ANNUAL REPORT 2010 table of contents The President’s Report 1 Special Giving 4 The Campaign Update 4 President’s Circle 28 Covenant Society 30 Bequests 31 Lifetime Giving Societies 32 Tribute Gifts 33 Arcadia Annual Fund 34 Undergraduate 36 Graduate 48 Friends 49 Alumni Annual Report 52 Arcadia University Board of Trustees 56 Alumni Association Board of Directors 57 Office of University Advancement 450 S. Easton Road | Glenside, PA 19038 | 215-572-2945 www.arcadia.edu the president’s report the president’s report By Jerry M. Greiner, President As we restructured into three colleges and a school last fall, we introduced the first college in the United Up and Coming, Off and Running States dedicated to international education and PRESIDENT’S For the second year in a row, Arcadia University was study abroad to be fully integrated into the academic REPORT on the short list of universities identified as on the and administrative core of a university. cutting edge in academic innovation. 2010 Arcadia is distinct in that all of our students— U.S. News & World Report asked academic leaders both graduate and undergraduate—engage in to identify institutions that are making the most integrative, real-world learning opportunities such promising and innovative changes in the areas of as internships, evidence-based research, service academics, faculty and student life. Arcadia was one learning, interdisciplinary study, problem-based of only five regional universities in the North named learning, and co-curricular learning opportunities to the Top Up-and-Coming Schools list in 2010, that expand beyond the traditional classroom. With repeating an honor we earned in 2009. the world as their classroom, Arcadia students are preparing to lead in a changing global society. After introducing a ground-breaking new Undergraduate Curriculum that includes a Global An Opportunity Not Wasted Connections Experience for all of our students, we Ten years ago, Beaver College announced that it pioneered nearly a dozen Majors Abroad Programs would become Arcadia University. I know that and were one of the first universities to introduce the change was bittersweet for many alumni, who the three-year undergraduate degree for high- treasure their memories of Beaver. But Arcadia is ability students in 2010. We also continue to gain building solidly upon the Beaver College foundation recognition for our graduate programs, with our and a proud history that spans 157 years. Physical Therapy program ranked seventh in the nation by U.S. News and our Physician Assistant and The most enduring elements of Arcadia’s Promise Genetic Counseling programs among the largest to students is the story we hear repeated so often and top-scoring in the nation. by alumni—mentoring relationships with faculty ANNUAL REPORT | 1 task Force: GeT ALUmnI moRe InvoLved and staff that changed the course of their It is particularly poignant that our growth Getting alumni more engaged in the lives and prepared them for the real world. so far has carried us through these difficult life of the University will make Arcadia Outstanding teaching and curricular economic times. Arcadia has been able to a more vibrant learning environment. innovation, with an emphasis on student- continue to hire more full-time faculty in Last spring a President’s Task Force on faculty engagement, continues to be among each of the past several years, and we are Alumni Relations developed a plan to the distinguishing characteristics of an committed to increasing our faculty ranks. raise alumni participation to historic Arcadia education. Thanks to the support of all of you whose new levels. It is a testament to the legacy of Beaver names appear on the following pages of that Arcadia set some very ambitious goals this report, we are in the final—but most An Implementation Committee is for itself. The entire community—alumni, challenging—stretch to meet our $23.5 developing new opportunities for students, faculty, staff and trustees—were million goal for At Home & In the World— alumni to volunteer their leadership deeply involved in the planning process The Campaign for Arcadia University. and contribute their energy to Arcadia. to determine the future course of this The Campaign has enabled us to begin The major recommendations from the institution. As a result, in 2003 Arcadia construction on the University Commons, President’s Task Force focus on building announced 12 goals that it hoped to a new student center that has long been a stronger student and young alumni accomplish by 2013. I am pleased to report needed on our campus, and we await its program, strengthening and expanding that these goals have been largely met by opening in the fall of 2011. affinity groups such as classes, and 2010, and the University is now looking redesigning the Alumni Association to toward where we want to be by 2020. The successful bond issue for the Commons support a broad volunteer base. in the spring of 2010, along