
was built by the students<br />
and faculty in the STEM<br />
program.<br />
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Simultaneously, the Gladys Butler Goforth Laboratory for<br />
Chemical Research and Teaching explores principles of organic,<br />
analytical, physical and inorganic chemistry. Powered by the latest<br />
in spectroscopic equipment, the Goforth Lab is funded by grants<br />
from the U.S. Department of Defense, Experimental Program to<br />
Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and NASA.<br />
Not to be outdone, the Freeda Moore Johnson Laboratory for<br />
Environmental Science Research aspires to be South Carolina’s<br />
premier research center for “green” technologies and their<br />
impact on reducing environmental pollution. The Johnson lab’s<br />
unique equipment is funded by the National Science Foundation<br />
and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security<br />
Administration.<br />
The premier James F. Littles Laboratory for Engineering<br />
Discipline Integrated Teaching (EDIT) may be the only lab of its<br />
kind dedicated to instruction in design testing, simulation, and<br />
building of circuits and other prototype technologies. Created<br />
according to the standards of the Accreditation Board for<br />
Engineering and Technology (ABET), the Littles Lab is backed by a<br />
grant from the National Science Foundation.<br />
Finally, the Ethel Mae Taylor Laboratory for Computer Science<br />
Research explores issues in and the teaching of mobile computing,<br />
artificial and real intelligence, and embedded systems. The Taylor<br />
Lab is also home to Team STACIE (Science and Technology Activity<br />
Centered Interactive Education), a collaboration of <strong>Benedict</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> engineering students, faculty and industry partners joined<br />
in creating unique extracurricular and teaching experiences on<br />
this topic.<br />
One would be hard pressed to find a better setting to discuss<br />
research findings from these state-of-the-art facilities than the<br />
new Juanita Scott Simmons Conference Room, housed near these<br />
five Alumni Hall labs. Dr. Simmons, esteemed professor of biology,<br />
served <strong>Benedict</strong> in several critical administrative capacities for<br />
nearly 40 years. Her efforts also<br />
resulted in more than $7 million<br />
in grants, some of which paid<br />
for renovations to the building<br />
that now houses the conference<br />
room bearing her name.<br />
Mrs. Freeda Moore Johnson, class<br />
of 1949, proudly stands in front of<br />
the new Environmental Science<br />
Laboratory that bears her name<br />
resulting from her generous<br />
support to its renovation.<br />
Dr. Taylor, class of 1946, greeted guests at the<br />
grand opening of the new Ethel Mae Taylor<br />
Computer Science Research Laboratory, which<br />
was made possible through her financial<br />
support of the program.<br />
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Strategic Direction 6<br />
Private and Public Partnerships<br />
Good news travels fast. As proof of this adage, <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s recent<br />
accomplishments are generating significant buzz in both local and national media.<br />
This buzz is tangible product of <strong>Benedict</strong>’s more aggressive approach to public<br />
relations and advertising, efforts that in turn have helped attract key political figures,<br />
artists, events, musicians and even astronauts to the Columbia campus.<br />
SPREADING THE WORD<br />
Local newspaper coverage of <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> has increased 65 percent over the<br />
past decade, with national stories tripling over this same period. <strong>Benedict</strong> Tiger<br />
athletics are likewise reaping this benefit, now appearing twice as often in these<br />
same media outlets.<br />
In turn, journalists are looking toward <strong>Benedict</strong> faculty and staff as experts for their<br />
stories. Members of the <strong>Benedict</strong> family featured in such stories have tripled.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> President David H. Swinton and the <strong>College</strong>’s Community<br />
Development Center (CDC) received front-page coverage in Black Issues in Higher<br />
Education. Similar, front-page attention was attained in Marketwise magazine,<br />
where <strong>Benedict</strong> was lauded for its contribution to the citizens of South Carolina.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong>’s unique “Call Me Mister” program was highlighted by WLTX-TV during<br />
Teacher Appreciation Week. “Call Me Mister” helps place African American men into<br />
elementary school classrooms. <strong>Benedict</strong> alum Nicholas Gillespie, a graduate of the<br />
program and local third-grade teacher, was prominently featured in the story.<br />
Two decades and counting, <strong>Benedict</strong>’s Dr. Marianna White Davis continues to put<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> on the map with her annual Black History Makers Teleconference.<br />
The <strong>2007</strong> version of this worldwide broadcast featured a number of distinguished<br />
panelists including Randall Kennedy, author and Harvard Law professor; and former<br />
