NAICU Members in the News

Within the past couple of weeks, many newsworthy changes have occurred at our member institutions. To submit your campus news, email joyce@naicu.edu.

• Amherst College president Anthony W. Marx will resign on June 30, 2011 to become president of the New York Public Library. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
• College of Wooster president Grant Cornwell’s new vision for the college hopes to add a more global approach to the traditional liberal learning. (Smart Business)
• The Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area recently reported that its 14 member schools, which include American University, Gallaudet University, George Washington University, Georgetown University, Marymount University, and Trinity Washington University, fuel economic growth in D.C. by spending $1.8 billion annually in the district. (Washington Post)
• Fresno Pacific University president D. Merrill Ewert will retire at the end of the 2011-2012 school year. (Fresno Bee)
• Grace College will offer a two-year associate of arts degree beginning in August on their Fort Wayne and Indianapolis campuses. (Journal Gazette)
• Actors Allison Janney and Josh Radnor are coming back to their alma mater for Radnor’s new film, Liberal Arts, as campus scenes will be shot at Kenyon College. (Hollywood Reporter)
• Pacific Lutheran University president Loren Anderson will retire in spring 2012 after serving for 20 years. (News Tribune)
• Reed College president Colin Diver will retire at the end of the 2011-2012 school year. (Portland Business Journal)
• Shaw University reopened for its summer session on May 23 after a tornado closed the school two weeks early for the spring semester. (News & Observer)
• Swarthmore College offered a live translation in Spanish of its commencement ceremony using wireless headsets. Next year, the college hopes to add Korean and Chinese translation channels. (Boston Globe)
• The Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association’s new study showed that the state’s private, nonprofit colleges and universities provide more than $8.1 billion to the state’s economy. (TICUA)
• The Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association announced that tuition for private colleges and universities in Tennessee will increase an average of 3.8 percent next year, the smallest increase in 10 years. (Nashville Public Radio)
• Wittenberg University president Dr. Mark Erickson will step down after the 2011-2012 school year after serving since 2005. (Dayton Business Journal)
• Yale University will re-establish the United States Navy’s R.O.T.C. program in fall 2012 where students will receive both military instruction and training on campus. (New York Times)

By Joyce Kim