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FROM THE EDITORFor those of us of a certain age, there’s a temptation tomake negative assumptions about college students—they’re less focused, less industrious, less committed toimproving the world than we were. Of course it’s alwaysbeen that way. Today it’s music downloading and tattoosthat distract us. For my World War II-era parents it wasprotests and guys with long hair. By the 1980s, clean-cutkids voting Republican raised eyebrows. But getting toknow individuals—students and the people who work with them every day—inevitably challenges our assumptions.At Champlain, it’s easy to find students who make you think twice, perhapsbecause the College has a core commitment to community service, starting withPresident Roger Perry, a former Peace Corps volunteer who has worked for manyworthy causes over the years. As this magazine was going to press, we learnedthat Perry will retire next year. His legacy here will include many achievements(see page 3) and a culture of service.And no one who has spent time with community service coordinator NancyCathcart (see “Midnight Mentor,” page 12) would be surprised to hear that thestudents she advises are working hard to improve life on campus and beyond.Cathcart has a mix of grace and passion that’s infectious—it makes you want todo more, to be more. “She’s helped me want to become a better leader bybeing the kind of person I can look up to,” Lauren Selfridge ’06 wrote to me inan e-mail. “Nancy is the ultimate role model.”This year, Selfridge and two other students, Travis Mears ’06 and Connor Lamb’06, launched their own initiative called Student Forum. The idea is to connectand empower students who have ideas for creating positive change at theCollege. They’ve held a conference on campus safety and hosted a communitybuildinglunch to thankconstruction crews working oncampus, a gesture they plan toextend to Champlain’s cleaningand security staffs.And while one typically thinksof international business gradsstarting careers in finance or marketing,Jeremy Quinn ’03 isconsidering a different path afterhis internship last summer (see“World Class,” page 16). Hespent six weeks in Hondurashelping to improve conditions forimpoverished families. Now he’sthinking of applying his businessskills in a nonprofit setting.From food drives to phone-a-thons, Habitat forHumanity to snowboarding for breast cancer, studentsare volunteering their time and talents to help others.It’s pretty hopeful stuff. If only they’d lose the tattoos.— LACChamplainView SPRING 2004EDITORART DIRECTORVOLUME 3, NUMBER 1Lee Ann CoxJulia CaminitiCONTRIBUTING Sara CaldwellWRITERS Lee GriffinKris SuretteCLASS NOTES Bridget Baldwin ‘92Alumni & Development StaffVICE PRESIDENT OF Shelley RichardsonDEVELOPMENT& ALUMNI AFFAIRSDIRECTOR OF Didi BrushPLANNED GIVINGDIRECTOR OF Greg MorganCORPORATIONS &FOUNDATIONSALUMNI AFFAIRS Bridget Baldwin ‘92& ANNUAL FUNDOFFICERDEVELOPMENT Tammy Carroll ‘92INFORMATIONSYSTEMSDEVELOPMENT Sue MarinoOFFICE ASSISTANTCONTACTINFORMATIONSend letters andaddress changes toChamplain ViewChamplain CollegeAlumni & Development Office163 South Willard St.P.O. Box 670Burlington, VT 05402-0670alumni@champlain.edu(802) 860-2756Champlain View is published twice a year(Spring and Fall) by Champlain College. Printingby Queen City Printers Inc., Burlington, VT.Founded in 1878, Champlain College is an Equal OpportunityEducational Institution.(Left) Robin Falk ’04 has worked the phones four years straight raisingmoney for Champlain’s Support-A-Student scholarship program.(Above) Building community: construction workers and students sharedpizza in an event sponsored by the new Student Forum2 Champlain View | Spring 2004
| VIEW FROM THE HILL |On March 19, 2004, Roger Perry announced hisretirement as President of Champlain College. Inthis letter to alumni and friends of the College,Perry talks about his tenure and looks to the future.Dear Members of the Champlain College Community,There is no question that life is a curious journey full of twists, turns, and rhythms that play themselvesout in a natural set of events. One of the secrets of life is to recognize when the time is right tocapitalize on those rhythms by opening the door to the next generation of leaders so they can take aninstitution to even greater heights. After much deliberation, I am announcing that I will retire as presidentof Champlain College in June 2005. Even though I love this job, I love this College, and I loveworking with all the people who make Champlain so great, I also know deep in my heart that now is theopportune time to recruit new leadership to move our College to the next level of excellence.I am convinced that the timing is correct for a host of reasons, including the convergence of severalsignificant Champlain College initiatives by the summer of 2005. As these initiatives merge, it is a naturaltime for me to bring closure to the 23 years – 13 as your president – during which I have enjoyedworking at this extraordinary institution, so well positioned for the future.As an educator I am particularly proud of the academic initiatives that will be in place by the end ofnext year. For example, in terms of new programming, 14 new certificates have been developed, threenew baccalaureate programs are being implemented and at the graduate level a new major and anadvanced certificate are under way. Faculty have committed themselves to be on campus an extra fourweeks to work as teams to improve our academic programs. The other academic professionals, our programdirectors, are already on 12-month contracts to provide the necessary time for intensive planningand program development. We have hired a provost and the program directors to provide academic leadership.These initiatives will result in an exceptionally strong infrastructure capable of generating newprograms, providing strong quality control, capitalizing on new opportunities, and continuously improvingthe delivery of instruction.In addition, the Champlain faculty have ventured into new areas where others have feared to tread.Over the past couple of years, they have embarked on a journey to develop student outcomes by academicprogram/course, develop assessment measures for student outcomes, increase the amount ofwriting per course, increase the level of our students’ critical thinking as the student body improves, andinternationalize our courses. These revolutionary efforts will also come full circle by the end of 2005.Champlain View | Spring 20043
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