Schreiner ranks in top 200
For Financial Fitness Among Independent Colleges Schreiner ranked 155 out of 925 independent universities in the money magazine’s August issue. Criteria for assessing America’s private universities included balance sheet health, instructional investments per full-time student, and return on assets. Schreiner earned a “B,” with a number grade point of 3.3—slightly higher than McMurry University in Abilene and Queens College of Charlotte, N.C. First on the list was…can you guess? Princeton, with Rice weighing in at 12th. (Both received A+ report cards.) Want to know more? Visit www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2013
Thanks for a Great Year!
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hanks to our donors, Schreiner enjoyed a banner year in fundraising in the fiscal year which finished May 31. Counting current and planned
gifts, Schreiner’s friends pledged $15,494,979! Schreiner’s board of trustees and their families led the way with generous support in the first year of the “Fulfilling the Promise” comprehensive campaign. Gifts for operations—predominantly to support student financial aid—totaled $1,405.011. Largest contributor to this good result was the Hill Country College Fund, providing tuition grants for students in Kerr and contiguous counties. The largest piece of the fund-raising pie came from planned gift pledges, principally for long-term endowment. These surpassed $10 million, including bequests with a named value and other deferred vehicles—such as insurance policies, charitable trusts and charitable gift annuities. While some of these life income gifts have specified terms, most planned gifts will be realized after a donor’s death. Nevertheless, they give the administration enormous confidence in Schreiner’s future. Schreiner booked close to 2,000 gifts for all purposes. These included support for the Athletic and Event Center (see page 10), campus landscaping (see pages 4-7), current and endowed program support and technology. These gifts represent a 78 percent increase over the previous year! We thank every person—faculty and staff, former students, parents, neighbors, trustees, businesses and charitable foundations—for a satisfying year! n
So Much Fun the First Time… Local realtor Harold Crocker is now in his second year as Hill Country College Fund chairman—a very important volunteer assignment. Here, he and community development officer Beth Johnson discuss goal-setting for the 201314 effort. With HCCF cabinet leaders Peter Lewis, Brenda Thompson, Mike Graxiola, David Smith and Cindy Becker, the team enthusiastically increased the goal to $600,000 for this year. Thanks, Harold.
Momentum 2013
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