Messsge from the Chsir snd President All educotors look to the future: nurturing young minds, after oll, is cn investment in the professionols of tomorrow But university leoders olso poy close ottention to institutionol needs - both short- ond long-ternr cnd consider ways to identify, trcin, ond empower the individuols who con successfully oddress them. lt tckes commitment to invest time ond humon resources in meeting tomorrow's chcllenges, but effective lecdership development begins eorly cnd continues over the course of csreers. Leodership developmrnt is on especiolly rewording port of our work because it engcges us in issues of centrol Noncy E. Chopmon MichoelGilligon importonce to Asia's higher educotion institutions. For President Boord of Directors Choir, example, eoriier this yeor, our Asian University Leoders Progrom immersed 50 university odministrotors in o three-doy strotegic plcnning ond resource development exercise. As esch porticipcnt described his or her university ond its gools for the future, we goined o rnore nuonced understonding of the competitive environrnent in which they operote ond the strengths they want to build upon. Lecdership development olso connects us to the mony creotive cnd ombitious individuols in our network. Their spirit and dedicction tronslote the gools of student-centered lecrninE ond votues-bosed education into concrete oction. To spend o week with aur2O12-2O14 sndZAru-2O16 clcsses of United Boord Fellows - crs our program stoff did in August * is to goin new oppreciation for the deep pool of tclent ond interest in Asian universities. Our chollenge is to secure the resources thot will enoble even more emerging leaders to similcrly benefit from o cross-border ond cross-disciplinory exchonge of ideos ond best prcctices. We sre pleosed to introduce o new laakfor Horizons. Our gool in redesigning the newsletter is twofold: increosing the number of stories we shore obout the educstors in our network and providing o more ottrsctive showcsse for their innovotive work. This issue clso includes our 2A14 Annual Report, which gives us fln opportunity to recognize, with deep grotitude, the contributions of our donors. Their generosity hos mode it possible to enrich the lives cnd coreers of the people described in these poges ond so mony others throughout Asio.
Sillimon University Honds-on Lecrning ot College of Nursing
5ilIimon University incuguroted its new Simulction Loborotory and Resource Center on Septernber 25, opening o new chcpter in educcting students from its own College of [!ursing os well os from other universities, cllied heolth prog ro ms, and hea lthc cre arganizations ir-: Viscyos
and Mindonco provinces" Sillim*n received support for this major project from the U.S. Agency for lnternotionol Development's Americcn Schools cnd Hospitcls Abroad Progrcrn (ASHA), through o grant to the United Boord. Sillimon students begin troining in new lcb.
Since 1976, the United Baord has administered necrly 515 million in ASHA gronts on beholf of universities in its network.