Thursday, April 5, 2018
TerraCycle Recycling at Hofheimer Library
Brandon Foster, a Virginia Wesleyan Eco-Ambassador, shows off our recent TerraCycle recycling collection in Hofheimer Library. Thanks to VWU students for recycling your personal care containers.
Nota Bene: The Future of Higher Education
I
enjoyed hosting a Faculty Roundtable recently at our beautiful new
Frank Blocker Youth Center. It was an excellent opportunity for our
faculty members to learn more about Tidewater Collegiate Academy and the
value it brings to our campus, as well as a time for me to answer
important questions about issues facing higher education in this region
and beyond.
Each year, Inside Higher Ed conducts a survey that seeks to understand how college and university presidents view opportunities and challenges facing American higher education. The 2018 findings were recently released, and along with them, a wide array of articles analyzing the information. I found a blog by the Edvance Foundation, published March 18, to contain a helpful summary of the findings:
Edvance Foundation: What College Presidents Think of Future of Higher Education
The survey is also published in full on the Inside Higher Ed website. I hope you find this information helpful. We are doing extremely well at Virginia Wesleyan University; however, as I have cautioned before, we must continue to focus on best practices in enrollment, fundraising, and fiscal operation as we also plan for innovation and growth across all sectors of our University.
Each year, Inside Higher Ed conducts a survey that seeks to understand how college and university presidents view opportunities and challenges facing American higher education. The 2018 findings were recently released, and along with them, a wide array of articles analyzing the information. I found a blog by the Edvance Foundation, published March 18, to contain a helpful summary of the findings:
Edvance Foundation: What College Presidents Think of Future of Higher Education
The survey is also published in full on the Inside Higher Ed website. I hope you find this information helpful. We are doing extremely well at Virginia Wesleyan University; however, as I have cautioned before, we must continue to focus on best practices in enrollment, fundraising, and fiscal operation as we also plan for innovation and growth across all sectors of our University.
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Marlin SportSplash!
Congratulations to Jayla Harris of the Virginia Wesleyan Women's Basketball team on being named to Virginia Sports Information Directors' All-State Second Team for her performance over the 2017-18 season! Read more in this week's Marlin Sportsplash: https://conta.cc/2GtHTAG
Join us for Seafood Party in the Dell
Join us during Spring Alumni Weekend for this beloved campus tradition—Saturday, April 14, at 4:30 p.m. at University Commons. View the full weekend schedule: http://www.vwu.edu/alumni-a-friends/spring-alumni-weekend.php
Nota Bene: Rev. Dr. Karla M. Kincannon ’76 to be Virginia Wesleyan Baccalaureate Speaker
I am pleased to announce that the Rev. Dr. Karla M. Kincannon, a 1976
graduate of Virginia Wesleyan, will serve as our Baccalaureate speaker
on Friday, May 18, at Haygood United Methodist Church in Virginia Beach
(4713 Haygood Rd.). A preludial concert by the Virginia Wesleyan Chorale
will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by a 6:00 p.m. service.
Baccalaureate is a religious service held at most private, church-related educational institutions before the commencement exercises. It is an important tradition at United Methodist Church-affiliated colleges and universities. A farewell sermon to the graduating class and selected remarks, often from one or more representatives of the senior class, are highlights.
Rev. Kincannon is the director of spiritual formation at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. As an artist, author, spiritual director, and United Methodist minister (Elder), she believes "God’s gift of creativity is an essential tool for navigating the spiritual journey and a necessary element for the corporate life of the Church." She is the author of Creativity and Divine Surprise: Finding the Place of Your Resurrection, as well as numerous articles about the spiritual journey and curriculum for the United Methodist Church. She speaks in a variety of ecumenical settings nationwide as a lecturer, workshop leader, and retreat facilitator.
Dr. Kincannon earned a Bachelor of Arts from Virginia Wesleyan and a Master of Divinity from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. She also completed her Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Direction from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, where she served on the faculty for five years. Her other experience includes serving as a church pastor, a college chaplain and campus minister, conflict mediator, as well as more than two decades of work in the healing arts as a spiritual director. She founded SpiritArt Ministries to help individuals and congregations encounter the living God through the use of their creativity.
Please join me in congratulating the Class of 2018 as they prepare for this exciting weekend of tradition and celebration, of which Baccalaureate is a valued and memorable part.
Baccalaureate is a religious service held at most private, church-related educational institutions before the commencement exercises. It is an important tradition at United Methodist Church-affiliated colleges and universities. A farewell sermon to the graduating class and selected remarks, often from one or more representatives of the senior class, are highlights.
Rev. Kincannon is the director of spiritual formation at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. As an artist, author, spiritual director, and United Methodist minister (Elder), she believes "God’s gift of creativity is an essential tool for navigating the spiritual journey and a necessary element for the corporate life of the Church." She is the author of Creativity and Divine Surprise: Finding the Place of Your Resurrection, as well as numerous articles about the spiritual journey and curriculum for the United Methodist Church. She speaks in a variety of ecumenical settings nationwide as a lecturer, workshop leader, and retreat facilitator.
Dr. Kincannon earned a Bachelor of Arts from Virginia Wesleyan and a Master of Divinity from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. She also completed her Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Direction from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, where she served on the faculty for five years. Her other experience includes serving as a church pastor, a college chaplain and campus minister, conflict mediator, as well as more than two decades of work in the healing arts as a spiritual director. She founded SpiritArt Ministries to help individuals and congregations encounter the living God through the use of their creativity.
Please join me in congratulating the Class of 2018 as they prepare for this exciting weekend of tradition and celebration, of which Baccalaureate is a valued and memorable part.
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Photo Gallery: Transformations
Virginia Wesleyan University is transforming all around us—from current construction on the Marlin Way entrance (pictured) and the Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center to recently completed projects like the Greer Environmental Sciences Center, the Avenue of the Sciences, and the Frank Blocker Youth Center. Watch these changes come to life through our "Transformations" photo gallery on the VWU Flickr page: https://flic.kr/s/aHskBzEFRc
The President's Letter: Virginia Wesleyan in Bloom
Virginia Wesleyan is abuzz once again as our community returns from Spring Break and the Easter holiday. Read the latest news from campus in my April President's Letter: https://conta.cc/2uBfG5u
Monday, April 2, 2018
P3*EDU Meetings
In Washington, D.C., for meetings of the P3*EDU group, an invitation-only event bringing together a select group of university leaders and a handful of private company CEOs to share best practices of public-private partnerships. Pictured (top) at the opening reception at The Hay-Adams across from The White House with Peter Blake (Director of the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia), Elise Marrs (Regent University), and Jay Hatcher (The Learning House). Below, with Wally Boston (President of the American Public University System), and Angel Cabrera (President of George Mason University).
Sunday, April 1, 2018
Pilot Column: Building inclusion in an age of exclusion
Enjoy my latest column in today’s edition of The Virginian-Pilot...
Building inclusion in an age of exclusion
https://pilotonline.com/opinion/columnist/guest/article_75aa8492-31cb-11e8-bfa9-bb1faca615d7.html?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar
Building inclusion in an age of exclusion
https://pilotonline.com/opinion/columnist/guest/article_75aa8492-31cb-11e8-bfa9-bb1faca615d7.html?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar
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