Making a difference 2018 Casper College Foundation • Annual Report Every Donor Makes a Difference
We are pleased to share this annual report from the Casper College Foundation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018. Net assets grew by 6.5 million dollars in FY 17-18, enabling the Casper College Foundation to offer over 4.2 million dollars of support to Casper College and its students this past year, an increase of $1 million over the previous year. In addition, the foundation added nine new funds, extending opportunities for even more students. When the State of Wyoming tightens its belt, the Casper College Foundation helps ensure students continue to have resources for a top-notch education, and the college can fully realize its mission of ensuring student success and providing learning opportunities to enrich the lives of our students and community. Last spring, the inaugural donor recognition luncheon celebrated foundation supporters and scholarship recipients with a crowd of 144 people. Students met their benefactors putting faces to the names behind their scholarships. Donors had the opportunity to hear from students first hand and get a more complete story of how much their John Jorgensen Paulann Doane Dr. Darren Divine President, Executive Director, philanthropy matters. President, Casper College Foundation Casper College Foundation Casper College This issue of our annual report emphasizes donors really make a difference, not just to students but faculty, staff, and the larger community. The foldout portion of the report is a visual reminder of all the foundation’s community and campus impact areas throughout the year. These wonderful opportunities are in addition to the bedrock support from the foundation for scholarships, programs, and facilities at Casper College. Every donor makes a difference. Casper College and this foundation thrive, in no small part, thanks to the generosity of the people who love the college and its mission. We thank you for the trust you place in us. Together we all make a difference and transform lives every day.
Photos of wild horses courtesy of Chad Hanson. Casper College Foundation Staff and Board of Directors 2017-2018
Casper College Foundation Staff (left to right): Katie Schwieger, data assistant; Linda Nix, communications coordinator; Becky Wise, foundation coordinator; Paulann Doane, executive director; Denise Bressler, chief financial officer; Ann Dalton, associate director of development; Danica Sveda, associate director of donor and alumni relations.
Board of Directors 2017-2018 John Jorgensen, President Tim Kugler, Vice President Lynnde Colling, Secretary-Treasurer Paulann Doane, Executive Director
Sally Belcher Jennifer McDowell Craig Valdez George Bryce Lea Schoenewald Stacia Vigneri Roy Cohee Mary Lynne Shickich Dick Wheeler Darren Divine Tom Sullins Kermit Wille Kathy Dolan Bob Sutter Mark Zaback
Casper College Foundation Annual Report – FY: 2018 1 A Job Well Done: Inspiration and Honors Flow from an Alumnae’s CC Past
Judith Bailey Scully, the namesake for the Judith Bailey Scully Award, Her uncle, Walter Bailey, was a popular Casper College instructor. He is a Wyoming native, born and raised on the Bailey Ranch in Casper by taught chemistry and mathematics, was the founder of the Casper College Jim and Audrey Bailey, people connected to the soil through the Federal Mountaineers, and in WWII he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. Homesteader Act. Judith Scully had the good fortune to be born into a After Casper College Judith and Marlan went on to attend the family where hard work, education, University of Wyoming. Judith was a year younger so she worked hard and civic responsibility were taken to complete her bachelor’s degree in three years so they could graduate seriously. She inherited her mother’s together. According to Marlan, “She did this in heroic fashion taking enthusiasm for knowledge and as many as 20 plus credit hours per semester, always garnering learning. That enthusiasm, combined excellent grades.” with a strong work ethic and a While Marlan continued his education, Judith quietly went about good nature from her paternal winning acclaim in the prestigious New York State School system, earning Bailey genes, resulted in a a New York State teaching certificate after only one year. She has made top-notch mind. major contributions to post-graduate level education through co-organized The Judith Bailey Scully research colloquia throughout the Rocky Mountains. Award honors faculty who Marlan, notable in his own right, was honored as the first Casper demonstrate academic excellence College Distinguished Alumnus in 1986 for his work in quantum physics. as characterized by Judith’s Judith and Marlan have three sons: James, an American Airlines pilot, outstanding accomplishments as aeronautical engineer, and outdoorsman; Robert, a program manager at both a Casper College and University Texas A&M University, field engineer, and published writer; and Steve, an of Wyoming student as well as her electrical engineer, master of many trades, and avid hunter. respected career as an educator. Since its creation, several Casper College faculty have been honored In 2005, Casper College alumnus by and brought further honor to the Judith Bailey Scully award, including Marlan Scully (AA, ’59) established sociology instructor, Chad Hanson. the award to acknowledge the achievements of his talented wife through the recognition of other Faculty and Staff Awards talented instructors. Robert O. Durst Classified Staff Award It is no surprise that Judith’s scholarly bent emerged early in grade Rosenthal Outstanding Educator Award school. One of her first accomplishments was competing in a radio spelling Barbara Scifers Female Doctoral Incentive Award bee in the 1940s. Judith kept up her academic excellence and graduated Judith Bailey Scully Teaching Award from Natrona County High School with honors. She then attended Casper Garth Shanklin Teaching Award College alongside her high school sweetheart and future husband, Marlan. Outstanding Administrator Award
