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CIC PRESENTS ACADEMIC AWARDS FOR 2007
For Immediate Release:
January 31, 2008
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Contact:
Laura Wilcox
Vice President for Communications
Council of Independent Colleges
(202) 466-7230
lwilcox@cic.nche.edu
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WASHINGTON,
DC — The recipients of the Council of Independent Colleges
(CIC) annual academic awards for 2007 are Terrence Russell,
executive director of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
and Courtesy Professor of Higher Education and Policy Studies at Florida
State University, who received CIC’s Academic Leadership Award,
and Ferol Schricker Menzel, vice president of academic
affairs and dean of the faculty at Wartburg College, who was presented
with CIC’s Chief Academic Officers Award. The awards were bestowed
during the Chief Academic Officers Institute held at the Loews Philadelphia
Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in November.
Russell was honored for his contributions to academic programs and leaders
at private colleges and universities. He has served more than 175 private
colleges and universities through the development and leadership of the
Data and Decisions Workshops jointly sponsored by CIC and AIR, since 2002.
Russell served on a National Academy of Sciences study panel evaluating
the NIH minority research training programs, the Technical Advisory Committee
for the National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty, the National Advisory
Board of the American Council on Education–UCLA Cooperative Institutional
Research Program (CIRP), and the Advisory Committee for the Policy Center
for the First Year of College. Before joining AIR in 1991, Russell was
director of professional services and survey research for the American
Chemical Society and visiting associate professor of sociology at Georgetown
University. Earlier, he served as a faculty member at Illinois Wesleyan,
Illinois State, and Northern Kentucky Universities. He has written about
academic-industry relations, ethics and values in science, the science
and technology labor force, and higher education policy.
During the award presentation, CIC President Richard Ekman noted that
Russell “is a global leader in advancing data-informed decision-making,
who has worked diligently to ensure that small and mid-sized private institutions
benefit from the professionalization of institutional research. He has
been an instrumental player in promoting public policy decisions regarding
data collection and ensuring that the needs of CIC institutions are represented,
and he has served many CIC administrators through the development and
leadership of the Data and Decisions Workshops since 2002.”
Menzel was honored for being instrumental in preparing new chief academic
officers for their work at private colleges and universities. She has
served as a co-leader of the CIC New Chief Academic Officers Workshop
for three years and assisted in creating, as well as presenting, the Workshop
for CAOs in their Third or Fourth Year of Service. She has strengthened
CIC institutions by presenting at the CIC Department Chair Workshops and
the Transformation of the College Library Workshops. Earlier in her career,
Menzel served Grand View College in several roles including vice president
for student life and enrollment management and interim vice president
of finance. She chairs the advisory committee of the Faculty Development
and Technology Integration Program at the Iowa College Foundation and
is a member of the board of trustees of The Higher Learning Commission
of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Ekman congratulated Menzel for her dedicated service, noting that she
“has distinguished herself as a valuable colleague by widely sharing
her wisdom and expertise on achieving excellence in academic programs,
forming more effective policies, and learning from best practices.”
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The Council of Independent Colleges is
an association of more than 580 independent liberal arts colleges and
universities and higher education affiliates and organizations that work
together to strengthen college and university leadership, sustain high-quality
education, and enhance private higher education’s contributions
to society. To fulfill this mission, CIC provides its members with skills,
tools, and knowledge that address aspects of leadership, financial management
and performance, academic quality, and institutional visibility. The Council
is headquartered at One Dupont Circle in Washington, DC.
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