Welcome to Spring Semester 2008!“Repositioning, Together”

New Positions/Changes in Reporting Lines Admission

– Will hire retention manager/director of student success

– Reports to VP for enrollment

– Expected start: summer ’08

Athletics– Beginning in July, will report to Academic Affairs through the Dean of Students

– An exciting opportunity to integrate participation in athletics with academic/

co-curricular experiences

Campus Safety – Will report to the VP of finance starting Jan. 21

Campus Support Services– Will move to VP of finance starting Jan. 21

New Positions/Changes in Reporting Lines continued

Career services– Effective immediately, moves to the Learning Commons

– Reports to Academic Affairs through the LC director

– Emphasizes importance of Career Services programs to student success

– Promotes increased student participation

Education– Mary Ann Wisniewski requested to return to business program

– Bruce Strom has been named chair of education

– 2 tenure-track searches under way to replace Emily Long and Mary Ann

Facility Planning and Services – Will move to physical plant starting Jan. 21.

New Positions/Changes in Reporting Lines continued

Grant writer– With Waukesha School District

– Position filled by Lori Uttech, who has a long track record of success in her previous position

– Reports to the Provost and Mark Hansen, WSD director of Curriculum and Instruction

– Will collaborate with Claudette McShane and Cherie Swenson

– Goal: generate substantial new funding to improve K-16 education

Purchasing Agent– Will move to physical plant starting Jan. 21.

Theater– Search is under way for endowed chair

– Self-study recommendation to begin to fill open endowed chair positions

– Goals• Revitalize theater and connect it to the entire community.• Expand its reach on campus so students in all majors have the opportunity to participate• Establish working partnerships with local community theaters

Carroll College Physical Plant

Don Stenson – director of physical plant Doug Gonyon – maintenance manager Dennis Wollenzein – grounds and landscape manager Merary Lopez – custodial manager Adam McCartney – maintenance supervisor

Genuine Personal Engagement

Homecoming 2007

Halloween 5K

Lynn Peterson

United Way Campaign

Ryan Corcoran

Christmas Concert

Dena LeMere

Excellence Seeking a Larger Stage

ACS Women’s Chemistry Travel Grant Kim Hoffman, chemistry,

Burnsville, Minn., senior– Received a $500 ACS Women Chemists Committee

Travel Grant sponsored by Eli Lilly & Company - the first received by a Carroll student.

– Kim completed a Pioneer Scholars summer research project with Mike Schuder.

– She will present her results at the national ACS meeting in New Orleans in spring.

Perspective on the Pioneer Scholars Rebecca Imes and Elizabeth Ramus,

junior, communication major, New Berlin, Wis.

Fall Sports in the NCAA Championships

Super Students

Students– DAVID BYRNE, sophomore, business administration, Waukesha, Wis.

– MATT DEGRAVE, senior, business administration, Antigo, Wis.

– BECKY KALINOWSKI, senior, business administration, Waukesha, Wis.

– LIZ KLAMIK ’07, communication, Elm grove, Wis.

– KRISTA MEYER, senior, business administration, Eagan, Minn.

– STEVE MONROE, senior, accounting, Sun Prairie, Wis.

– JENNA PALKOWSKI, senior, business administration, Oak Creek, Wis.

– PETER SCHARL, junior, actuarial science, Oostburg, Wis.

– MICHELLE WEBER, sophomore, business administration, Hartford, Wis.

Faculty– Class team-taught by: Matthias Bollmus, Debra Schultz, Jennifer Maney,

Barb King, Greg Schultz, Dennis Debrecht, Mike Levas

Labors of Love within the Carroll Family

“Jack is Back”

Humanitarian Effort in Africa

Gary Olsen, associate professor of accounting, and his sons, Marc and Michael, visited Kilifi, Kenya, in July 2007.

Worked on Kilifi Kids, a humanitarian project to deworm 20,000 children, provide 80 computers to high schools, and

high school scholarships for 50 young people.

Linda Phillips in Africa

Worked in a medical clinic Gave educational talks to villagers on healthy diet,

other topics Taught native clinic staff how to manage health care

programs on their own Organized clinic staff visits to distant villages for

child immunizations, pre-natal care

Paving the Way for Tomorrow

Enrollment for 2008-09

We are getting a record number of applications from prospective transfer students.