2 Every Instructor Makes a Difference
Chad Hanson doesn’t fit the stereotype of a college instructor. His Some academics take themselves very seriously, but not Chad Hanson. unassuming presence and the twinkle in his eye do not cast an authoritative He approaches life with trademark absurdity and honesty which translates posture but rather one of immense curiosity. He is here like his students, into effective instruction. By asking the right questions, he helps students to learn. Having an instructor who can share, collaborate, and challenge understand that in a complex world, there can often be more than one students to think deeper is exactly why Chad Hanson received the Judith correct answer. Bailey Scully Teaching Award for 2017-2018. Each year at commencement, the Casper College Alumni Association offers students an opportunity to tell special college employees how much they appreciated them during their time at Casper College. Year after year, Chad Hanson receives accolades from students who share how Hanson motivated them. Teachers cannot be taught how to connect to students on this level.
“At times, he had greater faith in me than I had in myself. He always propelled me forward even when he wasn’t around. I will always be grateful to him.” – Casper College graduate
An accomplished author of poetry, prose, essays, and academic writing, his work is engaging and filled with humanity and humor. Hanson asks the big questions, exploring what it means to be human as well as what musical instrument a brook trout might play had they the ability. Hanson views education as more than a job. It’s an insurance policy that Chad and his wife, Lynn, spend their off-time observing wild horse the next generation of leaders will have the ability to listen to others and herds across Wyoming. A talented photographer, his photos portray wild understand that nothing is ever as simple as black and white. Hanson’s horses in all their glory. They have documented the herds going through focus on the art of discussion and questioning is a key to living in a civil the chaos of a Bureau of Land Management round-up, mourned the loss society. Thinking deeply about not only how a person feels about a topic, of herd members, and watched others escape. It is perhaps in these mo- but more importantly, why they feel that way can help a student open up ments waiting for a perfect photograph when he has time to reflect on the to take in new ideas that help shape them into more compassionate and idea of being human and our connection to all things. deep-thinking individuals. Of course, having a laugh along the way never hurt anyone either.
Casper College Foundation Annual Report – FY: 2018 3 In His Own Words – Chad Hanson
What are the goals you set for yourself in the classroom? cultivates a broad array of talents. I hope they come to possess a wide- I want my classes to give students a taste for big questions, and I ranging set of curiosities. Our graduates will have to live inside of their hope they come to understand that one field or discipline is not enough heads for the whole rest of their lives. A good education makes the inside to address serious topics. In the courses I took, I discovered that I like of your head an interesting place to live. questions of considerable size. Is our society better or worse than it was in the past? I still love questions like these. In the classes I teach I try What does success as an instructor mean to you? to make sure that students grapple with demanding questions: What is Not long ago, I gathered up my notes and Magic Markers after my education for? What does it mean to live a good life? Are freedom and afternoon section of sociology. Then I headed outside to begin the trip equality compatible? What are the defining features of our age? Is science back to my office. On the sidewalk next to a parking lot, I passed two of the best or only way to know the truth? What is our responsibility to each my students. They were talking about what we had been talking about other, to the earth, or to animals? toward the end of class. I smiled and left them to their discussion, but Every big issue we face – every real issue that matters – has I imagined them talking more before they climbed into their cars. I cultural, economic, political, biological, historic, aesthetic, and ethical pictured them thinking about our course as they drove off into the city components. To do good work today, no matter what the work, we need of Casper. I envisioned them talking about our class with their families to mine the full range of our disciplines. To address the problems that around the dinner table at night. That’s what I think of as success … the we face in these times, we need to make the most of all of our abilities. I conversation continues. don’t expect sociology students to become sociology majors, but I hope students leave my classes with the idea that a person with a real education
