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VitaHigher education finance is a key area of expertise for Antioch University Chancellor Toni Murdock. A look at her curriculum vitae offers a keen sense of her many accomplishments in the field of higher education.
Tullisse (Toni) A. MurdockChancellor
HERS/Bryn Mawr Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1988. Law for Executive Leadership Degree, LaSalle Extension University, Chicago, Illinois, 1976. HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCEChancellor: Antioch University, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 2006 – Present Antioch University is composed of five campuses located across the nation in California, New Hampshire, Washington and Ohio. Total enrollment of all campuses is approximately 5,500 students, with 85% of the students in graduate programs. All campus presidents report to the Chancellor at central administrative offices in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Over the last two years, strategic planning has focused on the governance structure, financial solvency of all campuses, centralization of IT and increasing the academic voice within the central structure. President: Antioch University Seattle, Seattle, Wash., 1997-2006 Founded in 1975, Antioch University Seattle is one of five campuses comprising Antioch University. The other campuses are in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Keene, N.H., Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, Calif. Antioch Seattle serves adults throughout the Northwest with six graduate programs and one undergraduate degree completion program. The institution enrolls approximately 900 graduate students. General accomplishments during her five years as the institution’s CEO/President were: (1) establishment of a development office that tripled gift income in two years, (2) increased donor participation by 600%, (3) increased alumni participation and investment, (4) increased enrollments by 33%, (5) increased operational budget by 30%, (6) fostered the creation of a B.A. degree completion program with teacher certification pipeline program for K-12 paraprofessionals of color, (7) increased faculty, staff and students of color by 40%, (8) in 2000, became the largest of the five campuses, (9) increased visibility and media attention, (10) moved toward an integrated model of graduate education that serves as a model for other higher education institutions, and (11) $4.5 million grant from Gates and Kellogg Foudations to establish eight Early College models in Washington state at schools that serve predominately Native American populations. Associate Provost for Programs & Planning, Seattle University, Seattle, Wash., 1989-1997. Seattle University is a comprehensive, four-year liberal arts institution with professional schools in law, engineering, business, education and nursing. The institution enrolls 3,500 undergraduate and 2,500 graduate students. Murdock’s areas of responsibility included: academic program and degree development; academic strategic/long-range planning; academic program review; faculty development; faculty orientation and retention; instructional technology; sabbatical and fellowship programs; academic multicultural coordination and program development; extension services of continuing education, evening programs and summer school; teaching and learning services; and institutional research. As a result of her work at Seattle University over seven years, the following were developed and operated under her auspices: an interdisciplinary Ecological Studies degree program; a Teaching and Learning center for faculty development; a four-day Teaching and Learning Institute required of all new faculty joining the institution, which includes quarterly follow-up sessions; a nationally recognized Cultural Pluralism curriculum transformation project; a university faculty-of-color recruitment and retention plan; an Early Success Program for new freshman who do not meet regular academic admission requirements; a Culture and Language Bridge Program for international freshmen, transfers and graduate students who need further language and communication development; a Transfer Retention Program focused on incoming students-of-color from community colleges; a university outcomes assessment plan; and a Women's Center that serves not only students, but also faculty and staff. As President of the Seattle Coalition for Educational Equity, a collaboration of two and four-year institutions in Seattle, K-12 public schools, community agencies, Mayor’s Office, Chamber of Commerce and corporations, her goal has been to foster greater cooperation across all sectors of education in Seattle in order to create a stronger learning environment in all classrooms. An outcome of that commitment was the first Summer Faculty Institute for Curriculum Transformation that brought faculty teams from two and four-year institutions and high schools together for one week of intensive collaborative work. Assistant Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz., 1987-1989. The University of Arizona is a Research I institution with a total enrollment of 45,000 graduate and undergraduate students. The College