Milligan
President’s report | 2012
Dear Friends, As President of Milligan College, I have been amazed by the continuous outpouring of support from our faculty, staff, students, alumni, friends, and Board of Trustees. Nowhere has this support been more visible than when this community mourned the passing of our former President, Chancellor, and friend Don Jeanes. Don was a trusted mentor and confidant, and I will miss him greatly. Don and Clarinda have been dear friends to my wife, Edwina, and me. They have also been dear friends to Milligan, as evidenced by how well prepared for the future Don left the college. During my first year as president not only did I benefit from Don’s experience and guidance, but I also learned much from a listening tour, where I sought the opinions and impressions of those who hold Milligan in their hearts. These insights convinced me of three things. First, Milligan College is well-loved. Second, although we have achieved much in the past several decades, our best days are ahead of us. Finally, together, we will continue to move Milligan Forward Ever. In this, my first President’s Report, you will find that we are committed to moving Forward Ever in three areas that are central to Milligan’s mission as a Christian liberal arts college—Scholarship, Community, and Faith. This commitment has led our Board of Trustees to approve the following long range objectives that we will focus our efforts upon over the next five years and beyond: We will offer high quality, regionally and nationally respected academic programs that support the college’s mission and are relevant to the marketplace and our students. We will be a strong, vibrant, and diverse Christian collegiate community of 2,000 students. Finally, Milligan College is committed to increasing global impact by developing servant-leaders with a Christian worldview. Our recent accomplishments, though, will reveal to you that these objectives are not anything new; rather, they are a continuation of what has been Milligan’s emphasis for many years. As you join us in reflection on the past year, and as we continue to celebrate the legacy of Don Jeanes, I pray that you will also dream about our future and join me in moving Milligan Forward Ever. With warmest regards,
Bill Greer, Ph.D., ‘85 2 | Milligan College
President
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Scholarship
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Community
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Faith
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Fast Facts
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Budget
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Timeline FY 2011-12
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Board of Trustees and the President’s Cabinet 2011-12
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scholarship
We will offer high quality, regionally and nationally respected academic programs that support the college’s mission and are relevant to the marketplace and our students. cademic excellence has long been a hallmark of Milligan College. Our faculty are grounded in Christian faith and well-versed in their fields, bringing expertise and passion to the classroom. Our students come to Milligan with a fervent desire to be challenged and to learn. Our curriculum and degree offerings continue to evolve to meet the ever-changing needs of our students and the world they are preparing to serve.
High Quality In response to increasing marketplace demands for formal research experience at the undergraduate level, Milligan is expanding opportunities for students to pursue substantive research projects while being mentored by faculty. Falling under the umbrella of the newly-established Office of Undergraduate Research, RISE Above—Research Increases Student Engagement—is a comprehensive program that will engage all traditional undergraduates in some aspects of formal research, through required courses, lecture series, workshops, and other college-sponsored events. For those students desiring to pursue publication, exhibition and/or presentation of their projects, the college will provide funding to cover research and travel expenses and will pay stipends to the facultymentors overseeing the projects.
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Regionally and nationally respected Since 1866, students and their families have recognized the value of a Milligan education, but that recognition goes well beyond this campus. For the past two years, the college has been nationally recognized as a “College of Distinction,” and Milligan continues to rank among the top 10 schools in the South in U.S. News &
World Report’s annual college rankings. Academic rigor, small classroom size, and our faculty’s commitment to excellence are part of what make Milligan unique. For instance, Dr. Ted Thomas, professor of humanities, history, and German, has been researching Hermann Maas, a World War II-era German Protestant pastor who devoted his life to reconciliation between Christians and Jews and Jews and Germans. Dr. Thomas’s research has gained international attention, and Milligan students have been privileged to see his passion for learning firsthand.
Marketplace Relevance Employment of mental health counselors is expected to grow by 24 percent between 2008 and 2018. To meet this rapidly growing demand for more professionals in the mental health field, Milligan recently added a Master of Science in counseling degree. This 60-credit-hour program, informed by a Christian worldview, will prepare graduates to pursue licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). At the undergraduate level, Milligan’s new major in political science was developed in response to student demand. It promises to prepare students to study law, work in government service, research, or teach. It is designed for those who wish to understand the ever-changing world of politics and effectively engage in the world around them.
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community
We will be a strong, vibrant, and diverse Christian collegiate community of 2,000 students.
hile classroom instruction is a critical part of a liberal arts education, many important lessons of college take place outside of the classroom, where life is lived as part of a Christian community. Cheering for or playing on athletic teams, enjoying the mountains surrounding campus, serving others, worshiping in chapel, and sharing life together in the residence halls all contribute to the unique community that is Milligan College. Milligan’s vision of changing lives and shaping culture is so critical to the world that the college has established the goal to grow enrollment to 2,000 students over the next decade.
