Annual Report 2016

ANNUAL REPORT 2015 -2016

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PRESIDENT As we share the news of the 201516 Academic Year in this Annual Report, we share the blessings of yet another year of tremendous progress and growth at Gannon University.

In the face of the many challenges in our communities and in higher education, we have continued to surpass our goals through the incredible dedication of our faculty and staff to our students, and through the unwavering support of our Gannon family and the Erie, Ruskin and world communities that we are honored to serve. Our focus and success in achieving the Strategic Plan 2013-17 goals are outlined throughout this report, and are revealed in the achievements of our students and University and the impact on our communities.

Our Mission, with its commitment to the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, is the driving force behind the Gannon experience we create for our students. The shaping of that experience in turn helps shape the students’ personal values and insights that are critical for successful employment, an advanced education and engagement as socially responsible global citizens.

Embracing and bolstering our role as a thriving multicultural University, we have grown our global student enrollment, expanded world travel opportunities and enhanced intercultural opportunities, challenging students to address today’s social and economic issues as servant leaders.

These transformations have been supported by a record year of charitable giving and University support. The historic generosity of our faculty, staff, alumni, family and friends, and community partners propelled us well past our Vision 2020 Campaign goals.

Campaign donations provide essential resources to ensure access, affordability and our ability to deliver on our promise of a quality education. Contributions to endowed scholarships, academics, research and travel funds, and newly revitalized learning environments have lasting benefits and underpin the tremendous work of our faculty, staff and students.

Education. This esteemed recognition is a testament to the work and dedication of our faculty and staff who so passionately devote their lives to our students and our Gannon community.

To continue this positive momentum into and beyond the 2016-17 Fiscal Year, we are putting final touches on the 20172021 Strategic Plan. This next plan extends the tradition of living our Mission as a Catholic institution and targets Promoting Learning

by Engagement, Advancing Organizational Health and Creating Public Impact.

As we plan for the future of Gannon University, I am grateful for and look to our Gannon Family to continue to provide the same passion for our University and dedication to our students that has made Gannon the wonderful place we know and love.

This year, we were honored as a Catholic College of Distinction, and for the second consecutive year, as a Great College to Work For by The Chronicle of Higher

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FROM RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY FACULTY AND STUDENTS—OFTENTIMES TOGETHER—TO EVERYDAY INSPIRATIONS, GANNON UNIVERSITY IS COMMITTED TO BEING A PLACE WHERE innovation is born FROM CREATIVE, CHALLENGING MINDS, DRIVEN BY A PASSION TO CHALLENGE AND IMPROVE THE STATUS QUO AND LED BY A VISION TO INSTILL INFLUENTIAL CHANGE. The new campus in Ruskin, Florida, dedicated Aug. 19, 2015, welcomed 24 students into the inaugural class of the occupational therapy doctorate program.

Gannon is now preparing to offer a second program in Ruskin through which students may earn a Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree.

The Center for Advanced Engineering was dedicated on Sept. 21, 2015.

This innovative space is home to the biomedical, industrial and mechanical engineering programs.

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Engineering Laboratory, equipped with virtual reality technology and equipment that focuses on ergonomics and work design.

Specifically, these laboratories house state-of-the-art technology such as the Baxter by Rethink Robotics, Inc. a revolutionary, highly adaptive research robot. C Improvements to the recently renovated Recreation and Wellness Center continued during the 2015-16 Fiscal Year. The second floor was renovated to provide designated office and conference room space. Additionally, the

new Howard “Bud” Elwell ’55 Golf Simulator was completed. The facility includes two Technique Prestige Golf Simulators and a large putting green for studentathletes’ use year-round.

Gannon University purchased the former Verizon Toll building, now Knight Tower, located at 131 W. Ninth St. in spring 2016 to provide a temporary location for Nash Library while it undergoes renovations from summer 2016 through spring 2018. A six-story building, Knight Tower provides students continued access to vital

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ANNUALREPORT.GANNON.EDU/15-16 library resources. The modernized Nash Library will re-open in 2018 with new user-friendly and collaborative learning features for students, including over 45 study rooms, a large computer lab, a coffee shop, a green roof and tutoring services. A Gannon University received 30 grants throughout the 201516 Fiscal Year, some of which included the Student Support Services (SSS) grant from the U.S. Department of Education, two PA Sea Grants, the Erie Community Foundation’s contribution to GO College, the Obama Singh 21st Century Knowledge Grant and the Hirtzel Foundation grant.

