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Rollins at a glance 2 President’s Message 4 A Rollins Education 6 Points of Pride 10 Rollins History 14 Arts & Culture 24 Athletics 28 Economic Impact 30 Community Resources 32 Plan Your Visit 36 R Ollins AT A GLANCE

We are committed to: Rollins is a • Ac ademic excellence four-year, • A tradition of innovation FOUNDED • A pplied liberal arts 36,472 coeducational, • L ifelong learning liberal arts • International experiences • S ervice learning and 1885 college. Alumni WINTER PARK, FLORIDA community engagement (as of April 2013)

President Lewis M. Duncan, Ph.D. Motto: Fiat Lux Let there

Mission Statement Rollins College educates students for global be Light citizenship and responsible leadership, empowering graduates to pursue meaningful lives and Ac c reditation productive careers. We are Rollins College is accredited committed to the liberal by the Southern Association of arts ethos and guided by its values and ideals. Our Colleges and Schools Commission guiding principles are on Colleges. The Crummer Graduate excellence, innovation, and School of Business is accredited community. by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business Affiliation (AACSB) International. Nonsectarian, independent, and coeducational

2 | WE ROLLINS OUR MASCOT Student Profile The diverse student body totals Rollins’ mascot, the Tars— more than 3,000 students, representing nearly every a nickname given to sailors—was state as well as countries in Africa, Asia, Australia, adopted by Rollins’ athletic teams Central America, Europe, and South America. as a way to give a nod to the sailors stationed on Lake GO Virginia during WWI. Rollins TARS! College is the only collegiate institution in the United States with Tars as its sports nickname. SCHOOL COLORS Blue and Gold Tommy Tar

Fox Day Established in 1956, Fox Day is a Rollins tradition that occurs each spring on a day deemed “too pretty to have class” by the college president. Classes are canceled, providing undergraduate students with a surprise day off.

A Community Guide | 3 President’s Message It is my privilege to serve as the 14th president of Rollins College and to invite you to learn more about Rollins— one of the nation’s best institutions of higher education and one of Central Florida’s notable assets.

Curricular offerings in Arts and Sciences, Professional Studies, the Hamilton Holt School, and the Crummer Graduate School of Business share a firm foundation in the applied liberal arts. Our faculty is committed to advancing the art and science of teaching, and our students are enthusiastic partners in scholarship, service, and citizenship. Together, we contribute to our community, both socially and economically, as we prepare our graduates for fulfilling lives.

We encourage you to explore Rollins. Whether you’re seeking intellectual and cultural enrichment or the excitement of intercollegiate athletics, Rollins provides a rich variety of opportunities. We look forward to welcoming you into our academic home.

Lewis M. Duncan President

4 | WE ROLLINS “WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXPLORE ROLLINS.”

A Community Guide | 5 among the top colleges in the nation A ROLLINS EDUCATION

Rollins offers top-ranked* TOP undergraduate and graduate degree RANKED programs. Rollins features small C ollege of Arts & Sciences classes taught by renowned (full-time undergraduate day program) faculty. The academic experience is enhanced College of Professional Studies (full-time undergraduate day program) by study-abroad and internship opportunities as Hamilton Holt School well as ways to participate (full- and part-time undergraduate and in student organizations graduate evening programs) and the local community. Crummer Graduate School of Business (full- and part-time graduate programs)

rollins.edu/academics

* View our awards and rankings at rollins.edu/rankings

A Community Guide | 7 A ROllins EDUCATION A ROLLINS UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION OFFERS STUDENTS:

Undergraduate areas of study

• • African & African • • History American Studies • • Humanities • • American Studies • • International Affairs • • Anthropology • • International Business • • Archaeology • • International Relations • • Art (Studio) • • Jewish Studies • • Art History • • Latin American & • • Asian Studies Caribbean Studies • • Australian Studies • • Marine Biology • • Biochemistry/ • • Mathematics Molecular Biology • • Middle Eastern & • • Biology North African Studies • • Business (Management) • • Music • • Business Administration • • Neuroscience • • Chemistry • • Organizational • • Classical Studies Behavior • • Communication • • Philosophy Studies • • Physics • • Computer Science • • Political Science • • Critical Media & • • Psychology AN AVERAGE CLASS SIZE OF Cultural Studies • • Religious Studies • • Dance • • Russian • • Economics • • Social Entrepreneurship • • Education (Elementary) & Business • • Education (Secondary) • • Sociology • • English • • Spanish • • Environmental Studies • • Sustainable Development • • Film Studies & the Environment • • French • • Theater Arts • • German • • Women’s Studies • • Global Health • • Writing 17

Mr ajo | MINOR STUDENTS

8 | WE ROLLINS A student-to-faculty ratio of More than A ROLLINS UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION OFFERS STUDENTS: 60 percent of students study abroad before they graduate.