Strong and Vibrant The Gilliam Wellness Center at Milligan has created numerous opportunities for developing a strong and vibrant community. It provides space for exercise and wellness activities and serves as a hub for intramural sports. The college’s beautiful mountain surroundings offer many opportunities for off-campus activities. The staff of the Gilliam Wellness Center has taken part in planning ski trips, hikes, and rides on area bike trails. Additionally, camping equipment is available for loan to groups of students who want to explore the mountains on their own.
Diverse Service is part of being a member of diverse Christian community. Milligan’s step team, known as Stompede, is just one example of students ministering to their neighbors. The ten members of Stompede joined forces with participants from One7, a local ministry focused on transforming the lives of inner city youth and their families. Together they presented “Steppin’ Into Oz,” a retelling, through dance, of the classic story The Wizard of Oz. Stompede also performed a traditional African-style dance in honor of Black History Month.
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Christian This past spring, the Milligan community came together in prayer to support Phillip Davis, a Milligan student and volunteer firefighter who sustained serious injuries when the car he was working on caught fire. While Phillip was being transferred to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, members of the Milligan family gathered on the Mary Sword Commons to pray. The campus also rallied financial support for Davis, who sustained second-degree burns on his upper torso and third degree-burns on one arm, to help defray the cost of medical treatment.
Collegiate Community Perhaps no venues are more critical to the development of collegiate community than residence halls. These spaces are the crucible through which lifelong relationships are forged in late night study sessions, Christian discipleship groups, or just hanging out with roommates. For Milligan to continue expanding its mission and service to more students, it is important that the college offer high quality student housing. That is why Milligan is, with the support of a $4.7 million gift from Richard and Leslie Gilliam of Charlottesville, Virginia, constructing a housing village designed to expand and enhance the sense of community at Milligan. This village will ultimately have the capacity to house nearly 240 students, in twelve, suite-style residence halls.
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Milligan College is committed to increasing global impact BY developing servant-leaders with a Christian worldview.
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s our vision statement proclaims, Milligan is a place where Jesus Christ is exalted. We believe God has a unique plan for each of our lives—for our hearts as well as our minds. Together we can form a new generation of
Christian leaders who are intellectually and spiritually prepared to change lives and
shape culture.
Global Impact Thanks to a semester-long study abroad program offered through Milligan and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), Milligan senior Colin Blowers spent the fall semester of 2011 in Jerusalem as a participant in the Middle East Studies Program. This opportunity was life-changing for Blowers, impacting the way he views the role of Christians in the world today. “It’s in the day-to-day interactions with people that we can make a difference. We have a greater goal as Christians, to be all that Christ has been for us: to bring healing to the sick, sight to the blind, and freedom to the oppressed.” Through experiences like this one, mission outreach projects, and campus ministry opportunities, Milligan continues its focus on preparing students to be servantleaders who impact the world around them for Christ.
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DEVELOPING SERVANT-LEADERS In February 2002, in partnership with Emmanuel Christian Seminary and a grant from the Eli Lilly Foundation, Milligan embarked on a new endeavor to encourage high school students to pursue God’s call in their lives and to be servant-leaders. Ten years and more than 20,000 students later, this program, known as Youth in Ministry (YiM), has helped guide young people as they begin to discern God’s call for their lives. Through workshops, youth rallies and retreats, camp teams, conventions, and the weeklong YiM summer conference, student leaders deepen their relationship with God as they serve their schools, churches, and communities. Before they are even students on campus, Milligan is reaching teens with the valuable tools they need to serve a hurting world.
A Christian Worldview In 2009, Milligan’s psychology department and Appalachia Service Project (ASP), a non-profit, ministry-based organization that provides home repairs to low income families living in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, joined together for a unique opportunity. What has resulted over the years is a mutually beneficial partnership: ASP better understands the impact it is having on the families it assists, and Milligan faculty and students have gained valuable research experience while serving those in need. The program highlights how Milligan students and graduates can incorporate their faith, Christian worldview, and heart for ministry in their chosen career fields.
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Retention
Enrollment 2011-12
1,208
2010-11
1,140 2010-11
2011-12
861
911
M.Ed.
56
60
M.B.A.
66
74
M.S.O.T.
