Winter/Spring 2003 - The Council of Independent Colleges

CAMPUS UPDATEGetting GrantsTwenty-two CIC member institutionsreceived $2 million grants each from theLilly Endowment of Indianapolis in supportof programs that prepare a new generationof leaders for church and society.CIC members Azusa Pacific University(CA), Bluffton College (OH), CardinalStritch University (WI), CatawbaCollege (NC), Claflin University (SC),College of Saint Benedict (MN),College of Wooster (OH), DordtCollege (IA), Elmhurst College (IL),Geneva College (PA), Gordon College(MA), Hastings College (NE), LeeUniversity (TN), Marian College (IN),Milligan College (TN), Mount St.Mary’s College and Seminary (MD),Our Lady of the Lake University(TX), Pacific Lutheran University(WA), St. Bonaventure University(NY), Simpson College (IA), SpelmanCollege (GA), and Wartburg College(IA) were among the 39 liberal arts collegeschosen across the country. Eachinstitution has devised a program thatencourages students to reflect on howfaith commitments are related to careerchoices and what it means to be “called”to lives of service. The Endowmentreceived more than 400 proposals fromcolleges and universities interested inparticipating. The Lilly Endowment ofIndianapolis also provided ManchesterCollege (IN) with a $1 million challengegrant; the trustees of the collegehave collectively matched the gift.Three CIC members have receivedthe single largest donations in their histories.Hollins University (VA) wasawarded $5 million by alumna EleanorD. Wilson in support of the university’snew visual arts center. Notre DameCollege (OH) received $1.2 millionfrom the estate of alumna Helen FoosePeterson to support future generations ofNotre Dame students. And MountAlyosius College (PA) received$500,000 from a local businessmanwishing to honor his late wife, CarolynClaycomb Misciagna. The gift willestablish a scholarship fund to helpneedy, full-time students working towarda degree at Mount Aloysius.Otterbein College (OH) wrapped upits “Fit for the Future Campaign” with a$450,000 grant from the KresgeFoundation, which capped off a $9.5million campaign that led to the completionof the Clements RecreationCenter. The center broke ground twoyears ago. Trinity Christian College(IL) received $2 million from aChicago-area family for a planned sciencetechnology building, the HeritageScience Center. And ShenandoahUniversity (VA) was awarded a $1.3million commercial property gift fromSchmidt Baking Company, Inc.Shenandoah agreed to lease a portion ofthe property back to Schmidt Baking forthe next three years, with an option tocontinue leasing the property thereafter.Advising and TeachingPeggy Williams, president of IthacaCollege (NY), recently participated inthe Visiting Advisors Program ofSalzburg Seminar’s Universities Project.She and three other team membersspent four days at the College ofNyíregyháza in Hungary, where theyconsulted with rector Árpád Balogh ona variety of higher education issues.Funded by the Kellogg Foundation, theTHE BOARD AND STAFF OF CIC EXTEND A WARM WELCOMETO THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERS SINCE FALL 2002New Institutional MembersAmerican InternationalCollege, MABethany Lutheran College, MNCornell College, IADaemen College, NYDrake University, IAMercy College, NYSt. Andrews PresbyterianCollege, NCVisiting Advisors Program seeks to providehigher education leaders in easternand central Europe and the RussianFederation with the opportunity for consultationand discussion on topics ofinterest to the host institution. Over thepast five years, 50 such visits haveoccurred.Another CIC member president,Ervin Rokke of Moravian College (PA),has been named to the AdvisoryCouncil of the United States Institute ofPeace. He will serve a three-year termalong with other leaders in foreign policy,government, industry, and business,who meet to discuss challenges facingthe world in Iraq, Korea, the MiddleEast, and South Asia.And finally, recognition for a lifelongteacher: Messiah College (PA) visitingprofessor of environmental science,Ray Crist, was recently named“America’s Oldest Worker” at 102 yearsold by Experience Works (DC). Back in1916, Crist graduated from MessiahBible School (now Messiah College)and went on to earn a Ph.D. in chemistryfrom Columbia University (NY).He later returned to Messiah in 1971as a faculty member, and remainsthere today. St. John's College, MDThomas University, GAWoodbury University, CANew Affiliate MembersCampus Compact, RIGreat Lakes CollegesAssociation, Inc., MIWest Virginia IndependentColleges & Universities, Inc.Independent 25 www.cic.eduWinter/Spring 2003