University of northwestern – St. Paul

University of
Northwestern
–
St. Paul
2012–13 President’s Report
“God is at work in shaping us and
moving us toward an era of growing
innovation and globalization.”
Alan S. Cureton, Ph.D., President
Enrollment
figures
Fall 2012
3,267
Total
Enrollment
@emilyherlinger
1,739
Traditional
Undergrad
893
PSEO
Students
@rmholmberg
75+
Undergrad
Areas of Study
@pyleofgab
10
3
Fulbright
Scholars in
Past 10 years
Gilman
Scholarships
Awarded
in 2013
@rmholmberg
7
Online
Degrees
From the President
A year filled with milestones
In October 2012 we celebrated 110 years since our
institution’s founding as Northwestern Bible and
Missionary Training School.
In May 2013 we graduated the last class to earn diplomas embossed with the name “Northwestern College.”
And at the turn of the calendar to close our 2012–13
academic and fiscal year, on July 1, 2013 we launched a
new era as University of Northwestern – St. Paul.
A vibrant past, an exciting future
In January 2012 I introduced to our faculty, staff and
student leaders a concept we refer to as 7 & 1 by 21, a
strategic plan with intentional goals to sustain and
enhance our mission to reach a total student population of 7,000 students and a Northwestern Media
listener base of one million listeners by the year 2021.
On the media side, as you’ll see in this report, that onemillion mark has already been met, demonstrating
growth that exceeds our most ambitious expectations.
We praise God for the lives being touched through
this ministry!
For the university, we seek to reach people through
Christ-centered education as we expand graduate
offerings, online learning, and innovative dual degree
and dual enrollment programs. We are pursuing
exciting global partnerships that will build bridges
for our students and faculty to learn, serve, and study
abroad and to bring more international students to our
campus.
As you read highlights from our last year as a college,
you will see how God is at work in shaping us and
moving us toward an era of growing innovation and
globalization.
Alan S. Cureton, Ph.D.
President
President Cureton prays with
students and employees during
University celebration day.
U niver s ity o f
No r thw ester n
Missio n Statem ent
University of Northwestern –
St. Paul exists to provide
Christ-centered higher education
equipping students to grow
intellectually and spiritually,
to serve effectively in their
professions, and to give Godhonoring leadership in the home,
church, community, and world.
No r thw ester n Media
Missio n Statem ent
Northwestern Media exists to
lead people to Christ and nurture
believers in their spiritual growth
through Christ-centered media.
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Academics
Nursing Program
Up and Running
Northwestern’s Bachelor of
Science in Nursing (BSN)
officially launched in May
2013 after years of prayer,
months of preparation
and a green-light from the
Minnesota Board of Nursing.
Students learn in stateof-the-art facilities that
include an eight-bed
clinical lab and more.
The 16-month program
helps students to save
time and money and enter
their careers faster, with no
compromise on the level of
preparation. The program
is rigorous and unique in
four key areas, offering:
• Blended learning format
that includes face-to-face
and online learning
• Christ-centered approach
to service and care
• Inter-professional collaboration
with health care professionals
• Clinical immersions with
cross-cultural and populationbased learning opportunities.
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Learn more about Nursing
at unwsp.edu/nursing.
Helping students achieve their educational
goals in a way that’s efficient and affordable
is a vital strategy in higher education today.
Northwestern’s dual enrollment, dual degree,
and Degree in Three programs meet this
need head-on.
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increasing Dual Enrollment
Dual enrollment refers to courses taken
by high school students (typically juniors
and seniors) that count toward high school
graduation and concurrently for college or
university credit. Minnesota’s Postsecondary
Enrollment Options (PSEO) program is
UNW’s largest dual enrollment venue. In
2012–13, more than 1,100 students took PSEO
courses online, on site in Christian high
schools, or on campus, making Northwestern
Minnesota’s largest private school provider of
PSEO courses.
