Edinboro University's President's Message 2010

ANNUAL R PORT 2010

Dr. Jeremy D. Brown, President Edinboro University

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The Edinboro Experience is the cumulative effect of unique events and ideas that shape the lives of our students. It is a rite of passage: a personal journey toward awareness and understanding.

Through this experience, our students acquire the confidence needed to adapt to the multiple jobs that will characterise their future. It moulds the character required to assume future trusteeship and leadership in their communities…to succeed beyond their expectations.

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Reaching out to more students.

Nearly 8,800 students joined in the Edinboro Experience in 2010, the largest enrollment in the university’s history.

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Overall Enrollment *As of 8/31/2010

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More than $5 million in direct loans and scholarships were awarded to 1,300 students.

Named “Military Friendly School” two years in a row.

Continued development of branch campuses in Meadville and Erie to increase student access and opportunities.

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Society has great expectations of higher education. We hold ourselves responsible for meeting them. Nowhere is this commitment more aptly demonstrated than the current transformation of our campus, with over $200 million being invested in renovations and new facilities to create optimal environments for learning and living.

In fact, the retention rate of first-time, full-time baccalaureate-seeking students has increased to 75 percent, a clear indication that the perceived value of the Edinboro Experience is growing. And these students are graduating with less debt, as evidenced by our recent national ranking among universities in the north region.

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Technologically advanced, environmentally compatible.

Our new facilities feature geothermal heating and are replete with water-conserving technologies and energy-efficient windows, insulation and lighting systems.

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A new greenhouse in Cooper Hall will offer a living-learning environment related to sustainability.

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Incoming Freshman GPA

The university received a $500,000 grant for a 210-kilowatt solar array that will generate electricity for the campus and energy for potential sale.

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The Highlands at Edinboro University, an on-campus student housing complex, is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified.

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The crux of our mission is preparing minds and moulding character.

What is acquired at Edinboro goes beyond the knowledge and skills requisite for specific professions. Our students leave with the ability to adapt to ever-evolving careers and professions.

At the centre of the educational experience are the more than 400 people who comprise our faculty, 87 percent of whom hold terminal degrees.

The academic strength of our university is founded on their capabilities, and our reputation for quality continues to grow.

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A community of learning.

Our students also learn from each other, encountering new and diverse ideas, viewpoints and perceptions.

Edinboro was ranked among the nation’s “Best Regional Universities”

by U.S. News & World Report.

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Retention Rates First-time, full-time baccalaureate degree-seeking students

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More than 20 countries are now represented among Edinboro’s student poplulation.

The university served as the site for first-ever regional conference for ensuring educational achievement of students with disabilities.

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Philanthropy supporting our university affirms the value of the Edinboro Experience.

It also helps to ensure that this experience will be available for others to share.

The generosity of our benefactors has a direct, measurable impact on the quality of our classrooms and facilities as well as our academic programmes and campus lifestyle.

Everyone in the Edinboro community benefits from philanthropy as it pays forward to sustain the value of all that we do. One of the most telling statements confirming the value of our university is the record amount of giving from our supporters, with gifts exceeding $5.5 million this year.

Making generosity a tradition.

Edinboro students carry on the spirit of volunteerism, activism and support for such causes as Erie City Mission, Make-A-Wish Foundation and Scots Fighting for Haiti.

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Philanthropic Giving

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The past three years of philanthropic contributions to the university are the highest ever on record.

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Every dollar the state invests in Edinboro returns $11 in economic impact in northwestern Pennsylvania for a total of $336.7 million.

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In conjunction with the local downtown, the university has been designated a part of the Route 6N Heritage Community.

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The need for higher education has never been more evident.

Through the Edinboro Experience, we are raising the intellectual tone of society, cultivating the public mind, and instilling the clarity of thinking and judgment upon which our futures depend.

Perhaps the greatest value of the Edinboro Experience is its accessibility.

The cost of our education is within the means of nearly every high school graduate, a benefit that is at the core of our mission as well as the Commonwealth’s goals for state-supported higher education.

It is inclusive as well as innovative.

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University stewards.

Edinboro’s student-athletes make significant contributions on campus, in the community and around the world.

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The women’s basketball team served as state and national ambassadors for the university when they traveled to Taiwan this past summer.

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The graduation rate for all student-athletes is 73 percent.

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Jarrod King and Coach Tim Flynn repeated as PSAC Wrestler and Coach of the Year.

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Graduate Online Enrollment *As of 9/1/2010

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MISSION Edinboro University is a community where intellectual engagement and opportunity challenge and empower individuals. We are inspired to serve and lead as active citizens of our global society through collaborative learning experiences emphasising campus activities, community outreach, and practical applications. These factors combine to ignite the excitement of discovery and create a thirst for life-long learning and a pursuit of excellence. vision To become an internationally recognized university known for its innovation, leadership, and commitment to excellence. values Opportunity, Excellence, Respect, Integrity, Leadership

Office of the President Edinboro University 219 Meadville Street Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2711 www.edinboro.edu

One of the 14 universities in Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in an equal opportunity education institution and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or other prohibited bases in its activities, programs or employment practices as required by Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, Section 504 and the ADA.