NFL star and current entrepreneur Robert Porcher III.<br />
Rev. Jesse Jackson was among several<br />
nationally renowned speakers to come<br />
to campus to speak to students about<br />
the 2008 Presidential election and the<br />
importance of voting.<br />
“<br />
The secret is out about<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>, and we<br />
couldn’t be more pleased.<br />
Our nationwide recognition<br />
has never been greater,<br />
likewise the level of our<br />
accomplishments.”<br />
– Dr. David H. Swinton<br />
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BENEDICT<br />
COLLEGE<br />
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton embraces Miss<br />
Nadia Muhammad, Miss <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>, after<br />
Miss Muhammad introduced the presidential<br />
candidate during one of her visits to Columbia.<br />
Miss <strong>Benedict</strong> poses<br />
with presidential<br />
candidate, Mr. John<br />
Edwards, before he<br />
spoke to students<br />
and the Columbia<br />
community at Town<br />
Hall meeting hosted<br />
by <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
SGA President, Mr. Joshua Strohman (far left)<br />
poses with Rev. Jesse Jackson and his cabinet<br />
during a reception in the President’s Dinning<br />
Room following Jackson’s speech to the campus<br />
and Columbia community.<br />
The FIVE PILLARS of SUCCESS<br />
1. Success = Personal Accountability<br />
2. Success = Commitment to Excellence<br />
3. Success = Effort<br />
4. Success = Tiger Pride<br />
5. Success = Community Engagement<br />
NATIONAL VENUE, NATIONAL ATTENTION<br />
With such continuous positive coverage, people are coming<br />
to see for themselves. Campus visits have more than<br />
doubled, with the historic campus on Harden Street is now<br />
a must-stop for elite newsmakers and the media which<br />
cover them.<br />
Presidential candidate John Edwards featured <strong>Benedict</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> as a significant stop on his <strong>2007</strong> Town Hall Meeting<br />
tour. Several <strong>Benedict</strong> students were featured in the stories<br />
this significant news item generated.<br />
Nadia Mahammad – <strong>Benedict</strong> senior and Miss <strong>Benedict</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> – introduced Senator Hillary Clinton during her<br />
own <strong>2007</strong> presidential campaign visit at neighboring<br />
Allen University.<br />
NASA astronaut Charles Bolden, a senior Marines<br />
commander, returned to his hometown to introduce<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s third Annual XTreme Technology Week<br />
Assembly. Bolden, a veteran of three space flights including the deployment<br />
of the Hubble telescope, kicked off the famed science competition attracting<br />
high school students from three states.<br />
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan led a rally at <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> to stir up<br />
support for the 10th Anniversary of the Million Man March. Black Entertainment<br />
Television (BET) featured <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> students in their reality program “The<br />
Road Show.” Two sold-out performances of “Dreamgirls,” the 2006 Academy-<br />
Award winning sensation, wowed the audience at <strong>Benedict</strong>’s Henry Ponder<br />
Fine Arts Theater.<br />
Moreover, locally born but internationally acclaimed, Larry Lebby brought<br />
a mini-retrospective of his legendary paintings to <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>. Lebby<br />
– whose works depict everyday African American existence in the South<br />
– was commissioned to create a portrait of former U.S. President Jimmy<br />
Carter. Several Lebby paintings also adorn the walls of the Vatican.<br />
Finally, <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> played host to two of South Carolina’s most<br />
prominent cultural events. Spiritual Rising, a symposium and celebration<br />
of African American spirituals, beautifully echoed South Carolina’s official<br />
state music at historic Antisdel Chapel. And over 400 attendees came to<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> to participate in the 2005 Young People’s Christian Assembly.<br />
The annual summer program is a 40-year tradition celebrating Baptist<br />
Christian faith.<br />
EXCELLENCE …TIMES FIVE<br />
Without an doubt the most important public relations campaign at <strong>Benedict</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>, occurs every day, with little fanfare and no reporters to speak of.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong>’s students, faculty and staff pride themselves on upholding the<br />
new “Five Pillars of Success,” a campus-wide communications initiative<br />
encouraging excellence in self and community.<br />
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Strategic Direction 7<br />
Financial Resources<br />
TIGERS OF THE PAST…<br />
LENDING A PAW TO THE PRESENT<br />
Every year, <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> alumni the world over return to campus, amazed at the<br />
tremendous growth of their beloved alma mater. Restoration and expansion projects<br />