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Development Center and Erie Technology Incubator (ETI) and provided 70 local companies and entrepreneurs an eightweek training and mentoring opportunity. Sixty-three of those participants graduated from the Accelerator after giving a business pitch for a chance to receive $10,000 along with six months of residency and strategic mentoring at ETI.

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TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR COMPANY AND ENTREPRENEUR PARTICIPANTS

$2,877,250

Cross-course collaboration between technical and business disciplines in Gannon’s College of Engineering and Business and the Durant Undergraduate Research Grant helped initiate the formation of four student-run businesses: Khonsu, Rentaba, DaBull and InnCampus. All four student-run businesses were participants in Gannon’s Technology Business Accelerator program, with DaBull and Rentaba each taking home a $10,000 first-place prize. Khonsu, Rentaba and DaBull have each won a top three prize in Erie’s Collegiate Innovation Showcase, and continue to receive support and incubation from Gannon’s Erie Technology Incubator. B Gannon now offers seven online degree programs and five online certificate programs after a new online Master of Science in Criminalistics was developed and launched in Fall 2016. This new program welcomed 11 students into its inaugural class.

TOTAL UNIVERSITY GRANTS RECEIVED

STRATEGIC PLAN MEASURES: GOAL ONE

Gannon University’s Technology Business Accelerator was created through a $520,878 grant received from Pennsylvania’s Department of Community and Economic Development. The Accelerator brought together resources from Gannon’s Dahlkemper School of Business, Small Business

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Year 3 Result

Market and Delivery for Growth

Additional Site Enrollment

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86

105

Faculty Scholarship and Development Investment

$511,000

$534,000

$619,000

New Program Enrollment

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83

Teaching and Engagement for Learning Process Improvement for Institutional Effectiveness

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FROM THE INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL OF THE ERIE-GAINS INITIATIVE, TO THE STUDENT PARTICIPATING IN HIS OR HER FIRST GIVE DAY SERVICE PROJECT, GANNON UNIVERSITY’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY IS UBIQUITOUS, INTENTIONAL AND COMPREHENSIVE.

To honor the spirit in which the University was founded, The Archbishop Gannon Scholars Program was created to provide access to college for academically qualified high school students in the City of Erie who would otherwise not have the financial means to attend.

These students receive a financial assistance package that covers tuition after Federal Pell and state PHEAA grants are applied.

During the 2015-16 Fiscal Year, 13 scholarship recipients received $750,000 in tuition support.

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In February 2015, on behalf of Our West Bayfront (OWB), Gannon University received a $25,000 Keystone Communities Grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. The National Fuel Gas Company generously matched the grant in support of the Erie-GAINS initiative.

Since the grant was received, Erie-GAINS has partnered with Housing and Neighborhood Development Services, the Martin Luther King Center and residents to hold community meetings, focus group meetings and complete development of

a five-year strategic plan and one-year implementation plan for the initiative. The finalized plan for OWB calls for strategically revitalizing 843 acres of Erie’s west side that is home to approximately 13,000 residents and includes public parks, gathering spaces and schools. A The Gannon Goodwill Garden received new fruit trees, increasing from seven to 13. Three new garden beds were constructed for the community bed lending initiative, through which four clients have rented eight out of the

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See how Gannon partners with and is engaged in the community in an exclusive video and photo gallery in the Annual Report Online Edition

ANNUALREPORT.GANNON.EDU/15-16 nine available beds. As part of the Community Rain Barrel Project, a rain barrel was installed to collect rainwater from rooftops to water the community gardens.

1,432 lbs.

HARVEST DONATED TO LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES

The Erie Technology Incubator (ETI) has more than 50 active business mentors and has assisted 25 start-up companies. Recent ETI graduate companies include ReCap Mason Jars Company (2015) and Acoustic Sheep, LLC (2016).

