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4-October-1999 
99323 
 
    College News 
 
    by Evan Silverstein 
 
    LAURINBURG, N.C. -  President Warren Board announced on Sept. 24 that 
St. Andrews Presbyterian College has embarked on the largest fund-raising 
campaign in its history. At a luncheon attended by more than 100 people, he 
said the St. Andrews' "Share The Vision" campaign has a goal of $25 
million. 
 
    Board said $11.2 million already has been raised, including a $5 
million gift from The Morgan Foundation of Laurel Hill, N.C.; generous 
gifts and pledges from members of the Board of Trustees; a $1.5 million 
anonymous gift; and $150,000 contributed specifically for the creative 
writing program. 
 
    The $25 million will support initiatives in several areas: Student 
support, for scholarships and programming, $5 million; faculty support, for 
salaries and enrichment, $5 million; new facilities and renovation, $5 
million; and operating support, $10 million. 
 
 
    STAUNTON, Va. - Mary Baldwin College officials recently announced that 
eight women have anonymously established an endowment fund to support the 
institution's leadership-development programs. The donors, all Mary Baldwin 
alumnae, most of them present or former trustees, have stipulated that the 
fund must be named for Cynthia Haldenby Tyson, MBC's president since 1985, 
to honor her "extraordinary, visionary leadership." 
 
    Initial commitments to The Cynthia Haldenby Tyson Endowment for 
Leadership Development total $2,226,000. Under Tyson's leadership, the 
college established a Master of Arts in Teaching program and Virginia 
Women's Institute for Leadership (VWIL). Enrollment also has increased 
every year during her tenure. 
 
    "I was astonished and deeply touched when these good friends of Mary 
Baldwin told me of their plans," Tyson said. "It was a complete surprise. I 
am grateful for their faith in me and their commitment to this college." 
 
 
    EASTON, Pa. - Herman C. Kissiah, the dean of students at Lafayette 
College since 1967, has announced that he will retire on Oct. 31, 1999. 
Lafayette's president, Arthur J. Rothkopf, said James F. Krivoski, 
associate dean of students and director of student life, will become dean 
of students on Nov. 1. 
 
    Kissiah, an elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Easton, has 
overseen significant changes and implemented numerous innovations to 
improve the Lafayette experience in every sector of student life outside 
the classroom.  He says all initiatives have been based on a consensus that 
"education takes place not only in the classroom, but in the library, in 
meeting rooms, on the playing fields and in residence halls." 
 
    Kissiah, whom Lafayette students honored as Administrator of the Year 
for 1998-99, was also a lecturer in education. The National Association of 
Student Personnel Administrators honored him with a Scott Goodyear Award 
for outstanding performance as a dean in 1996.   

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