B&W Annual Report 2007-2008 MISSION STATEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS The mission of Chestnut Hill College is to provide students with holistic education in an inclusive Catholic Letter from the President 1 community marked by academic excellence, shared responsibility, personal and professional growth, Year in Review 2 service to one another and to the global community, and concern for the earth. Letter from the Chair of the Board 9 Chestnut Hill College, founded by the Sisters of Saint Joseph in 1924, is an independent Catholic institution that Financial Reports 10 fosters equality through education. Faithful to its strong liberal arts tradition, Chestnut Hill College offers academic Reunion Giving Fund 12 programs of excellence in the areas of undergraduate, graduate, and continuing studies. President’s Circle 17 True to its Catholic heritage, Chestnut Hill College espouses the beliefs and values inherent in the Judeo-Christian Associates Club 19 tradition while it respects the contributions made by other faith traditions in the development of the whole person. • Gold Associates 19 The College nurtures a sense of integrity, spirituality, and social justice in all. • Scarlet Associates 19 The College community dedicates itself to four purposes in fulfilling this mission. It seeks: • Silver Associates 20 Hallmark Society 24 • to provide avenues for students to achieve academic excellence and to pursue research in their major field or in interdisciplinary studies. The College encourages students to explore and experience diverse curricula and to Tribute Fund 24 participate in exchange programs with other institutions of higher education. Alumni Giving 27 • School of Undergraduate Studies 27 • to initiate links between the world of learning and the world of work through curricular planning, technological opportunities, and career preparation. The College guides students in applying theoretical learning through • School of Continuing & Professional Studies 35 experiential education designed collaboratively by faculty and students. • School of Graduate Studies 35 David Zukauskas Memorial Fund • to uphold an atmosphere of communal respect in which all may clarify and articulate personal values and beliefs while exploring the ethical and moral dimensions underlying all relationships. The College encourages inter-faith 2008 Senior Class Gift 36 opportunities by acquainting all students with Catholicism, its theology and its Judeo-Christian roots, and by Parents & Friends 36 engaging in dialogue with women and men of other beliefs. Matching Gifts 37 • to create local and global connections that enable students to respond to the needs of others through Corporations, Organizations & Foundations 38 service-oriented enterprises. The College educates students to identify and to address issues of social Gifts-in-Kind 38 justice and to work toward systemic change. Chestnut Hill College Board of Directors 40 Approved by the Chestnut Hill College Board of Directors October 7, 2002 Alumni Association Board of Directors 41 Opportunities for Providing Support 42 Stained Glass Skylight Panel Legend 45 ON THE COVER: Stained glass skylight panels, Rotunda, St. Joseph Hall, Chestnut Hill College. The cornerstone was laid in 1902, and the building opened on September 29, 1903 as Mount Saint Joseph Collegiate Institute. The stained glass came from the Philadelphia art glass manufacturing firm of H. J. Smith & Sons. The symbols were selected by a Sister of Saint Joseph from H. J. Smith’s publication on liturgical symbols. Each of the 15 glass panels represents either Christ, Our Lady, or St. Joseph. Yellow and soft green form the predominant colors and are responsible for the mellow light when the sun shines directly overhead. LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT y Dear Friends & Benefactors Th e brilliance of our master planners is clearly demonstrated by of Chestnut Hill College, their uncanny ability to design the SugarLoaf portion of the property so that it almost mirrors the current campus. With skill and tenacity, MTh e word transformation signifi es a dramatic, essential reconfi guration these architects have fashioned facilities that will support and further of a person, place, or thing. Over the past fi ve years, nothing short the College’s academic, social, and spiritual goals. of such a reconfi guration has occurred at Chestnut Hill College. You, our donors, have been and continue to be an integral part Two beautiful hills, located on either side of Germantown Avenue, of a change that is truly amazing. provide the setting for the re-creation of the campus. Each site will bear the signature architectural elements of gray stone, red terra cotta Th e successful transition to coeducation has increased undergraduate roofs, and gracious courtyards (both public and private in nature). enrollment by 131 percent. While this is highly signifi cant, even more Th ese spaces will invite administrators, faculty, staff , and students to astounding is that within a scant fi ve years, our male population has a learning and living experience that emphasizes the singular importance grown to account for 40 percent of all undergraduate students! of strong and good relationships, service to and love of the dear Boasting such a high percentage of men, Chestnut Hill College can neighbor, commitment to excellence in all endeavors, and a desire to truly claim that it has taken its place with historically coeducational love God above all things. Every aspect of the Chestnut Hill experience colleges and universities. More importantly, the College has is being designed to give life to the values and principles of the mission. accomplished this feat and created an environment in which highly motivated and self-actualized women can use their intellectual and Just as we asked the planners to shape the physical components of the personal gifts to work well and collaboratively with men. campus to support the mission, so, too, we asked the faculty and staff to shape the spiritual, academic, social, athletic, and cultural programs For all of our students, alumni, and friends, the move to Division II of the College to convey in both explicit and implicit terms the truths of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) marks and beliefs essential to an educational experience imbued with the another notable change for the College. As members of Division II, spirituality and legacy of the Sisters of Saint Joseph and the essentials Chestnut Hill College further diff erentiates itself from other similar of our Catholic faith and intellectual tradition. Th us, the entire institutions in the region. Th e transition has helped recruit an increased experience at Chestnut Hill College blends to provide a holistic number of serious students who are also serious athletes. With its education that prepares the whole person not merely to make a living, emphasis on academics, character, fair play, responsibility, and passion, but to live a purposeful life. Division II fosters not only the physical development of students, but also their intellectual, emotional, and moral development. In the 21st century, as in the past century, the College will graduate the life changing possibilities inherent to an education at Chestnut women and men of uncommon excellence. Delivering an education that Hill College. With many demands upon your resources, your decision Just as coeducation increased the size and raised the profi le of the student prepares students for superiority in their chosen fi elds is expected of an to give generously to this institution demonstrates your commitment to body and the shift to Division II increased our visibility and energized institution of higher learning. What is unexpected in our highly complex the intangible, yet absolutely essential qualities of a Catholic education the campus, the purchase of the Albert M. Greenfi eld estate at SugarLoaf and confusing world is an education that inculcates in students spiritual in the tradition of the Sisters of Saint Joseph. Your support empowers expanded the institution’s physical footprint and made us more accessible excellence and moral integrity. While the quality of global community us to continue creating a lasting legacy for generations yet to come. to our Chestnut Hill neighbors. With much-needed space now relies on highly educated people who are ready to seize and solve the For this, I off er you my most sincere thanks. available for additional residence halls, student and academic buildings, mammoth problems that confront humankind, its paramount need is performance and conference facilities, the College is taking a bold step women and men with the moral courage and spiritual fortitude to address Gratefully, toward renewing the entire campus experience for 21st century students. the injustices and inequalities that compromise and endanger human dignity. In graduating women and men such as these, Chestnut Hill Th e future direction of the College’s programs and campus development College makes a contribution to the world that is of inestimable value. are articulated in the newly completed Strategic and Master Plans. Th ese two documents were carefully crafted with the assistance of As alumni and friends of the College, your lives give witness to the Sister Carol Jean Vale, SSJ, Ph.D. professional planners, architects, site engineers, and academics. values at the core of the mission. From your own experience, you know President 1 YEAR IN REVIEW 2007-2008 Barbara D’ Iorio Martino ’60 (center) is congratulated by Patricia Kelly, SSJ (l) David Contosta,