Degree in Three is available for select
undergraduate majors to help students chart
a course to graduating in three years, while
the unique B.A./M.Div. track for ministry
allows students to earn both a bachelor’s and
a master’s degree in just five years.
Other dual enrollment venues include College
in the Schools (CIS) in private Christian
high schools in other states or countries and
The benefits are clear. Through these strategic programs, students are graduating sooner
and with less debt.
Early College discounted online courses. CIS
programs in Texas and Ecuador have met
with great success.
Developing Leaders in
and outside of the classroom
Northwestern’s Leadership Development by more than 200 students. Additionally, in
Program (LDP) is an out-of-classroom spring 2013 a group of LDP participants
experience designed for students interested planned and implemented a High School
in leadership. The program takes place Leadership Conference on campus—now an
over four semesters and culminates with annual event.
a certificate of leadership. Since its start
in 2007, LDP participation has increased LDP participant Andrew Hershey ’16 noted,
dramatically, jumping from 18 participants in “The Leadership Development Program
allowed me to better understand myself, the
2009 to 143 in 2013.
gifts God has given me, and the way I lead,
One component of the program is and has given me a passion to lead, influence
participation in the twice-yearly Leadership and develop leaders all around the world.”
Advance Conference, open to all and attended
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Students
Theatre on Purpose
Takes Hard Look at
Tough Topics
Theatre can be so much
more than entertainment.
In 2013 Northwestern’s
Theatre Department took
that to heart and launched
Theatre on Purpose (ToP).
Directed by professional
theatre artists, ToP brings
together a small ensemble
of Northwestern student
theatre artists who write
and perform original
pieces about important
social issues. The inaugural production in 2013
focused on the tragedy of
human trafficking and its
unprecedented growth in
Minnesota and the world.
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Keely Joy Photogr aphy
The venue is portable
and the first ToP ensemble shared gripping and
thought-provoking performances with audiences
in schools, churches and
on campus. The drama is
presented on its own or in
conjunction with a postshow talk-back where actors
and audience explore the
issue more in-depth.
Learn more about
Theatre on Purpose at
unwsp.edu/theatre.
Students Receive Gilman,
Fulbright Funding to Go Abroad
Athletic
Accolades
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Study abroad seemed out of reach for Britany study- and intern-abroad awards for U.S.
Dumas-Jones ’15, Kou Thao ’14, and Maly Lee undergraduate students who are receiving
’15, but the award of a Benjamin A. Gilman Federal Pell Grant funding at a two- or fourscholarship for each of them opened up year college or university.
doors to the world. The awards were granted
in spring 2013. Dumas-Jones spent fall Northwestern’s Fulbright tradition also
2013 studying Chinese and history in Hong continued in 2013 when Anastasia Pederson
Kong; Thao and Lee took part in a tri-country ’13 accepted a Fulbright English Teaching
Assistant (ETA) Scholarship appointment to
internship in Asia.
teach high school students in Levice, Slovakia.
The Gilman Scholarship Program was She is Northwestern’s tenth Fulbright scholar
established by the International Academic since 2005.
Opportunity Act of 2000 and provides
«« 84 student-athletes were honored with
UMAC Academic All-Conference Accolades
«« 70 student-athletes were named to UMAC
All-Conference teams.
An Active FORCE
«« Six students were recognized with UMAC
Player of the Year awards.
The Fellowship of Reconciling Cultures
«« Four UNW coaches received Coach of the Everywhere (FORCE) is a student-led organization that helps students to celebrate
Year awards.
their own cultures and learn how to nurture
«« Football, volleyball and men’s basketball relationships with people of other cultures.
FORCE centers around building commuteams clinched UMAC championships.
nity through events focused on racial justice,
« Volleyball and men’s basketball teams cultural education and celebration, and bibliearned
their
third
straight
NCAA cal reconciliation. During 2012–13, FORCE
Tournament berths and volleyball had its members hosted or participated in nearly a
first-ever NCAA Tournament victory and dozen events on campus, in the community
and out of state.
advanced to the regional semifinal round.
