University Business - November 2006 - (Page 63)

comfortable with it; otherwise you can have real difficulties working in this environment. My worries are not atypical, but when I walk in the door at the end of the day, I'm home and I try to leave work where it needs to be. The Future Skandera Trombley initiated Pitzer's first stra- tegic planning process when she took office in 2002, and is pleased with the progress that has been made. Applications to the school have increased by 50 percent and annual giving has increased by 20 percent. The school also achieved a record 18 Fulbright Fellowships for the 2006-07 academic year. Several building projects are under way, designed to enhance the community and rein- force Pitzer culture and identity. One of those projects, to be completed by the spring, is the Residential Life Project being constructed in the northeast part of the campus. The RLP A Southern will include student living space, visiting faculty apartments, art and music galleries, a writing center, and the school's admissions G E NTLE MAN office. It will also be the first building of its kind to achieve Gold LEED certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. We are going to demonstrate to the world G. David Pollick, of higher education that you can build socially Birmingham-Southern responsible, LEED-certified residence halls for students, and they will be beautiful, they will University be affordable, and they will be educational, Skandera Trombley says. For our institution, which really tries to practice sustainability, it Strong leadership in a crisis pulled students, is a huge deal. And it has not proven to be of faculty, and the community together. huge additional cost. There are ways that you can build green that are quite affordable. She notes with pride that effecting positive change is not easy, and often takes much longer. By Jean Marie Angelo Are we there yet? No, there are always things that you want to strive for that will make the I institution stronger and allow us to afford an T WAS 2 A.M. THIS PAST MARCH 8 WHEN THE TELEPHONE even better educational environment institu- rang in a New York City hotel room. Two vice presidents were on the line tion for our students, Skandera Trombley says. telling David Pollick, president of Birmingham-Southern University Ala. , I think we've done a great amount of work in that two BSC students were responsible for a series of nine Baptist church a very short period of time. But that success burnings that had scandalized the community since February. The students had only comes when everyone is working together confessed to the crimes as a result of a police investigation. and wants to move ahead. I was dumbfounded. It actually took the breath out of me, says Pollick. universitybusiness.com November 2006 | 63 Stars.indd Stars.indd 63 10/24/06 10:40:17 AM http://www.universitybusiness.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of University Business - November 2006

Table of Contents
College Index
Company Index
Advisory Board
Editor's Note
Stats Watch
People Watch
Sense of Place
Viewpoint
Marketing
Human Resources
Money Matters
Community Colleges
Wireless: The "n" is Near
TECH Central
Rising Stars
Coming Back from Katrina
Business Technology
What's New
Calendar of Events
Direct Connect
End Note

University Business - November 2006