87
90
Adult Degree Completion
70
73
Undergraduate
Countries Represented
2010-11
2011-12
34
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2010-11
81%
13:1 Residence Life
/3
16
of Milligan’s traditional undergraduate students live on campus
Majors & Programs of Study
Degrees Granted
276
80%
2
Graduation 2010-11
2011-12
Student/Faculty Ratio
Enrollment Statistics States REPRESENTED
FRESHMAN to SOPHOMORE retention rate
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2011-12
326
undergraduate majors, including a new major in Political Science, and four graduate programs, including a new Master of Science in counseling.
Gift Income
Budgeted Income For Fiscal Year
2010-2011
2011-2012
Tuition and Fees
$21,930,851
$23,908,769
Gifts and Grants
$1,729,520
$1,789,160
Endowment Income
$100,000
$130,000
Auxiliary Enterprises and Other
$4,405,776
$4,418,050
$28,166,147
$30,245,979
Total
Unaudited Dollars
2010-2011
2011-2012
Designated Gifts
$2,124,396
$5,399,530
Annual Scholarship Fund Gifts to Endowment Total Gift Income
Budgeted Expenses For Fiscal Year
$1,522,833
$5,036,167
$1,349,560 $1,660,160
$8,409,250
Gift Income by Source
Instruction, Academic and Institutional Support
2010-2011
2011-2012
$12,375,642
$13,566,223
Student Services
$2,963,939
$3,232,396
Physical Plant
$1,808,825
$1,870,555
Scholarships
$8,485,980
$9,114,725
Auxiliary Enterprises and Other
$2,531,761
$2,462,080
$28,166,147
$30,245,979
Total
$1,388,938
For Fiscal Year
Alumni and Individuals
Matching Gifts Churches
Corporations and Foundations
Total Gift Income
2010-2011 $3,989,556 $38,464
2011-2012 $7,178,933 $38,287
$411,390
$399,579
$596,757
$792,451
$5,036,167
$8,409,250
Total Donors For Fiscal Year Total Donors
2010-2011
2011-2012
2,067
2,142
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Timeline FY 2011-12
October 28, 2011- Dr. William B. Greer is officially inaugurated as the college’s new president in a formal academic installation ceremony that was the culmination of a weeklong celebration to mark this time in the college’s history. The celebration continued into the weekend during the college’s annual Homecoming festivities.
December 11, 2011- The Milligan music department hosts its annual Christmas concert featuring the college’s orchestra, brass, and vocal ensembles. The standing room only event is a must-see event for both the campus and the surrounding community.
June 29, 2011- First phase of Forward Ever Campaign achieves completion with $28 million raised.
2011 July 15, 2011- Dr. Don Jeanes retires as Milligan’s 14th president.
July 26, 2011- Milligan listed July 16, 2011- Dr. Bill Greer among 200 colleges and takes the helm as 15th president of Milligan College. universities nationwide in the 2011-2012 College of Distinction guide.
August 24, 2011- New school year begins with record enrollment of 1,208 students.
November 8, 2011- Milligan installs Dr. Carolyn Carter as the Don and Clarinda Jeanes Chair of Servant Leadership.
September 13, 2011- U.S. News and World Report ranks Milligan #3 in the South in the Great Schools, Great Prices category and #9 in the Best Regional Colleges in the South in its 2012 edition of America’s Best Colleges.
November 2011- Accreditation Council of Occupational Therapy Education visits campus for the OT program’s reaffirmation of accreditation. The program receives outstanding review with maximum 10 year reaccreditation.
October, 2011- P.H. Welshimer Library celebrates its 50th anniversary. 18 | Milligan College
November 19, 2011- Milligan’s cross country team competes in NAIA National Championship in Vancouver, Washington.
2012 December 16, 2011- December graduates receive degrees from Milligan College. Among them is Milligan’s first graduate in Computer Information Systems-mobile major, the college’s first major to be offered completely online
January 11, 2012- Spring semester starts with highest spring enrollment in college’s history.
February 28, 2012- Milligan announces approval from the Southern Association of Colleges and School (SACS) to offer a Master of Science in Counseling beginning in Fall 2012.
April 27, 2012- College announces largest single gift ever in Milligan College history. Plans are also unveiled for new student housing village to accommodate Milligan’s growing student population.
March 1, 2012- The Milligan indoor track team participates in the 2012 NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships in Geneva, Ohio.
April 27, 2012- A fountain honoring former president and first lady Dr. Don and Clarinda Jeanes is unveiled on the Mary Sword Commons.
March 2, 2012- Milligan Buffaloes swim team competes at the 2012 NAIA Swimming and Diving National Championship in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
May 2, 2012- Milligan announces the addition of a political science major to the college’s diverse academic programs of study.