fill the campus, likewise the surrounding Edgewood community in which <strong>Benedict</strong>’s<br />
neighbors reside. The handsome Charlie W. Johnson Football Stadium’s dramatic façade<br />
greets these visitors, likewise the beautiful restoration inside Antisdel Chapel.<br />
Finally and perhaps most importantly, they stop to interact with the promising students<br />
as well as the outstanding faculty that are currently a part of the <strong>Benedict</strong> college family<br />
and the collegiate environ. Members in both groups are winning national awards and<br />
acclaim in areas of research, debate, the arts and sports. These noteworthy achievements<br />
further point to a bright future for the <strong>College</strong>, the best is yet to come.<br />
All of these assets, however, require financial stability to sustain such growth.<br />
Alumni support, foundation grants and proper budgetary planning combine to<br />
ensure that <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> continues the momentum it’s gained in recent years.<br />
Indeed, the momentum is building. Due to aggressive fiscal management by<br />
the administration, <strong>Benedict</strong> announced a $1 million budget surplus for <strong>2007</strong>: a<br />
dramatic change from budget concerns of years past. The <strong>College</strong> is also reducing<br />
long-term debt through ongoing refinancing efforts.<br />
TRUSTEES AND ALUMNI AGREE TO A $7,400,000<br />
CHALLENGE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS<br />
The <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> Board of Trustees and the National Alumni Association<br />
unanimously approved a $7.4 million Challenge over the next three years. Both<br />
organizations have agreed to raise $2.0 million this year, $2.4 million in 2009 and<br />
$3.0 million in 2010.<br />
E-GIVING IS ACTIVATED<br />
The Division of Institutional Advancement announced that all supporters of the<br />
college can now make their gifts online at www.benedict.edu. Just click on<br />
the Challenge banner and you are there! It is fast, simple and secure.<br />
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA RECOGNIZED FOR GIFTS TO<br />
BENEDICT COLLEGE<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> alumna – Freeda Johnson, class of 1949 – was recognized by the Kresge<br />
Foundation as one of the nation’s top donors to Historically Black <strong>College</strong>s and<br />
Universities (HBCUs).<br />
The recruitment and arrival of Mr. Love Collins, III as the<br />
newly appointed Executive Vice President for the Division of<br />
Institutional Advancement, has added marked momentum to<br />
the development and execution of a significantly enhanced<br />
fundraising program. Mr. Collins has lead several fundraising<br />
teams and three successful campaigns at other institutions<br />
exceeding $200MM. Upon his arrival and after completing<br />
an internal fundraising audit last summer, he has quickly<br />
proposed a fundraising strategy that promises to enhance<br />
private support in all giving areas. Overall fundraising results<br />
are running ahead of where the <strong>College</strong> was at this time last<br />
year. Mr. Collins will also lead the Institutional Advancement<br />
team and Board of Trustees through a competitive Kresge/<br />
UNCF Capacity Building grant program later this year.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> is a semi-finalist among nine other <strong>College</strong>s<br />
competing for six $1MM plus awards to enhance Alumni and<br />
Board giving.<br />
Love Collins, III<br />
Executive Vice President<br />
Institutional Advancement<br />
ENJOY CHARTER DAY - April 2, 2008 - WITH A TOUCH OF DISNEY!<br />
Make your plans to attend our Charter Day gala on April 2, 2008. The <strong>College</strong> is pleased<br />
to host Mr. John E. Pepper, Jr., Chairman of the Board, The Walt Disney Company. He also<br />
is Co-Chair of the Board of National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. He has also<br />
served as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of The Procter &<br />
Gamble Company. Mr. Pepper also serves on the board of Boston Scientific Corp.<br />
Mr. John E. Pepper, Jr.,<br />
scheduled Charter Day<br />
Dinner Speaker on<br />
April 2, 2008<br />
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BENEDICT<br />
COLLEGE<br />
The Half Century Club also continues its outstanding support for <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
Several club members purchased naming rights to the five new, specialized labs<br />
in Alumni Hall. Members of the Heritage Society, not to be outdone, contributed<br />
generously, as well. To date, nearly $70,000 has been bequeathed to <strong>Benedict</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong>’s Charter Club welcomed both Steve Roberts, author, businessman and<br />
owner of WZRB-TV in Columbia, and former “The Apprentice” contestant Kwame<br />
Jackson to help kick off recent Charter Day fundraisers for the <strong>College</strong>. This annual<br />
event each year celebrates the chartering of <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> by the South Carolina<br />
Legislature back in 1894.<br />
Members of the <strong>Benedict</strong> family are increasingly as generous, their giving reflecting<br />
