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by Dot Hughes
November 2 was a significant date for
the future of both Salem Academy and
College. Leaders of the academic com
munity, consisting of Academy and
College alumnae board members, the
Board of Trustees, the Board of Visitors,
Academy and College parent's boards,
faculty and staff - participated in an all
day meeting to review the Salem Plan.
This comprehensive plan is built on a
platform of five main objectives targeted
towards retention of students, fund
raising and increased enrollement for
both institutions.
Information, ideas and strategies were
shared by more than 120 alumnae and
friends. Speakers at the conference in
cluded David Black, Headmaster of the
Academy, Dr. M. Cynthia Farris, Asso
ciate Dean of the College and W. James
Harman, Director of Institutional Ad
vancement.
Ginger Harris Shuler (C'77) intro
duced the Plan's five objectives:
- To achieve a total Academy enrollment
of 175 students, 110 boarding, 65 day, in
September 1991
- To enroll 150 traditional aged college
students in September 1991
• - To achieve a total enrollment of 250 full
time equivalent adult students in September
1991
- To increase retention of students by 50
percent in September 1991
- To increase unrestricted gifts by 15 per
cent and scholarship gifts li five percent
during the fiscal year 1991
Round table forums were held for the
benefit of exchanging ideas and to give
participants a working knowledge of
the Academy and College Admissions
procedures. Development, Alumnae
Relations, Public Information, Career
Networking, Academic Programs and
the Student Commons.
"Salem is the only institution among
our competitors without a center for
students to gather with friends, parents
and each other. TTie funding campaign
for the Salem Commons, begun 10 years
3go, has now reached the halfway mark
of $425,000. The balance will be raised
within the next few months; the com
mons will open next year," Harman
said, regarding the Salem student cen
ter.
Recommendations were made from
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Alumnae Gather to Show Their Support
the round table forums and presented to
the entire assembly. And, the new re
cruitment videos for the College and the
Academy were shown.
Doris Eller, Director of the College
Alumnae Affairs, said the college com
munity should feel good about the Sa
lem Plan and the 120 alumnae who at
tended.
"These people got here for their inter
est in Salem," Mrs. Eller said. She added
that the Salem Plan was started by many
people including alumnae and campus
administration.
"Its our responsibility to replace our
selves," said Nancy Cameron Capel
during a recent telephone interview.
Ms. Capel, who is a Salem College
graduate, a member of the Board of
Trustees, and a member of the Interim
Search Committee (for President) shared
a very positive outlook about the results
of the conference. 'Tt's a beginning of
the exchanging of ideas ... from the
Alumnae Association to the Trustees to
the students and the faculty," Ms. Capel
said.
New developments on the Salem Plan
will be featured in anew alumnae publi
cation called the "Salem Newsletter" to
be published approximately once every
two months by the Publications Office.
The newsletter will also include campus
news concerning faculty and students,
updates on the admissions program and
an application for a perspective student.
During the conference a question was
raised by an alumna concerning the
alumnae part in the admissions process.
The reponse was a challange for each
alumna to encourage a high school stu
dent to apply to Salem. And, in doing so
give them an application which will be
attached to the newsletter. Another
suggestion, from the Admissions office,
was that if a student was hesitant about
applying that the alumna offer to pay the
student's application fee.
The Conference concluded with clos
ing comments by Dr. D. Wayne Bur-
kette. Chaplain of the College and Acad
emy.
"We face what may well be the sever
est test of Salem's will, character and
determination in its 219 year history ...
But I beleive in my heart that whatever
that spirit is which makes Salem a spe
cial place set apart remains undaunted,"
Dr. Burkette said.
by Dr. Cindy Farris, Associate Dean of the College
This firsteditionof TheSalemNews-
letter will relay to you the specifics of
the Salem Plan Conference held No
vember 2. I am concerned, however,
that what the simple recounting of the
events cannot convey is the spirit of
the day and the ultimate challenge
that emerged from the discussions and
confrontations during the scheduled
program.
To those who created and organ
ized The Salem Plan and the day's
activities, I take off my hat and thank
you for the opportunity to participate.
1 felt engaged and enriched by the
day"s events. But those I most want to
thank are the alumnae who not only
participated in the pay, but who for
over the months and years have voiced
concerns about Salem's future. The
Salem Plan Conference left me with a
genuine sense that Salem's alumnae
are deeply and passionately comrrut-
ted to her well being and future liveli
hood. I left the meeting on November
2 with the assurance that Salem is a
community that has begun to proact
rather than react. Regardless of the
external environment that
challenges the future of
women's colleges, Salem is
poised to survive into the
next decade and the new
century.
Along with the confidence
about the future that the
Salem Plan meeting instilled.
there emerged a formidable clia
lenge. The time has come for t
Salem community to actively enga
all constituencies of the Salemfami
to insure her survival. To that ew
all alumnae must be welcomed ii
the efforts to shape Salem's futm
At the same time, the alumnae of t
future, the students of today, mui
begin to be recognized for the impoi
tance of their voices.
There is a great deal to be optimi
tic about at Salem these days. T
gathering of alumnae to examir
challenge, and commit to underta
ing thq Salem Plan is evidence o
commitment to the future of womei
education and particularly to
Salem experience. The challenj
that were acknowledged,
though not fully resolved, unqu
tionably commit a community
alumnae, students, faculty, adiiiii
trators, and friends of Salem to ap
of action that promises to lead Sal
to a bright and rewarding future
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