Existing member companies and graduates of ETI alike continue to experience success. Acoustic Sheep won the Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ BIG IDEA Business Plan Contest for Northwest Pennsylvania and numerous national awards, including recognition at the national Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

As part of a yearlong program, Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core and an internationally prominent speaker,

delivered an address at Gannon University in February entitled “Interfaith Leadership: Engaging Faith and Philosophical Diversity in the 21st Century.” Gannon and Erie community members gathered in the Hammermill Center to hear Patel speak on the belief that diverse faith and philosophical identities can serve as bridges of cooperation rather than barriers of division. B A traveling exhibit created by the Office of Survivor Affairs of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was hosted in Gannon’s Nash Library. The exhibit, “Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race,” welcomed over 2,000 visitors, including 51 group tours. Gannon faculty, staff and students, alongside local high school students and community members, completed 625 service hours at the exhibit.

Students in Gannon’s School of Education and biomedical engineering program worked together to develop a unique, adaptable crayon for use by

students with fine-motor skill impediments at Erie’s Barber National Institute (BNI) through the Integrated Crayons for Adaptive Needs (ICAN) project, which was funded by an Erie-GAINS mini grant. Students collected used crayons from 15 elementary schools within the Erie-GAINS neighborhood, and Erie, Warren and Crawford Counties. These crayons were later melted down and set in molds developed by the engineering students to form the new adaptive crayons. C

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SERVICE HOURS BY STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF AT 576 SITES

STRATEGIC PLAN MEASURES: GOAL TWO Initiative

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Diverse Student Enrollment (Domestic)

363

399

419

Teaching and Engagement for Learning

Student Experiential Learning Participation

96%

97%

99%

Process Improvement for Institutional Effectiveness

Positive Response to Impact Survey on Community Need

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A LANDMARK YEAR OF CONTINUED GROWTH HAS WELCOMED A RECORD NUMBER OF global students TO CAMPUS, AS WELL AS RESULTED IN AN INCREASED NUMBER OF STUDENT, FACULTY AND STAFF PARTICIPATION IN LEARNING ABROAD AND TRAVEL PROGRAMS TO NEW AND FAMILIAR LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NATION AND ACROSS THE WORLD, ENHANCING global leadership skills AND ENRICHING THE HOLISTIC CHARACTERISTICS DEFINED WITHIN THE GANNON UNIVERSITY MISSION.

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SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED FOR LEARNING ABROAD PROGRAMS

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This year, 273 students, faculty and staff members visited 27 different countries through domestic and international learning abroad and travel programs; 119 of those Gannon community members participated in more than one opportunity, bringing the total number of trips taken to 392.

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LEARNING ABROAD STUDENT PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS

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ANNUALREPORT.GANNON.EDU/15-16 Sixty-eight students and 16 facilitators in the University’s Transforming Residents Abroad Via Engaged Learning (T.R.A.V.E.L.) program visited 14 countries on two continents during eight trips. The groups spent a year together in intentional learning communities in Gannon residence halls, preparing for their journeys, studying the topic of their choice and learning about their destinations. A

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS REPRESENT 39 COUNTRIES C

Gannon University holds cooperative agreements with 11 partner institutions across the globe for semester exchange and cooperative learning programs.

During the 2015-16 Fiscal Year, five Gannon students spent a semester abroad, while six students from partner universities spent a semester studying at Gannon University.

Integrating both academics and accessibility, the Gannon: Inspired Faculty-Led Travel (GIFT) program focuses on the development and support of new and existing faculty-led travel courses, with select courses receiving a guaranteed scholarship pool of $5,000. During the 2015-16 Fiscal Year, 15 GIFT programs were offered, 13 of which were integrated into academic courses for credit.

Overall, 132 students and 27 faculty and staff members participated in GIFT programs.

Many students, faculty and staff engaged in 2015-2016 Alternative Break Service Trips (ABST), including 19 student leaders, 61 student participants (49 new students; 31 returning students) and 22 faculty and staff participants. Collectively, participants traveled to 11 locations, providing service to four domestic and seven international communities. Additionally, $10,000 in need-based scholarships was awarded to students that demonstrated financial barriers to participation in ABST programs. B

A $6.3 million renovation project at Beyer Hall was completed.

The 40,000 square-foot space was intentionally designed to integrate global and domestic students in a central campus location. Gannon’s offices and programs dedicated to developing a worldview under the Barker Globalization Institute were centralized in this modernized location, including the Office of Global Admissions and Outreach and the Learning Abroad Office.

These are global-focused areas are intentionally integrated with various offices within the Student Development and Engagement Division.

