New Research Maharishi Guggenheim Fellowship Dr. Tony Nader by Dr. Fred Travis Global Archives to Jim Shrosbree Visits Campus MAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY REPORT 2018 -2019 Capital Campaign Success Stories • Newly named Wege Center for the Arts • HighRise residence halls • Guest and Conference Center • Argiro Student Center • Grace Ananda Sports and Recreation • Historic Henn Mansion Center • Verrill Hall MESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDER s a result of this educational approach, stu- MAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY A dents grow in the awareness that all streams UNIVERSITY REPORT of knowledge are but modes of their own intelli- 2018 - 2019 gence. They come to feel at home with everyone and everything. - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi CAMPUS NEWS FEATURES 4 | Quantum Paradox Solved 10 | Graduation 2019 5 | Dr. Tony Nader's Visit Educator-Innovator Nakisha Hobbs Delivers 6 | Online Enrollment Brings Con- Commencement Address sciousness-Based Education to a Wider Audience MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT 7 | New Maharishi AyurVeda Integrative Health Center n this past year, we’ve seen will be a truly glorious renovation of growth and achievements across the arts center. All this is, of course, 7| MIU #2 in Nation for MS Iall areas of our university. Our thrilling to our students, faculty, ad- Degrees in Computer Science enrollments have surged, besting ministrators, and visitors. even our most hopeful projections. Our brilliant and dedicated facul- 8 | Reunion of Original New student entries (not including ty – and our very inspiring students Transcendental Meditation Teachers the Computer Professionals pro- – continue to dazzle the world with gram) are up by 55% over last year, their groundbreaking research, pres- 9 | ChangeMakers: Second and and total non-ComPro enrollment tigious awards, publications, and Third Conferences has surged by 40%. presentations. 12 | Capital Campaign Success Our ComPro program is also In December we “flung open wide 9 | More Townhouses in North having a record year to date. And, the gates of the Domes” to include Campus Village 18 | Enlivening Our Wakefulness for the second year in a row we have TM meditators in our daily group Brain Circuitry more students enrolled in our online programs - thereby boosting our ACHIEVEMENTS An Interview with Dr. Fred Travis programs than in our on-campus peace-creating influence and making to MIU's initiatives, are fulfilling programs – and the potential for all our MIU students and meditat- Maharishi’s vision of a bright and 28 | Faculty 20 | Surge in Computer further online expansion is virtually ing townspeople feel included, wel- lastingly peaceful world. 32 | Students Professionals Program unlimited. come, and treasured. Thank you so very much for Our campus beautification and In this 2018-2019 Annual Report, what you do for our university! Let 38 | Maharishi School 22 | Department of Defense-Funded renovation projects, supercharged you’ll find many inspiring details and us continue to work together and by a fantastically successful Capital stories about all these wide-ranging grow together to enjoy ever more DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Research on PTSD in Veterans Campaign conducted by the Devel- achievements –successes that would waves of success and expansion in 42 | Our Supporters opment Department last year, have not have been possible without the the years ahead. 24 | Maharishi Global Archives and transformed nearly every major cam- unparalleled generosity and vision 60 | Wege Foundation Collections pus building. We have just opened a of our wonderful family of donors, With warmest wishes, 62 | Development News beautiful new visitors center, a state- along with every member of our 26 | Guggenheim Fellowship of-the-art Maharishi AyurVeda in- university and Fairfield/Maharishi Awarded to Jim Shrosbree tegrative health center, and a thor- Vedic City community. oughly upgraded recreation center. All of you, by contributing your And we are just now launching what skills, talents, and financial support John Hagelin, President 2 | MAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY REPORT 2018-2019 | 3 MESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDER s a result of this educational approach, stu- MAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY A dents grow in the awareness that all streams UNIVERSITY REPORT of knowledge are but modes of their own intelli- 2018 - 2019 gence. They come to feel at home with everyone and everything. - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi CAMPUS NEWS FEATURES 4 | Quantum Paradox Solved 10 | Graduation 2019 5 | Dr. Tony Nader's Visit Educator-Innovator Nakisha Hobbs Delivers 6 | Online Enrollment Brings Con- Commencement Address sciousness-Based Education to a Wider Audience MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT 7 | New Maharishi AyurVeda Integrative Health Center n this past year, we’ve seen will be a truly glorious renovation of growth and achievements across the arts center. All this is, of course, 7| MIU #2 in Nation for MS Iall areas of our university. Our thrilling to our students, faculty, ad- Degrees in Computer Science enrollments have surged, besting ministrators, and visitors. even our most hopeful projections. Our brilliant and dedicated facul- 8 | Reunion of Original New student entries (not including ty – and our very inspiring students Transcendental Meditation Teachers the Computer Professionals pro- – continue to dazzle the world with gram) are up by 55% over last year, their groundbreaking research, pres- 9 | ChangeMakers: Second and and total non-ComPro enrollment tigious awards, publications, and Third Conferences has surged by 40%. presentations. 12 | Capital Campaign Success Our ComPro program is also In December we “flung open wide 9 | More Townhouses in North having a record year to date. And, the gates of the Domes” to include Campus Village 18 | Enlivening Our Wakefulness for the second year in a row we have TM meditators in our daily group Brain Circuitry more students enrolled in our online programs - thereby boosting our ACHIEVEMENTS An Interview with Dr. Fred Travis programs than in our on-campus peace-creating influence and making to MIU's initiatives, are fulfilling programs – and the potential for all our MIU students and meditat- Maharishi’s vision of a bright and 28 | Faculty 20 | Surge in Computer further online expansion is virtually ing townspeople feel included, wel- lastingly peaceful world. 32 | Students Professionals Program unlimited. come, and treasured. Thank you so very much for Our campus beautification and In this 2018-2019 Annual Report, what you do for our university! Let 38 | Maharishi School 22 | Department of Defense-Funded renovation projects, supercharged you’ll find many inspiring details and us continue to work together and by a fantastically successful Capital stories about all these wide-ranging grow together to enjoy ever more DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Research on PTSD in Veterans Campaign conducted by the Devel- achievements –successes that would waves of success and expansion in 42 | Our Supporters opment Department last year, have not have been possible without the the years ahead. 24 | Maharishi Global Archives and transformed nearly every major cam- unparalleled generosity and vision 60 | Wege Foundation Collections pus building. We have just opened a of our wonderful family of donors, With warmest wishes, 62 | Development News beautiful new visitors center, a state- along with every member of our 26 | Guggenheim Fellowship of-the-art Maharishi AyurVeda in- university and Fairfield/Maharishi Awarded to Jim Shrosbree tegrative health center, and a thor- Vedic City community. oughly upgraded recreation center. All of you, by contributing your And we are just now launching what skills, talents, and financial support John Hagelin, President 2 | MAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY REPORT 2018-2019 | 3 CAMPUS NEWS John Hagelin delivers keynote at “Copenhagen II: 100 Years After” Head of the international Transcendental Meditation organizations Quantum Paradox Solved Tony Nader Visits Campus Dr. Hagelin delivered a tour-de-force mathematical and visual presentation Dr. Nader conducted a question & answer session on a wide range of topics such establishing that the unified field is fundamentally a field of consciousness. as higher states of consciousness and interpersonal relationships. ics’ most troublesome enigmas since Dr. Hagelin detailed the sequential Dr. Nader spent several sunny spring days here meet- its founding a century ago. When the emergence of consciousness laid out ing with students, the Maharishi School communi- original keynote speaker, Nobel laure- in Maharishi’s Apaurusheya Bhashya, ty, Invincible America Assembly participants, and, ate Murray Gell-Mann (a leading fig- which coincides in striking mathe- via video conference, TM practitioners around the ure in quantum theory) died unexpect- matical detail with the stage-by-stage world. In Dalby Hall, Dr. Nader conducted a ques- edly several months ago, Dr. Hagelin emergence of the universe described tion & answer session with a panel of our students, was called to take his place – to reflect by superstring theory. covering a wide range of topics such as higher states on Gell-Mann’s groundbreaking work of human consciousness, interpersonal relationships, and to present his own work. Audience members were and the practicalities of work-life balance. Nader also Dr. Hagelin delivered a tour-de- stunned to see such a hosted a livestream video on Facebook about finding force mathematical and visual presen- profound and compelling one’s life purpose, geared toward the student-age