ANAC Launches Planning Initiatives, Members Rank High with US News, and Fall Enrollments: Up Overall

Three ANAC planning initiatives are underway following ANAC's June Leadership Conference (See Summer Bulletin): an international program planning group chaired by Janet Rasmussen and Jim Pence of Pacific Lutheran University; an ANAC Academy planning group (for faculty/staff professional development), chaired by Steve Good, Drury University, and Linda McMillin, Susquehanna University; and a Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute planning group convened by Jerry Berberet. The work of the three planning groups will come to fruition next summer at meetings associated with the Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute, to be held at Hampton University, June 18-21, 2003.

Once again, the US News & World Report college rankings, released September 13, reflect a high regard for ANAC member colleges and universities. Among the highlights, Valparaiso University is once again ranked the #1 Master's institution in the Midwest, a region where seven ANAC members appear among the top fifteen Master's institutions. Equally significant, members ranked high in the Best Value Masters category, where Drury was #1, Valparaiso #2, and Drake University #4 in the Midwest and University of Redlands #2 in the West. Fall admissions reports are incomplete, but several ANAC members are experiencing significant enrollment increases. Belmont University, for example, reports a growth of 6.8% in numbers of students above last year.

Articles In This Issue:

In the Headlines

• ANAC Members Highly Regarded in US News & World Report Best College Issue
• November Conference with AACU at Butler University to be ANAC 2002 "Summer Institute"
• ANAC Members Observe 9/11
• Fall Enrollments Continue Upward Trend
• University of Evansville is Newest ANAC Member
  
  

ANAC Projects and Activities

• International and ANAC Academy Planning Efforts Underway
• ANAC Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute Planned for Hampton University, June 18-21, 2003
• ANAC Data Exchange Prepares Year IV Data for Benchmarking
• ANAC Officers, 2002-03

North Central College seminar in Japan and China.

ANAC Members in the News

• Ithaca College Invites ANAC Member Faculty to Apply for Distinguished Teaching Fellow Position at London Centre
• Drury University Holds Teach-In On War with Iraq; Selects "Gender and Sexuality" Convocation Theme
• Valparaiso University Completes "Three Goals, One Promise" Campaign; PLU Receives International Program Grants
  
• Hampton University Noctilucent Cloud Research Selected by NASA for Satellite Mission; Hampton Receives Grant for Distance Education
  
• Belmont, Redlands, Hamline, Drury, and Elon Invest in Facilities
• Hampton and Belmont Receive Professional Program Accreditation; Sage and Simmons Offer New Programs; Elon Honored for First-Year Program
  
• Loss of A Good Friend at Quinnipiac; Hamline Selects CFO
  
• Valparaiso University History of Past Century Published

Valparaiso University: A Century of Progress.

ANAC Commentary

• "Double Vision," by Faiza Shereen, Director of Center for International Programs, University of Dayton
  
• President Hal Wilde on the Meaning of ANAC Membership for North Central College
  

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