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ANNUAL REPORT 2013 THE CAMPAIGN FOR TEachERS COLLEGE and OUR NEXT 125 YEARS The Way Forward HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY GALA AT THE APOLLO THEATER CALLING ALL DONORS Students Clifton Shambry (Higher and Postsecondary Education) and Amanda Washington (Education Policy and Social Analysis) took the stage at TC’s 125th Anniversary gala at the Apollo Theater to demonstrate how to text-to-pledge for student scholarship support. ANNUAL REPORT 2013 THE WAY FORWARD The Campaign for TC — and — Our Next 125 Years LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT p2 TC’s anniversary year has been a time to reflect on the College’s remarkable legacy P 9 of firsts. Now we’re preparing to rise to the challenges TC Takes Center Stage of tomorrow. A gala celebration of our 125th, on 125th Street at the legendary Apollo Theater. SPECIAL REPORT Off and Running 2013 TC launches “Where the Future Comes First,” a historic $300 million YEAR IN REVIEW p3 campaign that is the largest ever by a graduate school of education. Cutting the ribbon on a permanent home for the Teachers College Community School; mounting a major effort to help NYC schools and families in the wake of p p p Hurricane Sandy; the new 12 14 15 Laurie M. Tisch Center for THE CAMPAIGN FOR INVEST IN CREATE OUR Food, Education & Policy; a TEACHERS COLLEGE OUR STUDENTS FUTURE FIRSTS year long celebration of TC’s 125th anniversary; and more. HONOR ROLL OF DONORS p19 FINANCIAL STATEMENT p p p HIGHLIGHTS AND 16 18 19 TEACHERS COLLEGE BUILD A 21ST CENTURY ENHANCE FINANCIAL ENGAGE TC ALUMNI OFFICERS, ADVISORS & ENVIRONMENT FLEXIBILITY AND FRIENDS BOARD OF TRUSTEES p32 The Teachers College 2013 Annual Report was produced by the Department of Development and External Affairs, Teachers College, Columbia University contributing writers: Clorinda Valenti, Joe Levine, Heather Smitelli creative director: Corliss Elizabeth Williams contributing art director: Miles Courtney cover photo: Meira Gottlieb • Dedication of Teachers College Way, Sept. 3, 2013 www.tc.edu/future 1 Letter from the President flourish and create a better future for New York City, the nation and the world. The launch last February of the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy at Teachers College is a prime example of how TC excels at connecting research, practice and policy to make a positive difference. With this campaign we will expand our capacity to support our promising and talented students, enable our world-class faculty to galvanize leading-edge fields and develop programs and partnerships that change schools and communities. Our campus will be renewed for the 21st century with classrooms and student spaces infused with the latest technology that supports Dear Friends, teaching and learning as well as research. We also will enhance our financial flexibility and engage and in november, an extraordinary evening at the connect our 90,000 alumni and friends with TC legendary Apollo Theater in New York City put the and one another. exclamation point on Teachers College’s yearlong 125th anniversary celebration. More than 600 TC I invite you to read more in this report, beginning friends, alumni, students, faculty and five illustrious on page 12, about our unprecedented campaign honorees gathered for a benefit gala to pay tribute for TC and the visionary donors who are supporting HOTO to our historic legacy and to launch an even more our future. P ILE ILE F exciting future. TC ALL: ALL: Indeed, our anniversary year has been a time to We’re taking Grace Dodge’s long H reflect on TC’s remarkable legacy of firsts–our USSELL USSELL history of creating and shaping new fields to meet view to recommit ourselves to build R the challenges of the times and anticipate the HOTO; HOTO; direction of education, health and psychology. a stronger TC. P ILE ILE F TC From the exhibit on TC’s history at the New-York As our anniversary year comes to a close and we Historical Society, to Global TC Day gatherings in TATUE: chart our course for TC’s future, we draw inspiration S a dozen countries and more than 20 U.S. cities, to from our founder Grace Dodge, who was described EWEY EWEY the dedication of 120th Street as Teachers College by a New York City newspaper as having “the D Way, we marked our anniversary with special hundred-year look. That is, she looked ahead a celebrations that highlighted the rich spectrum of century and made her plans accordingly.” our TC family. With this campaign we are taking Grace Dodge’s Now, as we prepare to launch the next 125 years long view to recommit ourselves to build a stronger at TC, we will build on the depth and breadth of TC–a College we can celebrate as the finest our knowledge and expertise and our unparalleled graduate school of education today and for the next reach to rise to the challenges of tomorrow. 