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The 2002 CIC Presidents Institute, at Sanibel Harbour Resort in Florida, attracted record-breaking attendance and featured sessions on financing and governance issues, the impact of 9-11 on college campuses, and a panel with the media. Participants also enjoyed an Awards Banquet and the chance to exchange ideas with their peers.
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Mary Beth Marklein, higher education reporter for USA Today, discussed the issues she anticipates small colleges will confront in the future and those she intends to write about. Martin Van der Werf, editor of money and management at The Chronicle of Higher Education (left) advised presidents on the financial issues of interest to the media. Gettysburg College President Gordon A. Haaland (center) chaired the session.

During the Presidents Institute awards banquet, Patricia L. Willis (left), president of the BellSouth Foundation, was honored with the Allen P. Splete Award for Outstanding Service. The Awards for Philanthropy were presented to John T. and Constance Lane Vucurevich (right), and the Bush Foundation. John Archabal (center), senior program officer and director of the Leadership Fellows Program, accepted the award on behalf of the Bush Foundation.

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CIC Board Chair Richard Detweiler (far left) and CIC President Richard Ekman (far right), honored Board members completing terms of service (left to right) Fred Moore, Buena Vista University; R. Judson Carlberg, Gordon College; Douglas Orr, Warren Wilson College; Catherine Dunn, BVM, Clarke College; Richard Cook, Allegheny College; and past Board Chair Margaret McKenna, Lesley University. (Not pictured, but also completing terms on the Board were James Loughran, Saint Peter’s College and John Henderson, Wilberforce University.)
(Left to right) Spouses Task Force members Mila H. Meier, Elmira College; Susan Moore, Buena Vista University; Lorna Sawatsky, Messiah College; Nancy Shinn, Berea College; and Jeanette Cureton, Elmhurst College, were recognized for their work in ensuring that the Presidents Institute Spouses Program meets the needs of their colleagues. Pictured with them is Mary Ann Rehnke (third from left), CIC's vice president for annual programs.
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Larry Earvin (center), president of Huston-Tillotson College, enjoyed the pre-banquet reception with presidents Billy Hawkins, Texas College (right) and George Johnson, LeMoyne-Owen College.
The Singing Presidents”—Darcy and Doug Orr (left), and Jim and Maribeth Traer (right)—led banquet participants in "God Bless America" and "This Land is Your Land." Doug Orr is president of Warren Wilson College; Jim Traer is interim president of Kendall College.
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Larry Shinn, president of Berea College, discussed the benefits and criticisms of collegial governance systems during a Presidents Institute concurrent session. LeBron Fairbanks, president of Mount Vernon Nazarene College (right), chaired a panel discussion on "Hallmarks of Successful Inter-Institutional Collaboration" with panelists Mary-Linda Merriam Armacost, an independent consultant, and Richard W. Kimball, president and CEO of The Teagle Foundation. Photographs by Stan Lindsey



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