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Dear
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Warm greetings from Montreat College. I hope that your fall is off to a good start.
There is so much happening at the College that I felt a deep need to communicate with our alumni to share very good news and ask for your help and partnership.
With so much to communicate, please allow me to highlight just the "headlines" and encourage you to follow the links for "the rest of the story":
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For the third year in a row, the College achieved
record enrollment
for the School of Arts and Sciences (i.e., the Montreat undergraduate campus):
Largest ever total enrollment: 520
Most new students ever: 226
(freshman and transfers)
Largest ever freshman class: 174
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For the third year in a row, the College received national recognition as a
high-value institution among all colleges and universities in the country:
2017
Money magazine: among the "Best Colleges for Your Money"
2015 The Economist magazine: among the "Best for Overall Value"
2016 LendEDU student loan marketplace: among the "Best for Lowest Student Debt at Graduation"
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Montreat College has been designated a
National Center of Academic Excellence
in Cyber Defense Education by the National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
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We celebrate these milestones and recognitions as part of God's gracious on-going provisions for Montreat College. We are genuinely grateful.
We pray for God's continued provision for the College in terms of
needed finances and
key personnel.
It is in these two areas that I seek your help.
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With increased enrollment comes a greater need for scholarship assistance for our students. As an alumnus/na of Montreat College, you know first-hand how important financial aid is to make Christ-centered higher education available to all who seek it.
At the beginning of our school year, I am asking all of our alumni to make a strategic, timely, and generous investment in the Keystone Scholarship Fund to help more students receive the life-changing benefits of a Montreat College education-an education that involves the whole person: mind, body, and spirit.
Please
click here and make an investment in the lives of the Christian leaders of tomorrow. The return on your investment will be eternal.
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Finally, as you know, the College has been without a Director of Alumni and Parent Relations since Dave Walters retired last December. The key characteristics of the right person for this position are as follows:
- Demonstrate and articulate a personal Christian faith.
- Exhibit like-mindedness with Montreat College's Christ-centered mission, vision, and statement of faith.
- Montreat College alumnus/na preferred.
- Demonstrated success in program management with college or university alumni programs preferred.
- Demonstrated skill as a networker or connector (as described in Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point, chapter 2).
- Demonstrated ability to plan and execute successful events.
If you know such a person-or if you are such a person-please encourage them (or yourself) to review the position
here.
After digesting the full position description and requirements, please encourage qualified candidates to follow the instructions for submitting an application.
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Thank you for your on-going connection and commitment to Montreat College.
I hope to meet many of you at Homecoming & Family Weekend, October 6 and 7. Please
click here for the schedule.
Blessings.
Ned J. Kiser
Interim Vice President for Advancement
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