Walsh University 2011 ANNUAL REPORT 10 YEARS OF A PRESIDENCY Walsh University 10 YEARS OF A PRESIDENCY ............................................1 2011 ANNUAL REPORT VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCEMENT AND UNIVERSITY RELATIONS: FINANCIALS ........................................................................... 11 – 14 Bridgette Neisel ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT Facts & Figures FOR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS: Teresa Griffin General Budget Summary DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS: Andrea McCaffrey Walsh Fund GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Shane Brown EDITORIAL STAFF: HONOR ROLL OF DONORS ..................................................... 15 Kristin Brimfield Patricia Cauley Craig Eynon Teresa Griffin Karen Hodge BOARDS AND VOLUNTEERS ................................................... 33 Andrea McCaffrey Walsh University 2020 East Maple Street North Canton, OH 44720-3336 www.walsh.edu SCHOLARSHIPS .............................................................................. 35 Walsh University admits students of any race, color, national, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school administered programs. 10 YEARS OF A PRESIDENCY Jusseaume was brought until his retirement in 2001. During that same period, The significant growth at Walsh University over the The Right Man for the Job back to Walsh to serve at he remained involved at Walsh by accepting a position past ten years in almost every facet of its operations— the now co-ed Walsh offered by Brother Francis to serve on the Board of enrollment, academic programs, faculty and staff, financial When you tell the story of Paul and Aurore Jusseaume. The son of a hard working of Christian Instruction and pursue his dream to become College as Dean of Directors in 1992. resources, and physical facilities—could not have Walsh’s sixth president, Richard mill worker, he grew up with his two older sisters and a teacher. It was the Brothers’ influence and encouragement Students, a position he Only 11 days after Jusseaume’s retirement from Graphic occurred without effective leadership. Jusseaume is quick Jusseaume, in many ways a brother in the French-Canadian section of Fall River that ultimately led Jusseaume to enroll as a student held for two years. Enterprises, Inc., Walsh University was devastated by to note that it also could not have occurred without the you are telling the story where the Brothers of Christian Instruction were a part of Brother at Walsh College in 1963. As Jusseaume approached the tragic and unexpected death of its fifth president, support of an exceptional group of people that includes of Walsh University the fabric of the community. The Brothers’ school, Msgr. During his time at Walsh, Jusseaume became a postulant his tenth year and his Dr. Kenneth Hamilton, Jr., on June 5, 2001. With the faculty, staff, administrators, donors and the community itself. His knowledge Prevost Middle and High School, where he was educated and then novice to the order, before taking his first vows perpetual vows as a encouragement of the Brothers and support of the faculty, as a whole. While the driving force over the past decade and understanding of was only a two minute walk from his doorstep, and as a Brother of Christian Instruction. Jusseaume graduated Brother, he realized that Richard Jusseaume was voted in as Interim President, has been President Richard Jusseaume, it is only with the Walsh’s mission and its their home was literally up the hill. Some of his earliest with his B.A. degree summa cum laude and was named God had other plans for a position he promised to hold until a permanent encouragement, support and passion of those individuals founders comes from teachers from Msgr. Prevost are familiar names today in Outstanding Student of the Year in 1967. Almost his life. He made the decision to leave the order in his replacement could be found. He had only planned to dedicated to Walsh’s mission, that his vision has come a life-long personal the Walsh community – Brother Henri Bernier was his immediately, he reported to his first teaching assignment ninth year but will always credit the experience as the stay a year, but after several months on the job, Jusseaume to fruition. relationship between middle school principal; Brother Roland Vigeant and at the Brothers’ boarding school, Mount Assumption most influential of his life – personally, professionally and accepted that it was God’s will to lead the University President Jusseaume Brother Marcel Sylvestre were his high school principals; Institute in Plattsburgh, New York. After five years, spiritually. For the next five years until 1979, Jusseaume and carry on the mission and tradition of the Brothers A TIME FOR REFLECTION – TEN YEARS and the Brothers of he studied French from Brother Roland Vigeant; Brother taught at Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio, and as President of Walsh University. Educated by the Brothers OF A PRESIDENCY