their support of the mission of the <strong>College</strong>. Faculty donations have tripled, and both<br />
businesses and religious organizations have significantly increased their financial<br />
support of the <strong>College</strong>.<br />
Finally, the <strong>College</strong> Fund/United Negro <strong>College</strong> Fund – in a partnership with South<br />
Carolina Governor Mark Sanford – continues to support <strong>Benedict</strong> student success.<br />
Their combined efforts have produced more than $6.4 million in assistance during<br />
the past decade.<br />
A PATH WORTHY OF A LEGACY<br />
Future paths leading to fundraising successes are literally being paved by each<br />
successive graduating class. The new <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> Millennium Walk is a<br />
testament to the effort of touching tomorrow-today. The Seniors gives are constant<br />
reminder of the dedication by our newest alumni to the <strong>College</strong>’s future.<br />
More than $100,000 in gifts have been given by graduating <strong>Benedict</strong><br />
seniors, now on their way to helping to ensure their gifts and the future<br />
of their <strong>College</strong>. The Class of 2001 funded Antisdel Chapel’s melodious<br />
chimes. A classic, bronze bust of our illustrious founder – Bathsheba<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> – came from the Class of 2002.<br />
The Class of 2003 contributed a pair of magnificent, solid-orange<br />
marble tiger sculptures honoring the school mascot. <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s<br />
Alumni Commons and the prized Van Bergen clock within its center<br />
are a gift of the Class of 2005. Finally, the two life-sized, bronze tigers<br />
adorning the entrance to Charlie W. Johnson Football Stadium are<br />
legacies of the Class of 2006-<strong>2007</strong>.<br />
President Swinton poses with Governor Mark<br />
Sanford at the first UNCF Governor’s Luncheon<br />
which was created for the UNCF member<br />
institutions in South Carolina. The event raised<br />
$75,000 for the five historically Black colleges in<br />
the state.<br />
Supporters from the Columbia Business<br />
community pose for a photo at the Annual<br />
Charter Day dinner, which celebrates the<br />
1894 chartering of the <strong>College</strong> by the SC<br />
Legislature.<br />
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Strategic Direction 8<br />
High Quality Management<br />
Outstanding colleges are backed by outstanding leaders. These individuals help<br />
shape the vision of these institutions, simultaneously enabling faculty progress<br />
and student growth.<br />
As <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> moves into its next phase of evolution, these leaders are<br />
integral to ensuring this transition is successful. Through their active participation<br />
in conferences, training, associations and related activities, <strong>Benedict</strong>’s leaders<br />
remain role models for their students and their peers across the landscape of<br />
higher education.<br />
LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE<br />
One of our most prominent leaders is also one of our newest. Dr. Jabari Simama<br />
was tabbed as vice president of community development, director for the Center<br />
for Excellent in Community Development, and leader of the Center of Excellence<br />
for the Education and Equity of African American Students. In these capacities, Dr.<br />
Simama oversees more than $25 million in funds.<br />
Prior to joining the <strong>Benedict</strong> family, Dr. Simama created and directed Atlanta’s<br />
first multimillion dollar cable access program. He also served two terms on the<br />
Atlanta City Council, playing an integral part in the city’s successful bid for the<br />
1996 Summer Olympic Games.<br />
Dr. Simama maintains an active research and conference agenda analyzing the<br />
impact of advanced technology on minority and rural communities.<br />
Welcoming Dr. Simama to the <strong>College</strong> was Dr. Norma Lozano Jackson, director<br />
of international programs and assistant professor of comparative literature. Dr.<br />
Jackson, writer of the first Fulbright grant received by <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>, was<br />
recognized by the YWCA for her outstanding contributions to community service<br />
and business leadership.<br />
“<br />
Faculty and student<br />
leadership at <strong>Benedict</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> is unmatched<br />
at any institution in<br />
South Carolina, possibly<br />
nationwide. The<br />
dedication of our leaders<br />
is extraordinary and their<br />
contributions are no less<br />
than remarkable.”<br />
– Dr. David H. Swinton<br />
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President Swinton<br />
greets Charter Day<br />
keynote speaker, Mr.<br />
Kwame Jackson, who is<br />
nationally recognized<br />
as one of the final<br />
contestants on the<br />
acclaimed Donald<br />
Trump television series<br />
“The Apprentice.”<br />
Early in the day, Mr.<br />
Jackson held a round<br />
table discussion with<br />
business majors<br />
about what it takes to<br />
succeed in the world of<br />
business.