125 years. I hope you will join us on this journey. EMDIN CHRISTOPHER LEWIS); UXEM VAN (HEATHER BLASIO DE BILL MAYOR GILBERT); (BRUCE FUHRMAN SUSAN IMAGES); GETTY ARTHY; C C The TC future begins with our historic $300 million M FILES); TC COMMENCEMENT (MEIRA GOTTLIEB). (MEIRA COMMENCEMENT TC FILES); campaign–the largest campaign ever for a school C of education. Where the Future Comes First: . TISCH (JAMIE (JAMIE TISCH . 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M September 2012 October 2012 award-winning HBO YoungArts initiatives in learning, policy AURIE AURIE “MasterClass” series. and comprehensive L More than 300 parents, The National YoungArts opportunity in public schools. teachers, community members Foundation begins nationwide In her State of the College and dignitaries celebrate the distribution of a study guide, address, TC President Susan The annual Elaine Brantley new permanent home for the developed by Professor Fuhrman declares 2012-13 Memorial Award for pre-K–8 Teachers College of Music Education Hal “the year of effectiveness” and Community and Civility is Community School. Abeles and team, for the announces transformative awarded to Evelyn Cardona, SUSAN FUHRMAN: LOFI STUDIOS FOR TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY COLUMBIA COLLEGE, TEACHERS FOR STUDIOS LOFI FUHRMAN: SUSAN LEFT: FROM TOP PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION: (SAMANTHA ISOM). BOTTOM, FROM LEFT: TC GLOBAL DAY (T DAY GLOBAL TC LEFT: FROM BOTTOM, ISOM). (SAMANTHA Illustrations by Josue Evilla www.tc.edu/future 3 2013 YEAR IN REVIEW Administrative Assistant in the Education, launch a Hip-Hop College’s Office of School and Science Battle for students Community Partnerships; at 10 New York City public Thomas Rock, Associate high schools. In June 2013 DIVERSITY & Dean, Enrollment Services; senior Jabari Johnson of and Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Urban Assembly for the COMMUNITY Affairs Assistant Professor of Performing Arts High School With faculty, students and staff, TC’s Office of the English Education. is crowned contest winner. Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs (ODCA) builds community and civility, promotes TC hosts a debate between academic and workplace engagement and the education advisors of addresses TC climate concerns. ODCA responds President Obama and to Title IX guidance by the U.S. Department of Republican challenger Education, promotes education about gender- Mitt Romney. based concerns and harassment prevention and strengthens TC’s climate concerning LGBTQ issues. November 2012 January 2013 Soon after Hurricane Sandy, Volunteers from TC, THE YEAR'S EFFORTS INCLUDE the TC Reading and Writing JPMorgan Chase & Co. On Constitution Day, Programming to Project’s Literacy Lifeboats (JPMC) and World Vision distribution of the U.S. encourage master’s initiative raises nearly distribute backpacks filled with Constitution; the forum degree students “The Political and Social (particularly black and $30,000 to help damaged school supplies to Dimensions of Surveilling Latino men) to pursue schools. TC Cares, students at PS Muslim Students after doctoral education. spearheaded by the Vice 154. The school 9/11.” President’s Office for is part of Awarding $11,450 for Diversity and Community REACH (Raising “ Choices and Chances: student-, faculty- and School Policies and staff-sponsored diversity Affairs, launches a citywide Educational Practices and the and community initiatives, assistance effort. TC also Achievement Experience of Exclusion.” and $7,500 for student provides tutoring to students Coalition in Cornell West and TC research in diversity. at Kingsborough Harlem), the College’s faculty members Lalitha Community College. partnership with local public Vasudevan and Michael Sexual Assault Awareness Wilson discuss students’ Training for Students. schools supported by a experiences struggling in, December 2012 $1 million JPMC grant.