Newsletter of the Association of Independent and (WAICU) SUMMER 2010 VOL. 42 NO. 2 WAICU INDEPENDENT INSIGHTS WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT Technology and/versus teachers? COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Some months ago at a meeting of edu- is not information without the ability to AlvernoAlverno cational leaders I attended in Washington, evaluate, analyze, and apply that information BeloitBeloit College D.C., a speaker—perhaps carried away with CardinalCardinal StritchStritch UniversityUniversity enthusiasm—stated that technology had fun- CarrollCarroll damentally changed the nature of . CarthageCarthage College He said that “education no longer requires ConcordiaConcordia University University Wisconsin a sage, because technology now performs EdgewoodEdgewood College LakelandLakeland College the task of ‘information sorter.’” I agree that LawrenceLawrence University technology has transformed the tools of the MarianMarian University educator. Indeed, it has ever been thus; the MarquetteMarquette University invention of a printing press with movable MilwaukeeMilwaukee Institute Institute ofof Art Art & & Design Design type by Johannes Gutenberg circa 1439 had MilwaukeeMilwaukee SchoolSchool of EngineeringEngineering as significant an impact on education as the MountMount Mary College invention of the internet. Does technology in the classroom change the role NorthlandNorthland College However, the speaker made two serious er- of teachers? RiponRipon College rors. First, education is about so much more St.St. NorbertNorbert CollegeCollege than information. Of course, information— is not what education is all about. I am not SilverSilver Lake CollegeCollege finding and knowing the facts—is essential. saying such an enterprise is worthless; even ViterboViterbo University WisconsinWisconsin Lutheran CollegeCollege But simply heaping up more and more data collecting bottle caps has its place. However, continued on page 7 Out-of-pocket tuition cost of a Wisconsin private college education drops yet again In spite of some of the most challenging economic times in decades, the net tuition at a Wisconsin private college has Net Tuition at Wisconsin's Private dropped again, for the third year in a row. Colleges and Universities $7,000 New figures reported to the U.S. Department of Education, $7,000 and analyzed by WAICU, show that in 2008-2009, the average $6,000 out-of-pocket tuition cost paid by students and their fami- $5,000 $4,000 lies at Wisconsin’s twenty private colleges, thanks to dramatic $4,000 $3,000 increases in institutional aid from the colleges themselves, was $2,000 $4,737—a drop of $499 from the year before. $1,000 $0 In 2008-2009, the average tuition and fees among the twenty $0 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 WAICU-member schools was $23,215, but the average financial 2006-07 2007-08 2009-10 aid package was $18,478, leaving $4,737 as the net tuition. For comparison, the average charge for tuition and fees at the board, but these costs are quite similar in the public and private UW 4-year campuses in 2008-09 was $6,523. sectors. It’s also important to note that the average private college “This generous financial aid is the result of hard work by financial aid package is made up of 71 percent grants—monies our colleges and their presidents,” said WAICU president Rolf that do not have to be paid back—and only 29 percent loans. Wegenke, “and shows we live by the WAICU motto of working On top of tuition, students must pay for books and room and together to advance educational opportunity.”  COUNSELOR NEWS & NOTES COMMENCEMENTS

On the road with Private College Week 2010 : May 14 and 15. Alverno Students and famlies are invited to and “PBS Newshour” throughout May and faculty, administrators, and students were all tour the 20 private colleges and univer- June. featured speakers. sities of Wisconsin during Wisconsin Private College Week, Monday through continued on page 8 : May 9. David Axelrod, Saturday, July 12-17, 2010. senior advisor to President Barack Obama As in past years, in addition to campus and a Beloit College parent, addressed the tours, there will be chances to meet with graduating class. admission and financial aid staff—and a waiver of application fees after the visit. Cardinal Stritch University: May 15. A mixture of traditional and online Janine Geske, distinguished professor of media will mark this year’s Private College law, Law School, and Week campaign. former state Supreme Court justice, was PCW10 will have a heavy web pres- the commencement speaker. ence utilizing many of the more success- ful elements from last year’s campaign. Carroll University: May 9. Gregg Our messages of affordability, generous Steinhafel, chairman of the board, presi- financial aid, and better graduation dent and chief executive officer of Target rates will be featured on Weather.com, Corporation, and a 1977 Carroll graduate Facebook, and many of the state’s major was the keynote speaker. online news websites. On June 5th, WAICU will sponsor : May 23. Rev. Timothy the statewide broadcast of Wisconsin Wengert and Rev. Carl Nelson were given Public Television’s auction fundraiser. honorary degrees. Additionally, our underwriter credits will appear on a variety of PBS shows such as Concordia University Wisconsin: May 15. “Antiques Road Show,” “This Old House,” Rev. Dr. Karl Barth, a leader in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, addressed the graduates.

