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Extending the Grebel Table Annual Report Conrad Grebel EXTENDING THE 2014-2015 University College GREBEL TABLE ANNUAL Affiliated with University of Waterloo Strategic Visioning 2015-2020 REPORT Conrad Grebel University College OUR MISSION President’s Report Conrad Grebel University College is an Anabaptist-inspired liberal arts college affiliated with the 1 world-class University of Waterloo. Our mission is “to seek wisdom, nurture faith and pursue Board of Governors’ Report justice and peace in service to church and society.” 5 Spotlight on Innovation OUR VISION and Integration In the next five years we envision “extending the Grebel table.” We do so in the spirit of the round 6 table and our all college Community Suppers first envisioned by founding president, Winfield Academics Fretz. We will focus on community building through innovative and collaborative goals that engage 10 our growing constituencies, elevate our distinctive programs, enhance our facilities and campus presence, and enrich people and positions. These four priorities and more than a dozen initiatives Student Services constitute the strategic visioning “placemat” to “set the table” for our next five years. 16 Student Council Report OUR PROFILE 19 16 full-time academics; 32 part-time instructors; 52 staff; 3476 undergraduate course enrolment; Finance 255 graduate course enrolment; 534 Conflict Management certificate participants; 337 students 20 in residence; 4,485 alumni in 34 countries; founded in 1963; colours: red & black; tagline: Development “Challenging Mind and Spirit” 22 Operations OUR REQUEST 25 Support us by learning more about the strategic plan or sharing your ideas about Grebel’s direction. Honour Roll of Generous Donors Attend a lecture. Bring your children to check out the Grebel residence. Attend an alumni event. 28 Enjoy a concert. View some art. Watch a play. Become a student again. Include Grebel in your charitable giving to make a real impact. [email protected]; [email protected] Grebel at a Glance TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE 32 President’s Report: “What does Grebel do for an encore?” our exhibits in the inviting and greatly expanded Milton student council president asked at the beginning of the Good Library, the state-of-the-art Mennonite Archives 2014 academic year. Last year was a very big year. We of Ontario, and the new Grebel Gallery. We are engaged celebrated our 50th anniversary by hosting 50 events. At in new ways to lead classes, host receptions and greet the the same time, we were in the midst of major construction public in brightly lit workspaces, enlarged atrium, new on our 25,000 square foot, 4-storey, academic building classrooms, practice and rehearsal rooms, and multi- project. Amidst the noise, closures, detours, and portable purpose seminar and community education rooms. Name: classrooms, we adopted the anthem “embrace the chaos” and smiled because we remained on budget. That we SUSAN SCHULTZ HUXMAN, President raised $6.3 million from the Next Chapter Campaign to What’s Cookin’? fund it was a fabulous testament to our generous donor base and allowed us to significantly reduce our projected carrying costs. A C o r n u c o p i a of Grebel Goodness The answer to that good question as you’ll hear from many voices in this year’s annual report starts with a trifecta of Serves: achievements for Conrad Grebel University College: A multitude - the entire We breathed life into our beautiful new 1 academic spaces distinguished by floor to Grebel constituency! ceiling windows, gently rounded corners, and striking vistas. Our new building has significantly elevated our capacity to deliver quality programs to our many growing constituencies. Many of you reading this annual report stepped up in such extraordinarily generous ways to help us realize our dreams. Winston Churchill once said: “We shape our buildings and then our buildings shape us.” That synergy happened at Grebel this year. We are finding new places to gather over 4 floors. We are exploring new ways to engage our over two dozen new “neighbors” in the Mennonite Savings and Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement on the 4th floor. The “CPA,” as we sometimes call it, officially opened in September with 250 people from the larger community joining us for a reception and festive program. We are congregating more frequently to study, research and view 31 Recent hires at Grebel Jennifer Ball Trevor Bechtel Chris Brnjas Kelly Brown Timothy Corlis Devon Grainger Paul Heidebrecht Dorothy Isaac Caleb & Michelle Michelle Jackett Rachel Reist Jessica Scott Maisie Sum Jackett We hired exceptional people. We began by Devon Grainger in Custodial staff, and Chris Brnjas, imagery captures the spirit of the round tables in our 2 creating two new “pioneering” faculty positions (MTS) Interim Chaplain. We have been blessed with dining hall and weekly community suppers first envisioned in the departments of Music and Peace and outstanding new faculty and staff to help carry out the by founding