Part-time enrollment remains steady, even when many institutions are experiencing a decline.

Graduate enrollment continues to grow, thanks in large measure to the popularity of our Master’s in Education program that incorporates the new learning communities model.

Academic Restructuring

Ad hoc committee: 6 faculty, 6 administrators Departments: working model based on proposals

developed by faculty in the divisions Position descriptions for chairs and deans Working models developed Tenure density: discussion of a 60% tenure density target;

70-75% of faculty would be on the tenure track Non-tenure-track faculty: discussion of a process for

evaluating need for some positions to become tenure-track Faculty will meet Jan. 28 to discuss the committee's work

to date.

HLC Update

Self-Study will be mailed to HLC consultant - evaluators at end of January. Reviewed by more than 50 critical readers Approved by the Board of Trustees, December 2007 Copy will be posted on Web site prior to the team visit, March 10-12. Visiting team: 5 consultant-evaluators from private universities in four

Midwest states. (Each school is smaller than Carroll but all are universities.)   Team will be housed off campus but will work in the Sneeden House. Next two months - team will work with self-study co-chairs Lynne Bernier

and Dave Feil to plan schedule of meetings for the visit. A broad range of college constituents will participate in those meetings.

3+2 Engineering

Partnership with UW-Platteville; program begins fall 2008 Will attract academically strong students who would otherwise

not consider Carroll Students complete 3 years of pre-engineering at Carroll; then

an intensive 2-year engineering curriculum at UW-Platteville. Builds on our strengths: natural science and math; liberal arts

core – prepares engineers to address the broad range of social, political and legal issues they will confront

Location: high demand in Waukesha County, and no engineering programs

Students completing the 3-2 earn a degree in applied physics from Carroll, degree in engineering from UW-Platteville

Student Affairs

Fall online course for parents– “Your Student and You: Turning Change into Growth in the First Six Months of College”– More than 200 parents enrolled.– Celestino Limas will present on this initiative at the annual College Student Educators International

meeting in March.

Co-curricular transcript– Would enable students to demonstrate skills and experiences they developed through their engagement in

extra- and co-curricular activities to future employers/graduate schools– Group of faculty, staff, students developed model templates– Next step: present those to a wider audience, including Assembly, Student Senate

Living Learning Communities– Enable faculty to engage students in residence halls through programming that extends the academic

curriculum– Student participation is voluntary – Faculty interest has been high; we hope to have at least 3 LLCs in place for fall ’08– Potential themes: nursing, business, Spanish immersion, international education, fine arts, honors, social

justice, history/English, FYS

Campus and Neighborhood Safety

Between Oct. 3 and Oct. 28, there were four unrelated incidents involving Carroll students; most took place off campus.

Many on campus, particularly students, felt a need to address the issue of safety.

I formed a task force to make recommendations about how we can create a safer environment on campus and in the neighborhood; Celestino Limas and Debra Jenkins are co-chairs.

The task force includes students, faculty, staff, local law enforcement officers and neighbors.

We are committed to working with our neighbors and the city to make our neighborhood safe and welcoming.

New Residence Hall

Partnership formed with private developer High-quality 264-bed apartment style housing Includes instructional areas, study areas, student gathering spaces Coffee shop Complements Carroll architectural style September, 2008!

Carroll University?

The Web site has information, an FAQ section and an option to provide feedback; we have 203 responses to date.

Conversations and discussions have been held with all constituencies – alumni, donors, students, parents, staff, faculty, friends, community.

Updates have been included in the Out of the Blue alumni newsletter and the divisional newsletters.

More information will be in the winter Pioneer. What we’ve learned so far:

– People are interested in the question.

– Most arguments against a change are rooted in emotion.

– When presented with rationale for the proposed change, most understand the reasons and recognize the potential benefits.

– Many people are excited about the idea.

Tobacco-Free Campus?

Sciences Renovation

Thoughtfulness of Others: Giving Back to Carroll

Gift Income

As of 12.31.07, net gift income was $3,742,636. Up $1,406,274 – or 60% – over the same period last year. In unrestricted giving, we are up in every one of eight

constituent groups – trustees, alumni, parents, friends, faculty and staff, corporations and associations, foundations, and churches.

For giving to be up in all of these groups speaks volumes about the widespread interest in supporting Carroll.

Mead Witter Foundation