2017 Annual Report

2 LEADERSHIP MESSAGE Dear members of the John Carroll University community, Each year we pause to reflect on the impact we have and therefore we are a community that respects made on the lives of our students, in our community, difference. Intelligence is not only fostered through an and on the world. In this John Carroll University 2016- engagement with difference: character is as well. 2017 annual report, we highlight our most strategic initiatives of this past year that support our students, In the coming year, we plan to continue to achieve our faculty, staff, and community. goals as laid out in the University Strategic Plan: Promise and Prominence. Our plan has three goals — academic Our impact is made possible by our community. excellence for student learning and success, faith that does justice, and an engaged campus community. As In May, we bid farewell to John Carroll’s longest such, we pledge our ongoing commitment to inspire serving president, Rev. Robert L. Niehoff, S.J. Under individuals to excel through these learning goals, which his 12 years of leadership, the University reignited guide us in educating today’s students. a commitment to service, expanded academic programs, and developed a strategic plan to ensure We are confident that through the reinvention of sustained success. We appointed an interim president the University in recent months, we are making our and launched a national search for our next president. community stronger and better able to grow. Together, we will foster that growth, and position our students for We closed a successful capital campaign in fall 2016, sustained success in the years to come. the Forever Carroll Campaign, which raised $104 million in support of scholarships, professorships, our Jesuit mission, and alumni giving. Sincerely, We completed seven program reviews: Honors, Arrupe, and Leadership Signature Programs plus sociology, psychology, political science, and history. In March, the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges reaffirmed our accreditation through 2024-2025. We hear frequently from students and alumni that Michael J. Merriman ’78 John Carroll is their “home away from home.” While Chair, Board of Directors, John Carroll University this indeed reflects the lifelong relationships that are built here, it also goes much deeper. It reflects our commitment to knowing each student as an individual and challenging them to become their true selves—men and women of character, leadership, service, and intellect. This fundamental idea was the basis of a renewed Jeanne M. Colleran, Ph.D. challenge to our students to encounter difference. Interim President, John Carroll University Here at John Carroll, we are a community of learners, 3 UNIVERSITY LEARNING GOALS A John Carroll education is distinguished by respect and care for the whole person (cura personalis), innovative teaching, and integrated learning throughout the entire student experience. A commitment to excellence and academic rigor animates JCU’s way of proceeding — graduating individuals of intellect and character who lead and serve by engaging the world. 4 INTELLECT Through an integrated curriculum and applied learning, students are transformed to fully realize their potential to enrich the world. In March, the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges notified John Carroll University that it is in full compliance with the standards for accreditation. The Carroll News won three Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Region 4. The CHARACTER SPJ awards recognize the best in collegiate journalism. Since 1995, The Carroll News has won 168 national, regional, and Inspired by the Ignatian tradition of finding God in local collegiate journalism awards. all things, students develop a holistic awareness of The Boler School of Business at John Carroll was the only themselves and others, acting with integrity and moral AACSB-accredited business school in Northeast Ohio with purpose for the good of society. an undergraduate program selected for the Chartered Financial Analyst® University Recognition Program. The 2017 George B. Sweeney Endowed Campion Award for recognized William DiPasquale ’18 and Leanne Tang ’19 The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Service $225,000 grant to the Molecular Education and Research for their commitment to community service and social justice. Consortium in Undergraduate Computational Chemistry, a collaboration of undergraduate research teams at 25 higher The 2017 Staff Community Service Award recognized Nancy education institutions nationwide, including JCU. Coyne of the University’s Department of Athletics for her consistently positive impact on the community through Ricardo Caraballo ’17 was awarded a Fulbright Grant in April, which earned him the opportunity to study in Japan during voluntary service. the 2017-2018 school year. Ricardo, a first-generation college The student, is conducting research on citizenship. 