Transcript Welcome to Spring Semester 2008!

Welcome to Spring Semester
2008!
“Repositioning, Together”
New Positions/Changes in
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Admission
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Will hire retention manager/director of student success
Reports to VP for enrollment
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Expected start: summer ’08
Athletics
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Campus Safety
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Beginning in July, will report to Academic Affairs through the Dean of Students
An exciting opportunity to integrate participation in athletics with academic/
co-curricular experiences
Will report to the VP of finance starting Jan. 21
Campus Support Services
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Will move to VP of finance starting Jan. 21
New Positions/Changes in
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Career services
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Education
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Effective immediately, moves to the Learning Commons
Reports to Academic Affairs through the LC director
Emphasizes importance of Career Services programs to student success
Promotes increased student participation
Mary Ann Wisniewski requested to return to business program
Bruce Strom has been named chair of education
2 tenure-track searches under way to replace Emily Long and Mary Ann
Facility Planning and Services
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Will move to physical plant starting Jan. 21.
New Positions/Changes in
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Grant writer
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Purchasing Agent
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With Waukesha School District
Position filled by Lori Uttech, who has a long track record of success in her previous position
Reports to the Provost and Mark Hansen, WSD director of Curriculum and Instruction
Will collaborate with Claudette McShane and Cherie Swenson
Goal: generate substantial new funding to improve K-16 education
Will move to physical plant starting Jan. 21.
Theater
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Search is under way for endowed chair
Self-study recommendation to begin to fill open endowed chair positions
Goals
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Revitalize theater and connect it to the entire community.
Expand its reach on campus so students in all majors have the opportunity to participate
Establish working partnerships with local community theaters
Carroll College Physical Plant
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Don Stenson – director of physical plant
Doug Gonyon – maintenance manager
Dennis Wollenzein – grounds and landscape manager
Merary Lopez – custodial manager
Adam McCartney – maintenance supervisor
Genuine Personal Engagement
Homecoming 2007
Halloween 5K
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Lynn Peterson
United Way Campaign
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Ryan Corcoran
Christmas Concert
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Dena LeMere
Excellence Seeking a Larger
Stage
ACS Women’s Chemistry
Travel Grant
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Kim Hoffman, chemistry,
Burnsville, Minn., senior
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Received a $500 ACS Women Chemists Committee
Travel Grant sponsored by Eli Lilly & Company - the
first received by a Carroll student.
Kim completed a Pioneer Scholars summer research
project with Mike Schuder.
She will present her results at the national ACS
meeting in New Orleans in spring.
Perspective on the
Pioneer Scholars
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Rebecca Imes and Elizabeth Ramus,
junior, communication major,
New Berlin, Wis.
Fall Sports in the NCAA
Championships
Super Students
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Students
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DAVID BYRNE, sophomore, business administration, Waukesha, Wis.
MATT DEGRAVE, senior, business administration, Antigo, Wis.
BECKY KALINOWSKI, senior, business administration, Waukesha, Wis.
LIZ KLAMIK ’07, communication, Elm grove, Wis.
KRISTA MEYER, senior, business administration, Eagan, Minn.
STEVE MONROE, senior, accounting, Sun Prairie, Wis.
JENNA PALKOWSKI, senior, business administration, Oak Creek, Wis.
PETER SCHARL, junior, actuarial science, Oostburg, Wis.
MICHELLE WEBER, sophomore, business administration, Hartford, Wis.
Faculty
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Class team-taught by: Matthias Bollmus, Debra Schultz, Jennifer Maney,
Barb King, Greg Schultz, Dennis Debrecht, Mike Levas
Labors of Love within the
Carroll Family
“Jack is Back”
Humanitarian Effort in Africa
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Gary Olsen, associate professor of accounting, and his sons,
Marc and Michael, visited Kilifi, Kenya, in July 2007.
Worked on Kilifi Kids, a humanitarian project to deworm
20,000 children, provide 80 computers to high schools, and
high school scholarships for 50 young people.
Linda Phillips in Africa
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Worked in a medical clinic
Gave educational talks to villagers on healthy diet,
other topics
Taught native clinic staff how to manage health care
programs on their own
Organized clinic staff visits to distant villages for
child immunizations, pre-natal care
Paving the Way for Tomorrow
Enrollment for 2008-09
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We are getting a record number of applications from
prospective transfer students.
Part-time enrollment remains steady, even when many
institutions are experiencing a decline.