of Arts & Sciences alone has an enrollment of 14,000 students. As administrator in charge of the Office of Academic Services, Murdock basically served as the undergraduate dean. Her areas of responsibility included: College of A & S Interdisciplinary degree program; faculty advisers; academic coordination between the College of A & S and the University; community college articulation agreements in general education; student advisement, retention and research; pre-professional programs in Law and Medicine; student academic grievances and petitions; and budget formulation and implementation. As assistant dean the following were developed under her leadership: higher quality and more efficient academic support services to undergraduate students; an increase in the diversity and number of academic support service personnel; collaborative agreements between student affairs services and the academic services; formalized retention programs for probationary students; center for advising undecided transfer students; formalized advising and visitation agreements with all Arizona community colleges; advising institute and sessions for all faculty; the development and support of more than 40 retention programs for students of color, mainly designed by faculty; the creation of a summer Exploratory Transfer Institute for students of color who transfer from Arizona community colleges; and a retention tracking system for all undergraduates in the Collegeof A & S. Director of Recruitment and Public Relations, Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs, Wyo., 1980-1984. Western Wyoming College is a two-year community college of approximately 3,000 students which serves the entire western side of the state. In addition to two-and three-year degrees, WWU offers four-year degrees in collaboration with the University of Wyoming. As director, Murdock reported directly to the President and was responsible for developing and implementing college policies in publications, recruitment, admissions, marketing, enrollment management, outreach and public relations. As a result of her efforts, the institution had a computerized database that coordinated the activities among admissions, registrar, financial aid and housing for all new applicants; a computerized assessment plan that determined its effectiveness in recruiting by type of activity and geographic location; specialized marketing brochures for each department; annual symposia for statewide high school counselors; a five-year curriculum plan for evening degree programs; and regularized training and orientation programs for all outreach coordinators in the seven outreach areas. JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCECounty Justice of the Peace, Sublette County, Big Piney/Pinedale, Wyo., 1975-77. Municipal Judge, Big Piney/Marbleton Townships, Wyo., 1976-1977. ACADEMIC FACULTY EXPERIENCE Administrative Faculty, Graduate School of Education, Teaching Assistant and Adjunct, Center for Higher Education, Assistant Professor of History, Western Wyoming College, History/Government Teacher, Big Piney High School, American Association for Colleges and Universities and Ford Foundation American Council of Education/National Identification Program (ACE/NIP) Women Leaders in Higher Education Network
Association for Catholic Colleges and Universities Campus Compact Casey Family Foundation Educational Testing Service Regional CEO Invitational Conference Ford Foundation Heritage College, Toppenish, Wash. Holly Park Urban Renewal Housing Project National Association for Student Personnel Administration NorthWestNet (InterNet) Rotary (Seattle), Downtown Club Seattle Coalition for Educational Equity United Way Washington Women’s Foundation Yellow Springs Alliance Invited Participant, Council of Europe Global Forum on “ConvergingCompetences: Diversity, Higher Education, and Sustainable Democracy,”Strasbourg, France, Oct. 2-3, 2008. One of 200 presidents and high-levelpolicymakers from North America and European higher education institutionsand public authorities. Multicultural Excellence Award, Washington State Association for Multicultural Education, 2004 Women as Trailblazers, Women of Color Empowered, May 14, 2004, Seattle Wash. Voices and Faces Honoree, Of Civic Participation Month, Seattle City Club, September 2004 Outstanding Service, ACE Office of Women in Higher Education Washington State Mentor Award, ACE National Network for Distinguished Alumnus for the College of Arts and Sciences, Invited Guest of Northwest Week, “Leaders in Seattle”, Channel 29 Outstanding Service Award Seattle University Herstory, April, Invited participant of the 47th ACE/OWHE National Forum for senior women administrators, Washington, D.C., April 1994 Featured on the cover page of the October 1993 “Black Issues in Higher 1992 Herstory Award, for women who have had a measurable Distinguished Service Award, College of Arts & Sciences, 1989 Women on the Move, YWCA, Tucson, Ariz. Outstanding Service Award, Exploratory Transfer Institute, 1987 Dissertation of the Year (Mervene Hardee) Award, 1984 Celebration of Women Award, for individuals who have American Association of University Women | |||||||||||
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