with a major With the Academic Affairs strategic grant from the National Science Foundation, With an over-arching goal of planning process in 2009-10, the University enabled us to begin renovating Boyer Hall substantially increasing alumni affirmed its commitment to encourage and and its laboratories, creating additional engagement with the University within support research, scholarship and creative faculty offices and classrooms in Boyer and five years, alumni volunteers will be activities. We are dedicated to assessing our in several other buildings. We also opened a central in developing and growing class, educational programs on a continuous basis new field for our soccer and lacrosse teams. regional chapter and alumni special to ensure that the highest quality learning interest organizations. Read more on occurs in and out of our classrooms. pages 52-55 in this report. All of these accomplishments Our steady enrollment growth has provided propel us to a well-earned us with the resources to continue our academic enhancements. Year after year we leadership position in have seen increased applications, which has international education allowed us to increase our selectivity while still serving our core mission. and globalization. 2 | ANNUAL REPORT the president’s report Operating Revenue 2009-2010 Endowment Income Auxiliary Enterprises Tuition and Fees (including The College of Global Studies) $91,648,000 Investment Income Other Revenue Government Grants $2,887,000 Private Gifts and Grants Private Gifts and Grants $2,054,000 Government Grants Tuition and Fees Investment Income $199,000 Endowment Income $1,513,000 Other Revenue $1,261,000 Auxiliary Enterprises $12,537,000 TOTAL $112,099,000 PRESIDENT’S REPORT Operating Expenses 2009-2010 Auxiliary Enterprises Instruction $30,275,000 Institutional Support The College of Global Studies Expenses $34,756,000 2010 Instruction Academic Support $6,582,000 Student Services and Athletics Student Services and Athletics $10,192,000 Institutional Support $9,999,000 Academic Support Auxiliary Enterprises $10,686,000 TOTAL $102,490,000 The College of Global Studies Expenses a Future filled With Promise years, we have operated under the umbrella The essential part of our journey through The challenge before Arcadia now is how of Five Strategic Directions as we channeled the next decade is that all of us in the will we meet and exceed the next set of our efforts into these highly focused Arcadia community—alumni, students, expectations that we as a community set for initiatives. From our Academic Affairs faculty, staff and trustees—will be engaged ourselves, goals that will carry us through Strategic Plan, we have the entrepreneurial in the scholarship and service that propels the next decade to 2020. map that should guide us to new levels of us forward. Our students, faculty, staff and academic excellence in the next five years. alumni will actively participate in and make The “top up-and-coming” moniker certainly This year we will check the compass and meaningful contributions to the academic, carries with it the sentiment that our peers plan our next strategic journey together, social and civic life on campus, in the region, believe we are well on the way to becoming and then we are off and running toward an and around the world. a truly distinctive university. For the past six exciting future. ANNUAL REPORT | 3 the campaign By Nick Costa, Vice to the Stacy Anne Vitetta Memorial received. Yet we are encouraged that all of President for University Lecture, honoring scholarly research by a these supporters expressed their intention Advancement distinguished faculty member. to renew their support when the economy improves. Last year, Arcadia The synergy and power of people united University made history behind a common vision were seen in the For those who have yet to contribute to with an eight-day Campaign’s fundraising, as well. Despite a the Campaign, we invite you to join us and celebration to honor challenging economy, more than $4.4 million gain the satisfaction and pride in knowing the people who make it in gifts and pledges during the year brought that your gift will improve student life and possible for our students the Campaign to more than $21 million, with academic excellence at Arcadia. to contribute to the world just $2.2 million yet to be raised to meet our in notable ways and to goal. Yet the importance of these gifts goes M. Susan Savage ’74, keynote speaker at launch At Home & In the well beyond the funds raised. In April, we the Campaign Gala, acknowledged the World—The Campaign for Arcadia University. broke ground on the long-awaited University impact her education had on her life and the Commons, a social and educational gathering Campaign’s potential. “It is hard to fathom These events celebrated a community with a place (or “Chat”) for new generations of that 39 years ago at the tender age of 18, I common vision—students with opportunities students.