Annual Meeting
Alumni Association Annual Meeting
Elmira College Alumni Association Annual Meeting
June 18, 2011
Minutes
Presiding: Teakie Henriques Welty ’56, Vice-Chair of the Alumni Association Board of Directors called the meeting to order at 10:30 AM and welcomed all alumni and their guests.
Secretary: Ann Wright Davis ’68 asked for a motion that the minutes from the June 19, 2010 Alumni Association meeting be accepted, as published in the Campus Magazine. The motion was made seconded and passed.
Treasurer: Elly Babcock Hemming ’63 reported the value of the Alumni Association Endowment Fund is $175,897.02. A motion was made, seconded and passed to accept the
Treasurer’s report.
Recognition of Retiring Board Members and Election of New Members:
Teakie Welty presented an engraved pewter plate to each of the retiring Board members as tokens of the Board’s appreciation of their years of service. Scott Stephens ‘83, Cheryl Derby Martino ‘67, Susan Carlson Minekime ’69, Kimberly Steele, Esq. ’97, and Mark Fischer ’83 were all recognized and received their pewter plates.
Election of New Board of Directors Members:
Mark Fischer ’83, Chair Nominating Committee announced the nominees to serve on the Board for the term June, 2011 to June, 2014. The three nominees are Heather Roche ’99,
Lynn Hardman Winner ’73, and Kim Wenglick Curtis ’83. New Officers to the Board were presented. Susan Allen Thomas ’64, Chair; Jim Joerger ’93, Vice-Chair, and Millie Soldo Ryan ’68, Secretary. Elly Babcock Hemming ‘63 is returning as Treasurer for one more year. There was a motion from the floor to accept the nominees and seconded. All were affirmed by the vote.
Awards:
Distinguished Service Award
Susan Carlson Minekime ’69, Chair, Awards and Recognition Committee presented the Distinguished Service Award to Alice Holmes ’61, Trustee Representative. Mrs. Minekime spoke of the many years of service Ms. Holmes has provided to Elmira College. She has been President of her class as well as Class Agent. She was Special Gifts Chair for the Annual Fund and Regional Chair for the Campaign for Elmira. As a member of the Alumni Club of Western New York and the Alumni Club of Chicago, she was President, Octagon Fair Chair, and Key Awards Chair for both. As President of the Alumni Association, she was also an Alumni Trustee and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees.
Alice comes from a long line of alumnae, including a great aunt who was in the very first graduating class at Elmira College in 1859. Our recipient is a retired computer analyst from Roswell Park Memorial Institute of Buffalo, New York and was also a paramedic with the Long Grove, Illinois Fire Department.
The Distinguished Achievement Award
The Elmira College Alumni Association honors graduates who have distinguished themselves and Elmira College by their exemplary achievements in their professions and communities.
Susan Minekime presented this years Distinguished Achievement Award to Dolores Barclay ’66. Dolores is a journalist with the Associated Press. She joined this organization in 1971 as a general assignment reporter and soon was promoted to Feature Writer in 1973.
In this role, she traveled extensively covering lifestyle and youth issues throughout the world. She assisted in covering the Granada invasion and in developing many other breaking stories. Her features covered timely topics such as pharmaceutical dumping, invasion of privacy, radical environmentalism and cults in America.
In 1980, Dolores was named to her current position of Arts Editor. She manages a staff in New York City and works with writers in the United States, London, Paris, and elsewhere in the world. She plans, packages and covers features and news stories for AP’s more than 8,000 domestic and foreign newspapers and television stations.
Dolores was also coadjutant professor in the Journalism Department at Rutgers University in the 1980’s and she taught courses in basic and advanced reporting and feature writing. In 1976, she assisted with the development of the Philadelphia Museum for Afro-American History for the nation’s Bicentennial.
She has authored two inspirational books, Starting Over and Believe in Yourself. She is the co-author of A Girl Needs Cash and Sammy Davis, Jr.: My Father. She collaborated with Diana Ross on her memoir Secrets of a Sparrow.