2017 Curtis W. Miles Faculty Award for Community Service recognized visiting professor of management Tom Bonda, J.D., Peter Short ’18 and Jason Mancuso ’17, reached the finals for the significant contributions he has made to Northeast of the Medical Capital Innovation Competition held at Ohio by sharing his expertise with community groups and the Global Center for Health Innovation in late April. The software they developed uses machine learning algorithms nonprofit agencies. to detect errors in blood tests before physicians have the opportunity to see the results. Kathleen English ’18 was named the winner of the 2017 Charles J. Ping Student Service Award by Ohio Campus Compact and John Carroll’s team won first place in theEntrepreneurship was also the recipient of the Compact’s Seratta Saylor Immersion Week contest. Marketing major Matt Schutt ’18, Legacy Award. finance majors Maria Ndini ’18 and Mikayla Hutchings ’18, IMC major Chloe Slavin ’18, and exercise science major Leah Ignatian Heritage Week (Jan. 29 – Feb. 4) celebrated the Berdysz ’17 designed a wristband that allows parents to monitor dehydration and UV exposure of their children. University’s tradition of being men and women for and with others with the theme “Teaching and Learning in the The University partnered with Catholic Community Ignatian Tradition.” Connection on a summer internship program, which places students in Catholic nonprofit organizations in the city of Rev. Adolfo Nicolas, S.J., then Superior General of the Society of Cleveland. The organization hosted a conference on campus Jesus, confidently affirmed theJesuit Catholic identity of John in 2017 and will host another in 2018. Carroll University. We were one of only three universities out of 28 Jesuit institutions in the nation to undergo the first round of this process. 5 UNIVERSITY LEARNING GOALS LEADERSHIP Students learn to recognize themselves as agents of positive change with and for others by integrating faith and reason to meet the world’s needs through ethical leadership. Mary Frances McGowan ’17 received this year’s NBC/ JCU sports fans celebrated a banner year. The football John Carroll University “Meet the Press” Fellowship. team defeated Mount Union for the first time since McGowan, who graduated with majors in communication 1989 and secured a spot in the top four in the NCAA and political science, served as the campus editor for the Tournament Semifinals. Our Ohio Athletic Conference University’s student-run newspaper, The Carroll News. (OAC) champion men’s soccer team participated in The Brecksville resident was part of the University’s its first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2007. Our Leadership Scholars Program, and she completed women’s cross country team was runner-up at the OAC internships with WKYC-TV and with the office of U.S. Championships. For the first time in several years, our Congresswoman Marcia Fudge. The fellowship was women’s and men’s swimming and diving teams captured created in 2009 in memory of the Sunday morning OAC titles. program’s legendary host, Tim Russert ’72. John Carroll was awarded the Collegiate Athlete of the Zachary Thomas ’18 was awarded a Newman Civic Year award by the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission. Fellowship by Campus Compact, a national coalition of 1,100 colleges and universities committed to the public Eight alumni represented John Carroll at Super Bowl LI: purposes of higher education. The award honors college seven from the New England Patriots, who each took students who’ve demonstrated an investment in finding home a Super Bowl ring: Nick Caserio ’98, Josh McDaniels solutions for challenges facing communities throughout ’99, David Ziegler ’01, Jerry Schuplinski ’99, Nick Caley the country. ’06, Frank Ross ’10, and D.J. Debick ’13; and one member of the Atlanta Falcons staff, Jesse Ackerman ’02. 6 SERVICE The Center for Service and Social Action (CSSA) educates for justice by offering opportunities for learning through service, community-based research, and civic engagement. The center connects the campus with the community through LEADERS IN SERVICE mutual partnerships that are significant, eye-opening, and transformative. These help the University realize the Jesuit goal of developing well-educated men and women who Kathleen English ’18, a understand what it means to stand in solidarity with those sociology and peace, living in poverty and on the margins, engage in ongoing justice, and human rights reflection, and build a more just and humane society. double major, has served as co-chair of the Fatima Family Food Drive for the past three Success of students and faculty years. The drive provides 125 • 2,029 students (unduplicated) engaged in community families with a week’s worth of food during the week service activities. of Thanksgiving. Kathleen • 1,014 students took an academic service–learning course. is also a member of the Arrupe Scholars Program at • 70 service-learning courses were offered. John Carroll and is an active • 33 faculty members taught one or more service–learning courses. participant in the University’s Center for Service and • 13 different disciplines offered one or more Social Action.

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