4 5 Books written by Chad Hanson
• “Swimming with Trout” • “Patches of Light” • “This Human Shape” • “Trout Streams of the Heart” • “The Community College and the Good Society: How the Liberal Arts Were Undermined and What We Can Do to Bring Them Back”
4 Casper College Foundation Annual Report – FY: 2018 5 Statement of Financial Position
Assets 2018 2017
Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,677,619 $ 1,790,998 Investments 97,715,757 88,222,360 Receivables 314,676 1,079,217 Note receivable Casper College 1,316,012 1,499,877 Assets held in charitable remainder trust 2,141,612 2,003,737 Mineral interests 7,206,186 234,722 Prepaid expenses 8,376 - Property and equipment, net 5,955,238 6,244,564
Total Assets $ 116,335,476 $ 101,075,475
Liabilities and Net Assets
Liabilities: Accounts payable & accrued liabilities $71,053 $64,491 Due to Casper College 1,146,320 401,279 Pledge payable – Casper College Residence Hall 14,300,000 14,950,000 Investments held on behalf of Casper College 17,988,987 16,320,793 Liabilities under charitable remainder trust agreement 145,912 145,912
Total Liabilities $ 33,652,272 $ 31,882,475
Net Assets: Unrestricted 29,557,784 26,984,448 Temporarily restricted 34,126,695 24,707,599 Permanently restricted 18,998,725 17,500,953
Total Net Assets $ 82,683,204 69,193,000
Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 116,335,476 $ 101,075,475
6 Audited financial statement as of June 30, 2018. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, the foundation received Contributions Received Received $613,000 to establish new funds, while $9,510,000 in donations were $10 Million $9,631,259 added to existing funds. The large increase in donations this year is due Contributions Received to a significant bequest realized this past year adding almost $7 million $10 Million $9,631,259 $8 Million to mineral interests held by the foundation. In Wyoming’s lean years the foundation steps forward to supplement $8 Million college resources, lessening the impact on the institution. Funds held $6 Million by the foundation provide college support and also fund the college $6 Million president’s annual request. $4 Million
$4 Million $2 Million RestrictedRestricted and and Unrestricted Unrestricted Funds Funds 2011 2012 2017 2015 2013 2016 2014 2010 2018 $2 Million 2009 $35 Million $34,126,695 2011 2012 2017 2015 2013 2016 2014 2010 2018 $29,557,784 2009 $30 Million Investment Gain/Loss $25 Million $11,900,255 Investment Gain/Loss $11,357,944 $20 Million $18,998,725 Investment$12 Million Gain/Loss $10 Million $11,900,255 $15 Million $12 Million $11,357,944 $8 Million $7,175,961 $10 Million $10 Million $6 Million $8 Million $7,175,961 $5 Million $4 Million $6 Million 2017 2017 2017 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2014 2014 2014 2018 2018 2018 $2 Million $4 Million Permanently Restricted Temporarily Restricted Unrestricted $10,102 $2 Million 2017 2015 2016 2014 $10,102 2018 -$3,256,975 2017 2015 2016 2014 2018
-$3,256,975
Casper College Foundation Annual Report – FY: 2018 7 Foundation Events: A Year at a Glance
Annual Humanities Festival and Annual Literary Conference Demorest Lecture
Casper College and ARTCORE’s 31st Annual Literary Conference Casper College Basketball Homecoming 33RD ANNUAL CASPER COLLEGE HUMANITIES Doughnuts, Apples, and Directions FESTIVAL AND DEMOREST LECTURES FEBRUARY 20-23, 2018
September 21-22, 2017
The 33rd Annual Humanities Festival and Demorest Lectures will be held February 20-23, 2018, and will FEATURING focus on the theme “Fables, Folklore, and Fantasy.” Local, Stephen Graham Jones, national, and international speakers in the humanities author of the novel “Mongrels.” will present on the theme and encourage a dialogue with Additional presenters include: attendees in one-hour sessions. • Jessica Jacobs • Nickole Brown These festival sessions are free and open to the public •Anthony Guerriero and will be held in conjunction with the Casper College Department of Theatre and Dance production of
Free public talks on poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and publishing – as well as “A Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy” Dance Concert in workshops, which require advanced registration the Barbara R. and Leland F. Scifers Dance Access full schedule and workshop registration form at: Theatre, February 22-24, as well as the caspercollege.edu/events/literary-conference Casper College Department of Music’s RedStone Recital and Gallery Series on February 23.* 125 College Drive FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT CONFERENCE DIRECTOR Casper, WY 82601 Joseph Campbell at 307-268-2387 or [email protected] caspercollege.edu For more information, schedule, and locations visit
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* Tickets are required for both the dance concert and Redstone event. Purchase tickets at caspercollegearts.cc. 125 College Drive • Casper, WY 82601 • caspercollege.edu
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