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Lawrence W. Milas, the chairman of the Olin College Board of Trustees and president of the F. W. Olin Foundation, announced this week that the foundation will make an additional endowment grant of $25 -$35 million to Olin College. The grant will augment the foundation's earlier donations to the college, which are valued at approximately $400 million. This latest gift brings the total value of the foundation's commitment to the college into the $400-500 million range, making it one of the top three largest gifts in the history of U.S. higher education.
Mr. Milas said the grant marked the end of the foundation's giving program, which stretches back to the late 1930s, when industrialist Franklin W. Olin established a private philanthropic foundation with his personal wealth. In the more than 60 years the foundation has been in operation, it has funded 77 buildings on 58 college campuses and made more than $800 million in grants.
For details, please check out Mr. Milas's remarks, which are posted on BlackBoard (point your browser to Olin Community/Events and Initiatives).
Despite some rainy conditions, good progress was made on East Hall during the month of April. The installation of utility connections to the building began, including electric, emergency electric, tel/data and fire water services. The crew also started to install an underground site drainage system. For more information on the progress made during the month of April, visit:
http://www.olin.edu/campus/monthly_update.cfm.
Members of the class of 2006 are preparing to take off for study away experiences. The Olin community wishes them well in their time away. The Standing Committee has negotiated three direct exchange, tuition-free agreements with foreign institutions:
Summer 2004
Frances Haugen Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden
Fall 2004
Molly Trombley-McCannn Budapest Semesters in Mathematics, Budapest, Hungary
Julie Connelly Budapest Semesters in Mathematics, Budapest, Hungary
*Miks Taylor Universidad de las Americas, Puebla , Mexico
* Ann Marie Rynning Universidad de las Americas, Puebla , Mexico
*Kim McCraw Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico
*Joles Arnold Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico
Will Clayton Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland
Adam Horton University of Auckland (through Butler University), New Zealand
Emma Goodman Connecticut College, National Theatre Institute
Kate Blazek IES Vienna, Austria
*Dan Lindquist IES Kasugai, Japan
Jon Chambers University of Sydney
Jay Gantz EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland)
* Ransom Byers National University of Singapore
* Jerzy Wieczorek Budapest Semesters in Mathematics, Budapest, Hungary
*An asterisk denotes that the students have received approval from Olin to study away at that location, but have not yet heard from their program whether they have been accepted. (It is rare when students are not accepted, however especially those of Olin caliber.)
Reminder to students, faculty and staff that vehicles are not allowed in the Oval under any circumstances. If you require gate access to the rear of the Academic Center , please email Building Access buildingaccess@olin.edu or contact Public Safety at x5555 after normal business hours and weekends.
During Frankly Gathering, community members asked where they could locate the Blackboard training information. Those who would like to review the Bb policies and procedures, instructors manual, FAQs, C ourseBuilder information and new site features should visit: Olin Community Bb> Policies and Procedures> Blackboard Resources. Contact the Knowledge Management Committee with questions.
Both can also be found in Outlook under Public Folders > Calendars.
A committee is pooling suggestions of titles for inclusion on Olin's list of 100 novels. The Olin 100 novels will be literature to consider reading in a student's time at Olin. Completing the list will be an individual challenge, with some sort of recognition involved. If you would like to add some of your favorite novels to the list please post your ideas to: http://lemming.research.olin.edu/mrwiki/TheOlinNovels. Suggestions must be received by June 15.
For those unfamiliar with posting to a wiki, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on "EditText." The formatting will be clear. Contact Dee Magnoni with questions.
If you have a sweet tooth or crave salty chips, you'll have to wonder over to Babson to find a snack this summer. Due to poor sales in our snack vending machines, our vendor has removed the machines from campus. We tried to negotiate a way to keep them, but all efforts failed. We will try to get a new vendor to bring perhaps only two machines in and see what happens. Until then, perhaps you didn't need those chips anyway.
A BJ's representative will be at Babson today from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for convenient sign-up or renewal of memberships. The representative will be located in front of the HR office in Nichols Hall, Babson College. New membership cost $35 for 15 months and includes two cards plus a $10 gift card toward your purchases at BJ's. Renewal cost $35 for 15 months and includes two cards plus a $10 gift card toward your purchases at BJ's. Representative Lavern Martin can be reached at 508-832-2543.
If you host your meetings at the Burlington or Newton Marriott from June 1 through September 1, 2004 you can earn double Marriott rewards points or complimentary meeting room rental with a total event revenue commitment of $300. To reserve space or for more information, please contact Geoffrey Torrance via email (Geoffrey.Torrance@Marriott.com) or phone (781-221-6612).
Nick Tatar has accepted appointment as Assistant Dean of Student Life effective July 6. Nick and his wife Ramey will move into the staff apartment in West Hall in early July. Nick comes to Olin with extensive experience in residence life, student activities, orientation and student conduct issues. He was the overwhelming favorite of those who returned feedback forms and the unanimous choice of the search committee. Please give Nick and Ramey a warm welcome.
Dean Dieker ('06) competed in the North American Open Nationals martial arts tournament on April 24 in Wisconsin and earned two second-place trophies (one in forms, one in sparring). It was Dean's Passionate Pursuit in Taekwondo which allowed him to continue training for the tournament during the school year and ultimately win the two trophies. One of Dean's trophies will be on display in the Olin Center.
Olin Students Embrace Volunteerism, By Rhonda Stewart, Boston Globe, May 13, 2004 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/05/13/
olin_students_embrace_volunteerism/ IT Outsourcing Need Not Threaten Our Future, By Richard Miller, Engineering Trends, May 2004
In the last issue of The Link we asked where Franklin W. Olin's son, F.W. Olin, Jr. went to college? And we also wanted to know what F.W. majored in. Congratulations to Chris Murphy who replied that F.W. attended Cornell and majored in chemical engineering. Chris will be receiving Olin gear for his correct response.
Check back in the fall when trivia resumes with tougher questions and better prizes! Thanks to all who played.
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