REGISTER NOW! New look for the : May 16. Graduating Fall 2010 WAICU students Rori Flynn, Sue Orme, and William WAICU Guide McCoy were the featured speakers. School Counselor The 2011 Guide to Admission and Workshops Financial Aid will have a distinctly differ- Lakeland College: May 2. William Younger, ent look than in the past. Jr., managing director of Sutter Hill Ventures Capitalizing on the WAICU brand, of Palo Alto, Calif., delivered the college’s 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. “From here, you can go anywhere,” the commencement address. No charge to attend covercover will feature a lone climberclimb scaling an ice : June 13. Lawrence Monday, October 11, 2010 wall.wall. “It’s the strength graduate Thomas Steitz, 2009 Nobel Prize Edgewood College, Madison of theth picture that winner in chemistry and Sterling Professor Tuesday, October 19, 2010 appealedappe to us and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Marian University, Fond du Lac to ouro focus group at Yale University, will be the keynote Thursday, October 21, 2010 of students and speaker. Concordia University Wisconsin, counselors,”co said Mequon WAICUW president Marian University: May 14 and 15. RolfR Wegenke. “We Featured speakers were graduating stu- Agenda includes continental break- concentratec on dents Matthew Mueller, David D. Wanless, fast, breakout sessions with WAICU- thethe individualind student, Aisha Carr, and Joshua Ingrams. member colleges and universities, a and help them find the path to their presentation from the WAICU Student dreams.” Marquette University: May 23. Wendy Access Center, lunch, and a tour of the Some 140,000 copies of the Guide Kopp, founder and chief executive officer of host campus. Register for the workshop will be distributed statewide over the next Teach For America, addressed the graduat- of your choice at waicu.org/counselors. year. ing class. continued on page 6

2 SUMMER 2010 THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS ALL WAICU MEMBERS FEATURED IN A REGULAR ROTATION Strong emphasis on ethics director of the D.B. Reinhart Institute. ‘This is how I live,’ which is much more “They are powerful because they can say, credible than someone who merely says, builds trust ‘This is how you should think.’ The latter may challenge the audience, but the for- mer both challenges and inspires.” Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor The institute also sponsors a Elie Wiesel. Rwandan genocide survivor “Leadership at Noon” series with business Immaculee Ilibagiza. Three Cups of Tea leaders, an ethics-based radio program, author and Pennies for Peace founder conferences, workshops, and a certificate Greg Mortenson. program. These are just three of the prominent The ethics institute is a perfect fit for speakers brought to Viterbo University Viterbo because each class at the univer- through its D.B. Reinhart Institute for sity includes a moral or values component Ethics in Leadership. Now entering its that emphasizes the ethical issues relative second decade, the ethics institute con- to the particular subject matter. tinues to provide a series of lectures by “I hope that we are looked upon as nationally renowned figures who come a place of ideas, where people can raise to Viterbo to share their perspectives on questions about difficult topics and find wide-ranging topics in ethics. genuine, meaningful answers, not pro- Wiesel, the author of Night, a memoir paganda or hyperbole,” Kyte said. “After of his Holocaust experiences as a teen- all, deep-seated ethical problems are only resolved through conversations that ager, told the audience, “We are here to Nobel laureate and author Elie Wiesel is help you. My generation had the reasons come out of trusting relationships. We’re just one of the world-class speakers who to give up faith and hope. Instead, we 10 years old, and when I look back, the have addressed ethical issues at Viterbo embraced our pain and suffering.” growth we have experienced is phenom- University’s D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics “Our speakers address ethics in a enal.”  variety of different fields,” said Rick Kyte, in Leadership.