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Media
Sundance Film
Festival: A First for
Northwestern Students
In January 2013, Associate
Professor of Communication
Ann Sorenson, MFA, accompanied six Electronic Media
Communication students
to Park City, Utah, for
the 2013 Sundance Film
Festival, a premier showcase for independent films.
“Experiential learning is
especially important in filmmaking,” said Sorenson.
“We learn by doing, seeing,
listening, and participating.
It was an amazing opportunity for film students to
meet other film students
from across the country, see
a variety of films and meet
with the directors.”
Each morning, the group
took part in the Windrider
Forum, organized and
attended by Christians that
met to discuss faith and films
and listen to filmmakers.
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Krista Koester ’14 said,
“These films brought up
some of the deepest life
questions that every human
thinks about. It was a blessing to have a trusted group
of friends to dialogue with
about the questions raised.”
Kansas City Station
Becomes 15th in Network
On May 1, 2013, Northwestern Media
assumed ownership of its 15th radio station,
KJNW 88.5 in Kansas City.
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Sr. Vice President for Media Paul Virts, Ph.D.,
is exuberant about the challenge and opportunities to reach people in America’s heartland
for Christ. Virts said that since changing
the station’s formatting to Northwestern
Media’s programming, Life 88.5 is attracting
anywhere from 100,000 to 120,000 different
listeners each week, according to Nielsen
Audio.
“Kansas City will have the second-largest
reach of all our markets,” Virts noted. “It’s
approximately two-thirds the size of the Twin
Cities and because of the flat geography of
Kansas, the signal reaches a 50- to 75-mile airwaves, the new KJNW operates on the
radius and has the potential to be heard by 2.5 network’s most robust website platform yet.
Web visitors can listen to music, access biblimillion people.”
cal teaching, and respond to opportunities to
In addition to reaching listeners over the serve and pray for those in their community.
One Million Marks
Media Milestone
In 2013, Northwestern Media—via the
airwaves from 15 radio stations—reached over
one million different listeners. Paul Virts,
Ph.D., Sr. Vice President for Media, will be
the first to tell that numbers aren’t everything
but they can help tell a story.
“This is a big deal because our audience is the
largest it’s ever been,” explained Virts, “and
means we’re able to deliver on our mission to
more people than ever. We attribute this to
God’s favor, great on-air hosts who connect
well with listeners, well-researched music,
and more.”
Virts also noted that Northwestern Media’s
flagship station, 98.5 KTIS in Minneapolis/St.
Paul, ranks second among all non-commercial (Christian, public radio, etc.) stations in
the country.
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Providing Exceptional
Experiences
University of Northwestern
faculty members are in constant
pursuit of knowledge in the context
of faith. As they seek to elevate
their understanding and better equip
students, God often opens doors of
unexpected enlightenment, collaboration
and opportunity.
The 2012–13 academic/fiscal year saw faculty
engagement create such opportunities in the
form of unique research projects and new classes,
exploration trips to pave the way for global student
experiences, and continued strengthening of important
international affiliations.
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Philosopher
& Biologist
An Interdisciplinary Que s t
Professor of Philosophy Walter Schultz, Ph.D.,
and Professor of Biology
Lisanne Winslow, Ph.D., both
view their scholarly work as
an expression of love for the
redeeming God of the Bible.
In 2012, a casual conversation by the copy machine led
to an opportunity to conduct
research that joined their
areas of academic expertise.
determined to try to understand every piece
of it and the powers that drive the molecules.
“There’s this whole world of nature that scientists explain without God,” said Winslow.
“Walter and I came at it from biblically
grounded faith, asking, ‘Where is God in the
actual molecular world?’” This question
placed them inside a very new field of study,
Christian philosophy of biology, also called
the philosophy of scientific mechanisms. It
was so new, in fact, that no scholarly papers
in this area had been published yet.