Graduate Areas of Study • Business 10:1 • Clinical Mental Health Counseling • Elementary Education/ ESOL • Human Resources • Liberal Studies • Teaching

Special Degree Programs • 3/2 Accelerated Programs • Environmental R ESeaRCH OPPORTUNITIES Management In 1999, Rollins launched the Student-Faculty Collaborative • Family & Relationship Therapy Certificate Scholarship Program. The program Program enables students and faculty to work together to develop unique • Honors Program research or scholarship in the faculty • Pre-Dentistry member’s field. Since the program’s • Pre-Engineering inception, more than 400 students 60% • Pre-Law working in partnership with 86 faculty members representing 25 • Pre-Med disciplines have participated in • Pre-Veterinary Medicine high-level original collaborative • Teaching Certification undergraduate scholarship.

A Community Guide | 9 2014 BEST

COLLEGESU.S. News & World Report POINTS OF PRIDE FIRST COLLEGE IN FLORIDA Recognized Founded in 1885 by New England by The Congregationalists who sought to bring their Princeton Review style of liberal arts education to the Florida frontier, Rollins is the oldest recognized The Best college in Florida. 378 Colleges

The Best NO. 1 in Florida and NO. 44 in the nation for 296 Business part-time MBA Bloomberg Businessweek (2011) NUMBER Schools NO. 1 in Florida ”America’s Top Colleges” by Forbes (2011) ONE IN Guide to 322 NO. 1 MBA in Florida Forbes (1999–2013) Green Colleges No. 2 in Division II and NO. 15 overall THE SOUTH

The Best NCSA Collegiate Power Rankings (2012) For nine consecutive 300 Professors years, Rollins has been No. 1 in Florida and NO. 19 in Leadership Development ranked No. 1 Regional Programs Leadership Excellence magazine (2012) Colleges with University in the a Conscience No. 1 Most Philanthropic College Campus South by U.S. News BestCollegesOnline.com (2012) & World Report.

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Changemaker Campus Rollins is recognized as an institution A leADER in dedicated to educating and graduating community leaders who have a positive impact on the world. In 2012, the social entrepreneurship organization Ashoka U named Rollins a engagement The Corporation for Changemaker Campus, making us the first liberal arts institution in National and Community the South and the first college in Florida to join the Changemaker Service recognized Campus Consortium. Rollins for its support of volunteering, Scholarships Awards service learning, and Since the first Rollins student Florida Campus Compact civic engagement. Engaged Campus Award received a Fulbright Award (2007, 2011) in 1951, Rollins has produced a total of 49 Fulbright award NCAA Division II Presidents’ recipients (24 of whom have Award for Academic Excellence (2012) been named since 2006). Rollins students have also Recognitions received other competitive President’s Higher awards, scholarships, and Education Community fellowships, including: Service Honor Roll (2008–13) • American Graduate Fellowship Service Learning and Study • Boren Scholarship Abroad by U.S. News & World Report (2012) • Ford Foundation Fellowship Carnegie Community • Goldwater Scholarship Engagement • National Science Classification (2008) Foundation Graduate “Great Colleges to Work Research Fellowship For” by The Chronicle of A Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars • Thomas R. Pickering Higher Education (2009–13) Foreign Affairs Fellowship Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of “Top 100 Companies for Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Fulbright program is the • Udall Scholarship Working Families” by the Orlando Sentinel (1994–2013) largest international exchange program in the country.

12 | WE ROLLINS One of the most BEAUTIFUL COLLEGE

CAMPUSESfrom The Best Colleges’ 50 Most Beautiful College Campuses (2011–13)

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Rollins History Rollins is founded as a coeducational institution of higher learning by the Congregational Church. 1890 Classes officially begin Rollins’ first graduates, November 4. Ida May Missildine and Clara Louise Guild, receive 1885 bachelor’s degrees. llections o C The Sandspur ecial p S 1894 Rollins publishes the & first issue of the College’s student newspaper, The chives r Sandspur, making it the A oldest continuous college newspaper in Florida. of rollins y A lonzo Rollins was a successful businessman throughout his life, founding the A. W. Rollins Company in 1865, a Chicago-based company that sold dyes to woolen mills. Within 10 years, Rollins’ business was worth $100,000. He began spending his winters in Florida for health reasons. It was his generous gift of $50,000 that secured Winter Park as the winner for the future location of a college in Florida. The College was

photos courtes named in his honor and officially incorporated on April 28, 1885.