Students learn leadership skills through humor and life lessons presentation, “The Art of Possibility,” how has expanded in just five years. “We have MARIAN UNIVERSITY students can become good leaders through been very impressed by the growth in the understanding their level of student own leadership styles. involvement,” Motivation for achievement of Bertolino and said Candee. goals. Explorationof all opportunities. Leipold entertained Overall, the Development of tomorrow’s leaders. and educated par- conference gave At the spring Marian University ticipants in their students an op- Student Leadership Conference, close to small-group session, portunity to learn 200 students engaged in developing their entitled “When Gays about themselves leadership skills and in learning how their Move Into Mr. Roger’s and improve their involvement on campus and in the com- Neighborhood,” on leadership skills, munity can benefit their personal growth. issues that today’s plus the tools to The fifth annual Student Leadership students face in an develop the leader Conference focused on the theme of increasingly diverse within. finding and becoming the leader within. world that put their The confer- The free conference was open to the leadership skills to ence was a col- Marian community, and both traditional the test. laborative effort undergraduates and some adult students Kate Candee, di- of the Marian attended. rector of Curriculum University Office Joe Bertolino and Bill Leipold, both for the First Year Joe Bertolino and Bill Leipold brought their of Learning and student affairs professionals, were the Program and chair- message of fi nding the “inner leader” to Engagement, the keynote speakers. person of the plan- Marian University’s student community as Office of Student Mixing humor and life lessons, ning team, is thrilled part of the fi fth annual Student Leadership Life, and other Bertolino and Leipold discussed in their how the conference Conference. sponsors. 

THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT SUMMER 2010 3 MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS Growth in graduate studies leads to fall opening of new study center

CARROLL UNIVERSITY building provides a convenient loca- Initially, physical therapy, business tion for working adults taking graduate administration, software engineering, and classes. It also frees up space on Carroll’s some graduate classes in education will Last summer, to meet the needs of a main campus for a growing population of move to the new site. growing number under- Starting next summer, Carroll expects of graduate graduate to admit the first class of students in programs and students. its new Master of Science in Physician graduate stu- “Our Assistant Studies degree program. Carroll dents, Carroll graduate University is currently seeking provisional University programs accreditation from the Accreditation purchased a have Review Commission on Education for the 50,000-square- expanded Physician Assistant program, and approval foot former in size from the Higher Learning Commission of AT&T call recently, the North Central Association to award center about plus the degree. Classes in that program will three miles from graduate also be held at the new Graduate Center. Carroll’s down- program- In preparation for the move, fac- town Waukesha ming is ulty, librarians, and staff worked with campus. The a growth architects to design the interior space. A former telephone call center is being converted into the new Carroll mar- Lecture rooms will be equipped with University new Carroll University Graduate Center that will open this fall. ket for smart screens and movable furniture, and Graduate Center Carroll,” student common spaces in the lower level is being renovated and will open for said Ron Lostetter, vice president of will have wireless access—all enhance- graduate classes this fall. finance and administrative services. “We ments intended to encourage the free flow Located close to Interstate 94, the needed more space.” of information and learning. 

vided. The growth, strength, and vitality students. Ten students entertained the A legacy of education of Silver Lake College is an achievement crowd and offered presentations about the well worth special recognition,” Petri told difference a Silver Lake College educa- marks a milestone the House of Representtives in a floor tion has already made in their lives. The statement. “I extend my congratulations night was a rousing success, raising funds SILVER LAKE COLLEGE to Silver Lake College on its 75th anniversary and wish all 2010 marks the celebration of a major its faculty, staff, students, and milestone in Silver Lake College’s long alumni continued success in educational history. their endeavors.” While the commitment to educating The year-long celebration young people dates back well into the will include a host of events 1800s, in 1935 the state of Wisconsin is- in honor of the anniversary. sued Silver Lake College its official charter The events will take place as a four-year undergraduate institution. both on and off campus. In recognition of the anniver- Among those events are a sary, Congress approved House statewide performance tour Resolution 1142, written by Wisconsin by the Silver Lake Chorale, Representative Tom Petri, congratulating the launch of a new lib- Silver Lake’s lengthy legacy of education includes an Silver Lake College for 75 years of service eral arts curriculum in the emphasis on the performing arts. as an undergraduate institution of higher fall of 2010, and a Student education. Benefit Gala recently held at the Orion for student scholarships, activities, and “Strong institutions help make Technology Energy Center. academic programs. strong communities, and the people of The evening, entitled “A Night to For every year of Silver Lake’s history, Wisconsin, especially those in and near Remember,” was designed to highlight stu- what has been done today has trans- Manitowoc, are proud of the 75 years of dent initiatives on campus and showcase formed lives and made for a better tomor- service that Silver Lake College has pro- the many talents of Silver Lake College row. 

