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The Wilson Billboard October 22, 2010 Wilson College Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Vol. XXXXIII, No.2

Wilson College President Announces Retirement For Summer 2011 by Sarah Martin

Wilson will soon say goodbye to its eighteenth president and begin its search for a new president. On May 25, President Lorna Duphiney Edmundson announced her retirement after working as Wilson’s president for ten years. She will retire June 30, 2011. Edmundson began her employment at Wilson in 2001 after working in leadership roles at five other colleges including Trinity College of Vermont, College President Lorna Duphiney Edmundson is in her last Marymount and Colby-Sawyer Colyear of presidency Photo by Sarah Martin lege. In total, Edmundson worked in higher education for forty years. Early in her career, she worked in women’s education, traveling abroad to many places such as Algeria, France and Japan. These early experiences convinced Edmundson that cross-cultural experiences are a part of education. On a Fulbright Research Scholarship, Edmundson began research comparing Japanese and American women who made contributions to their culture. This research helped make pursuing a cross-cultural education an important factor during Edmundson’s presidency at Wilson. Edmundson hopes to expand her research into other countries and sit down to write her findings. Edmundson says she will not miss the tight control over her schedule or being on call because of the small faculty size. This time constraint is one of the reasons Edmundson decided to retire. She says,“[a college president] needs a lot of stamina, it’s demanding.” However, these demands were not without their rewards. Edmundson says she enjoyed working through challenges with the Wilson faculty and expresses how, “grateful and honored [she is] to be Wilson’s president.” She is also glad Wilson is the last place she is serving before she retires. One aspect of Wilson Edmundson says she will miss is, “the people, especially the students.” Edmunson enjoys the beginning of the academic year and watching students change through their years at Wilson. She says, “Wilson gets it right,” meaning Wilson’s small, personalized learning en-

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vironment, rigorous study and spiritual development occurs throughout the college. Edmundson says Wilson “do[es] a remarkable job in developing confidence in students…[it is] remarkable to see the change.” She also says she will miss, “the wonderful, dedicated people who work here…the amazing alumnae who serve on the board, opened homes and pocket books for the college.” Edmundson decided it was the right time to retire because the strategic plan she developed will soon expire. A president spends the first three to five years of their presidency getting to know their college. As the president gets to know their college he/she starts to put together a plan for their presidency. Next is a campaign to raise money for the strategic plan which takes about five years. Edmundson’s strategic plan is the Leading with Confidence Campaign. The Leading with Confidence Campaign includes four initiatives. One is the Harry R. Brooks Complex for Science, Mathematics and Technology. The second is the Global Citizenship Initiative. The third and fourth are an Endowment for Faculty, Staff and Technology and the Wilson Fund. Edmundson looks forward to the time she will spend with her family after she retires. For the last eighteen years, Edmundson and her husband have had a commuting relationship. Edmundson’s husband works in New York City and after Edmundson’s retirement they will live in an apartment until her husband retires. After Edmundson’s husband retires, they plan President Edmundson says she to move to northwest Connecticut. Ed- will miss, “the wonderful, dedimundson also hopes to continue with cated people who work here… her research and may do some higher the amazing alumnae who serve education consulting and help with in- on the board, opened homes and pocket books for the college.” ternational women’s education. Wilson will have a tough time replacing President Edmundson, however on Sept. 15 Wilson teamed up with Archer-Martin Associates to begin the search for our next president. The search committee consists of ten members: John W. Gibb, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Presidential Search Committee; Beverly Ayers-Nachamkin, Prof. of Psychology and Chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences; Stephanie Bachman ’12, President of the Wilson College Government Association (WCGA); Robin J. Bernstein, Former Chair of the Board of Trustees; Trudi Warner Blair ’76, Chair of the Board of Trustees; Susanna Neala Duke ’71, Trustee; John Elia, Associate Prof. in Philosophy; Robin Herring ’07, Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs; Paula Spezza Tishok ’71, Trustee and President of Alumnae Association of Wilson College; and Gretchen Van Nes, Former Vice President of the Board of Trustees. Gibb says that “ideally [the committee will] have a list [of applicants] ready by early November.” Currently the committee is still receiving applicants.

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