Annual Report 2003-2004 - The Council of Independent Colleges

F ORMINGC OLLABORATIONSEAST TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY, TX(PA), University of Dubuque (IA), University of Scranton(PA), Walsh University (OH), Warren Wilson College (NC),and Western New England College (MA).Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows Program—The WoodrowWilson National Fellowship Foundation, in cooperation withCIC, is offering initial year discounts of $1,000 (20 percent)to CIC member institutions participating in the Foundation’sVisiting Fellows Program, which brings notable, non-academicfigures to college and university campuses for weeklong residencies.In response to the initial invitation, 52 institutionsexpressed interest, including 22 who are participating for thefirst time.COOPERATING ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYCIC and EDUCAUSE Events—CIC and EDUCAUSE havesought to make regional workshops under EDUCAUSE auspicesincreasingly useful to CIC member institutions by providingCIC-sponsored sessions and networking opportunitiesat selected EDUCAUSE events. Four regional events wereheld in 2004: EDUCAUSE Southwest in February in Dallas(TX); EDUCAUSE Western in March in Sacramento (CA);EDUCAUSE Midwest in April in Chicago (IL); and EDU-CAUSE Southeast in June in Atlanta (GA). Each workshopincluded a luncheon roundtable discussion on topics of interestto CIC member institutions and, as a special theme thisyear, an afternoon discussion on network security issues,developed by the leaders of the EDUCAUSE/Internet 2Computer and Network Security Task Force and the NationalScience Foundation Middleware Initiative.20C OUNCIL OF I NDEPENDENT C OLLEGES