4 SUMMER 2010 THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS Below the surface—a ‘Skinhead’ autobiography with a human story

RIPON COLLEGE violent childhood in South Philadelphia Philadelphia Flyers to launch Harmony led to his recruitment by a small group of Through Hockey, a hate-prevention Ripon College communication profes- skinheads. By 16, he had become one of program that brings together children sor Jody Roy is no stranger to the most notori- from diverse backgrounds to learn about hatred and intolerance. ous skinhead gang hockey. He has also worked with the Having built a reputation leaders on the East Iowa Stars and the Iowa Ducks. over the years as a widely cited Coast. By 18, he Roy’s experiences writing the book expert on violence, gangs, and was behind bars in have already had an impact in her class- hate crimes, she had decided it Illinois. room. Speakers’ Bureau, a group of Ripon was time to diversify. That was Frank’s ex- College students who relate their experi- the plan, until she met Frank periences with ences at schools and other venues, has Meeink. African-Americans started to build upon Frank’s theme of Frank was to have his own in prison sparked personal transformation. Students who chapter in a new book Jody was a radical paradigm have been affected by suicide, alcoholism, writing, but it soon became clear shift. Upon his and violence are using their life experi- that Frank’s story was too big release, he left the ences in a positive way, through public and too compelling for just one white-supremacy speaking engagements. chapter. Five years later, her movement and Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead conversations with the man she began working is Roy’s third book. Her other two books jokingly refers to as her “other with the Anti- are Love to Hate: America’s Obscession husband” became Autobiography Defamation League with Hatred and Violence and Rhetorical of a Recovering Skinhead. to relate his story Campaigns of the Nineteenth-Century Jody Roy’s book chronicles one Skinhead is the story of Frank’s to others. Catholics and Anti-Catholics in America. At descent into America’s Nazi man’s journey from the life Eventually, he Ripon, Roy teaches rhetorical theory, ap- underground and his victory of a skinhead behind bars to started work- plied communication, and other special- over hatred and addiction. A community activist. ing with the topic courses.

Harley-Davidson donation ence for students in Interior Architecture Architecture + Design students are using allows students to design + Design who have garnered national the donated materials to transform MIAD’s awards and whose work has benefited lo- campus for all students.” new look cal organizations through- out the community.” INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN Harley-Davidson president and COO A $1.4 million donation of materi- Matt Levatich, who als from the Harley-Davidson Motor was elected in January Company is helping students at the to MIAD’s Board of Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Trustees, said, “Harley- transform their learning community. Davidson is energized Interior Architecture + Design stu- by our growing partner- dents are seeking input from throughout ship with MIAD and the the college community as they re-design opportunity to assist in spaces in the college’s Jane Pettit Bradley the development of the academic building by creatively re- college’s campus and its purposing the fixtures, tables, flooring, students. Harley stylists More than $1 million in Harley-Davidson material donations will lighting, and wall components included in play an integral role in be used by MIAD students to re-design campus locations. the donation. the college’s groundbreak- “MIAD is deeply appreciative of this ing Industrial Design unprecedented donation of materials by PowerSports course, which they helped The point-of-purchase materials Harley-Davidson,” said MIAD president to found in 2008, and, last fall, students donated to MIAD were designed for the Neil Hoffman. “The donation benefits from across five majors participated in Harley-owned Buell Motorcycle Company the college by enhancing our ability to The Helmet Project, the Harley-Davidson by DCI Marketing, where MIAD alumnus create lively social spaces for our students. Museum’s first feature exhibition. It is es- Jim Wiemer is vice president and creative It also provides a deep learning experi- pecially gratifying to see how the Interior director. 

THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT SUMMER 2010 5 MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS Mount Mary’s graduate counseling program earns national certification accreditation available for professional post-master’s counseling experience that MOUNT MARY COLLEGE certification boards. Promoting profes- is required for licensure,” said program sional accountability, the credential director Dr. Carrie Smith King. Mount Mary College has been noti- ensures national standards developed by Smith King says Mount Mary’s mission fied that the Master of Science in of promoting social justice is Counseling program was approved to distinctive in the counseling cur- participate in the National Board for riculum. “We prepare culturally Certified Counselors’ (NBCC) applica- competent and skilled clinicians tion program. who are dedicated to working The Mount Mary counseling cur- for social justice and capable of riculum is so closely matched to the identifying and removing barri- National Certified Counselor (NCC) ers that impede access to mental academic requirements that students health services,” she said. can fulfill exam requirements for their Mount Mary College is only NCC certification before they graduate. the fifth Wisconsin school to The credential is then earned through earn this credential. the completion of all remaining re- Developed in 2004, Mount quirements. Mary’s counseling master’s de- This important certification op- gree offers students three areas portunity further strengthens Mount of concentration: community, Mary’s program, which already pro- Dr. Carrie Smith King leads Mount Mary’s nationally certifi ed pastoral, and school counsel- vides students with rigorous prepa- counseling master’s program, which now allows students to ing. Practicum and internship ration in clinical mental health and fulfi ll certain requirements even before they graduate. placements occur in a variety of promotes development of professional professional settings. skills and attitudes. those in the field. As is the case with Mount Mary The NCC credential is one of two “We pursued this certification to pro- College’s six other graduate programs, issued by the National Commission for vide our students with a competitive edge both men and women are admitted.  Certifying Agencies, the most prestigious in finding placements for the 3000 hours

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Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design: May 15. Will Allen, founder and CEO of the internationally renowned Growing Power, Inc., spoke and received an honorary doctorate.

Milwaukee School of Engineering: May 29. T. Michael Bolger, retiring president and CEO of The Medical College of Wisconsin, received an honorary degree and also delivered the keynote address.

Mount Mary College: May 15. Mark Thompson, co-author, and Bonita Buell Thompson, research director of the book Success Built To Last, spoke and received honorary degrees.

Northland College: May 29. Independent filmmaker John Hanson delivered the commencement address and received an honorary degree.

Ripon College: May 16. John Bridgeland, president and CEO of Civic Enterprises, was the commencement speaker; he also received an honor- ary degree.

St. Norbert College: May 16. Gwen Ifill, acclaimed journalist, author, and moderator of PBS’ “Washington Week in Review,” was the commence- ment speaker and also received an honorary degree from the college.

Silver Lake College: May 9. The commencement speaker was Silver Lake alumna Laura Wolf, president of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity HealthCare Ministry, Inc.

Viterbo University: May 15. Roland Nelson, Dorie Beres, and John Schroeder were named Professors Emeriti.

Wisconsin Lutheran College: May 15. Rev. Paul O. Wendland, Wisconsin Synod Seminary president, gave the commencement address.

