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Ralph Phillips<br />
Phillips was named director of<br />
development for Prescott<br />
College and is responsible for<br />
all aspects of fund-raising,<br />
including annual, capital, and<br />
endowment giving. Previously,<br />
he was director of development<br />
at The Lowell Whiteman<br />
School in Steamboat Springs,<br />
Colo., where he directed the<br />
school’s first-ever endowment<br />
campaign, and initiated a<br />
planned giving program and<br />
legacy club. He was an active<br />
volunteer in his community,<br />
Tim Robison<br />
Robison is the new Resident<br />
Degree Program (RDP)<br />
Admissions Director. The RDP<br />
is one of two vehicles through<br />
which a student can earn a<br />
bachelor’s degree from Prescott<br />
College. Robison comes to<br />
Prescott College from The San<br />
Francisco Art Institute, where<br />
he was vice president for<br />
enrollment and student services<br />
and director of admissions<br />
for 14 years. There, he managed<br />
operations of the admissions<br />
department and oversaw<br />
the financial aid, registration<br />
and records, and student serv-<br />
contributing to Meals on<br />
Wheels and Young Tracks<br />
Childcare Center.<br />
“My goal here is to expand<br />
the charitable support for<br />
Prescott College,” Phillips<br />
said. “I plan to assist our<br />
friends, alumni, and parents in<br />
their philanthropic support of<br />
the college. The mission of<br />
Prescott College really resonates<br />
with me because I have<br />
a genuine affection for conservation<br />
issues.” Phillips worked<br />
as a seasonal backcountry river<br />
ices departments.<br />
Additionally, he developed a<br />
highly successful high school<br />
recruitment network of private<br />
art academies and urban magnet<br />
schools that increased freshman<br />
applications 24 percent over two<br />
years. Previously, he was director<br />
of admissions at the School of<br />
the Art Institute of Chicago,<br />
where he managed an admissions<br />
program that evaluated<br />
1,300 undergraduate and 1,000<br />
graduate applications annually.<br />
At Prescott College, Robison<br />
is in charge of RDP admissions.<br />
He plans to revamp the process<br />
ranger in Dinosaur National<br />
Monument for five years. He<br />
said he is thrilled to relocate to<br />
Prescott with his family.<br />
“We come to Prescott from<br />
a mountain community in<br />
Colorado, so Prescott already<br />
feels like home,” he said.<br />
“The people are so friendly<br />
and down to earth.” He<br />
earned his B.S. in organizational<br />
communication from<br />
Ohio University and his<br />
Master of Education from<br />
Colorado State University.<br />
and automate many of the tasks<br />
that are currently done manually.<br />
He also has plans to better<br />
identify future Prescott College<br />
students and make the entire<br />
recruitment process more<br />
streamlined and efficient.<br />
“I see this position at Prescott<br />
College as an opportunity to do<br />
something new and exciting,” he<br />
said. “Prescott College is a fascinating<br />
place with enormous<br />
growth potential.” Robison<br />
earned his Bachelor of Fine<br />
Arts and Master of Fine Arts<br />
from Northern Illinois<br />
University, De Kalb, Illinois.<br />
Two awards for Transitions Worth Noting<br />
Transitions, a publication<br />
for the Prescott College<br />
community, received<br />
two awards for publication<br />
excellence under the direction<br />
of Karlyn Haas, former director<br />
of public relations. The<br />
awards are a 2004<br />
Communicator Award of<br />
Distinction and a 2004 APEX<br />
Award for Publication<br />
Excellence.<br />
The Communicator Award of<br />
Distinction recognizes the fall<br />
2003 issue in the category educational<br />
institution magazine.<br />
Communicator Awards of<br />
Distinction are reserved for<br />
projects that exceed industry<br />
standards in communicating a<br />
message or idea. The top 18<br />
percent of entries received this<br />
award.<br />
The APEX Award for Publication<br />
Excellence was presented<br />
to Transitions in the category<br />
of one- to two-person produced<br />
magazines and journals.<br />
Sponsored by Communications<br />
Concepts Inc., the APEX<br />
2004 Awards for Publication<br />
Excellence, are based on excellence<br />
in graphic design, editorial<br />
content, and the ability to<br />
achieve overall communications<br />
excellence.<br />
President Dan Garvey was<br />
elected a Trustee of The<br />
National Outdoor Leadership<br />
School, (N.O.L.S.) and was<br />
appointed by the Governor to<br />
the Arizona Commission on<br />
Service and Volunteerism.<br />
As president elect of the<br />
Prescott Area Human<br />
Resources Association,<br />
Connie Etzkin attended a<br />
leadership conference in<br />
Arlington, Vir., Nov. 18 to 20.<br />
She becomes president of<br />
that organization on Jan 1.<br />
Fall 2004Transitions<br />
StaffNews<br />
39<br />
Ralph Phillips<br />
Tim Robison<br />
Photos by Julie VanSant
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