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1930 In his Nobel BIRTH OF THE laureate address, Sinclair Lewis lists Rollins as one of the four universities Bach Festival in the U.S. “which have shown an authentic 1935 Rollins commemorates the 250th anniversary of the interest in contemporary birth of Johann Sebastian Bach with a vespers service of his creative literature.” works, thus launching Winter Park’s annual Bach Festival.

Animated Magazine President Hamilton Holt and Professor of Books Edwin Osgood Grover launch the Animated Magazine, which allows contributors to present their ideas, stories, and anecdotes in person. A parade of notables come to campus for the annual event—which was held 1949 until 1969—including U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams, author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Countess Alexandra Tolstoy, Time and Life editor Henry R. Luce, Dale Carnegie, New York Times publisher Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Carl Sandburg, playwright Maurice Maeterlinck, Justice William O. Douglas, Mary McLeod Bethune, 1932 Edward R. Murrow, and Archduke Otto Annie Russell Theatre and of Austria and Hungary. Knowles Memorial Chapel are dedicated; the Annie Russell Theatre stages its Rollins’ football team celebrates a win against Stetson, first play, Robert Browning’s ending the year on a triumphant note. Unfortunately, it’s In a Balcony, starring the last year that Rollins has a football program; President 1927 actress Annie Russell. Wagner eliminates the program, citing financial reasons.

16 | WE ROLLINS 1952 WPRK Rollins launches student radio station WPRK 91.5 FM. The first broadcast opens with the chapel choir singing the “Alma Mater,” followed by a speech by Rollins President Hugh McKean and a recorded message by U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower.

1960 The Institute of Rollins is one General Studies is founded. of the first six Renamed the School of schools in the Continuing Education Sunshine State in 1973, the program Conference. becomes the Hamilton Holt School in 1987. 1975

1964 Roy E. Crummer gives $1 million for a School of Finance & Business Administration in order “to strengthen the human element in business.” The On May 13, 1951, Rollins art professor Hugh F. McKean is groundbreaking occurs 1951asked to step into the presidential shoes, and he accepts. for Roy E. Crummer Hall in Students celebrate McKean’s acceptance with a candlelight 1965; AACSB International procession, and the College is bathed in light to symbolize awards accreditation to its rededication. the College in 1985.

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1980 Rollins adopts an Upward Bound 1993 Rollins dedicates Program, which enables high school the first Habitat for students from low-income families or from Humanity house sponsored families in which neither parent holds by a Florida college. a bachelor’s degree to succeed in their precollege performance. 1997 Knowles Memorial Chapel is named to the National Register of Historic Rollins celebrates Places; in 1998, the Annie its 100 th anniversary Russell Theatre is also listed. 1985 Olin Library is dedicated; the Historic Preservation Commission of Winter Park designates Pinehurst Cottage a historic landmark.

Rita Bornstein is named the 13th 2001 president of Rollins Rollins launches the Office of College and its first Community Engagement as woman president. a way to connect and engage students in service, civic engagement, and activism.

2004 Lewis M. Duncan 1987 Alumnus becomes the 14th president Donald Cram ’41 is of Rollins College; Winter awarded a Nobel With the Writers, a festival Prize in chemistry. of the literary arts, returns 1990 to Rollins.

18 | WE ROLLINS U.S. News & World Report ranks Rollins No. 1 regional university in the South, a position Colloquy Rollins continues to hold. 2005 2007 Maya Angelou, Francis Fukuyama, and Salman Rushdie headline the Rollins Colloquy, G ElOBAL ducation which convenes thought In 2005, Rollins embarks leaders to discuss the future on an unparalleled effort of a liberal arts education. to internationalize its faculty—an effort that President Lewis M. Duncan believes is core 2009 Rollins to providing a global initiates The Rollins education for students. 2008 Plan, an innovative, Professors at Rollins Rollins launches the Winter interdisciplinary are given opportunities Park Institute, a forum for approach to general to travel the world engaging today’s innovators education curriculum. to experience other in substantive dialogue with cultures. The President’s the Rollins community. Internationalization Initiative strives to enable every faculty member to have an international experience at least once every three years. Since its founding, faculty members have traveled to destinations in Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, and South America. 2010 Rollins celebrates 125 years as an institution of higher learning.

