Annual Report 2010/11

surveys of baccalaureate students. In theCanadian University Survey Consortium(CUSC) survey of first-year students, MacEwanUniversity students expressed very high levelsof satisfaction with their educational experience,including class size, quality of teaching, and theirchoice of university. The university’s results notonly compared positively against the universitiesin its comparator group of 20 similar-sizedinstitutions, but also with all 39 participatinguniversities.In the National Survey on Student Engagement(NSSE), ratings by first- and fourth-year studentswere fully comparable with 13 similar Canadianuniversities on measures relating to level ofacademic challenge, active and collaborativelearning, student-faculty interaction, enrichingeducational experience and supportive campusenvironment. In the Globe & Mail’s 2011Canadian University Report, the universityranked first among its comparator group of 20universities on 5 of 17 measures—including mostsatisfied students, student-faculty interaction,and quality of teaching—and among the top fiveon all measures.a year ahead of plan. Campaign achievementsincluded the creation of nearly 2,500 new studentawards, establishment of a Student SuccessBursary endowment and a Health and NursingTechnology endowment. Between 2006/07 and2010/11, the university’s pooled endowment fundnearly tripled, from $13.5 million to $40.2 million.The Community Relations and FundDevelopment department continued to enhancecommunity investment in the university with aparticular focus on supporting student awards,facilities development, and academic initiatives.Over the next 10 years, the university will embarkon a campaign to raise $90 million in support ofthose three key areas.More detailed information can be found withinthe progress report portion of this publication,under “Community Investment.”Community relations and fund developmentThe university’s “Front and Centre” campaignreached its $40 million goal in September 2010,14 grant Macewan university