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Held January 4-7, 2001
Marco Island, Florida
Marco Island Marriott Resort and Golf Club
Theme: "Presidents, Boards, and the New Millennium"
2001 PRESIDENTS INSTITUTE Theme
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Theme
Presidents, Boards, and the New Millennium.
Colleges and universities are responding to emerging opportunities and
evolving student or societal needs. To lead institutions during this time,
presidents and boards together must provide a coherent vision of how the
institution can ensure high quality education, financial sustainability,
and a committed faculty and staff. The occurrence of these challenges
at the start of a new millennium may be merely coincidental, but the magnitude
of the potential transformations may support epochal analogies.
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This year, for the first time, the program includes joint sessions during
the last day of the Institute for presidents and a chair (or other leader)
of the institution’s board of trustees. This part of the Institute
will begin with the Awards Banquet on Saturday evening, January 6 and
will include a special set of sessions on Sunday morning (8:30 a.m.–
12:30 p.m.), January 7. The registration form for presidents provides
space to register an institutional board member (and spouse).
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Sharon Daloz Parks is associate director of the Whidbey Institute
near Seattle. Her most recent books are Big Questions, Worthy Dreams:
Mentoring Young Adults in their Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Faith,
and Common Fire: Leading Lives of Commitment in a Complex World (co-author).
Other writing includes To Act Justly, Love Tenderly, Walk Humbly; and
Can Ethics Be Taught?. She has held faculty and senior research positions
at Harvard Divinity School, Harvard Business School, the Kennedy School
of Government, and the Weston School of Theology.
Diana Oblinger is the first Senior Fellow of the new EDUCAUSE
Center for Applied Research, and professor at the University of North
Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. Until this fall, she served
as vice president for information resources and CIO for the 16-campus
University of North Carolina system. For ten prior years, she held a variety
of management positions at IBM, including director of the Institute of
Academic Technology. She is the author of What Business Wants from Higher
Education, and editor of The Learning Revolution, Renewing Administration,
and E is for Everything.
Richard Wood is dean of the Yale University Divinity School and
former president of Earlham College. For several years he has led workshops
for the Association of Governing Boards on president and board relations
in independent colleges and universities. A former professor of philosophy,
he has special interests in international issues, and has written on Japanese
literature.
Robert Skotheim is president of The Huntington Library, Art Collections
and Botanical Gardens. A former president of Whitman College, he currently
serves on the board of several educational organizations, including Albertson
College. He has also held corporate board memberships, such as PacifiCorp.
Earlier he served as provost and dean of the faculty at Hobart and Willliam
Smith Colleges and as a professor of history.
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Data-based decision-making and planning, with Terrence Russell,
Association for Institutional Research
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Deferred compensation for presidents, with Karl Ohrman, Consolidated
Financial Services, Inc.
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Presidential contracts, with Ann Deming, Notre Dame College of Ohio;
Margaret McKenna, Lesley University; and Scott Miller,
Wesley College
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Results of surveys on marketing, with Robert Moore, Lipman-Hearne,
Inc.
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Reform movement in intercollegiate athletics, with Betsy Alden,
Alden and Associates
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Designing the information technology infrastructure, with Jon
Shimm, Burt Hill Kosar Rittelman
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Planning and financing facilities, with William Elliot, Banc
One Capital Markets, Inc.
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Managing alumni affairs, with William Crouch, Georgetown College
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Awardees
The Council of Independent Colleges will honor several leading educators
and friends of private higher education at CIC’s annual Awards Banquet
on Saturday, January 6.
Allen P. Splete Award for Outstanding Service
Richard Kimball, President and CEO, The Teagle Foundation, Inc.
Award for Corporate Philanthropy
The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
Guests for Awards Banquet
If you would like to invite special guests—such as trustees, donors,
alumni, or other friends—to join you at the Awards Reception and
Banquet, please check the appropriate place on the registration form.
Cost: $75 per guest, with a maximum of four guests per president. NOTE:
Banquet charges for presidents, institutional board members, and spouses
who register for the Presidents Institute are included in the Institute
registration fee. Separate charges for the banquet are incurred only if
registrants elect to bring guests to the banquet.
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Presidential spouses are a heterogeneous group of men and women with
a wide range of needs. While some have full-time or part-time positions
outside the home, and others devote their full energies to the work of
a presidential spouse, most are skilled volunteers. Developed by an advisory
group of presidential spouses, CIC’s annual Spouses Program runs
concurrently with the program for presidents and provides opportunities
for spouses of presidents to share information and advice. Topics will
include:
Survey Results on Issues of Career, Identity, and Privacy for Presidential
Spouses will be the focus of the session led by Ellen Cole, presidential
spouse at Alaska Pacific University, and Pamela Reid, presidential spouse
at Wayne State University. These two psychologists spent the past two
years talking with and surveying their peers. To-date they have collected
information from 250 presidential spouses, looking at issues of career
and identity, privacy for those who lead public lives, and the joys and
struggles that accompany the role. They will present their findings and
lead a discussion to help spouses explore their findings and the implications
for their lives.
Dealing With Change in Your Work and In Your Life: Building on
last year’s popular session in which participants read a book prior
to the conference and discussed its implications for them, there will
be a session devote to a current best-seller titled Who Moved My Cheese?:
An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work and in Your Life by
Spencer Johnson. Mila Meier, clinical psychologist and presidential spouse
at Elmira College, will structure this discussion of change.
