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Towering Generosity WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSllY Volume 23, Number 5 September 26, 1996 Alumna donates $5.8 million, largest gift in WMU history Towering The University has re- est single corporate ceived the largest single contribution in Uni- gift in its history from a versity history. Be- generosity 1934 graduate who was a fore the Frays gift, former school teacher and the largest donation University officials an- social worker. from an individual nounced the largest single gift President Haenicke was $2 million in University history - $5.8 announced the $5,872, 125 made in 1992 by the million - during ceremonies gift from the late Helen late Beulah I. Sept. 20 dedicating Stewart Stewart Frays during Kendall of Battle Tower, the clock tower that dedication ceremonies connects Waldo Library and Creek. Frays Sept. 20 for Stewart Portions of the the Computing Center. The Tower, the clock tower Frays donation have been designated for gift came from the late Helen that connects Waldo Li- the School of Social Work, for a Medallion Stewart Frays, a WMU brary and the Computing Scholarship in the name of Frays' late alumna and lifelong resident Center. husband and for an unsrestricted Univer- of Kalamazoo. The clock The clock tower was sityendowment. tower was named in honor of dedicated as a tribute to "Helen Frays was highly successful, her parents, Thomas and Frays' parents, Thomas wealthy and blessed with long life," Mary Stewart. Providing re- and Mary Stewart. Frays, Haenicke said. "It would have been easy marks during the naming cer- a lifelong resident of for her to forget her parents, who died emony were Charles E. Kalamazoo, died in April many years earlier. It would have been Halpin, at lectern, a longtime 1994 at the age of 88. It easy to forget the University that granted friend of Frays, President was her express wish that her a bachelor of arts degree 60 years Haenicke, Trustee Emeritus the tower be named for before her death. Helen Frays forgot nei- James S. Brady and Richard her parents. ther. In this one act, she demonstrated her G. Carlson, chairperson of "Helen Frays joins a lifelong loyalty to both her parents and to the WMU Foundation. relatively small, but her alma mater." growing number of Frays, a longtime member of WMU's alumni and friends who President's Circle of major benefactors, have most generously supported our Uni- was employed for six years as a teacher in versity with gifts of $1 million or more," the Sturgis (Mich.) Public Schools and for Groh, Oas to be recognized for contributions Haenicke said. "There are apparently no 35 years as a social worker in what is now with this year's Distinguished Service Awards upward limits to the loyalty and generosity the Michigan Family Independence bestowed on Western Michigan Univer- Agency. Her husband, Alvin W. Frays, Two WMU employees who together nation for the Distinguished Service Award sity by its alumni and friends, and we are who died in 1978, was an attorney and real have dedicated more than 60 years to the came from as near as the campus and as far deeply gratified." estate developer in Kalamazoo. Among University have been selected as the re- as Greece, Venezuela and Singapore. Previously, the largest gift to the Uni- other projects, he developed the Maple cipients of this year's Distinguished Ser- "Jolene, over the years, has quietly and versity was a $5 million donation made in Hill Mall area on the city's west side. vice Awards. efficiently directed an office which re- 1989 by the Haworth family and Haworth Jolene V. Groh, international student sponds quickly to admissions requests, ef- Inc. of Holland. That gift remains the larg- (Continued on page four) services, and Donna B. Oas, speech pa- fectively handles visa problems and tran- thology and audiology, will be presented script evaluations and eases the transition with a plaque and a $1,500 honorarium at into the University," wrote one colleague. Enrollment trends remain positive, Wright says the 17th annual Academic Convocation at "Jolene also developed an office which The number of freshmen at WMU this colleges over the past three years. 