STRATEGIC PLAN MEASURES: GOAL THREE Initiative

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International Student Enrollment

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Study and Service Abroad Participation (Students, Faculty/ Staff)

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Student Retention

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ACROSS THE GLOBE Global Possibilities Provided By The Barker Globalization Institute

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Home Country of Gannon Students

In Spring 2016, Gannon’s global students came from 39 different countries including: Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Vietnam

Countries Where Gannon Alumni Reside

Gannon University alumni reside in 59 foreign countries, and reside in all 50 states within the United States

International Partner University

Universities abroad that have agreements with Gannon to exchange students and faculty

Alternative Break Service Trip (ABST)

During semester breaks, Gannon students, staff and faculty use their breaks to serve others domestically and internationally

Transforming Residents Via Engaged Learning (T.R.A.V.E.L.)

Students lived together in residence halls to study the destination of their choice before traveling abroad

Gannon-Inspired Faculty Travel (G.I.F.T.)

Our faculty experts are leading the way inside the classroom and around the globe on these faculty-led trips

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total economic impact on the region

$209,000,000

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HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS FULFILL AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN THE economic vitality OF THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. GANNON UNIVERSITY EMBRACES ITS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE CHALLENGE TO SERVE AS AN AGENT OF TRANSFORMATION AT THIS CRITICAL JUNCTURE FOR THE REGIONAL ECONOMY. IMPACT OF EMPLOYMENT The University creates an impact on employment in the Erie region by providing jobs for 1,539 employees (629 full-time, 910 parttime).

An investment of $9.3 million in current capital projects was made.

On behalf of the University, over $33 million in annual contracts were awarded to local vendors.

IMPACT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT The Erie Technology Incubator (ETI) serves 30 members, with 21 members maintaining offices in Gannon’s Center for Business Ingenuity and nine being served on a virtual basis.

The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Gannon University provided consulting hours to 314 companies in Erie, Crawford, Mercer and Warren Counties, and helped companies and entrepreneurs receive $14.2 million in capital formation. With support from SBDC employees, 35 new companies were opened and 74 new jobs were created.

$165,000 in Gannon Entrepreneurship Microgrants for Startups (GEMS) funding was provided for startup and early-stage Northwest Pennsylvania companies in collaboration with Gannon’s ETI, SBDC and College of Engineering and Business, along with Bridgeway Capital and Ben Franklin Technology Partners.

Funding was provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.

IMPACT ON ECONOMY Students and employees purchased over $553,000 in goods and services using Gannon ID cards at 27 participating businesses off campus.

Employee compensation reached a total of approximately $57 million.

IMPACT OF PHILANTHROPY Thirteen local high school students were employed 20 hours per week at Gannon through the Summer Jobs and More (J.A.M.) program for Erie County.

3,516 college credits through Gannon’s Dual Enrollment Program.

IMPACT ON SERVICE Gannon employed more than 25 Campus Police and Safety officers, and 24 students who represented Knight Watch, which was implemented in March 2016 in place of the former G.U.E.S.T. Escort Service to create a more prominent safety resource for traveling on campus. A new shuttle service option was offered, which provided 100 shuttle rides to Gannon students.

Gannon student, faculty and staff members’ 84,962 hours of community service and academic service learning contribution was valued at approximately $2 million. Gannon also made direct financial contributions of $218,235, resulting in a combined value of over $2.2 million for Gannon’s service and contributions to the community.

Gannon University studentathletes completed 5,842 service hours during the 2015-16 academic year.

740 local high school juniors and seniors received $2.1 million in reduced tuition costs and earned 11

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PERFORMANCE VISION 2020 CAMPAIGN

THE CONCLUSION OF THE VISION 2020 CAMPAIGN WAS A MILESTONE IN GANNON UNIVERSITY’S EFFORT TO SECURE A FUTURE OF GROWTH AND STABILITY. IT WAS A FAR-SEEING PROJECT THAT WILL HAVE FAR-REACHING RESULTS ON THE VITALITY OF THE UNIVERSITY FOR YEARS TO COME. $20 MILLION