The Role of the Presidential Spouse in Fund Raising: Learn about
fund raising strategies involving presidential spouses from the perspectives
of a president and from a presidential spouse. What are appropriate roles
for presidential spouses? What should be avoided in helping the institution
grow friends?
Learning From Presidential Spouses: The supportive network of
CIC presidential spouses has proven most helpful in sharing effective
ways of dealing with professional and personal issues confronting those
in this role. A series of discussion groups led by presidential spouses
will address the following topics: working with the board of trustees
and their spouses, creating a culture of civility on campus, the grieving
process when losing loved ones, entertaining for the college or university,
balancing the personal and professional needs of presidential spouses,
raising children in the presidential house, involving retired faculty
in the college community, working with the community, concerns about aging
parents, and relating to the denomination affiliated with the university.
Seminar for Spouses of New Presidents: Two experienced presidential
spouses will share their perspectives on the role of the presidential
spouse and respond to issues raised by seminar participants.
This informal breakfast seminar will assist spouses of new presidents
to enter the presidential spouse network and gain information about their
new position.
Conference Colleague Program: Spouses attending the Presidents
Institute for the first time - either spouses of new presidents or first
time participants - are invited to request a Conference Colleague by completing
the colleague form on the CIC web site or by contacting the CIC office
for a form. The program matches an experienced conference participant
with a first time participant who will introduce them to their colleagues,
answer questions about the conference, and share information on the role
of the presidential spouse.
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Eden of the Everglades Wildlife Tour ($55)
Friday, January 5 – 1:30-5:00 p.m.
Come aboard the Everglades Jungle Queen pontoon boat for a relaxing cruise
through mangrove-lined river tributaries in the Everglades. The river,
south of Lake Okeechobee, is fifty miles wide and only two to three feet
deep. The ride will be narrated by a Coast Guard licensed captain, along
with a knowledgeable Florida Naturalist. The boat tour takes approximately
one hour and gives you the opportunity to observe wildlife in a natural
setting. After the ride enjoy a stroll along the Alligator Boardwalk,
which includes close-up encounters with native Florida alligators.
Backwater Canoe Adventure ($65)
Friday, January 5 – 1:30-5:30 p.m.
or Saturday, January 6 – 1:30-5:30 p.m.
Imagine paddling silently through the backwater bays and enjoying the
river and its wild inhabitants, including the occasional manatee or dolphin!
Join us for a relaxing afternoon canoe ride. There will be two passengers
per boat, and your naturalist/guide will highlight points of interest
on the ground and in the air. Your actual time in the canoe will be approximately
two hours in quiet water. No experience paddling a canoe is necessary
and all required safety equipment is supplied. This trip is offered two
afternoons because there are only a limited number of canoes available.
We recommend that you register early.
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Wednesday, January 3
Noon-9:00 p.m. New Presidents Workshop
Thursday, January 4
7:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. New Presidents Workshop
7:30-10:00 a.m. New Presidents Spouses Seminar
8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. CIC Board of Directors Meeting
PRESIDENTS INSTITUTE BEGINS
5:00-6:15 p.m. Keynote presentation
6:30-9:00 p.m. Welcoming Dinner and Hospitality
Friday, January 5
8:30-9:45 a.m. Plenary session
10:00-11:15 a.m. Concurrent sessions
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Box lunch roundtables
1:30-5:30 p.m. Optional trips
5:45 p.m. Women Presidents Reception
6:30 p.m. Dine-around Dinners
Saturday, January 6
8:30-9:30 a.m. Annual Meeting
9:45-11:00 a.m. Concurrent sessions
BOARD CHAIRS INVITED
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Plenary presentation
1:30-5:30 p.m. Optional trip
6:00-7:00 p.m. Reception
7:00-9:00 p.m. Awards Banquet
Sunday, January 7
8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Plenary and concurrent sessions
PRESIDENTS INSTITUTE ENDS
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Marco Island Marriott Resort and Golf Club
400 South Collier Boulevard
Marco Island, FL 34145
Phone: (941) 394-2511
Reservation cut-off date is December 4, 2000.
Room rate is $165.00 single/double. Check-in time is after 3:00 p.m.;
check-out time is Noon.
Airline Reservations
For airline reservations call either U.S. Airways directly at (877) 874-7687
or J.C. Gardner at Metro World Travel at (800) 633-8822. Please refer
to Gold File #44641631.
Ground Transportation
The Marriott is located at 400 S. Collier Blvd., Marco Island, FL 34145.
The hotel is approximately one hour from the Southwest Florida International
Airport in Fort Myers and 30 minutes from the Naples Airport. Transportation
by Excel, Inc., provides shuttle service from Ft. Myers, with a minimum
vehicle charge (up to 3 passengers) of $115 plus a 20% gratuity and a
3% fuel surcharge. From Naples there is a vehicle minimum charge of $95
plus 20% gratuity and a fuel surcharge of 3%. Reservations must be made
24 hours in advance by calling Transportation by Excel, Inc., at (800)
633-0283.
Action Taxi charges $60 per car from Ft. Myers and $35 per car from Naples.
Reservations must be made 24 hours in advance by calling (941) 394-4400.
AOK Taxi charges $45 per car from Ft. Myers and $30 per car from Naples.
Reservations must be made 24 hours in advance by calling (941) 394-1113.
For car rental, you can call Hertz at (800) 654-2240. Refer to meeting
number 02P10001.
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