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Anien Russell Theatre Considered one of the most beautiful and best-equipped small theaters in the country, the Annie Russell Theatre was a gift to Rollins from Mary Curtis Bok Zimbalist in HISTORIC honor of her longtime friend, the legendary actress Annie Russell. The Romanesque theater was designed by BUILDINGS Richard Kiehnel of Miami. Dedicated in March of 1886, 1886 Pinehurst Cottage received the historic landmark award from the Historic Preservation Commission of Winter Park during the College’s centennial celebration in 1985 as well as a restoration/rehabilitation award from the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation in 2008.

The only remaining structure from Rollins’ founding, Pinehurst Cottage currently serves as a coed residence hall, though the facility has had various uses over the years, including serving as a library, chemistry lab, and infirmary.

20 | WE ROLLINS 1932 The Annie Russell Theatre and Knowles Memorial Chapel

K nOWLES Memorial Chapel opened their doors Designed by world-renowned architect Ralph Adams Cram, the Knowles Memorial Chapel is best for the first time on known for its distinctive Spanish-Mediterranean style, specifically the campanile, which was modeled March 29, 1932. Both after that of the Toledo Cathedral in Spain. In addition to its external beauty, the Chapel is home to many priceless treasures, including a handmade wood carving of The Last Supper by American artist have been listed in Ernest Pellegrini, stained-glass windows honoring the individuals who helped shape Rollins, and an the National Register Ernest M. Skinner organ. of Historic Places for more than a decade.

A Community Guide | 21 R Ollins HISTORY NOTABLE ALUMNI

F. Duane Ackerman ’64 Janis Hirsch ’72 ’70MAB Co-executive Producer Chairman Emeritus Will & Grace BellSouth Corporation Writer Murphy Brown and Frasier Rod Adkins ’81 Sr. Vice President for Systems Hunt Lowry ’77 & Technology Film Producer IBM Last of the Mohicans, A Time to Kill, and Junia Jean-Gilles Beaubrun ’98 Donnie Darko Microbiologist U.S. Food & Drug Allen R. Weiss ’81MAB Administration Former President of Worldwide Operations Eric Bolling ’84 Walt Disney Company Co-host Parks & Resorts The Five on FOX News Channel

Muriel Fox ’48 Donald J. Cram ’41 won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1987 and the Co-founder ’41 National Organization for National Medal of Science in 1993 for his work in host-guest chemistry, Women (NOW) a field he helped to create. In 1998, he was ranked among the 75 most important chemists of the past 75 years by Chemical & Engineering News.

22 | WE ROLLINS Mr. Rogers F red M. Rogers ’51 A music composition major, he became inspired by the words “Life Is for Service,” a core value of Rollins’ mission engraved in marble and mounted on the wall of the loggia near Strong Quad. Rogers went on to create, host, and direct Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, one of the longest-running shows in public broadcasting history.

L indsay Phillips ’07 Before even graduating from high school, Phillips had applied for a patent on her innovative flip-flop design. She used her time at Rollins to travel to Europe and around the world through the Semester at Sea program. Phillips pursued her dream after graduation and founded SwitchFlops, custom flip-flops that can be worn dozens of ways. She credits her studies abroad for the kaleidoscope of colors and patterns employed in her innovative strap designs. Today, Phillips’ venture has expanded to ’51 include a growing line of bags and scarves.

A Community Guide | 23 ARTS& ARTS CULTURE CFAM Crnello Fine Arts Museum With one of the oldest and most distinguished permanent collections & in Florida—including more than 5,000 works ranging from antiquity to the contemporary, CFAM presents a stimulating year-round program of exhibitions, public talks, films, and educational offerings. cfam.rollins.edu

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Annie Russell Theatre Thl e Ne son Department of Music showcases the range and The longest continuously operating theater in Florida and named depth of talent among students and faculty in performances, including to the National Register of Historic Places, the Annie Russell orchestral classics, choral music, contemporary jazz, and world music. Theatre stages an exciting season of musicals and plays that rollins.edu/music feature student and faculty performers. rollins.edu/annierussell MUSIC