They decided to be the first and proposed
to describe this activity in the universe
as “divine compositionalism.” They have
subsequently written two papers on divine
compositionalism and presented at the
Association of Christians and Mathematical
Science meeting at Bethel University
Their biology/philosophy collaboration led to and at the International Conference on
research carried out partially inside the class- Occasionalism held at Harvard University.
room through a spring 2013 course called
“Metaphysics, An Interdisciplinary Quest for a
Photo: PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES
Christian Understanding of Mechanisms in The complex ideas explored in the interdisciplinary metaphysScience.” They chose one very specific mech- ics class reflected graduate-level course design. Walter Schultz,
anism in biology to study—protein synthesis Ph.D., said, “ We pushed students way beyond traditional under(how human bodies make protein)—and graduate expectations.”
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China
Exploration
Trip
Groundwork for Opp or tunit y
Significant progress was also made toward
other trip goals, such as establishing ways to
earn degree credit toward licensure programs
through a global study and teaching experience, exploring opportunities for Chinese
teachers and students to engage in programs
at UNW, and pursuing the possibility of UNW
students studying the Chinese language at
the university level in China.
Pamela Solvie, Ph.D., found the trip to be
both exhausting and enjoyable. “We had a
With mutual interest in China and passion rigorous schedule of meetings—and each
for global education, four UNW professors meeting was wonderful!” Solvie said. “I am
went on a two-week China exploration trip excited about the opportunities [education]
in May 2013. The purpose of this joint ven- students will have to meet program requireture between the Departments of Education ments within the context of an international
and World Languages & Cultures was to experience.” She added that students growinvestigate opportunities for University of ing in intercultural competence as a result
of international experiences will strengthen
Northwestern students in mainland China.
teacher candidates’ skills in working with and
While there, the team met with representa- teaching others.
tives from more than 10 different schools
and educational organizations. According to Johnson indicated that some new programs
Education Department Chair Susan Johnson, resulting from this trip may begin as early as
Ph.D., they clearly achieved their primary 2014.
goal to lay the groundwork for an ongoing
relationship with one or more cooperating
schools in China that could host University Photo: Exploring CHINESE CULTURE
of Northwestern students for global teaching Left to right: Feng-Ling Margaret Johnson, Ph.D. (World
Languages & Cultures),Ying W. Shen, Ph.D. (Education), Susan
experiences.
Johnson, Ph.D. (Education), and Pamela Solvie, Ph.D. (Education).
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Both faculty members are
firm believers in expanding
global opportunities and
cross-cultural experiences for
students and faculty. “The
joy of traveling overseas is tremendous,” said
Kowalik, who in addition to his Daystar stint,
Enhanced by Univer sit y S tatus
ministered through a biker ministry in South
Africa and helped establish a College in the
Last spring when President Alan Cureton, Schools/dual enrollment partnership (see
Ph.D., announced that Northwestern College article, page 5) in Quito, Ecuador.
would become University of Northwestern
Morgan points out that
– St. Paul, he explained the name change’s imbeyond faculty exchanges,
portance in a global context. “In many places
Northwestern’s
primary
around the world, the term ‘college’ actually
collaboration with Daystar
means high school,” Cureton explained in a
has
been through student
press interview.
exchanges. This unique program allows stu“University status is also important to sup- dents on either continent to pay the regular
port Northwestern’s global initiatives, which tuition of their home institution plus airfare.
include expanding relationships with Daystar “In terms of global interaction we get a double
University in Kenya and Karunya University benefit,” Morgan explained, “since UNW
in India, as well as our historical partnership students who can’t go abroad get to interact
with students from Daystar while they are
with a program in Ecuador,” Cureton said.
studying here.”
Tim Kowalik, Ed.D., professor of communication, and Director of Global Initiatives Garry
Morgan, D.Miss., have both spent sabbaticals Photo: Building RelationshipS
in recent years teaching at Daystar University Tim Kowalik, Ed.D., (second from left) enjoyed interacting with
students in and outside of the classroom during his sabbatical
in Kenya.
Global
Opportunities
teaching experience at Daystar University.