Dolores has been honored with many awards including the Multiple Sclerosis Award for Excellence in Communication. Her piece, “Killer Kids”, earned her a nomination for the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Prize. In recognition for her three-part investigative piece, “Torn from the Land,” she received the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, The Associated Press Managing Editors Association Award for Enterprise Reporting, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, The Selden Ring Prize and other honors.
The series resulted in at least two families having their stolen land returned to them.
Moving from journalism to film, Dolores was assistant director of the video, “Kid Stuff,” and continuity editor for a short feature, “The Date.” She was also a celebrity judge for Elite Model Agency’s “Look of the Year” Contest in Atami, Japan.
Ms. Barclay responded to the award by speaking about the ways her success could be attributed to her Elmira College experience. She referred to what she learned in the classroom, on the Emerson Theatre stage, and in the dance studio. Her Elmira College liberal arts education taught her to question and explore, not to accept what is widely said or printed without thorough examination.
Vice-President’s Welcome:
Sherry Trocino, Vice President and Dean of Development, recognized all of the members of the Iris Society. The Iris Society honors alumni who have made planned gifts to Elmira College. She showed amusing slides and then spoke about methods of planned giving that are mutually beneficial to the college and the donor. Two of these financial vehicles are Charitable Gift Annuities and IRA’s.
Alumni Relations Dirctor’s Report:
Dri Giancoli ’98 spoke of some of the highlights of the past year for the Office of Alumni Relations. She spoke of the many alumni events of all sorts around the country. The main purpose of these events is to assist alumni to connect with each other and share in their pride in Elmira College. She encouraged all alumni to consider hosting one of these events.
Then, she introduced President Meier who presented the “State of the College” address.
President’s Address:
Dr. Meier spoke about several of the “Points of Pride” for Elmira College. Meier Hall the new state-of-the-art dormitory, housing 140 students, has received five significant architectural awards. For the ninth consecutive year, the College has a wait list for admission, allowing for more selective recruiting. Elmira College earns multiple top rankings from US News and World Report’s America’s Best Colleges. In a recent issue, Elmira was ranked sixth in the north among “Best North Regional Colleges”. Elmira College has completed two successful capital campaigns in the last 20 years. The first was for the renovation of Emerson Hall. The second, the New Century Campaign, produced $17.2 million for the endowment. The current Legacy and Destiny campaign is encountering good success completing the construction of Meier Hall and the renovation of Cowles Hall, which will re-open in 2012. President Meier encouraged the alumni to consider the largest gift they have ever made to further the bright future of their alma mater.
Scholarship Testimonial:
Lauren Wellman ’11, a Founder Scholarship recipient, spoke with great pride about her years at Elmira College, her involvement with Student Alumni Council, and many other opportunities provided to her as an Elmira College student. All of her Elmira College accomplishments were assisted by the financial support she received.
Recognition of Reunion Gifts:
Steve Codner, Director of Annual Giving, announced that the Annual Fund is expected to reach the $1million level, and at least 50% participation again this year, the 10th consecutive year. Following this announcement he invited each class to stand and announce their Reunion Class Gift to the Annual Fund. Special awards were given to the classes who attained outstanding levels of achievement: Most Funds Raised, Class of 1951; Largest Number of Contributors, Class of 1966; Largest Percent of Participation, Class of 1946, Largest Increase in the Amount Contributed, 1951; Largest Increase in the Percent of Participation, Class of 2001; and the Largest Increase Number of Donors, Class of 2001. The Class Agents of the Year are Suzanne Littlehale O’Malley and Carolyn Sisson Smith from the Class of 1966.
Dri Giancoli provided instructions for leaving the auditorium and for lining up for the parade of classes.
Adjournment: Teakie Henriques Welty ’56 adjourned the meeting at 11: 35.