Graduate enrollment continues to grow, thanks in large
measure to the popularity of our Master’s in Education
program that incorporates the new learning communities
model.
Academic Restructuring
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Ad hoc committee: 6 faculty, 6 administrators
Departments: working model based on proposals
developed by faculty in the divisions
Position descriptions for chairs and deans
Working models developed
Tenure density: discussion of a 60% tenure density target;
70-75% of faculty would be on the tenure track
Non-tenure-track faculty: discussion of a process for
evaluating need for some positions to become tenure-track
Faculty will meet Jan. 28 to discuss the committee's work
to date.
HLC Update
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Self-Study will be mailed to HLC consultant - evaluators at end of
January.
Reviewed by more than 50 critical readers
Approved by the Board of Trustees, December 2007
Copy will be posted on Web site prior to the team visit, March 10-12.
Visiting team: 5 consultant-evaluators from private universities
in four Midwest states. (Each school is smaller than Carroll but all
are universities.)
Team will be housed off campus but will work in the Sneeden House.
Next two months - team will work with self-study co-chairs Lynne
Bernier and Dave Feil to plan schedule of meetings for the visit.
A broad range of college constituents will participate in those
meetings.
3+2 Engineering
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Partnership with UW-Platteville; program begins fall 2008
Will attract academically strong students who would otherwise
not consider Carroll
Students complete 3 years of pre-engineering at Carroll; then
an intensive 2-year engineering curriculum at UW-Platteville.
Builds on our strengths: natural science and math; liberal arts
core – prepares engineers to address the broad range of social,
political and legal issues they will confront
Location: high demand in Waukesha County, and no
engineering programs
Students completing the 3-2 earn a degree in applied physics
from Carroll, degree in engineering from UW-Platteville
Student Affairs
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Fall online course for parents
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Co-curricular transcript
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“Your Student and You: Turning Change into Growth in the First Six Months of College”
More than 200 parents enrolled.
Celestino Limas will present on this initiative at the annual College Student Educators
International meeting in March.
Would enable students to demonstrate skills and experiences they developed through their
engagement in extra- and co-curricular activities to future employers/graduate schools
Group of faculty, staff, students developed model templates
Next step: present those to a wider audience, including Assembly, Student Senate
Living Learning Communities
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Enable faculty to engage students in residence halls through programming that extends
the academic curriculum
Student participation is voluntary
Faculty interest has been high; we hope to have at least 3 LLCs in place for fall ’08
Potential themes: nursing, business, Spanish immersion, international education, fine arts,
honors, social justice, history/English, FYS
Campus and Neighborhood Safety
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Between Oct. 3 and Oct. 28, there were four unrelated
incidents involving Carroll students; most took place off
campus.
Many on campus, particularly students, felt a need to address
the issue of safety.
I formed a task force to make recommendations about how
we can create a safer environment on campus and in the
neighborhood; Celestino Limas and Debra Jenkins are
co-chairs.
The task force includes students, faculty, staff, local law
enforcement officers and neighbors.
We are committed to working with our neighbors and the
city to make our neighborhood safe and welcoming.
New Residence Hall
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Partnership formed with private developer
High-quality 264-bed apartment style housing
Includes instructional areas, study areas, student gathering spaces
Coffee shop
Complements Carroll architectural style
September, 2008!
Carroll University?
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The Web site has information, an FAQ section and an
option to provide feedback; we have 203 responses to date.
Conversations and discussions have been held with all
constituencies – alumni, donors, students, parents, staff,
faculty, friends, community.
Updates have been included in the Out of the Blue alumni
newsletter and the divisional newsletters.
More information will be in the winter Pioneer.
What we’ve learned so far:
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People are interested in the question.
Most arguments against a change are rooted in emotion.
When presented with rationale for the proposed change, most understand the
reasons and recognize the potential benefits.
Many people are excited about the idea.
Tobacco-Free Campus?
Sciences Renovation
Thoughtfulness of Others:
Giving Back to Carroll
Gift Income
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As of 12.31.07, net gift income was $3,742,636.
Up $1,406,274 – or 60% – over the same period last year.
In unrestricted giving, we are up in every one of eight
constituent groups – trustees, alumni, parents, friends,
faculty and staff, corporations and associations,
foundations, and churches.
For giving to be up in all of these groups speaks volumes
about the widespread interest in supporting Carroll.
Mead Witter Foundation