BENEDICT<br />
COLLEGE<br />
Our most recent Fulbright scholar was Dr. Ronald High, associate professor<br />
of fine arts and music. He spent Spring 2005 in Germany, lecturing on and<br />
performing African American vocal music.<br />
Meanwhile, <strong>Benedict</strong> President Dr. David Swinton, Dr. Warren Robinson and<br />
Professor Sybil Rosado all were recognized by the National Association of<br />
African American Honors Program (NAAHP). President Swinton received the<br />
2006 NAAHP President’s Award, and Dr. Robinson was named vice president<br />
for the organization. Finally, Professor Rosado was named NAAHP Faculty<br />
Member of the Year for 2006. Additionally, President Swinton was the<br />
recipient of the National Economic Association’s Samuel Z. Westerfield and<br />
was recently inducted into the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame.<br />
Of course, our greatest pride is in our students, including the winners of the 2006 NAAHP<br />
debate competition and recipients of its Best Delegation Award. The same student body<br />
also provided the members of the 2005-2006 South Carolina Collegiate Honor Concert<br />
Band, who presented their musical handiwork at Clemson University’s Brooks Center for<br />
the Performing Arts.<br />
Several individual <strong>Benedict</strong> faculty nabbed<br />
awards of their own. Gary Callahan, assistant<br />
dean for the School of Education, was appointed<br />
chairman for the Tripartite Council by the<br />
National Network for Education Renewal’s Arts<br />
and Sciences.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> Ensemble Excels at<br />
Festival of Choirs<br />
Concert Included Four Local Choirs<br />
By COURTNEY S. DANFORTH, Free Times<br />
Four choirs participated in the <strong>2007</strong> Festival of Choirs at First Baptist<br />
Church, representing Columbia’s secular choral community from<br />
high school to college to “professional volunteer.” The delightful<br />
surprise of the evening was <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s Concert Choir.<br />
Conducted by Linda Kershaw, this group had the finest blend,<br />
balance, color and dynamic range of the ensembles represented<br />
– remarkable especially since more than half of the choir’s soprano<br />
section was absent. Perhaps because of the small size of the<br />
ensemble, the emotional connection between conductor and<br />
musicians was obvious and appreciated. “O For a Faith” (arranged<br />
by Nathan Carter) introduced the audience to the precision of<br />
this group. Their performance of “In Bright Mansions” (arranged<br />
by Roland M. Carter) was emotionally moving and demonstrated<br />
impressive dynamic control. They ended with an upbeat “Non Nobis<br />
Domine” (adapted from Rosephanye Powell) that was delivered<br />
enthusiastically and ably.<br />
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Strategic Direction 9<br />
Institutional Effectiveness<br />
CUMULATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT <strong>2007</strong><br />
Prepared by: Mr. Jesse Bellinger and Dr. Corey R. Amaker<br />
It has been 138 years since the founding of <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>, an institution that<br />
has drastically grown from its humble beginnings with a student population of 10<br />
students in 1870 to over 2,600 students in <strong>2007</strong>. During the first quarter century of<br />
the <strong>College</strong>’s existence, its mission was to train teachers and preacher, and its first<br />
curriculum included, the basic necessity of reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic,<br />
and religion. Today, <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> offers bachelor’s degrees in 28 areas of study<br />
and a Continuing Education program to assist adult learners with the completion of<br />
their undergraduate degrees.<br />
When assessing its cumulative economic impact, <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> focuses on the<br />
following four dimensions:<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s annual<br />
cumulative economic<br />
impact is approximately<br />
$106.71 million dollars.”<br />
“– Dr. David H. Swinton<br />
Dimension<br />
Direct Budget Expenditures<br />
Indirect Multiplier Effect<br />
Educational Earnings<br />
Enhancement<br />
Definition<br />
This figure reflects the fact of the <strong>College</strong>’s direct spending.<br />
The <strong>College</strong> is also a major employer, providing 471 full and<br />
