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Spring 2013 Scott cook Bird’s-EyE ViEw The bell tower in Knowles Memorial Chapel provides a glimpse of Rollins’ proximity to downtown Orlando. your desire for PURSUE lifelong learning Rollins Alumni Travel Program with fellow alumni. FLAVORS OF TUSCANY OctOber 4–12, 2013 MeMories FroM PAst JoUrneys HOLIDays IN BavarIA & AustRIA DeceMber 1-8, 2012 ClassIC SafaRI KeNyA & TaNzaniA SepteMber 12-28, 2012 View more photos at flickr.com/rollinsalumni LEFT: eve Jordan, Safari Driver emmanuel, Alice thigpen ’86, and Nancy Abelt randolph ’66; ABOVE: bob Stewart ’60, carol Muir Stewart ’60, emily Higgins ’12, RIGHT: John rice, pat rice, Didi Michelson Kirtley ’70, Nancy Abelt randolph ’66, elliott John Folkerth ’11 ’12MbA, Jim Krisher ’53, cheryl Nesbitt ’88, carol randolph ’65, Margaret Socey ’68, Alice thigpen ’86, Ann Hair, Safari Guide eddie Ongorio, Dubois ’68 ’71MbA, and Senior Director of Alumni relations Leslie eve Jordan, toni Gelotte ’59, and Associate Director of Alumni programs elaine Liles carney ’03 ’09MbA; LEFT: tom Williams and carol Dubois ’68 ’71MbA Details on 2014 trips coming soon! 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Postmaster Send address changes to: Rollins College 1000 Holt Ave. – 2750 Winter Park, FL 32789-4499 Visit Rollins magazine online at: rollins.edu/magazine 16 24 cover photos by Scott Cook rollins.edu | 3 From the GREEN k we’ve got Spirit! OO The Tars spread holiday cheer—and C TT some Rollins pride—during the 60th co y S annual Winter Park “Ye Olde Hometown” B Christmas Parade, which was held on photos December 1 on Park Avenue. 4 | spring 2013 MAN a conversation ee R F R e with the President NC e P th S Lewis Duncan, Rollins’ 14 President Rollins Answers the Challenge: Access and Affordability The demographics of the college-bound population and the economics of higher education are changing. We asked Rollins President Lewis Duncan what that means to the College. Q: When people think of Rollins, Q: How do these different programs fit the Rollins vision? it’s usually the residential undergraduate program, but a: The College’s mission states that we are guided by the values and ideals that’s less than 60 percent of the of the liberal arts ethos. That viewpoint forms the foundation for all of College’s total enrollment. Who our programs—Arts & Sciences and Professional Studies, the Crummer are the rest? School, and the Holt School. As College units have evolved to fill students’ needs, however, it would be fair to say that our vision has developed a: The Crummer Graduate multiple perspectives. Today, we serve students of diverse backgrounds School of Business serves more and varying educational interests, bound by the shared goals of seeking than 300 MBA students, both to live meaningful lives and enjoy successful professional careers. recent college graduates and experienced professionals. The College’s evening degree Q: Some have the impression that Rollins is a school for wealthy students. program, the Hamilton Holt What percentage of the current study body receives financial aid? School, enrolls another 1,000 students, ranging in age from a: Eighty percent of Rollins students 17 to 75. Most also work, and a receive some form of financial aid. While % % number are returning to college 82 some of those dollars are federal and state 80 undergraduate after taking time away for their funds, such as Pell Grants and the Florida of rollins careers or other obligations. It’s Resident Access Grant, and another students receive not unusual for Holt students to % $6.5 million is provided by scholarships some form of 69 be the first in their families to graduate from gifts or endowment, more than $26 financial aid. earn college degrees—but they’re million comes directly from the College’s frequently not the last. operating budget. % Q: What proportion of the budget is that? FINANCIAL AID 58 a&s / cPs a: More than one-quarter. Next to the cost 28% % of personnel—compensation and benefits, 24 holt undergraduate it’s the College’s largest expense and our fastest-growing expenditure, but the Rollins % community would be very different without it. 72 % Just as we want students who bring us diversity ALL OTHER EXPENSES 10 crummer of culture, thought, and talent, we seek economic diversity as well. The socio-economic diversity of our community enriches % every student’s educational experience. Preserving access to and affordability 8 holt graduate of quality higher education remains our greatest economic challenge. rollins.edu | 5 From the GREEN ON CAMPUS november 15 As part of National Philanthropy Day, students thanked alumni and donors for the impact their support has made on the campus community. november 16 Rollins Improv Players (RIP) perform a long-form improvised show at the Fred Stone Theatre. Yarn Bomb! november 14 The Central Florida fiber arts community yarn-bombed campus. The project was related to CFAM’s exhibition The Mysterious Content of Softness. 6 | spring 2013 photos by Scott Cook January 10 Melanne Verveer, then-U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, spoke at Rollins about the strategic advantages of advancing women and girls around the world. november 29 Rollins Dancers perform at the Annie Russell Theatre as part of Attitudes. Candlelight Vigil January 21 The Rollins and Central Florida communities celebrated the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a vigil. february 27 Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, spoke at Rollins as part of the Winter Park Institute and Winter With the Writers. rollins.edu | 7 8 | spring 2013 CY fox and friends A tr On April 2, students and Mr. McGibblets SON t celebrated rollins’ favorite furry friend— WA y and a day off from classes. JUD From the GREEN thefoxabides The statue of the fox is based on Reynard the Fox, a recurring allegorical character found in medieval bestiaries. Popular in the Middle Ages, Reynard was famous for his wit, charisma, and cunningness. According to Rollins professor and medievalist Jana Mathews, “If someone accused you of being ‘crazy as a fox’ in the 14th century, you’d take that as a compliment!” Here, we offer seven lessons found in these centuries-old Dutch, English, French, and German fables. 1 Do not trust flatterers. 2 Wisdom is greater than strength.* 3 What goes around comes around. 4 To win, you must work hard and play hard. 5 It is wise to speak the truth. 6 A forced promise is not a promise at all. 7 Reynard the Fox’s likeness came to Rollins If you go looking for trouble, you’ll find it. in 1934. (Illustration from The Comical *A sentiment echoed on the Rose Window in Knowles Memorial Chapel Creatures from Wurtenberg, second edition, 1851.) 10 | spring 2013 a T T H E H R S E a l M T Coaches not tarnation only deliver direction on the playing field, but also Excelling in the classroom and on the field on life and academics. To honor the vital role they play in ensuring student-athletes’ success, two Rollins trustees have contributed endowed funds to support head coaching positions. the francis h. “frank” barker ’52 ’06h E R O F T N N H E Rollins was recently head coach for men’s basketball U Y R E honored with the Established by Frank and Daryl Stamm ’53 Barker.