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campus updateCAMPUS UPDATEA compendium of recent news from CIC member institutionsAll three of the 2012 presidential debates between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney were held on independent college and universitycampuses, as was the vice presidential debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan. Two CIC members, Centre College (KY) andLynn University (FL), hosted debates.Celebrating AchievementsThe Rhodes Trust in November chose 32 American students aswinners of Rhodes Scholarships for 2013. Three CIC memberinstitutions produced scholarship winners: Luther College (IA),the College of Idaho, and Wofford College (SC). Created in1902, Rhodes Scholarships provide all expenses for at least twoyears of study at the University of Oxford in England.Marking its second time to host a U.S. vice presidentialdebate, Centre College (KY) hosted the 2012 vice presidentialdebate on October 11. The debate took place on campus in theNorton Center for the Arts. Earlier that day, Centre College alsohosted “Our Voice, Our Future,” a live interactive webcast forhigh school and postsecondary students and teachers to discussthe presidential race and role of debates. Lynn University (FL)hosted the presidential debate on October 22—the final offour general election debates—at the university’s Keith C. andElaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center. Many other CICmember institutions sponsored election and voter registrationevents, including Misericordia University (PA), which hosted atwo-day voter registration drive on campus, and the Universityof Richmond (VA), which hosted evening conversations betweenthe university’s president, Ed Ayers, and U.S. Senate candidatesGeorge Allen and Tim Kaine before a live audience on October 7.The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teachingand the Council for Advancement and Support of Educationrecently recognized the national and state winners of the 2012U.S. Professors of the Year awards, which honor professors fortheir influence on teaching and commitment to undergraduatestudents. Six of the state-level winners are faculty members fromCIC member colleges: Centre College (KY), DePauw University(IN), Nebraska Wesleyan University, Pacific University (OR),University of Puget Sound (WA), and Wofford College (SC).In October Messiah College (PA) was recognized as one of31 organizations from across the nation to be named a Togetherfor Tomorrow Challenge winner for the 2012–2013 academicyear. Together for Tomorrow is a joint initiative of the WhiteHouse Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships,U.S. Department of Education, and Corporation for Nationaland Community Service that recognizes community-ledpartnerships to support struggling schools. Messiah wasrecognized for its ongoing relationship with the HarrisburgSchool District.The Institute of International Education recently released itsOpen Doors 2012 report, which contains data on internationalexchange during the 2011–2012 academic year. Several CICmember institutions topped the list of colleges with the highestundergraduate participation rates in study abroad. Of master’slevelinstitutions, CIC members Arcadia University (PA), LeeUniversity (TN), Loyola University Maryland, University ofDubuque (IA), Chatham University (PA), and WhitworthUniversity (WA) reached the top ten. All of the top ten32 Independent • Fall 2012
campus updatebaccalaureate institutions are CIC member institutions: CentreCollege (KY), Taylor University (IN), Austin College (TX),Wofford College (SC), St. Olaf College (MN), Goucher College(MD), Colorado College, DePauw University (IN), LutherCollege (IA), and Kalamazoo College (MI).ten colleges and universities were chosen to participate inthe third cohort of AAC&U’s Preparing Critical Faculty for theFuture, a project that supports women of color faculty membersin science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)disciplines to become strong academic and administrative leaders.Funded by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) HistoricallyBlack Colleges and Universities–Undergraduate Program, two ofthe selected institutions are CIC members: Lane College (TN)and Tougaloo College (MS).Creating PartnershipsIn a global partnership, this fall St. Edward’s University (TX)launched a professional science master’s degree in environmentalmanagement and sustainability. The two-year program will beconducted in Austin, Texas, and Angers, France, and graduateswill receive a joint degree from St. Edward’s and the UniversitéCatholique de l’Ouest. In addition, this fall St. Edward’sestablished an international exchange partnership with Wu YeeSun College, one of the constituent colleges of the ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong. The first exchange of students betweenthe two universities will take place in fall 2013. All courses will betaught in English, but students studying in Hong Kong will havethe opportunity to learn Mandarin Chinese.Bethany College (WV) and Carnegie Mellon University’s(CMU) H. John Heinz III College have partnered to createan accelerated master’s degree program in six areas of study:management, public policy and management, health care policyand management, biotechnology and management, informationsystems management, and information security policy andmanagement. The program allows qualified applicants to graduatewith both a bachelor’s degree from Bethany and a master’s degreefrom CMU in five years.Dominican College (NY) and New York Medical Collegehave established a partnership to help students enter professionsin the biomedical sciences. An articulation agreement will allowDominican College undergraduate students to take graduatecourses at the New York Medical College’s Graduate School ofBasic Medical Sciences (GSBMS). New York Medical Collegecourse credits will be applied to Dominican College bachelor’sdegree requirements and toward graduate degree requirements inthe GSBMS. The agreement may reduce the time spent earninga master’s degree by one year. Benedictine University (IL) andthe College of DuPage are partnering to offer a new bachelor ofscience in nursing 3+1 program. The program will be open toDuPage students and alumni who have earned an associate ofapplied science degree in nursing. Students will take three yearsThe Morton Register of Arboreta recently granted Lewis University (IL)accreditation for its Romeoville campus as an established arboretum.The university is a veritable arboretum with more than 2,400 trees inaddition to wooded areas. The 376-acre campus features more than 140varieties of trees.of classes at DuPage, with the fourth year taught by BenedictineUniversity faculty on DuPage’s campus.Marian University (IN) and Indiana University-PurdueUniversity Indianapolis have established a dual-degreeengineering program. Students who complete the programearn degrees from both institutions—a bachelor of science orbachelor of art degree from Marian and a bachelor of sciencein engineering, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering,or mechanical engineering from Purdue. The program allowsresidence and enrollment at Marian University for the durationof the program. Rockhurst University (IN) is partnering withthe University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) to offer anengineering, computing, and information technology program.Bachelor of science degrees will be offered in five subjects: civil,electrical, and mechanical engineering, computer science, andinformation technology. Students will pursue the core curriculumat Rockhurst and complete specialized engineering courses atUMKC.Mount St. Mary’s College (CA) and MyCollege Foundationare launching the Portmont College at Mount St. Mary’s to offerhigh-quality, low-cost, transfer-level associate degrees to studentswith “the will but not the way” to succeed in college. PortmontCollege will offer four blended associate degree programs inbusiness administration, computer science, liberal arts, and prehealthscience. The program will begin in Denver, Colorado, andSan Francisco, California, in March 2013.Westminster College (MO) has signed a transfer studentagreement with the Maricopa Community Colleges, making iteasier for Maricopa students to continue their higher educationat Westminster. According to the agreement, all applicableassociate degrees successfully completed at any of the collegeswithin the Maricopa Community College system will transferto Westminster, and credits taken at any Maricopa collegewill transfer to Westminster. Students can attend classes atWestminster’s Fulton, Missouri, campus in spring 2013 or theIndependent • Fall 2012 33
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