January 12, 2012- Milligan announces Gilliam Wellness Center was the recipient of an award of excellence in the 2011 Design Awards Program sponsored by General Shale Brick and the Northeast Tennessee chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
March 13-15, 2012- The SACS Reaffirmation Committee visits campus and finds Milligan to be in compliance with The Principles of Accreditation with no recommendations. April 23, 2012- Milligan theatre department hosts 25th annual One-Act Play Festival.
May 4-5, 2012- The largest class in Milligan history graduates with 207 students receiving degrees from the college. Drs. Bert Allen and Patricia Magness retire after a combined 60 years of service in the classroom. May 15, 2012- Lady Buffaloes from Milligan’s golf team participate in the 2012 NAIA Women’s Golf National Championship in Greeneville, Tennessee.
May 2012- The Steve Lacy Fieldhouse receives facelift with new graphics and signage on the exterior of the facility as well as a new gym floor.
May 24, 2012- Milligan’s track and field team competes in the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championship in Marion, Indiana. 2012 President’s Report | 19
BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2011-12
The President’s Cabinet 2011-12
Charles Allcott, III (’77), EVP, Market Executive, 1st United Bank, Palm Harbor, FL
Dr. Bill Greer
John K. Banks (’70), Attorney, Banks, Banks and Banks Attorneys, Elizabethton, TN
President
Thomas Burleson, President, Burleson Construction Co., Inc., Johnson City, TN
Dr. Lee Fierbaugh
David Clark (’76), Senior Minister, Boones Creek Christian Church, Kingsport, TN
VP for Enrollment Management and Marketing
William R. Clem (’69), Owner, Clem Refrigerated Foods, Lexington, KY Ronald G. Dove, Jr. (’87), Attorney, Covington and Burlin, LLP, Derwood, MD Tammy W. Eldridge, Grace Commercial Properties, Johnson City, TN Harry E. Fontaine, Jr. (’73), CFO, n-tara, Johnson City, TN James Frasure, M.D. (’62), Retired Physician, Bloomington, IN
Mark Fox VP for Student Development and Dean of Students Jack Simpson VP for Institutional Advancement
Dennis Fulk, Director of Business Strategy, Keyway Associates, Carmel, IN
Sue Skidmore
Brenda Green (’82), Businesswoman, Elizabethton, TN
Associate Dean, Registrar, and Director of Institutional Research
James E. Green (’82), Businessman, Bristol, VA Patricia Green (’91), Businesswoman, Elizabethton, TN William B. Greene, Jr. (’95), Chairman, Carter County Bancorp, Elizabethton, TN David Hamilton (’86), VP, Elkins Constructors, Inc., Jacksonville, FL David O. Hamlin (’83), Senior Minister, Shelby Christian Church, Shelbyville, KY
Jacqui Steadman VP for Business and Finance Dr. Garland Young VP for Academic Affairs and Dean
Marshall W. Hayden (’63), Retired Minister, Worthington, OH Danny Johnson, Senior Minister, Thankful Baptist Church, Johnson City, TN Greg Johnson (’76), Senior Minister, Generations Christian Church, Trinity, FL Scott Kent (’91), VP & CFO, Brunswick Boat Group, Knoxville, TN Tim Lanzer (’68), Quality Oil and Gas Corp., Alliance, OH LeRoy Lawson, International Consultant, CMF International, Johnson City, TN Dennis J. Mayes (’75), Agency Mgr, Farm Bureau Insurance, Alcoa, TN Daniel W. McMahan, Sr. VP/Regional Agency Mgr., BB&T Insurance Services, Louisville, KY John B. Meding, M.D. (’80), Orthopedic Surgeon, Mooresville, IN Kenneth W. Oosting, II (’83), President, Inspired Surgical Technologies, Inc., Rocklin, CA Cameron Perry, Retired Bank Executive, Johnson City, TN Gary Porter (’68), Executive Director, Christian Children's Home of Ohio, Wooster, OH James R. Rice, M.D., Retired Psychiatrist, Irmo, SC JoAnn Richardson, VP, Home Mediservice, Inc., Havre de Grace, MD Rick Rusaw, Senior Minister, LifeBridge Christian Church, Longmont, CO J. Donald Sams, Chief Executive Director, Christian Benevolent Association, Mason, OH Ron Sewell (’71), Retired Sr. VP, Southeastern Indiana Health Organization, Inc., Columbus, IN Marvin Swiney (’57), Advisor to the President, Mountain Mission School, Grundy, VA Mark H. Webb, D.D.S. (’72), Dentist, Bristol, TN John J. Wiggins (’61), President, Havens-Wiggins Insurance, Plainfield, IN Cal Wilson, Jr. (’70), Sr. VP - Investments, UBS/PaineWebber, Johnson City, TN
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