Bac h Festival Society of Winter Park The third-oldest continuously operating Bach Festival in the United States and Central Florida’s oldest operating performing arts organization, this acclaimed choir and orchestra presents an annual two-week classical music festival, a choral masterworks series, a full calendar of world-renowned visiting-artist performances, and a variety of educational and community outreach programs. THEATER bachfestivalflorida.org

26 | WE ROLLINS Winter With the Writers Each February, this festival of literary arts brings to Rollins a selection of the finest contemporary authors and poets for a series of free and open master classes and public presentations. Past speakers include Maya Angelou, Michael Cunningham, Allen Ginsberg, Zora Neale Hurston, Sinclair Lewis, Adrienne Rich, and Kurt Vonnegut. rollins.edu/winterwiththewriters CONVERSATION

WPRK 91.5 FM A student- and community- W InteR PARK INSTITUTE operated radio station, WPRK Designed to foster enlightened and ongoing conversation at Rollins and in broadcasts a diverse array the community, the Institute hosts thought leaders from a broad spectrum of new, local, classical, and of disciplines and expertise for public lectures, readings, symposiums, contemporary music to the seminars, master classes, interviews, and special-interest sessions. Past greater Orlando area. speakers include Béla Fleck, Jane Goodall, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., David wprk.org McCullough, Paul Simon, Gloria Steinem, and Oliver Stone. rollins.edu/wpi

A Community Guide | 27 Att end competitions at:

• Harold & Ted Alfond Sports Center

• Barker Family Stadium at Cahall-Sandspur Field

• Alfond Swimming Pool

• Alfond Boathouse

• Alfond Stadium at Harper-Shepherd Field

• Bert W. Martin Tennis Complex and Copeland Stadium

• Tiedtke Tennis Courts

• U.T. Bradley Boathouse

• Rollins Softball Stadium at Martin Luther King Jr. Park Rollins has 22 varsity athletic teams with most competing in NCAA Division II and the Sunshine State ATHLETICS Conference.

Cp om etitive varsity sports include: Baseball Basketball Cross country Golf Lacrosse Rowing Sailing Soccer Softball Swimming Tennis Volleyball Waterski rollinssports.com

A Community Guide | 29 ECONOMIC IMPACT Rollins plays an integral role in supporting the economic Prort pe y Acquisitions and Taxes vitality of the city of Winter Park, Orange County, the Rollins land acquisitions since 1989 Central Florida region, and the state of Florida. In 1989, Rollins College converted tax-exempt property (SunTrust Plaza) to taxable property, essentially marking The College annually: the beginning of the commercial enterprise activities of the C ontributes more than $200 million to the Florida economy College. Since 1989, 41 properties have been added to the and supports more than 3,000 jobs. College’s landholdings. Of those:

Produces alumni who live and work in the Central Florida • E ight have been transitioned to exempt status area, currently totaling 12,216. properties (the properties’ primary uses are student residences, warehouses, and classroom and Contributes more than $60 million to the Winter Park department offices). economy and is responsible for generating more than $3.5 million in tax revenue for the city of Winter Park. • 3 3 properties (80 percent) remain on the Orange County tax rolls. (Uses include 49 percent Generates more than $14 million in state tax revenue through residential, 33 percent retail and commercial, and 18 its operations. percent vacant land.)

Promotes economic development within Central Florida by educating and connecting local business leaders and philanthropists through Rollins’ leadership and executive education programs.

30 | WE ROLLINS Oanger County Property Taxes: 1998–2013

Since 1998, Rollins College has paid more than $7 $800,000 million in Orange County property taxes—with half $700,000 of that paid in the past five years (2008–12). $600,000

*With the addition of The Alfond Inn at Rollins, $500,000 the College projects property taxes to increase $400,000 through 2013 to more than $800,000 annually (a 1,000 $300,000 percent increase over the 15-year period). $200,000

Although a nonprofit $100,000 institution, the College pays a greater portion of its assessed value in taxes than any of the other top six exempt property owners in the city of Winter Park. $83,959 $174,988 $274,652 $338,616 $360,103 $320,525 $362,514 $358,811 $437,498 $446,687 $576,307 $641,421 $611,170 $615,636 $615,636 $802,600* ’98 ’99 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13

A Community Guide | 31 C oMMUnity Engagement Community service and partnerships are essential to a Rollins education. Find opportunities for you or your organization to get involved through the Office of Community Engagement. rollins.edu/communityengagement COMMUNITY Sr t ategic partnerships American Heart Association Harbor House of Central Florida

