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@Collegian_GCC @gcc.collegian The Collegian: The GCC Newspaper Friday, February 4, 2022
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Vol. 107, No. 12
College releases new strategic plan
David Zimmermann Editor-in-Chief
The college is looking forward to implementing its new five-year strategic plan that aims to expand the college’s mission during a time of historic disruption in higher education. The 2022-2026 plan, entitled “From Strength to Strength: Timeless Values and Historic Opportunities,” outlines five strategic goals that cover academics, community life, enrollment numbers, financial management and the brand identity of the college.
President Paul J. McNulty ’80 presented the plan to college employees this past December after the Board of Trustees approved the proposal a month earlier. The 18-member Strategic Planning Committee formulated the plan to address key national trends that will affect the college in the next half-decade. These trends include: the national decline in student enrollment through 2030, the growing demand for an affordable education and the ability to transition to synchronous learning if the need arises. At a time when universities
are facing conversations related to the pandemic, social media and increased political polarization, the college hopes to distinguish itself among regional and national competitors with these newly-defined goals. The board’s Vice Chair Craig W. Jones ’74, who headed the Strategic Planning Committee, said, “These are challenging times in higher education, especially for small private colleges that do not accept public funding but are committed to an excellent and affordable college STRATEGIC PLAN 3
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President McNulty led a presentation discussing the strategic plan.
Kibbe’s speak on liberty
Enjoying the winter season
Ayden Gutierrez News Editor
school.” The “igloo rule” was instituted several years before Henkle and Toney attended the college and has long since been spoken of around campus. Sledding, as Hardesty indicated, is a somewhat different matter. “The college used to permit sled riding only on the soccer practice field hills,” Hardesty said. “It seems sledding was limited to this location because of an accident where a
Matt ’85 and Terry (Schott ’86) Kibbe spoke on campus on Thursday at a talk titled, “Love, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” The lecture covered the Kibbe’s journey from how they met as Grove City College students to their professional careers. During the speech, they discussed how their libertarian ideals have impacted their lives. Matt Kibbe earned degrees from Grove City College and George Mason University in economics. Upon graduating, Kibbe went on to be a New York Times bestselling author and the founder of the Free The People Foundation. According to The Federalist Society, Free The People is “an educational foundation which uses cutting-edge technology, video production and storytelling in order to turn on the next generation — “the liberty curious” to the values of liberty and cooperation.” “We call them liberty curious because they’re trying to figure things out, and they’re turned off by hyper partisanship, and generally turned off by people telling them what to think,” Matt Kibbe said. “But if you can translate free market economics and the great Austrian thinkers and libertarian philosophy into common sense, emotionally compelling stories, I think that’s how most people process information.” He is also an Executive Producer at BlazeTV where he produces the Kibbe on Liberty podcast. Kibbe is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Austrian Economics Center in Vienna as well as a Co-Founder and Partner at Fight the Power Productions, a strategic communications firm focused on video production, social media branding and compelling storytelling. As an engineering graduate, Terry Kibbe went on to work in industrial engineering. After a decade in the
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Winter fun prohibited? Rules for winter activites discussed
Two Grovers enjoy the recent snowfall as a future Wolverine is seen sledding in the background.
Sarah Soltis Staff Writer
With winter weather reinvigorating discussion about snow-related activities and rules around campus, students have begun to wonder where rules regarding sleeping in igloos and sledding have come from. While the college Crimson Student Handbook does not address the sledding rule, it does forbid “construction of and/or sleeping in igloos or enclosed snow caves is prohibited for safety reasons.”
In response to the rule regarding sleeping in igloos, Vice President for Student Life and Learning Larry Hardesty said, “It was added in response to one of our Campus Safety officers responding to what he thought to be a life-threatening collapse some years ago. Thankfully the student was okay. However, the concerns about collapse and the college’s existing policy prohibiting camping on campus seemed to make this addition wise.” Senior Shelbi Henkle, who enjoys sledding and oth-
er snow-related activities, shared her impressions on sledding and igloos. According to Henkle, several years ago a Grove City College student built an igloo to then fall asleep in it when a concerned lady saw feet sticking out of the igloo. Henkle said that the woman called 911 without realizing that the student was only asleep. Senior Micah Toney, reflecting on the igloo rule, said, “I think it just was the risk of collapsing and the danger of liability for the