Respectfully submitted: Ann Wright Davis ’68, Secretary
June 18, 2011
Minutes
Presiding: Teakie Henriques Welty ’56, Vice-Chair of the Alumni Association Board of Directors called the meeting to order at 10:30 AM and welcomed all alumni and their guests.
Secretary: Ann Wright Davis ’68 asked for a motion that the minutes from the June 19, 2010 Alumni Association meeting be accepted, as published in the Campus Magazine. The motion was made seconded and passed.
Treasurer: Elly Babcock Hemming ’63 reported the value of the Alumni Association Endowment Fund is $175,897.02. A motion was made, seconded and passed to accept the
Treasurer’s report.
Recognition of Retiring Board Members and Election of New Members:
Teakie Welty presented an engraved pewter plate to each of the retiring Board members as tokens of the Board’s appreciation of their years of service. Scott Stephens ‘83, Cheryl Derby Martino ‘67, Susan Carlson Minekime ’69, Kimberly Steele, Esq. ’97, and Mark Fischer ’83 were all recognized and received their pewter plates.
Election of New Board of Directors Members:
Mark Fischer ’83, Chair Nominating Committee announced the nominees to serve on the Board for the term June, 2011 to June, 2014. The three nominees are Heather Roche ’99,
Lynn Hardman Winner ’73, and Kim Wenglick Curtis ’83. New Officers to the Board were presented. Susan Allen Thomas ’64, Chair; Jim Joerger ’93, Vice-Chair, and Millie Soldo Ryan ’68, Secretary. Elly Babcock Hemming ‘63 is returning as Treasurer for one more year. There was a motion from the floor to accept the nominees and seconded. All were affirmed by the vote.
Awards:
Distinguished Service Award
Susan Carlson Minekime ’69, Chair, Awards and Recognition Committee presented the Distinguished Service Award to Alice Holmes ’61, Trustee Representative. Mrs. Minekime spoke of the many years of service Ms. Holmes has provided to Elmira College. She has been President of her class as well as Class Agent. She was Special Gifts Chair for the Annual Fund and Regional Chair for the Campaign for Elmira. As a member of the Alumni Club of Western New York and the Alumni Club of Chicago, she was President, Octagon Fair Chair, and Key Awards Chair for both. As President of the Alumni Association, she was also an Alumni Trustee and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees.
Alice comes from a long line of alumnae, including a great aunt who was in the very first graduating class at Elmira College in 1859. Our recipient is a retired computer analyst from Roswell Park Memorial Institute of Buffalo, New York and was also a paramedic with the Long Grove, Illinois Fire Department.
The Distinguished Achievement Award
The Elmira College Alumni Association honors graduates who have distinguished themselves and Elmira College by their exemplary achievements in their professions and communities.
Susan Minekime presented this years Distinguished Achievement Award to Dolores Barclay ’66. Dolores is a journalist with the Associated Press. She joined this organization in 1971 as a general assignment reporter and soon was promoted to Feature Writer in 1973.
In this role, she traveled extensively covering lifestyle and youth issues throughout the world. She assisted in covering the Granada invasion and in developing many other breaking stories. Her features covered timely topics such as pharmaceutical dumping, invasion of privacy, radical environmentalism and cults in America.
In 1980, Dolores was named to her current position of Arts Editor. She manages a staff in New York City and works with writers in the United States, London, Paris, and elsewhere in the world. She plans, packages and covers features and news stories for AP’s more than 8,000 domestic and foreign newspapers and television stations.
Dolores was also coadjutant professor in the Journalism Department at Rutgers University in the 1980’s and she taught courses in basic and advanced reporting and feature writing. In 1976, she assisted with the development of the Philadelphia Museum for Afro-American History for the nation’s Bicentennial.
She has authored two inspirational books, Starting Over and Believe in Yourself. She is the co-author of A Girl Needs Cash and Sammy Davis, Jr.: My Father. She collaborated with Diana Ross on her memoir Secrets of a Sparrow.