part-time opportunities for faculty and staff.<br />
<strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s direct expenditures have a multiplier effect as<br />
each dollar cycles through the local economy numerous times<br />
creating a rippling effect across the service area and region.<br />
The educational earnings enhancement is the scope and<br />
result of the <strong>College</strong>’s education activities-degree programs,<br />
continuing education, and special/sponsored programs.<br />
Dynamic Investment Attraction Dynamic effects are created indirectly by firms that<br />
are located within the Counties of Lexington and Richland because of the presence and<br />
national reputation of <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>, its faculty and staff, its training,<br />
education, programs, and services.<br />
That being said, <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s cumulative value of impact<br />
is approximately $106.71 million dollars. A strong, yet very valid<br />
interpretation of this result suggests that <strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong> has a very<br />
significant sphere of influence, positively affecting the economic and<br />
social environment of numerous citizens, businesses, and industries<br />
within the Midlands Area of South Carolina. The detailed information<br />
support this assertion is presented below:<br />
Indirect<br />
Multiplier Effect<br />
$38.52 million<br />
Direct Budget<br />
Expenditures<br />
$52.76 million<br />
Educational Earnings<br />
Enhancement<br />
$14.19 million<br />
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Dynamic Investment<br />
Attraction<br />
$1.24 million
BENEDICT<br />
COLLEGE<br />
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Statement of Financial Position<br />
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: Years Ended June 30, 2003 - 2006<br />
ASSETS<br />
Cash and cash equivalents<br />
Investments<br />
Accounts receivable, net:<br />
Students<br />
Grants and sponsored programs<br />
Interest and other<br />
Assets limited as to use<br />
Contributions receivable, net<br />
Student loans receivable, net<br />
Notes receivable<br />
Prepaid expenses<br />
Beneficial interest in assets held by others<br />
Property and equipment, net<br />
Deferred financing costs, net<br />
2003<br />
$ 932,942<br />
15,820,453<br />
1,125,784<br />
2,771,226<br />
141,482<br />
28,150,651<br />
894,888<br />
8,468,506<br />
59,767<br />
-<br />
71,661,604<br />
3,006,096<br />
2004<br />
$ 1,452,199<br />
18,607,863<br />
799,440<br />
1,336,326<br />
87,053<br />
23,802,156<br />
896,633<br />
9,122,122<br />
240,601<br />
137,369<br />
74,895,646<br />
2,853,456<br />
2005<br />
$ 368,200<br />
18,281,728<br />
1,567,128<br />
1,149,247<br />
1,143,500<br />
22,315,561<br />
794,081<br />
8,107,820<br />
56,847<br />
217,840<br />
664,718<br />
76,961,546<br />
2,700,817<br />
2006<br />
$ 385,294<br />
18,450,490<br />
1,177,820<br />
1,374,176<br />
1,083,888<br />
8,842,814<br />
696,557<br />
4,498,114<br />
-<br />
628,169<br />
720,234<br />
83,661,477<br />
1,977,503<br />
Total assets<br />
$133,033,399<br />
$134,230,864<br />
$134,329,033<br />
$123,496,536<br />
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS<br />
Accounts payable and accrued expenses<br />
Student balances<br />
Accrued compensated absences<br />
Accrued interest payable<br />
Deferred revenue<br />
Line of credit<br />
Notes and bonds payable<br />
Asset retirement obligation<br />
U. S. government loan funds refundable<br />
Funds held for others<br />
$ 3,726,331<br />
1,116,216<br />
998,109<br />
1,824,253<br />
2,056,247<br />
-<br />
82,833,913<br />
-<br />
848,753<br />
109,337<br />
$ 5,595,591<br />
1,126,654<br />
1,125,666<br />
1,781,812<br />
2,611,851<br />
-<br />
84,017,495<br />
-<br />
880,388<br />
124,417<br />
$ 7,131,766<br />
1,398,177<br />
1,195,457<br />
1,797,247<br />
3,544,056<br />
1,806,030<br />
83,117,941<br />
340,683<br />
1,117,394<br />
120,847<br />
$ 4,175,315<br />
1,465,264<br />
1,072,351<br />
1,703,922<br />
3,441,487<br />
4,200,000<br />
77,998,198<br />
340,683<br />
1,146,236<br />
32,918<br />
Total liabilities<br />
93,513,159<br />
97,263,874<br />
101,569,598<br />
95,576,374<br />
Net assets:<br />
Unrestricted<br />
Temporarily restricted<br />
Permanently restricted<br />
26,416,304<br />
6,159,532<br />
6,944,404<br />
25,661,620<br />
4,184,275<br />
