Office of College Advancement

ADVANCE - August/September 2000

From the Office of Alumni Relations:
  Homecoming/Parents' Weekend 2000
  Conference on Ministry 2000
  Annual Alumni Colorado Ski Trip
From the Office of College Relations
From the Office of Foundation Relations
From the Office of Development
August Financials
From the Greenville College Foundation
Renae Patton Named Director of Advancement
Upcoming Events

From the Office of Alumni Relations
Kent Krober, Director of Alumni & Church Relations

Homecoming & Parents/ Weekend 2000
Come experience the life, spirit and energy that is Greenville College during our 53rd Homecoming & Parents Weekend! Alumni will enjoy seeing the latest additions to the campus…Ganton Circle, Claussen Plaza, the new college bookstore, student apartments and attractive new landscaping and flowers. A full schedule of weekend activities will keep the whole family entertained.

Parents, this is a wonderful time to reconnect with your son or daughter and spend some time catching up on what has happened over the first 6 weeks of school. Your children are probably in need of a hug from you as well! President Mannoia looks forward to welcoming you back to campus.

For more information on Homecoming/Parents' Weekend 2000 ...

Conference on Ministry
Greenville College will serve as host to the 2000 Conference on Ministry, "Building Bridges to the Unchurched ... through Pastoral Ministry." This year's event welcomes keynote speaker Dr. Doug Murren and special guest Bishop Leslie Krober. Conference on Ministry, an annual event held each year on the Greenville College campus, is a time of renewal, support and training for Free Methodist pastors in the Gateway, Wabash and North Central FM conferences.

Dr. Murren, best known for the pacesetting church that he pioneered, Eastside Foursquare Church in Kirkland, WA, currently conducts training events, leads evangelistic outreaches, hosts a radio show, and advises churches that target Boomers and Busters through Square One, a ministry he started.

For more information on Conference on Ministry, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at kkrober@greenville.edu or (618) 664-6514.

Alumni Ski Trip
GC Alumni hit the slopes annually with a ski trip to Colorado. Students in the GC Interterm ski class will once again join alumni for a weekend of skiing at Monarch Ski & Snowboard Area.

For more information on the 2000 Alumni Colorado Ski Trip ...

From the Office of College Relations
Dave Disch, Director of College Relations

• The Greenville College wireless network continues to receive national attention ... Monday, September 18, a reporter and photographer from the Associated Press visited campus for a story on college use of wireless systems.
• As a result of this AP story, Greenville College appeared on MSNBC's website, Wednesday, September 27.
• Thursday, September 28, a photographer for the Chronicle of Higher Education came to campus to capture images of students using the wireless system in preparation for an upcoming article on wireless college campuses.
  
  
• Building Updates

From the Office of Foundations Relations
Pam Taylor, Director of Foundations Relations

FIPSE Grant (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education) $464,000
To be shared with Eastern College over the next three years. Grant to support the design and implement a comprehensive web-based approach to data management involving individual/institutional assessment, advisement, and transformational learning. The resulting model will serve as a "dashboard" linking student and faculty portfolios, departmental and course evaluations, virtual advising, and information management. To date, no other system of this type exists. This system will be made available for use at institutions of higher education nationwide.

Congratulations to Dr. Karen Longman, Dr. Susan Hughey-Rasler, Dr. Sharon Alger, Mr. Norman Hall, and Mr. Deloy Cole for their excellent work on the FIPSE grant.

Illinois Board of Higher Education
$58,000
To be shared equally with Kaskaskia College (Greenville College gets $29,000) to provide academic, social/cultural development programs and services for minority children; develop programming to enrich multicultural awareness for children and college students; and to provide leadership training/mentoring opportunities for minority students and college women.

Dr. Sandra Schmidt deserves credit for obtaining this grant and will serve as coordinator of the programs working in cooperation with Kaskaskia College.

The Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation
$5,000 (unrestricted grant going into general operating fund)
The Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation supports education in the Chicago area and the state of Illinois.

Illinois Arts Council
$1,050
To partially fund a performance of the St. Louis Brass Quintet on our campus in September.

From the Office of Development
Jim Stjernstrom, Director of Development

As the 2000 Fall Leadership Telethon approaches, so does our need for volunteer phoners. All interested faculty and staff should contact Jim Stjernstrom at (618) 664-6515 or jstjernstrom@greenville.edu to sign up to call alumni & friends of Greenville College. Help us reach this year's goal of $150,000!

August Financials

Unrestricted support for the month of August was $41,841 slightly higher than the average for the month. Total gift support for the year is $170,889, which is higher than last year at this time.

From the Greenville College Foundation
David Hoag, CEO
Janine Boyd, Stewardship Director

As the Foundation brings to a close it's first year of operations, the following unaudited totals are reported:

Greenville College Foundation Assets Held as of 8/31/00
Temporarily Restricted Capital Gifts Grants Project Accounts TOTAL Temporarily Restricted	6/30/00 $252,048.79 271,982.23 78,675.49 $602,706.51	8/31/00 $215,333.42 345,433.27 300,938.57 $861,705.26
Permanently Restricted Scholarships Other Endowed Accounts TOTAL Permanently Restricted	$5,407,019.22 1,642,751.23 $7,049,770.45	$5,422,298.23 116,829.41 $7,181,878.87	Mkt Value $5,902,412.93 1,967,471.04 $7,869,883.97

Renae Patton Named New Director of Advancement
Travis Klopfenstein Joins EdInsure, Inc.

Renae Patton will be joining us as a member of the team as the new Director of Advancement. Renae graduated from Greenville College in 1996, with a degree in Business. Prior to this assignment she worked in admissions for 3 years.

Travis Klopfenstein has accepted the position of Director of Business Development for EdInsure, Inc., an educational loan repayment insurance company.

Upcoming Events

Homecoming & Parents' Weekend 2000
October 13-15

Conference on Ministry
October 17-19

Fall Leadership Telethon
October 23-26

Annual Alumni Colorado Ski Trip
January 4-7, 2000

Last updated: September 29, 2000