president J. Winfield Fretz that continue to Conflict Studies and successfully filled them with distinctive and compelling mission of the College! mark the Grebel experience today. top-notch, highly sought after experts in important We completed a new strategic plan that The “menu” has not only been prepared, but we are already emerging fields. Dr. Maisie Sum (Ph.D. University of envisions an exciting and bold direction for the “setting the table” and “inviting the guests” to advance more British Columbia) comes to us with award-winning 3 next 5 years. The Board ratified plan supports than a dozen initiatives that support 4 “legs of the table”: research and performance expertise in Global Music and our mission “to seek wisdom, nurture faith and pursue Engaging Growing Constituencies, Elevating Distinctive Dr. Jennifer Ball (Ph.D. Guelph) comes to us with an justice and peace in service to church and society.” It also Programs, Enriching People and Positions; Enhancing exceptional teaching record and professional expertise in capitalizes upon our core value of community building. We Facilities and Campus Presence. rural planning and women’s empowerment as it relates to call the new plan: “Extending the Grebel Table: Strategic Peace and Conflict Studies around the globe. These hires Visioning 2015-2020” and conveniently designed it as a continue our half-decade trajectory to remake the full- “placemat.” (See page 4.) time faculty/academic teaching complement at Grebel in the wake of many retirements and the growth of new In late fall, our commissioned research in the strategic College endeavors. We have made 10 new academic planning process revealed an overriding conclusion: hires in the past 4 years! All total we welcomed 14 new Grebel’s identity (or brand) is very positively aligned with faculty and staff for 2014-2015, including Dean and building community, promoting peace, and modeling a life Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Theology, of service. A chorus of voices from telephone and in-person Dr. Trevor Bechtel; Assistant Professor of Music Theory interviews with students, staff, alums, donors, community and Composition, Dr. Tim Corlis; Inaugural Director and church leaders led our strategy team to conclude: To organize this year’s Annual Report, we employ of the MSCU Centre for Peace Advancement, Dr. “Grebel must leverage this remarkable relational gift inside the University of Waterloo’s strategic plan priorities (and Paul Heidebrecht; Coordinator for the CPA, Michelle and outside the classroom.” In a competitive educational its visual symbol legend, see page 5.) These 8 Waterloo Jackett; Academic Advisors for MPACS and PACS, milieu, Conrad Grebel “stands out as a place you want to initiatives were ratified one year prior to our strategic plan. Kelly Brown and Rachel Reist. All three of these be” for acceptance, challenge, and authentic community. As a small, but vital, affiliate liberal arts college to Canada’s women hold master’s degrees in Peace Studies. Other By March of this year, after several all-college conversations top comprehensive research university, Conrad Grebel key staff hires include: Jessica Scott in Recruitment and and strong Board engagement, the fruition of our planning interfaces intentionally with these Waterloo initiatives. Conferencing, Dorothy Isaac, in Bookkeeping, Caleb and process yielded “Extending the Grebel Table” to build Michelle Jackett, Campus Hosts for Student Services, on the Mennonite heritage of food and fellowship. The 2 SOUND VALUE SYSTEM Integrity, equity, diversity and a balanced life for students, faculty and staff are core values at Waterloo. As we aspire to make our community more welcoming— Honoring to add a few “leaves” to the “Grebel table” — we support People who our mission and concomitantly support the University of Waterloo’s commitment to a “sound value system.” make a Difference. This year, our “sound value system” was evident in a myriad We celebrated of ways. Here are several to savor: with students Fiscal Stewardship. We live in healthy fiscal times with who won contests. The Grebel team of Jono Cullar, exceptional staff “minding the store.” We balanced the bud- Anneke Pries-Klassen, Elliott Parke and Sarah get for the 18th year in a row; surpassed the annual fund Steiner won the MEDA Business Case Competition goal by $20,000 with $346,767 in hand by April 30; award- in Winnipeg, Manitoba in November. Matt Steinman C. Henry Smith Peace Speech contestants: Rebekah ed a record amount of student scholarship aid ($380,000); and Michael Born won an all-expense paid trip to DeJong, Jono Cullar, Kenny Hildebrand, Jonathan Smith continued to collect over $800,000 on our pledges for the NYC for winning first prize in the youth video contest Next Chapter Campaign; recorded a modest surplus above sponsored by the United Nations for their rap piece: budget ($98,000) that we placed in capital reserves; and “Deepening Community.” Kenny Hildebrand won the received a clean audit from Graham Mathew Professional C.
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