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, in the Dalton shows genuine concern for the interna- fall is up by 4.4 percent, creating the On-campus enrollment, at 22,455 stu- Center Recital Hall. In addition, $1,000 tional students and their myriad of prob- University's second largest freshman class dents, is down just 1.2 percent or 273 will be added to their base salaries. lems. From the orientation program to since 1989. Enrollment in doctoral pro- students while off-campus enrollment, at The two were graduation, the stu- grams also remained near record levels, 3,066 students, is down 516 students or chosen from cam- dents know Jolene including the most on-campus doctoral stu- 14.4 percent. Off-campus enrollment had puswide nomina- and her staff as car- dents ever. jumped twice that figure a year ago. tions based on such ing people in an un- New freshmen at the University total Enrollment of minority students totals criteria as: service familiar and foreign 3,245 students, just four students short of 2,574 students, down 4 percent from last through innovative country. That is why last year's figure, which itself had a sub- year. Minority students represent 10 per- and effective pro- their recommenda- stantial gain of 17.5 percent over the previ- grams; service in tions back home ous year. This year's sophomore class is (Continued on page four) areas that contrib- continue to bring also larger than last year's, by 3 percent. ute to the growth ever more interna- This year's freshman class totals 4,303 and stature of the tional students to students, an increase of 182 students or 4.4 University; and ser- Groh Oas Western Michigan percent. Total enrollment is 25,699 stu- Did you know? vice that extends the University." dents, down 838 students or 3.2 percent • On-campus enrollment in the impact and presence of the University into Former students from around the globe from last year, due mainly to smaller junior University's 23 doctoral programs the larger community. echoed those thoughts. "When any student and senior classes and dips in off-campus is at an all-time high of 424 stu- Groh, a WMU staff member for 29 arrives in the U.S., coming from his home and transfer student enrollment. dents. Combined enrollment of years, is being recognized for her con- country, he can't feel more insecure and "While there are declines in some areas, all516 doctoral and specialist stu- tributions to the field of international edu- lost," one wrote. "Is there anything better enrollment trends clearly are positive and dents is just six students fewer cation. After working her first four years at than finding a 'safe port' in a strange land? our base is strong," said Richard A. Wright, than last year. WMU as an admissions analyst in the Well, Ms. Jolene couldn't be described associate vice president for academic af- • The quality of this year's fresh- Graduate College, she joined the interna- better." fairs. "Our gains in freshman and sopho- man class remains high. The high tional student services staff in 1971 as an Another colleague wrote, "Widely trav- more enrollment are substantial, and we school grade point average of this admissions counselor. She was promoted eled, Jolene is one of our most successful have maintained a high level of quality year's freshmen is 3.2 on a scale to assistant director in 1977 and to director ambassadors, not only representing WMU among new students." of 4 and the average American in 1979. While working in that office, she with skill and aplomb abroad, but also a The University's freshman profile re- College Test score is 22.3, both also completed a bachelor's degree in fine exemplar of the warmth and generos- mains stable, with an average high school comparable to last year. communication and sociology and a ity of American culture with her students. grade point average of 3.2 on a scale of 4.0 • TheUniversityremainsaplace master's degree in counseling and person- Outgoing and caring, she wins friends eas- and an average score on the American of diversity, with minority enroll- nel at WMU. ily and keeps them ...." College Test of 22.3. ment representing 10 percent of Groh is responsible for managing all "In time, I came to see Jolene as a good Wright explained that the overall de- total enrollment and international phases of student services for WMU's in- friend, not just because of her quality pro- cline in enrollment is due primarily to the students accounting for 6.8 per- ternational students from recruitment to fessionalism, but because of her honest graduation oflarge classes that started com- cent for a total of 16.8 percent. graduation. During her tenure as director, caring about my progress and well-being," ing to the University in the late 1980s. The Both figures are comparable to the population she serves has tripled to wrote a recent graduate. "I.am happy to say number of students transferring to WMU last year's percentages. more than 1,700 students from some 90 this year also is down, by 7 percent, reflect- countries. Letters in support of her nomi- (Continued on page four) ing declining enrollments at community Two September 26, 1996 Western News ACE Fellow learning leadership ropes here A Wayne State one to whom I felt I could devote an entire Universityadminis- year of my life.
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