Christian Instruction. Charles St. James was his English teacher; and Brother worked part-time for Graphic Enterprises, Inc., in North from the age of 11, Walsh student and 1967 graduate, a The Walsh University of today looks very different from James LaCasse taught him geometry, just to name a few. Even from a young Canton. During that time, Jusseaume’s life changed Brother of Christian Instruction, two-time Dean of the place where Richard Jusseaume studied as a student age, Jusseaume’s life Education was something important to Richard, and significantly. He married Walsh alum Theresa Frank ‘74, Students, and a member of the Board of Directors, President and was appointed President in 2002. Like the five men experiences seem with money tight at home, he knew his only opportunity moved to Aurora, Ohio, and the couple was blessed with Jusseaume had been a part of Walsh’s history and mission before him, Jusseaume brought a unique set of skills and to have uniquely to attend college would be with a scholarship. At the the first of their five children (Nicole, Paul, Maria, almost from the school’s inception. He was officially experiences to the Farrell Hall office when he accepted prepared him to time of his graduation from high school, several things Marc, and David). named Walsh’s sixth president on March 7, 2002. the position of Walsh University’s sixth president. Under happened at once that indicated to Jusseaume that his carry on the mission Brother Francis approached Jusseaume to again serve as future would lie in Ohio. of Walsh’s founders Dean of Students in 1979. After fulfilling his promise WALSH Historians WILL REMEMBER THE past DECADE AS AN ERA as President of Walsh One – the Brothers had just opened a new men’s college that he would stay for five years, Jusseaume left Walsh University. Richard in North Canton, Ohio, and were recruiting students College in 1984 and entered the corporate world full-time OF PHysical transformation, ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENTS AND Jusseaume was born with a strong academic record from their eastern high as the first Human Resources Director for Graphic on April 12, 1946, schools. Two – the Brothers offered Richard a full Enterprises, Inc. Within seven years, Jusseaume was Historic milestones successfully BALANCED WITH A in Fall River, scholarship to attend their new school. And three – appointed Chief Executive Officer in 1991 and then Massachusetts, to Jusseaume had made the decision to join the Brothers President of the company in 1995, a position he held RECOMMITMENT to WALSh’S FOUNDING MISSION. 1 Walsh University 2011 ANNUAL REPORT Walsh University 2011 ANNUAL REPORT 2 his leadership, Walsh has been transformed over the Hamilton, Jr., Jusseaume brought new energy to bring NEW BUILDINGS past decade from a quiet campus of 11 buildings poised the campaign’s goals to fruition. At its conclusion, the In 2002, the new Paul and Carol David Family Campus on the verge of an unprecedented growth expansion, to successful capital campaign had surpassed its original Center was dedicated, and the year heralded in the a thriving campus of 23 buildings on 136 acres. Since goal and raised $23.4 million. Since 2000, almost every completion of 11 new academic and residence buildings 2002, Walsh’s total enrollment has grown by 81 percent, academic building built or renovated has been financed in ten years. The dramatic physical transformation of bringing its total to 2,982 undergraduate and graduate through the generosity of Walsh’s donors to the the entire campus included the addition of the following students in fall 2011. Walsh historians will remember capital campaign. new or renovated buildings: the past decade as an era of physical transformation, academic enhancements and historic milestones THE CHAPEL AND RELIGIOUS • The Paul and Carol David Family Campus Center successfully balanced with a recommitment to Walsh’s (2002), providing students with a bookstore, the founding mission. EDUCATION COMPLEX SERVES AS Schervish Dining Centre, DeVille Atrium, a Starbucks coffee shop and the Deuble Student A VISIBLE COMMITMENT to THE Activities Center. An Era of Physical • Five new residence halls – Stein (2002), Meier (2000), Transformation UNIVERSITY’S CatHOLIC Heritage and Brauchler (1999) Halls, Marie & Ervin Wilkof THE LARGEST CAPITAL CAMPAIGN IN Towers (2004) and Fred Olivieri Family Towers (2007) WALSH HISTORY AND outwardly BEARS THE • Timken Natural Sciences Center (2005) on the east quad to house the Division of Mathematics Walsh’s physical transformation began with an ambitious and Sciences. capital campaign launched in 1999. With a goal of BROTHERS’ motto FOR WALSH $22.5 million, it was the largest capital campaign • Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chapel (2006) conducted in Walsh’s history and, at that time, the –“SED DEUS Dat INCREMENTUM” • Gaetano M. Cecchini Family Health and Wellness largest ever in Stark County. Building on the momentum Complex (2008) including the new Klekotka Tennis spearheaded by Walsh’s fifth president, Dr.