BETA Center HOPE CommUnity Center RESOuRCES Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida Keep Winter Park Beautiful Rollins offers a variety of Coalition for the Homeless The Mayflower Retirement Community collaborative resources to enrich the of Central Florida community and local businesses. The Mustard Seed of Central Florida Downtown Credo Second Harvest Food Bank Educational Talent Search of Central Florida C enter for Lifelong Farmworker Association of Florida Seminole Education, Restoration and Learning Volunteer (SERV) Program Fern Creek Elementary School Society of St. Andrew Genius Reserve Susan G. Komen for the Cure Grand Avenue Primary Learning Center Upward Bound Habitat for Humanity Winter Park – Maitland Westminster Communities of Florida – Winter Park Towers Offers enrichment and certification Hannibal Square Heritage Center programs designed to cross the life span Winter Park High School with special programming for adults age 50 and older.

32 | WE ROLLINS Pa hil ntHROPy & Nonprofit Leadership Center

Offers nonprofit workshops, networking events, and certificate programs for employees and volunteers of nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. Members can take advantage of significant discounts and resources. pnlc.rollins.edu

Center for Advanced Entrr ep eneurship

Provides students, alumni, and local ENRICHING business owners with a variety of practical entrepreneurial experiences, both in and out of the classroom. the community rollins.edu/mba/entrepreneurship

A Community Guide | 33 COM M Unity RESOURCES

C aREER C rentER fo Spe eak rs Bureau Development Leadership Provides a comprehensive list of speakers who offer Development insights on a broad range of topics—local and Center global, cultural and political, scientific and literary. Provides a wide variety of Facilitates events, workshops, rollins.edu/speakersbureau services including career and organizations to promote and executive coaching, job- leadership development, search strategies, résumé personal growth, and Ilan Alon, Ph.D. development, mock interviews, skill building for graduate Cornell Professor of International Business, and recruitment and interview business students. Director of The China Center at Rollins assistance, at no charge to rollins.edu/mba/leadership College, and Visiting Scholar and Asia Fellow students and alumni. at Harvard University rollins.edu/mba/career- C rentER fo Areas of expertise: China’s rise, political development Management risk, global franchising in emerging markets, & Executive multinationals, corporate social responsibility, Education globalization of business education Co-creates powerful learning experiences customized to Rita Bornstein, Ph.D. an organization’s specific President Emerita and Cornell Professor of business challenges in Philanthropy and Leadership Development addition to offering certificate programs in strategic human Areas of expertise: philanthropy, fundraising, resources, entrepreneurship, succession planning, leadership, governance and the Rollins Mini-MBA™. rollins.edu/execed Robert K. Prescott, Ph.D., SPHR Associate Professor of Management

Areas of expertise: Human resource management, performance management, career management, organizational behavior and development, training and development, enterprise consulting

34 | WE ROLLINS Th e Alfond Inn at Rollins Owned by Rollins College and operated by The Olympia Companies, The Alfond Inn at Rollins provides space for events and conferences. Proceeds from The Inn benefit student scholarships. • 112 guest rooms • Rooftop pool • Fitness center • 5,000-square-foot ballroom • 1,000-square-foot boardroom • 10,000 square feet of meeting space rollins.edu/alfondinn

A Community Guide | 35 There’s no better way to experience Rollins Visitor parking is available on campus. than to spend a day on campus. Parking is also available in the SunTrust Parking Garage. Bordering Lake Virginia, Rollins is a lush, 70-acre campus located in Winter Park and There is a parking fee for the garage; is characterized by its traditional Spanish- however, several offices on campus can Mediterranean architecture. The campus is validate your ticket. about a 20-minute drive from downtown Orlando and a 30-minute drive from To get to the garage from campus: Orlando International Airport. • Turn onto Park Avenue. • E xit through Rollins’ gateway and cross Fairbanks Avenue. • T urn right at the first traffic light, Lyman Avenue. • T he SunTrust Parking Garage is on your right.

Plan Your Visit Contact Us Office of Marketing & Communications 1000 Holt Ave. – 2729 Winter Park, FL 32789 T. 407.646.1520 [email protected]

Cindy Bowman LaFronz Director of Community Relations T. 407.646.2256 [email protected] ROLLINS COLLEGE 1000 HOLT AVE. – 2729 WINTER PARK, FL 32789-4499 rollins.edu