President's Report 2020

Tracy Richardson, Ph.D., MT-BC , was named dean of the newly formed Division of Arts and Social Sciences.

President’s Gala by honoring Union

Dr. Paul Salstrom was honored with the Aspire Higher Award as he retired and launched his book. Sisters of Providence Council for their dedication to the College with the Aspire Higher Award.

The volleyball team claimed the USCAA DI Volleyball National Championship in Virginia Beach.

and paying tribute to front-line workers of the pandemic.

Ty Knott was named the sprint football head coach. He will lead the

Health with the Aspire Higher Award

recruitment efforts as he builds this new athletic team.

This is the first time the College has earned this accomplishment.

NOVEMBER

Janet Clark, Ph.D. ,

The College reported

22%

A record-breaking incoming class was welcomed on

was promoted to the newly

created position of provost.

class in history.

2020-21 was the most successful year of fundraising in its history, raising more than $6.9 million from more than 2,400 donors. The percentage of alumni giving increased to

announced SMWC would receive a $50,000 Historic Preservation Fund grant to help rehabilitate and restore

205

Move-In Day as they arrived on The Avenue. President King and the campus community cheered 205 new students upon their

22% from 19% in the last two years.

vice president for academic affairs,

arrival — the largest incoming

The Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archeology

aspects of the Conservatory of Music.

President King recognized the

SEPTEMBER

recipients for 2020 and 2021. The 2020 recipient of the Frances Murphy Rumely Award went to Betty Borders McAndrews ’65 and the 2021 award went to Connie Kramer, SP, ’64 .

The 2020 and 2021 Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Awards went to Fran Froehlich ’64 and Carol Jean Kinghorn-Landry ’61, respectively. The inaugural G.O.L.D.E.N. Oak Award recipient was Rachel Leslie ’14G .

SMWC launched its Master Plan . President King shared facility goals to position the College’s physical space to enhance students’ living and learning community, establish a future athletic complex and preserve the historic campus and natural setting. The plan structures objectives for the next five years, ten years and beyond.

the River States Conference .

In-person Reunion returned in 2021, and awards were given to

Intercollegiate Athletics and

The new dining hall was blessed and named the Barbara Doherty Dining Center after the College’s 13th president.

Athletics officially joined the National Association of

JUNE

SMWC was named in two Lilly Endowment grants as

Exercise science is added to

SMWC announced men’s volleyball will begin courses to begin fall 2021.

the College’s majors for

awareness and resources for students. $3.7M SMWC held Pfizer vaccine clinics for students, faculty and staff before the APRIL

part of the Charting the Future initiative for $3.7 million. In partnership with University

of Indianapolis, SMWC will work to improve retention and graduation rates for students.

In collaboration with DePauw University and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology,

SMWC will improve and expand mental health

in spring 2023 making it the16th scholarship athletic team.

The family nurse

practitioner program

celebrated the College’s second-ever White Coat Ceremony,

commemorating

the start of their

nurse practitioner clinical experience.

end of the spring semester.