Dolores has been honored with many awards including the Multiple Sclerosis Award for Excellence in Communication. Her piece, “Killer Kids”, earned her a nomination for the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Prize. In recognition for her three-part investigative piece, “Torn from the Land,” she received the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, The Associated Press Managing Editors Association Award for Enterprise Reporting, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, The Selden Ring Prize and other honors.
The series resulted in at least two families having their stolen land returned to them.
Moving from journalism to film, Dolores was assistant director of the video, “Kid Stuff,” and continuity editor for a short feature, “The Date.” She was also a celebrity judge for Elite Model Agency’s “Look of the Year” Contest in Atami, Japan.
Ms. Barclay responded to the award by speaking about the ways her success could be attributed to her Elmira College experience. She referred to what she learned in the classroom, on the Emerson Theatre stage, and in the dance studio. Her Elmira College liberal arts education taught her to question and explore, not to accept what is widely said or printed without thorough examination.
Vice-President’s Welcome:
Sherry Trocino, Vice President and Dean of Development, recognized all of the members of the Iris Society. The Iris Society honors alumni who have made planned gifts to Elmira College. She showed amusing slides and then spoke about methods of planned giving that are mutually beneficial to the college and the donor. Two of these financial vehicles are Charitable Gift Annuities and IRA’s.
Alumni Relations Dirctor’s Report:
Dri Giancoli ’98 spoke of some of the highlights of the past year for the Office of Alumni Relations. She spoke of the many alumni events of all sorts around the country. The main purpose of these events is to assist alumni to connect with each other and share in their pride in Elmira College. She encouraged all alumni to consider hosting one of these events.
Then, she introduced President Meier who presented the “State of the College” address.
President’s Address:
Dr. Meier spoke about several of the “Points of Pride” for Elmira College. Meier Hall the new state-of-the-art dormitory, housing 140 students, has received five significant architectural awards. For the ninth consecutive year, the College has a wait list for admission, allowing for more selective recruiting. Elmira College earns multiple top rankings from US News and World Report’s America’s Best Colleges. In a recent issue, Elmira was ranked sixth in the north among “Best North Regional Colleges”. Elmira College has completed two successful capital campaigns in the last 20 years. The first was for the renovation of Emerson Hall. The second, the New Century Campaign, produced $17.2 million for the endowment. The current Legacy and Destiny campaign is encountering good success completing the construction of Meier Hall and the renovation of Cowles Hall, which will re-open in 2012. President Meier encouraged the alumni to consider the largest gift they have ever made to further the bright future of their alma mater.
Scholarship Testimonial:
Lauren Wellman ’11, a Founder Scholarship recipient, spoke with great pride about her years at Elmira College, her involvement with Student Alumni Council, and many other opportunities provided to her as an Elmira College student. All of her Elmira College accomplishments were assisted by the financial support she received.
Recognition of Reunion Gifts:
Steve Codner, Director of Annual Giving, announced that the Annual Fund is expected to reach the $1million level, and at least 50% participation again this year, the 10th consecutive year. Following this announcement he invited each class to stand and announce their Reunion Class Gift to the Annual Fund. Special awards were given to the classes who attained outstanding levels of achievement: Most Funds Raised, Class of 1951; Largest Number of Contributors, Class of 1966; Largest Percent of Participation, Class of 1946, Largest Increase in the Amount Contributed, 1951; Largest Increase in the Percent of Participation, Class of 2001; and the Largest Increase Number of Donors, Class of 2001. The Class Agents of the Year are Suzanne Littlehale O’Malley and Carolyn Sisson Smith from the Class of 1966.
Dri Giancoli provided instructions for leaving the auditorium and for lining up for the parade of classes.
Adjournment: Teakie Henriques Welty ’56 adjourned the meeting at 11: 35.
Respectfully submitted: Ann Wright Davis ’68, Secretary
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