7,121,095<br />
23,233,590<br />
2,282,358<br />
7,243,487<br />
19,382,049<br />
2,192,549<br />
6,345,564<br />
Total net assets<br />
39,520,240<br />
36,966,990<br />
32,759,435<br />
27,920,162<br />
Total liabilities and net assets<br />
$133,033,399<br />
$134,230,864<br />
$134,329,033<br />
$123,496,536<br />
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Statement of Activities 2003-2006<br />
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: Years Ended June 30, 2003 - 2006<br />
SUPPORT AND OPERATING REVENUE:<br />
Tuition and fees, net of discount<br />
Government grants and contracts<br />
Private gifts, grants and contracts<br />
Auxiliary enterprises<br />
Investment return within spending rate<br />
Interest on student loans<br />
Other<br />
Net assets released from restrictions<br />
2003<br />
$ 27,416,469<br />
9,651,799<br />
3,631,381<br />
10,147,635<br />
865,644<br />
1,267,568<br />
1,411,449<br />
-<br />
2004<br />
$ 28,715,739<br />
8,446,823<br />
2,564,533<br />
9,917,006<br />
769,514<br />
625,152<br />
1,484,709<br />
-<br />
2005<br />
$ 28,401,682<br />
8,289,198<br />
2,134,373<br />
10,461,421<br />
977,263<br />
1,795,501<br />
1,179,992<br />
-<br />
2006<br />
$ 23,908,309<br />
7,896,168<br />
2,552,439<br />
10,459,998<br />
1,027,010<br />
1,086,783<br />
1,110,956<br />
-<br />
Total support and operating revenue<br />
54,391,945<br />
52,523,476<br />
53,239,430<br />
48,041,663<br />
EXPENSES:<br />
Educational services:<br />
Instruction<br />
Student services<br />
Auxiliary enterprises<br />
Research<br />
Public service<br />
9,712,879<br />
11,067,664<br />
9,792,751<br />
1,095,477<br />
1,566,879<br />
9,226,354<br />
12,942,815<br />
10,684,576<br />
1,104,164<br />
1,637,064<br />
9,591,378<br />
12,151,956<br />
11,435,274<br />
584,498<br />
2,121,673<br />
8,643,180<br />
9,900,820<br />
9,467,531<br />
960,888<br />
979,305<br />
Support services:<br />
Institutional support<br />
Academic support<br />
13,848,839<br />
5,754,492<br />
13,617,804<br />
6,311,574<br />
16,293,472<br />
5,638,104<br />
16,552,549<br />
6,251,694<br />
Total expenses<br />
52,838,981<br />
55,524,351<br />
57,816,355<br />
52,755,967<br />
Expenses under (over) support and<br />
operating revenue<br />
1,552,964<br />
(3,000,875)<br />
(4,576,925)<br />
(4,714,304)<br />
Excess of investment return over spending rate<br />
351,996<br />
447,625<br />
710,053<br />
(124,969)<br />
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS<br />
1,904,960<br />
(2,553,250)<br />
(3,866,872)<br />
(4,839,273)<br />
NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR<br />
37,615,280<br />
39,520,240<br />
36,626,307<br />
32,759,435<br />
NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR<br />
$ 39,520,240<br />
$ 36,966,990<br />
$ 32,759,435<br />
$ 27,920,162<br />
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BENEDICT<br />
COLLEGE<br />
Board of Trustees<br />
<strong>2007</strong>-2008<br />
Mr. Mitch Adams<br />
Mrs. Pearlie Allen<br />
Mr. G. Tyrone Bonds, Secretary<br />
Mr. Anthony T. Burroughs<br />
Attorney Valoria Cheek<br />
Mr. James E. Clark<br />
Mrs. Frances Close<br />
Dr. S. C. Cureton<br />
Dr. William P. Diggs<br />
Dr. Paul W. Drummond<br />
Mr. Vince Ford<br />
Ms. Sheryl L. Good<br />
Dr. Lewis P. Graham<br />
Dr. Willie J. Hill, Jr.<br />
The Honorable Darrell Jackson<br />
Mr. Charles B. Johnson<br />
Dr. Charlie W. Johnson, Chairman of the Board<br />
Dr. Milton Kimpson, Vice Chairman of the Board<br />
Mr. Stephen G. Morrison<br />
Dr. Rufus G. Pettis<br />
Dr. Lucy Perez, Assistant Secretary<br />
Ms. Britney Rouse, Student Trustee<br />
Mr. Donald Rozier<br />
Dr. Harry Singleton, III, Faculty/Staff Trustee<br />
Dr. Eunice S. Thomas<br />
Mr. William L. Thomas<br />
Mr. Emory L. Waters<br />
Dr. Lucille S. Whipper, President<br />
Mr. William B. Whitney<br />
Mr. Mack I. Whittle<br />
The Reverend Dr. Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins, III<br />
Dr. David H. Swinton, President and CEO<br />
TRUSTEE EMERITUS<br />
Dr. LeRoy T. Walker<br />
<strong>2007</strong>-2008 President’s Cabinet<br />
Dr. Ruby W. Watts<br />
Executive Vice President<br />
Mr. Love Collins, III<br />
Executive Vice President,<br />
Institutional Advancement<br />
Dr. Burnett Joiner<br />
Vice President, Academic Affairs<br />
Mr. Gary Knight<br />
Vice President, Institutional Effectiveness<br />
Mrs. Barbara C. Moore<br />
Vice President, Institutional Advancement<br />
Dr. Jabari Simama<br />