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Follow
this
Leader
Alumna profile
Dalynn (Morton ’94) Hoch
quickly ascended in her career in the financial services
industry, but she will never
claim she got there alone:
“People have taken me under
their wing and given me every opportunity to succeed.”
In October 2012, Hoch was named chief
financial officer of Zurich North America.
Zurich North America, based in Schaumburg,
Ill.—which celebrated its 100-year anniversary
in 2012—is a major provider in several lines
of business for the U.S. property/casualty
market, as of 2013. In North America, Zurich
is the fourth largest commercial propertycasualty insurance company, the third-largest
writer of fidelity and surety and the largest
insurer of franchised auto dealers.
my father’s definition of success in my role as
CFO. We have an opportunity to touch and
impact many people’s lives.”
The Road to Insurance
At Northwestern, Hoch enrolled in the international business program while also taking a
number of accounting courses. “I didn’t plan
to be an accountant … but as I took classes,
they really clicked and it brought out my passion,” she says.
The daughter of a Minnesota farmer who Hoch eventually got the opportunity to
supplemented the family income selling work internationally when she took part in
insurance, Hoch notes the foundation of her a Northwestern program, funded through a
success was shaped by her father and his grant from 3M, that focused on doing busiemphasis on making a difference in people’s ness in Japan and the Japanese language. She
lives. “He sat me down—I still remember also interned in Japan with Cargill, Inc.
it—and he said, ‘You know, Dalynn, success
is not measured by who you are or what you “Experience in Japan—and really for anyone
have, but by where you’ve been and who working overseas—helps you find your own
you’ve touched,’” she says. “I often go back to strength and who you are. For me, it gave me
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a perspective of working globally in a different culture,” she says.
Upon graduating, Hoch was recruited by
KPMG, LLP. There she was admitted to the
partnership in 2004 and spent approximately
the next five years in the firm’s insurance
practice.
It was an industry friend and former colleague
who pushed her to the next level of leadership, recruiting her to lead the Planning and
Performance Management function at Zurich
North America in Schaumburg.
Leading Beyond the Numbers
In her career and especially as a CFO, Hoch
has learned to employ all her skills: “I bring to
the role all of who I am. I bring the fact that
I am a finance professional and I bring my
passion,” Hoch adds. “But I also bring the fact
that I’m a woman and the fact that now I’m
a mother and farmer’s daughter. You bring
all these things together, and then blend
them into the diversity of who you are, not
what you are.”
About the Article
Based on “Follow This Leader” by Christopher Westfall,
Financial Executive Magazine (May 2013). Find a link to the
original article at unwsp.edu/annualreport.
Photo courtesy of Zurich North America, Rich Malec,
Photographer
MBA Offers Opportunities
for Business Leaders
Building on decades of sending
successful business graduates
into the marketplace, University of
Northwestern – St. Paul will launch
a Master of Business Administration
(MBA) degree program in fall 2014.
The MBA is designed for those who
want to achieve greater levels of
responsibility and leadership within
their chosen profession. Graduates
will be equipped to successfully
address the challenges of today’s
global business environment while
integrating a Christian perspective.
Students will learn through a
flexible blended-learning format
that includes reduced class time
once a week plus online coursework,
assignments and projects.
MBA instructors will include
members of Northwestern’s
Business Department and adjunct
faculty who are Minnesota business
leaders. Students will have access to
their professors’ extensive business
connections and have opportunities
throughout the program to develop
a robust professional network
of Christian business leaders.
More information is available at
unwsp.edu/mba.
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N o r t h w e s t e r n M e d i a 2 0 1 2 –1 3
Northwestern Media Budgeted Revenues & Expenditures
Budgeted Revenues
Budgeted Expenditures
total $15,112,000
total $15,112,000
Service
revenue &
concerts
$3,444,000
22.8%
Technical
$2,135,000
13.2%
Capital
purchases
$1,030,000
7.1%
Listener Support
$11,563,0 0 0
76.5%
Programming
$3,833,000
26.2%
Fund Raising
$2,263,000
15.2%
Faith
Radio
$105,0 0 0
0.7%
Promos,
concerts
& Events
$2,152,000
14.6%
Station
operations &
management
$3,699,000
23.7%
A M & F M C o mb i n e d L i s t e n e r s h i p T o t a l s *
Ac k n o w l e d g e m e n t s
1,0 0 0,0 0 0
The 2012–13 President’s Report
was produced by the University of
Northwestern Office of Marketing
& Communications.