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$15 MILLION $12.1

$50.2 MILLION CHARITABLE GIFTS

$10 MILLION

$17.3 MILLION GRANTS

INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS CAMPAIGN

$5 MILLION $0

13,260 TOTAL DONORS

14-15 15-16 FUNDRAISING GRANTS AWARDED

528 8,487

FACULTY AND STAFF CONTRIBUTED $3.1 MILLION

GANNON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI

NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FY15-16

NATIONALLY HONORED CATHOLIC COLLEGE OF DISTINCTION Colleges of Distinction, 2016-2017

SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR: GREAT COLLEGE TO WORK FOR PROFESSIONAL AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS CONFIDENCE IN SENIOR LEADERSHIP The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2016

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CLASSIFICATION FY14-15

Carnegie Foundation for the | Advancement of Teaching, 2015

PRESIDENT’S HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY SERVICE

HONOR ROLL WITH DISTINCTION | Corporation for National and Community Service, 2015

BEST VALUE SCHOOL IN THE NORTH REGION U.S. News and World Report, 2015 Edition 12

CAMPUS FACILITY FOOTPRINT (UNDER ROOF)

1,745,513 1,620,672 SQUARE FT. 1,488,064 SQUARE FT. SQUARE FT. 2015-16 2014-15

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Total Increase in Campus Facility Footprint: 15% UNIVERSITY GRANTS

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44%

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INCREASE IN VALUE OF GRANTS

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300

TRAVELING THE WORLD

200

STUDENT, FACULTY AND STAFF STUDY AND SERVICE ABROAD PARTICIPATION

UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS

MCCONNELL FAMILY STADIUM Gannon University Field was renamed and dedicated on Sept. 11, 2015 in acknowledgement of a generous gift from alumnus Dennis McConnell ’70

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STUDENT-ATHLETES Received the Division II Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award

PSAC SCHOLAR ATHLETES

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Linda L. Wagner Vice President for Finance and Administration

Gannon University completed Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) with a strong financial performance.

Net assets increased by $2.8 million. The increase in net assets from operating activities totaled approximately $4.2 million and -$1.5 million from non-operating activities. Approximately -$3.5 million of the non-operating decrease in net assets was due to negative endowment returns, which followed the market trend.

Another $2.1 million increase was due to non-operating contributions, including gifts to the endowment as part of a record year of charitable giving totaling over $13 million. Net tuition and fees increased by approximately $3.9 million or 6% over the prior year. The largest driver was an increase in graduate enrollment.

The total Fall 2015 enrollment was 4,416 students, which was a 23-year record high enrollment.

Graduate enrollment grew from 1,205 students in Fall 2014 to 1,291 students in Fall 2015.

These numbers included 305 new international students from 31 countries. Total international enrollment grew to 733 students and represented 39 different countries. The University has been making strategic investments to 14

FINANCIALS drive international enrollment growth at both the graduate and undergraduate level. Auxiliary enterprise revenue grew by approximately $405,000, or 3.3% over the prior year.

Unrestricted contributions totaled approximately $1.1 million and restricted contributions added another $2.6 million, totaling approximately $3.7 million.

Federal, state and private grants totaled $3.6 million. Gannon received new grants including a Talent Search grant from the U.S. Department of Education, two Pennsylvania Sea Grants, a Shaping Tomorrow grant from the Erie Community Foundation to support GO College at East and Strong Vincent High Schools and a prestigious Obama Singh 21st Century Knowledge Grant.

The total return on the endowment was -2.85%. The Endowment Fund decreased from $58.2 million at the end of FY15 to $56.6 million at June 30, 2016.

This decrease of $1.6 million includes this year’s negative returns as well as gifts to the endowment, net of spending.

Expenses increased by 6.5% or $5.3 million, including compensation increase of $2.8 million. Operating expenses increased by almost $1.5 million over the prior year. An administrative unit and academic program review process continued for the third year in an effort to contain operating costs and improve efficiencies. Depreciation rose by $967,000 to just under $6 million due to the $11.7 million of critical capital project investments made. Interest expense increased slightly by $86,000. Auxiliary enterprise expenses remained at $2.5 million, consistent with the prior year.

Strategic investments were made into academic programs in FY16 including the addition of faculty, operating budgets and improved facilities. These programs include occupational therapy and physical therapy at the Ruskin campus, freshwater and marine biology, biochemistry, industrial engineering, Master in Health Communication and sport management and marketing.

Faculty release time has been added to allow faculty to engage more deeply in scholarship.

