Senate
Resolution
106
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Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
106
BY
ANDERSON
A
Resolution
honoring
the
service
of
Briar
Cliff
1
University
President
Bev
Wharton.
2
WHEREAS,
spring
2016
marks
the
culmination
of
3
Bev
Wharton’s
15-year
tenure
as
president
of
Briar
4
Cliff
University,
the
longest
among
presidents
in
the
5
university’s
storied
history;
and
6
WHEREAS,
under
President
Wharton’s
tenure,
the
7
university’s
endowment
increased
by
nearly
one-third,
8
while
the
university’s
net
assets
have
grown
from
$18.6
9
million
to
nearly
$30
million;
and
10
WHEREAS,
in
President
Wharton’s
15
years,
Briar
11
Cliff
has
raised
its
academic
status
from
that
of
a
12
college
to
that
of
a
university,
has
twice
been
awarded
13
reaccreditation
for
the
maximum
10
years,
and
has
14
launched
several
new
graduate
programs,
including
the
15
first
and
only
doctoral
degrees
offered
in
northwest
16
Iowa
——
a
doctor
of
nursing
practice
and
a
doctor
of
17
physical
therapy;
and
18
WHEREAS,
in
that
period,
Briar
Cliff
University
19
established
an
online
degree
completion
program
and
saw
20
its
graduate
enrollment
expand
eightfold;
and
21
WHEREAS,
in
the
past
15
years,
the
university
has
22
earned
national
recognition
for
academic
excellence,
23
including
continuing
distinction
as
a
best
regional
24
college,
a
top
military-friendly
school,
and
a
STEM
25
jobs-approved
college;
and
26
WHEREAS,
during
President
Wharton’s
tenure,
student
27
experiential
learning
and
service
opportunities
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expanded
locally,
nationally,
and
abroad,
further
1
globalizing
the
student
experience
with
the
initiation
2
of
regular
mission
trips
to
Honduras
and
Guatemala
and
3
the
initiation
of
an
exchange
program
with
the
Catholic
4
University
of
Korea;
and
5
WHEREAS,
on
campus
during
this
period,
the
6
university
has
undertaken
major
renovations,
7
established
student
learning
communities,
fostered
8
the
highest
level
of
student
achievement
in
9
entrepreneurship,
and
expanded
student
cocurricular
10
opportunities,
including
the
addition
of
football,
11
dance,
cheer,
and
men’s
volleyball
programs;
and
12
WHEREAS,
President
Wharton’s
service
has
extended
13
beyond
the
boundaries
of
the
campus,
having
been
14
appointed
by
the
Governor
of
Iowa
to
the
Rebuild
Iowa
15
Advisory
Commission
and
having
served
as
the
first
16
woman
chair
of
the
Siouxland
Chamber
of
Commerce,
as
17
co-chair
of
the
committee
that
led
to
Sioux
City’s
18
designation
as
one
of
three
“Great
Places
in
Iowa”,
19
as
chair
of
the
United
Way
of
Siouxland,
as
interim
20
development
director
for
the
Catholic
Schools
of
21
Sioux
City,
as
co-coordinator
of
the
Sioux
City
22
census
project,
as
an
advisory
board
member
for
the
23
Sioux
City
Growth
Organization,
and
as
chair
of
the
24
Council
of
Presidents
for
the
Great
Plains
Athletic
25
Conference,
and
currently
chairing
the
board
of
26
directors
for
the
Association
of
Franciscan
Colleges
27
and
Universities;
and
28
WHEREAS,
most
importantly,
President
Wharton
——
29
known
by
students
simply
as
“Bev”
——
is
known
as
the
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students’
president,
as
evidenced
by
her
familiarity
1
with
everyone
on
campus,
her
preference
to
eat
lunch
2
with
students,
her
ardent
support
of
and
appearances
at
3
nearly
every
Briar
Cliff
University
Charger
athletic
4
or
fine
arts
event,
her
extravagant
Halloween
costumes
5
(which
have
included
the
likes
of
Cher
and
Lady
Gaga),
6
and
even
her
willingness
to
stop
and
take
“selfies”
7
with
students,
truly
embodying
the
university’s
8
motto
——
“service,
caring,
and
openness
to
all”;
NOW
9
THEREFORE,
10
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
honors
11
Briar
Cliff
University
President
Bev
Wharton
for
her
15
12
years
of
dedicated
service
to
Briar
Cliff
University,
13
to
the
greater
Sioux
City
region,
and
to
the
people
of
14
Iowa,
and
wishes
her
an
active,
joyful,
and
engaging
15
retirement.
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