70 0,0 0 0
60 0,0 0 0
769,700
749,000
957,500
40 0,0 0 0
786,700
50 0,0 0 0
747,200
742,100
Photography:
Josh Stokes, Guy Magno, Keely Joy
Photography, Rich Malec, Gabby
Pyle, Roxanne Holmberg ’16,
and Emily Herlinger ’15.
80 0,0 0 0
LISTENERS
Contributors:
Shelly Barsuhn, Tess O’Connor,
Amy Ritter, Christopher Westfall,
Tammy Worrell, and Nancy
Zugschwert.
90 0,0 0 0
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
30 0,0 0 0
20 0,0 0 0
10 0,0 0 0
* Fall Arbitrons
N o rt h w est e r n C o l l e g e 2 0 1 2–1 3*
* Northwestern College became University of Northwestern – St. Paul on July 1, 2013
Northwestern COllege Budgeted Revenues & Expenditures
BudGeted Revenues
BudGeted Expenditures
total $50,117,000
total $50,117,000
Auxiliary
Services
$2,042,0 0 0
4.1%
Auxiliary
Services
$10,148,0 0 0
20.2%
Tuition & Fees
$38,690,0 0 0
77.2%
Unrestricted
Gifts &
Grants*
$1,279,0 0 0
2.6%
Campus
Services
& Plant
$8,514,0 0 0
17.0%
Academic
Affairs
$20,813,0 0 0
41.5%
Institutional
Support
$6,858,0 0 0
13.7%
Student
Services
$11,890,0 0 0
23.7%
*Figure does not include campaign or other restric ted gifts
F a l l T e r m En r o l l m e n t b y P r o g r a m
3000
3023
3070
3062
3069
Tota l C a sh Gif t s Recei v ed * *
3267
2800
2600
$15
2400
2200
$10
1739
1400
1200
1024
921
1000
800
737
775
791
347
348
370
93
89
2008
2009
$16,950,550
1700
1600
$14,958,847
1808
$ 14,243,228
1858
$16,134,468
1846
$15,459,527
1800
$5
600
400
200
TOTAL
Students
Traditional
Undergrad
332
332
93
116
181
2010
2011
2012
Undergraduate
Pathways / PSEO
$0
2009
Adult
Undergrad
2010
2011
Graduate
Studies
2012
2013
** College, Media
and Foundation
MILLIONS
STUDENTS
2000
Board of
T rustees
Alan S. Cureton, Ph.D., President
Megan Doyle
Mary C. Edwards, MPH
Stan Erickson
Ginger Ewing, J.D.
Ronald R. Halverson
William J. Hamel, M.Div.
George Kenworthy, D.Min.
Carole Lehn, MBA
Lauren D. Libby, MBA
Arnold (Bud) Lindstrand ’54
Michael Meloch
P r esident ’ s
Ca binet
Alan S. Cureton, Ph.D., President
Janet B. Sommers, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for
Academic Affairs
Paul H. Virts, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Media
Amy Bragg Carey, Ed.D.
Vice President for Institutional
Advancement
Matt Hill ’89, Ed.D.
Vice President for Student Life
& Athletics
Douglas R. Schroeder, CPA
Vice President for Business/CFO
Timothy A. Rich, PHR
Director of Human Resources
Michael Miller, D.Min.
Russell R. Reynolds, MBA
Sara Robertson ’54, Ed. D., Secretary
Grover Sayre III, J.D., Vice Chair
Daniel E. Stoltz, MBA
Stewart S. Van Duzer
David Venberg ’89
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