REVENUE Tuition and Fees, net of scholarships Federal, State and Private Grants Contributions Auxiliary Enterprises Other Total EXPENSES Compensation Operating Expenses Interest Depreciation Auxiliary Enterprises Total EXPENSES BY FUNCTION Instruction and Research Public Service Student Services Institutional Support Auxiliary Enterprises USE OF FUNDS

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$65.2 3.8 5.2 12.4 4.0 $90.6

$69.1 3.6 3.7 12.8 0.7 $89.9

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2015-16

$54.2 18.0 2.1 5.0 2.5 $81.8

$57.0 19.4 2.2 6.0 2.5 $87.1

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2015-16

$38.4 1.9 16.4 15.5 9.6 $81.8

$41.1 2.0 17.9 16.4 9.7 $87.1

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Student Scholarships Capital Spending Debt Retirement Endowment Activities Total

$35.7 17.7 1.8 3.7 $58.9

$37.3 11.3 2.3 1.8 $52.7

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$58.2

$56.6

The Business Information Systems Laboratory (BISL) was created in the newly renovated Center for Business Ingenuity. This state-ofthe-art instructional and group project environment is used primarily by the Dahlkemper School of Business and is also available for use by other faculty and classes. BISL features highbandwidth internet access, multiple group workstations and the ability to move information around the laboratory. Technology in the lab was partially funded through a $.5 million DCED grant which also supports two years of subscription costs to SAP data analytics software and key businesses databases.

A number of investments have been made in expanding strategic initiatives to assure continued improvement in quality in programs such as Erie-GAINS, the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Success Center, the Learning Abroad Scholarship program, Semester/Academic Year Exchange programs, Semester Study Abroad Programs, Alternative Break Service Trips and the T.R.A.V.E.L. (Transforming Residents Abroad Via Engaged Learning) program.

These programs and initiatives prepare students, faculty and staff to be competitive, socially responsible world citizens who embrace respect, service, open dialogue and a global perspective.

2015-16 REVENUE

• Tuition and Fees, net of scholarships 77% • Federal, State and Private Grants 4% • Contributions 4% • Auxiliary Enterprises 14% • Other 1%

2015-16 EXPENSES

• Compensation 65% • Operating Expenses 22% • Interest 3% • Depreciation 7% • Auxiliary Enterprises 3%

EXPENSES BY FUNCTION

• Instruction and Research 47% • Public Service 2% • Student Services 21% • Institutional Support 19% • Auxiliary Enterprises 11%

all values in millions of dollars

The University will continue to exercise prudent fiscal management, invest in strategic initiatives to sustain and grow the University and allocate financial resources to ensure that students receive the best possible experience both in and out of the classroom.

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IT’S AXIOMATIC THAT MEASUREMENT CAN SHAPE STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING. THESE MEASUREMENTS PROVIDE A DASHBOARD BY WHICH SOUND, SALIENT AND WISE DECISIONS CAN BE MADE, AND THEY CHART THE progress OF AN INSTITUTION THAT ASPIRES TO value and vitality.

2005 Total Students Undergraduate Graduate International Minority

2016

3,590 2,574 1,016 3% 5%

4,416 3,115 1,301 17% 9%

4,343 3,098 1,245 16% 10%

Freshman GPA

3.27

3.53

3.55

Freshman SAT

1045

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1026

Retention (first to second year)

84%

84%

78%

Graduation Rates/4-year

50%

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Graduation Rates/5-year

64%

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Honors and Scholars Program Students

156

208

241

Student-to-Faculty Ratio

13:1

14:1

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Student-Athletes

320

542

534

1,130

1,198

1,174

26,813

88,622

74,176

89% 98%

87% 92%

91% 94%

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1,157

1,168

33,585

42,577

43,462

Students in Gannon Housing Student Community Service Hours Employed after Graduation or Continuing Education Undergraduate Graduate Students Graduated Alumni Graduates

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TRUSTEES Most Rev. Lawrence T. Persico, J.C.L. • Chairperson Bishop of Erie Erie, Pa.

James E. Gehrlein ’72 Retired Executive Area President, National City Bank Erie, Pa.

Thomas C. Guelcher ’62, ’76M Vice Chairperson Properties Director Sisters of Mercy Erie, Pa.

