as of 12/31/2010

  • 1 new mission statement

Enhancing the Rigorous Intellectual Experience

  • 20 additional tenure-track faculty
  • 100 fewer visitor-taught blocks
  • 92 venture grants awarded in 2009-10
  • 400 percent increase in venture grant funding
  • Created the Public interest Fellowship Program
  • Doubled the number of recipients since inception
  • Priddy Experience service trips for every entering student
  • Selected recent graduates receive Transition Fellowship for research
  • $610,500 in new contributions to library funds
  • 336 extra library hours/year
  • 5 additional Riley scholars
  • 87 new trustee scholars
  • 1 new I.D.E.A. Space Program curator endowed
  • Crown Family Endowed Professorship for Innovation in the Arts

Creating a Diverse, Respectful Community

  • $3 million challenge from the Robert and Ruby Priddy Charitable Trust
    $9 million total creates 35 scholarships
  • 1 new chaplain (rabbi)
  • 62 total new scholarships
    521 student recipients
  • 33 percent increase in student applications
  • 1,600 alumni admission interviews
  • 95 percent retention, a 3 percent increase
  • 5 percent of students are international, a 4 percent increase
  • 3.9 percent increase in ethnic minority enrollment
  • 70 percent of students now study abroad
  • 2,025 students now involved in outdoor education
  • $10 million Walton Family Foundation scholarship challenge
  • 1 new disability services coordinator
  • 1 new coffeehouse

Providing a Next-Generation Campus

  • 41 buildings made accessible to disabled
    38 accessible restrooms added
    25 ramps
    2 new elevators, 1 lift
    $3.5 million in improvements
  • President’s Climate Commitment signed
  • 58 smart classrooms added
  • 8 buildings renovated
  • $30 + million committed for academic buildings
  • $8 million to date for new wellness center
  • 1 new interdisciplinary arts center

Financial Support Grows

  • 3 $10 million commitments
  • 223 members of the new President’s Circle
  • 1,074 joined the new 1874 Society
  • 92 joined Legacy Society
  • 14,627 alumni make financial commitments to the vision
  • 7,780 parents make financial commitments to the vision
  • 509 foundations make financial commitments to the vision