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Brenau University Presidential Profile BRENAU UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTIAL PROFILE Gainesville, Georgia THE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH he Board of Trustees is seeking to appoint the next President of Brenau University. Brenau’s quest is for a creative, energetic and Tforward-thinking leader for this prestigious, programmatically entrepreneurial and culturally diverse University. The President, as chief executive of the University, is the unifying and coordinating force of the University, is ultimately responsible for all its activities and will be expected to continue its successful momentum, growth and excellence. The incoming President is expected to appreciate the highly qualified and professionally proven executive and academic staff that have contributed to the current level of institutional achievement and excellent academic reputation of Brenau University. After 15 highly successful years ushering in an era of growth and development, current Brenau President Dr. Ed L. Schrader is retiring. Schrader became the ninth Brenau President in January 2005, putting the University on an aggressive growth trajectory. During his tenure, the University’s budget, endowment and enrollment all saw unprecedented growth. Schrader’s strategy entailed preserving The Women’s College of Brenau University, which has been a part of the Gainesville and regional community since 1878, while building significantly on the expansion of coeducational graduate and undergraduate programs on all Brenau campuses and online. MISSION AND STRATEGY Throughout his career, Schrader developed relationships and partnerships with academic institutions around the world, particularly Brenau University’s mission is clear: in China. Those efforts came to fruition for the University in 2014, preparing students to live extraordinary when the Education Ministry of the People’s Republic of China lives of personal and professional approved a partnership between Brenau University and Anhui Normal fulfillment. Brenau provides an education University forming joint degree programs in Early Childhood Teacher that is not only of the highest quality, but Education, English and Interior Design. The “2+2 partnership” allows is demonstrably life-changing. Brenau Chinese students to study two years at their home institutions before exists as a dichotomy. It is simultaneously transferring to Brenau for their final progressive while honoring its 140 years of two years. The partnership heritage and tradition. also provides study BRENAU 2025 is the Strategic Plan abroad opportunities to establish and sustain an innovative for American students and exciting educational experience, and faculty exchanges between the transforming Brenau students’ lives and institutions. their world. The Strategic Plan is the blueprint for the creation and application of a unique curriculum designed to establish undergraduate and graduate programs that are in demand by students and are simultaneously responsive to the needs of society. It plans to equip the University with advanced information technology, physical facilities, and distance learning and teaching expertise and to make international experiences accessible for all students, ensuring that they have a global perspective. 2 | WWW.BRENAU.EDU BRENAU UNIVERSITY | PRESIDENTIAL PROFILE HISTORY BRENAU AT A GLANCE Founded as the Georgia Brenau University is strong, prestigious Baptist Female Seminary and expanding, quantitatively and by Dr. W.C. Wilkes, Brenau qualitatively. Brenau is seeking a University is a non-sectarian, forward-thinking leader to maintain private, not-for-profit institution. and enhance its progress and stature. In 1900, it was named Brenau From its 55-acre historic Gainesville College. Today, Brenau University campus to additional locations and consists of The Women’s campuses statewide and in Florida — College of Brenau University, along with the global reach of its many the Undergraduate School online programs — Brenau annually of Brenau University enrolls more than 3,500 students in (coeducational) and the unduplicated headcount as reported Sidney O. Smith Jr. Graduate through IPEDS. School. The Women’s College, located in Gainesville, has provided excellence Brenau students come from 48 U.S. in single-gender education since 1878. states and 17 countries. The student Brenau initiated coeducational studies body is 87.4 percent female, 12.6 in 1972 and, in 1992, Brenau became a percent male, 46.9 percent Caucasian, university. For 140 years, Brenau has been 35.6 percent African-American, 6.9 governed by nine presidents and has a rich percent Hispanic, 2.4 percent Asian and tradition of providing a rigorous, high-quality 8.2 percent from other demographics. education. Today, the University has More than 85 percent of the University’s campuses throughout Georgia students receive financial aid from some and Florida, as well as a source, private or public. strong online presence. A central focus of the Gainesville and Hall County, Georgia, community, Brenau has an annual economic impact of approximately $147.5 million. In 2018, the University successfully GOVERNANCE concluded its $40 million ForeverGold campaign, surpassing the goal with The members of the Brenau University Board of Trustees are responsible a total committed and collected of for the governing policies, selection and oversight of the President, $42.39 million. The campaign was and for financial stability of the University. The academic and daily targeted to address the major points of operational affairs of Brenau are conducted by executive management BRENAU 2025. under the policies and supervision of the Board. It is the duty of the As a result of the campaign, scholarships Board of Trustees to select and appoint the President, to monitor the were added, a new Residence Hall President’s performance, to approve the mission of the institution, and four new Sorority Houses were to approve long-range plans, to approve general policies of the institution, to ensure financial strength to achieve the mission, to defend constructed for The Women’s College the autonomy of the institution, to enhance the public standing of and University undergraduates, and the the institution, to assess its own performance and engage in its own Doctor of Physical Therapy Program development, and to assist in the acquisition of such financial resources was added and equipped with the and assets as may be necessary to implement the educational programs most technologically advanced of the institution. facilities, graduating its first cohort in May 2018. At the time, it represented Currently, the Brenau Executive Team includes the President, Executive the University’s third doctoral program. Vice President, seven Vice Presidents, the Chief of Staff and the Athletic Subsequently a fourth doctorate, in Director. Teacher Education, was added. BRENAU UNIVERSITY | PRESIDENTIAL PROFILE WWW.BRENAU.EDU | 3 ACADEMIC STRUCTURE The University provides a different learning experience than those traditionally offered. Brenau’s existing liberal arts and pre-professional educational approach gives a new and richer means of understanding and accessing the world around us. This evolutionary learning experience is called Brenau’s “Portals of Learning” — doorways or entries into transformational environments where individuals experience understanding of, adaptation to and prospering in a fast-paced, information- centric, scientifically demanding and culturally diverse global society. The University’s programs and activities are designed to push students well beyond personal comfort zones as they discover their own unique capabilities and gifts. Academically, Brenau comprises four colleges: the Ivester College of Health Sciences, the College of Fine Arts & Humanities, the College of Business & Communication and the College of Education. The Ivester College of Health Sciences includes undergraduate natural sciences and exercise science degree programs, as well as master’s programs in clinical psychology and gerontology. The college is home to the Mary Inez Grindle School of Nursing, the School of Physical Therapy and the School of Occupational Therapy. The University offers Doctorates, Masters, Education Specialist, Bachelors, Associates and professional certifications in more than 50 areas of study. Known for its small class sizes and EXTERNAL RECOGNITION individual attention to students, the average student-faculty ratio is 11:1. Approximately 80 percent of Brenau classes have For 140 years, the University has provided fewer than 20 students. prestigious higher education centered around its value of small class sizes, personal attention to individual students and reasonable costs. These values were nationally acknowledged in September 2018 by U.S. News & World Report, which listed Brenau in several of its Best Colleges rankings. Brenau climbed 10 places to No. 47 on the list of Best Southern Regional Universities, ranking No. 3 in the state of Georgia and above all nearby peers. It was also listed nationally as No. 8 Best in Ethnic and Economic Diversity and No. 31 Best Colleges for Veterans. The private, not-for-profit institution’s emphasis on reasonable costs factored into its inclusion in the Regional Best Value listing. College Choice ranked Brenau as the No. 11 Best Women’s College, above nearby peers and all others in Georgia, and included the University in its list of Best Southern Regional Universities. Meanwhile, The Chronicle of Higher Education has routinely named the University in its list of Great Colleges to Work For, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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