Vice President, Community Development<br />
Mrs. Brenda Walker<br />
Vice President, Business and Finance<br />
Mr. Willie T. Washington<br />
Athletic Director<br />
Dr. David H. Whaley<br />
Vice President, Student Affairs<br />
Mr. Leonard Williams<br />
Interim, Chief Financial Officer<br />
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38<br />
Appendix<br />
1996-<strong>2007</strong><br />
The <strong>College</strong> has successfully managed largescale<br />
construction and maintenance projects.<br />
The following lists some of the projects that<br />
were completed within the allotted budgets<br />
and on a timely fashion.<br />
Additional Construction<br />
Facility<br />
Year<br />
Oak Street Honors Complex 1996<br />
Parking Garage 1996<br />
Mini Dormitory 1997<br />
Swinton Campus Center 1998<br />
Haskell Dormitory 1999<br />
Administration building 2001<br />
Business development Center 2002<br />
Community Park 2003<br />
Park House (2317 Laurel) 2004<br />
Health and Wellness Center (Stadium Complex) 2006<br />
Property Acquisitions<br />
Facility<br />
Year<br />
Child Development Center 1998<br />
Fitness Center 1998<br />
Center of Excellence 2000<br />
Bentley Court Apartments 2001<br />
English Meadows Apartments 2001<br />
Courtyard West Apartments 2003<br />
Visitors Center 2003<br />
Houses (Approximately 45)<br />
Renovations/Upgrades/Projects<br />
Facility<br />
Year<br />
Dormitory Renovations/Repairs - (Summer & Mid-Winter) 1996<br />
Morgan Hall 1996<br />
Pratt Hall 1996<br />
ROTC Building 1996<br />
Dormitory Renovations/Repairs - (Summer & Mid-Winter) 1997<br />
Duckett Hall 1997<br />
Stuart hall 1997<br />
Dormitory Renovations/Repairs - (Summer & Mid-Winter) 1998<br />
Gressette Leadership Center 1999<br />
Dormitory Renovations/Repairs - (Summer & Mid-Winter) 1999<br />
Fire Sprinkler System Installation 1999<br />
Dormitory Renovations/Repairs - (Summer & Mid-Winter) 2000<br />
Dormitory Renovations/Repairs - (Summer & Mid-Winter) 2001<br />
Dormitory Renovations/Repairs - (Summer & Mid-Winter) 2001<br />
Jenkins Hall 2001<br />
Dormitory Window Replacement:<br />
Stuart, Goodson, Jenkins, Gambrell 2002<br />
Dormitory Renovations/Repairs - (Summer & Mid-Winter) 2002<br />
Campus Security Lighting Upgrade 2003<br />
Community Park House (2317 Laurel St) 2003<br />
Dormitory Electronic Surveillance System 2003<br />
Dormitory Furniture Replacement 2003<br />
Dormitory Renovations/Repairs - (Summer & Mid-Winter) 2003<br />
Football Operations (1706 Heidt) 2003<br />
Mather Hall Fan Coil Units Replacement 2003<br />
Mini Dorm 2003<br />
Radio/TV Station (1625 Two Notch Road) 2003<br />
Visitors Center 2003<br />
Antisdel Chapel 2004<br />
Dormitory Renovations/Repairs - (Summer & Mid-Winter) 2004<br />
Alumni Hall Phase III 2005<br />
Antisdel Chapel 2005<br />
Dormitory Renovations/Repairs - (Summer & Mid-Winter) 2005<br />
Mather Hall Air/Heat Fan Core Units Replacement 2005<br />
Mather Hall Columns Painting/Furniture Refurbishment 2005<br />
Cafeteria Area 2006<br />
Campus Street Security Lights Upgrade 2006<br />
Dormitory Renovations/Repairs - (Summer & Mid-Winter) 2006<br />
Lamar Building 2006<br />
Main Transformer Replacement 2006<br />
Oak Dorm 4th Floor fire Damage Repairs 2006<br />
Dormitory Appliance Replacements <strong>2007</strong><br />
Dormitory Renovations/Repairs - (Summer & Mid-Winter) <strong>2007</strong><br />
Haskell Dorm Shower Repairs <strong>2007</strong><br />
Lamar Building Sprinkler System Upgrade <strong>2007</strong><br />
Bacoats Hall 1998/2003<br />
Alumni Hall 1999/2004
This publication was produced by The Office of the President<br />
and The Office of Communications and Marketing<br />
President:<br />
Dr. David H. Swinton<br />
Executive Vice President of Institutional Advancement:<br />
Mr. Love Collins, III<br />
Director of Communications and Marketing:<br />
Ms. Kymm Hunter<br />
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Ms. Addie W. Rosenthal<br />
Blind Squirrels Production Group<br />
Photographers:<br />
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Mr. Larry Cameron<br />
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Special thanks to:<br />
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Mrs. Doris Wright Johnson<br />
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COLLEGE<br />
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<strong>Benedict</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
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