Rev. Scott Jabo President Cathedral Prep/Villa Maria Academy Erie, Pa.

Mark Minnaugh ‘81 Secretary EVP-CAO Giant Eagle, Inc. Allison Park, Pa. Keith Taylor, Ph.D. • President Gannon University Robert P. Barker ’72 Retired Executive Parker Aerospace Laguna Niguel, Calif.

Candace (Horton) Battles ‘93 Retired Social Worker Harborcreek Youth Services Erie, Pa.

Rev. Msgr. Andrew H. Karg Pastor Diocese of Erie Seneca, Pa. Scott M. Krall ’84 • Head of Corp Environmental Governance Bayer Corporation Pittsburgh, Pa. Brian M. Kurtz ’08 • Director of Economic Development, Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership President, Gannon University Alumni Association Pittsburgh, Pa. Urban J. LaRiccia ’59 Private Investor Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

Thomas F. Power, Jr. ’63 Retired Business Executive Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation Green Oaks, Ill. Rev. Nicholas J. Rouch, S.T.D. ’83 Vicar for Education Diocese of Erie Erie, Pa. James J. Rutkowski, Jr. ’83 General Manager/Treasurer Industrial Sales and Manufacturing, Inc. Erie, Pa. James A. Scozzie, Ph.D. ’65 Retired Business Executive Painesville, Ohio Timothy G. Shuttleworth President and CEO Eriez Magnetics Erie, Pa. Christopher B. Snyder ’81 Co-founder and CEO Spectrum Direct Erie, Pa.

Thomas J. Loftus ’56, ’74M Retired Business Executive Lord Corporation Erie, Pa.

Antoinette Spevetz, M.D. ’83 Professor of Medicine Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Oxford, Pa.

Marcia A. Dall Executive Vice President and CFO Erie Insurance Group Erie, Pa.

Emmett J. Lombard• Outreach Librarian President, Gannon University Faculty Senate Erie, Pa.

Tina M. (Cicchetti) Donikowski ’85 Vice President GE Transportation Systems Erie, Pa.

James F. Toohey, Esq. ’56 Partner Quinn, Buseck, Leemhuis, Toohey & Kroto Inc. Erie, Pa.

Rev. John Malthaner ’91 Pastor St. Luke’s Parish Erie, Pa.

Sr. Mary Drexler, S.S.J. ’71VMC Principal Villa Maria Academy Erie, Pa.

Margaret A. (Rothgery) VanderLaan ’89 Chief Communications Officer MWH Global Highlands Ranch, Colo.

Rev. T. Shane Mathew ’01 Headmaster Venango Catholic High School Oil City, Pa.

Sr. Mary Ann White, S.S.J. • President Sisters of Saint Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania Erie, Pa.

Rev. Msgr. Robert L. Brugger Pastor St. George Church Erie, Pa.

Dana M. (Kennedy) Fallon ’91 Alumni Director George Mason University School of Law Arlington, Va. Gwendolyn M. (Ralph) Garbarino, Esq. ’82 Vice President and General Counsel Alexander, Garbarino, Neely and Hindman State College, Pa.

Pierre McCormick ’79 Retired President Wisconsin Distributors, LLC Erie, Pa. Susan M. Nedza, M.D. ’80 Chief Medical Informatics Officer MPA Healthcare Solutions Hinsdale, Ill. Richard G. Orlando, M.D. ’76 Ophthalmologist/President Columbus Ophthalmology Dublin, Ohio

Zach Wolf• President Gannon University Student Government Association Erie, Pa. William M. Zeitler ’69 Retired Business Executive Jamestown, R.I. • Ex-officio Members

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GANNON IS A CATHOLIC, DIOCESAN UNIVERSITY DEDICATED TO EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING, SCHOLARSHIP AND SERVICE. OUR FACULTY AND STAFF PREPARE STUDENTS TO BE GLOBAL CITIZENS THROUGH PROGRAMS GROUNDED IN THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES AND PROFESSIONAL SPECIALIZATIONS. INSPIRED BY THE CATHOLIC INTELLECTUAL TRADITION, WE OFFER A COMPREHENSIVE, VALUESCENTERED LEARNING EXPERIENCE THAT EMPHASIZES FAITH, LEADERSHIP, INCLUSIVENESS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

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