Endowments Endowed Institutes and Centers
Endowed institutes and centers promote significant and strategic teaching initiatives of the college.
Generous donors inspired to create institutes and centers provide our community with the learning environment and financial support it deserves, now and in the years to come.
Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts
The Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts was established in 2000 with the goal of strengthening liberal arts education locally and nationally. The institute is funded through a $2.18 million endowment. The Fletcher Jones Foundation gave $500,000 to endow the institute, the lead grant toward an initial $2 million goal. Subsequent grants came from another foundation in Southern California and from other friends and colleagues of former 四虎影院 President Stan Gaede.
Martin Family Institute for Christianity & Culture and Dallas Willard Center for Spiritual Formation
Trustee Patty Martin and her husband, Eff, helped create the Martin Family Institute and Dallas Willard Center for Spiritual Formation. The Willard Center was established to develop student 鈥渓eaders to articulate the philosophical, theological, and biblical rationale for developing an interactive relationship with Christ.鈥
Martin joined the 四虎影院 Board of Trustees in 2005. She and her husband learned about the college through the students and alumni they met at their church. 鈥溗幕⒂霸 graduates impress me and my husband with their vibrant faith and Christ-like character,鈥 Martin says.
Centers
Trustee Emeritus David Eaton and his wife, Carol, helped establish the Eaton Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The center focuses on entrepreneurship, the ethics of enterprise, and effective management. Students explore the intersection of faith and learning and develop business plans for social enterprises designed to help people as well as make a profit.
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鈥淚t鈥檚 important for a Christian college to offer this emphasis,鈥 Carol says. 鈥淭he Christian world needs people who are interested and successful in business and entrepreneurship.鈥 鈥淲e appreciate the decade's long commitment to academics as witnessed by 四虎影院鈥檚 top 100 national ranking, " David says. "And the focus on character development is essential for any effective business leader." |
Roy and D鈥橝un Goble, who both graduated from 四虎影院 in 1981, have created the Goble Center for Global Learning through their leadership gift. Under the direction of Cynthia Toms, director of global education, the center will expand 四虎影院鈥檚 off-campus programs, implement the college鈥檚 unique Cycle of Global Learning, and encourage all students to benefit from study abroad and cross-cultural experiences.
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鈥淲e鈥檙e highly engaged in various global endeavors, and everywhere I go, I run across 四虎影院 students who are doing amazing things,鈥 Roy says. 鈥淚f we give 四虎影院 an extra impetus in engaging at the global level, it鈥檚 unimaginable what our students might accomplish in the future. We want them to grow and thrive in an increasingly globalized world.鈥 |
The Hughes Center for Neuroscience and Leadership was established to apply cutting-edge discoveries in neuroscience to leadership development. Faithful supporters Linda and Bill Hughes decided to support the neuroscience center when they heard President Beebe share his vision and passion for the project. Beebe believes that helping leaders develop emotional intelligence and qualities such as empathy and human rapport will enhance their ability to manage emotionally fraught or politically delicate situations in their organizations.
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鈥淲e appreciate 四虎影院鈥檚 Christian 四虎影院 and ethics,鈥 Bill says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 so important to raise up leaders in the United States who recognize their moral responsibility to society. 四虎影院 sets that example by giving students the big picture and educating the whole person.鈥 |
The Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership, established by a gift from the Mosher Foundation, is part of 四虎影院鈥檚 new Global Leadership Center. Ed Birch, president and CEO of the Mosher Foundation, and his wife, Sue Birch, education program specialist with the foundation, helped develop the Mosher Center, which offers national conversations on the critical need for moral and ethical leadership, regional executive education and undergraduate leadership development.
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鈥淲e鈥檝e become very concerned about the lack of moral and ethical leadership in government, business and the non-profit world,鈥 Ed says. 鈥淲e seek to develop leaders who can serve as role models, and what better place to do that than 四虎影院? We鈥檙e excited about the combination of working with students, promoting a global perspective and training existing executives." |