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Alumni Foundation Diversifies Portion of Portfolio into Powerball

Posted on Tuesday, June 28th 2011
Tags: alumni, development, donations, foundation, giving
Alumni Foundation Diversifies Portion of Portfolio into Powerball
by Evan Brews Freelance Writer In a bold move to bolster their monetary base, the alumni foundation for Gunnister College (GC) has decided to invest nearly 50 percent of its endowment into the national lottery system Powerball. Recent drops in solicited donations have forced the relatively small foundation to think differently about how it goes [...]

Foundation Director Ousted After Series of Financially Irresponsible Good Intentions

Posted on Tuesday, August 31st 2010
Tags: development, ethics, foundation, fundraising, investments
Foundation Director Ousted After Series of Financially Irresponsible Good Intentions
by Aloysius St. Bernard Freelance Writer Nathan Gorman has been terminated from his position as Director of the Peyton Randolph University Foundation, after deep losses to the university’s endowment fund landed the institution, one of Virginia’s oldest, on a Department of Education list of colleges that failed to pass a test of financial responsibility. PRU’s [...]

Faculty Development Seminar Promotes More Heartfelt Ways to Feign Sincerity

Posted on Friday, April 9th 2010
Tags: assessment, development, evaluation, faculty, feedback, professor, teacher, workshop
Faculty Development Seminar Promotes More Heartfelt Ways to Feign Sincerity
by Irma Pelt Senior Staff Writer In preparation for the end of the semester, faculty at Conrad College participated in a workshop this week focused on utilizing information provided by students’ course evaluations. The workshops were presented by consultants from Fake It To Make It, a firm specializing in the non-use of qualitative and quantitative [...]

To Combat Morale Problems, University Institutes Mandatory “Smile Fridays”

Posted on Friday, January 29th 2010
Tags: best places, chronicle, development, employer, higher education, morale, satisfaction, staff
To Combat Morale Problems, University Institutes Mandatory “Smile Fridays”
Cramer College continues to set trends in address the morale problems discovered in this year’s Chronicle of Higher Education employee satisfaction reports. Last week, the College implemented a new program called Smile Fridays. “Some places have casual Fridays, that let staff dress down once a week,” explained human resources director Abigail Jobes. “At Cramer College, [...]

Student Sues University: “Wasn’t Told Learning Was Required.”

Posted on Thursday, December 17th 2009
Tags: college, development, expectations, fraud, lawsuit, millennial, privacy, student learning, sues, syllabus
Student Sues University: “Wasn’t Told Learning Was Required.”
Grandfield University freshman Beverly Joinder filed a lawsuit against the school last week, claiming GU professors had failed to disclose all of the requirements of their classes. “I paid a lot of money for a GU degree,” said Joinder in her press conference. “That piece of paper is costing my family a ton, and now [...]

Idiots Hold Candlelight Vigils for Harvard’s Endowment

Posted on Wednesday, July 22nd 2009
Tags: development, fundraising, harvard endpwment, harvard university endowment
Idiots Hold Candlelight Vigils for Harvard’s Endowment
Imbiciles in major cities across the US and Europe held candlelight memorial vigil’s for Harvard University’s waining endowment. “I’m just so sad,” said one tearful woman at a rally in Los Angeles. “I love Harvard so much. I’m going to drive to Cambridge to leave a teddy bear and a handmade greeting card at the [...]

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