6 SUMMER 2010 THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT Technology and/versus WAICU BULLETIN BOARD teachers? continued from page 1 KUDOS •Beloit College alumnus James (Jim) Simon (’77) and his colleagues at The Seattle Times it is not education. The speaker’s enthu- have been awarded a 2010 Pulitzer Prize. The newspaper was recognized by the Pulitzer siasm—and misunderstanding—reminds committee for its breaking news coverage of the murder of four police offi cers in the Seattle me of another carried-away individual I community of Lakewood in November of last year. heard on a local radio station who gushed, •Edgewood College has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community “Why, you can go on the World Wide Web Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its and find out what Abraham Lincoln did commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement. after the Civil War!” Indeed, I imag- •An electric van project undertaken by students at Marquette University will receive a ine you could—but nonsense, whether $65,000 grant from Wisconsin’s Clean Transportation Program to continue development, online or on the street, is still nonsense. allowing conversion of the van to a fully functioning, electric-powered vehicle by the end of Nothing can change the fact that President 2011. Lincoln died on April 15, 1865. An edu- cation worthy of the name will help you •Milwaukee School of Engineering students won fi rst place in three events and fi nished in evaluate, connect, and analyze the infor- second or third place in seven other categories at the 43rd annual Wisconsin Future Business mation which otherwise will only confuse Leaders of America/Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA/PBL) Conference. and ultimately overwhelm us. •Along with 2,500 students from 340 schools on fi ve continents, students fromMarian Second—as the television pitchman University participated in the 2010 National Model United Nations-NY conference in New York says—“there is more!” Education worthy City, representing the People’s Republic of China and Bosnia Herzegovina. Marian University of the name is not just about memo- received a Distinguished Delegation Award for its eight-member delegation’s accurate rized facts or about sorting or connect- representation of the small war-torn Eastern European country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ing facts. These skills and abilities are This is the third consecutive National Model UN Conference at which Marian students have essential to education, but not sufficient. received an award. British scholar C.S. Lewis, author of The •Three physical therapy professors in Marquette University’s College of Health Sciences have Chronicles of Narnia, spoke of the use of been honored by the American Physical Therapy Association. Dr. Lawrence Pan, chair and reason as central to achieving knowledge, professor of physical therapy, was elected a Catherine Worthingham Fellow, the professional but the development of the imagination as organization’s highest honor. Dr. Tina Stoeckmann, clinical associate professor, won the the path to true wisdom. By imagination, Dorothy Briggs Memorial Scientifi c Inquiry Award; andDr. Guy Simoneau, professor, was he meant the creativity and critical think- selected as a recipient of the Lucy Blair Service Award. In other Marquette news, Amanda ing skills necessary to comprehend and Stageman, fi rst-year graduate student and research assistant in Marquette’s J. William and communicate meaning, to develop new Mary Diederich College of Communication, has been honored with the prestigious Grunig knowledge, and to advance as individuals PRIME Research Fellowship for applied research in public relations. and as a community—morally and ethi- • Lindsey Mathewson, a mathematics and Spanish double major at Carroll University, is cally. This is where the “sage” becomes so one of 12 undergraduates in the to receive a National Science Foundation necessary. award to attend the Wabash Summer Institute in Mathematics. We do, indeed, need the facts; we also need reason; and, most of all, we need imagination. This is where sages—some APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS of whom we call students and some of •The Northland College Board of Trustees has named Dr. Michael whom we call teachers—come in. The A. Miller, dean of the College of Education at State words “college” and “colleague” have the University, Mankato, as the next president of the college. same root. Those of us who are commit- •Dr. William Hynes, former president of St. Norbert College, will ted to higher education in the true sense assume the presidency of Holy Names University in . of both of these words invite you to join us—not to build piles of information, but Dr. Michael A. Miller to seek knowledge and wisdom. NEW PROGRAMS AND DEGREES •Starting this fall, the College of Professional Studies at Marquette University will offer a Sincerely, sports leadership specialization in its master’s in leadership studies degree.

EDUCATIONAL EVENTS •Edgewood College and St. Norbert College will host Business World events. Business World, sponsored by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC), is a program that Rolf Wegenke, Ph.D. strives to better educate students about the real-world skills they need to enter the workforce. WAICU President

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PRESIDENT & CEO Our website, PrivateCollegeWeek.com, is up and running and we are once again Rolf Wegenke, Ph.D. awarding our popular “Go Grants.” Students can register online to win one of five EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT weekly $1,000 “Go Grant” drawings. Mari McCarty, Ph.D. We’re also offering an iPad as a prize to the person who convinces the most students VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS to sign up for the drawing. Complete rules and how to qualify for the iPad drawing can Jerry Huffman be found on the website. PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR Thanks also to EdVest, the state’s official college savings plan, and the Great Lakes Katy Kaiser Higher Education Guaranty Corporation for their generous support of Private College SENIOR VP FOR PUBLIC POLICY Week. Paul Nelson We invite you to take advantage of this “open house” week! For more details, visit SENIOR VP FOR COLLABORATION PrivateCollegeWeek.com, call 1-800-4-DEGREE, or simply contact the admission de- Rodney Opsal partment of any of the twenty private colleges and universities of Wisconsin.  VP FOR STUDENT ACCESS Brooke Konopacki

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