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J O I N T H E C A m PA I G N F O R W E S L E yA N C O L L E G E

At Wesleyan College, we are proud of our history as the first college

in the world chartered to grant degrees to women. We cherish the

traditions that make our campus unique: songs of sisterhood by the

fountain, intense class soccer, STUNT, candle lighting during alumnae

weekend. On our campus, First for Women isn’t just a claim to fame –

it’s a philosophy that separates our learning community from all others.

We’re anchored in tradition and guided by an innovative spirit. Though

we look back fondly on what we’ve achieved, we also look forward – to

changing the way women are educated in the next century. With an

understanding of the needs of today’s women, Wesleyan must continue

to create a distinctive, demanding, and relevant educational experience

for its students. We must look to a new age of Wesleyan. Focused on

the future – of our facilities, our endowment, and our students – we

must raise $30 million through the FAST FORWARD campaign.

FOCUSED ON OUR FUTURE

A comprehensive capital

campaign designed to fast track

Wesleyan College to the future.

“We are inspired by our history, of course, but we are absolutely convinced

that the world needs Wesleyan Women now as never before. If we

insist upon excellence and if we build a community with shared values and a commitment to

serving others, we will be fulfilling our role in higher education.”

Wesleyan President Ruth A. Knox ‘75

FAST FORWARD will touch virtually every aspect of the Wesleyan

experience. Facility improvements, annual fund, scholarships,

and teaching – all essential for enriching our academic programs,

expanding our co-curricular programs, and inspiring a new generation

of young women to become leaders in their churches, professions, and

communities.

Nationally recognized for high academic standards, small classes, and

accessible faculty, Wesleyan College has a legacy of excellence. We will

enhance that legacy with a constantly improving educational experience

that grows from the College’s four historic cornerstones. Nearly 175

years after our founding, these timeless cornerstones continue to

advance a Wesleyan experience defined by academic excellence in

the liberal arts, opportunities designed especially for women, faith and

intrinsic values, and a commitment to serving the world community.

Through FAST FORWARD, Wesleyan College is building upon

these cornerstones by constructing, renovating, and creating spaces

throughout the campus to ensure that our students have the best

environment in which to worship, learn, and live. At the same time,

we must address the financial demands that follow from our style of

education, strengthening our endowed resources so that we can

continue to make the transformational Wesleyan experience accessible

to tomorrow’s women. Increasing our annual support is essential, too, if

we are to maintain our emphasis on developing the minds and hearts of

each Wesleyan student as an individual who deserves special attention.

That is the Wesleyan Way, and it is well worth preserving.

TO GROWAND THRIVEWesleyan plans to reshape the

face of our historic campus with

renovations and new construction;

expand endowed resources for

scholarships, academic programs,

and facilities; and raise our goals

for an even more robust

Annual Fund.

Facilities Taylor Hall Renovation $3,375,000

Chapel Design, Construction & maintenance $5,000,000

Other Capital Improvements $3,625,000

Facilities Support (Endowed Funds) $1,000,000

Annual Fund $11,500,000

Scholarships (Endowed Funds) $3,000,000

Teaching Endowed Funds for Academic Programs $1,000,000

Technology Enhancements $500,000

Endowed Funds for Faith Based Programs $1,000,000

FAST FORWARD Phase 1 Goal $30,000,000

As we strive to maintain our timeless mission while preparing for

our third century of Wesleyan graduates, we are undertaking a

comprehensive campaign designed to meet the following goals:

In the summer of 2007, the departments of biology and chemistry were transformed with the opening of the magnificent munroe Science Center and its laboratory-based teaching environment. Our former science facility, Taylor Hall, now requires extensive renovation, primarily to repurpose old science laboratories and classrooms into an expansive academic space for Wesleyan’s growing psychology, education, and business departments. In addition to housing our new master of Education program and accelerated Executive master of Business Administration program, these three departments offer our most popu-lar undergraduate majors and attract a large number of nontraditional students, a growing population. year after year, we advance students from these departments to prestigious internships and the most competitive graduate programs in the world. Overall, more Wesleyan graduates pursue business and education related professions than any other field.

The College also must overhaul and update the heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems of the building and replace most of the wiring in the facility. modern laboratories for our physics department and a new computer laboratory complete the plans for this comprehen-sive renovation. We plan to accomplish the renovation of Taylor Hall by achieving Silver certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) by the United States Green Building Council. With a total budget of $5,000,000, and with significant funds raised prior to the beginning of the FAST FORWARD campaign, Wesleyan accomplished Phase I of the Taylor Hall renovation in the summer of 2008, including waterproofing and foundation improvements, significant exterior renovations, and the installation of major portions of the new HVAC system. Securing funding of $3,375,000 to complete the renovation is our next goal, which will immediately improve the teaching and learning environments for the critically important areas of education,

psychology, business, and physics.

TAYLOR HALL RENOVATION

We must repurpose our old

laboratories and classrooms to meet

the demands of our growing education,

psychology and business programs.

FACILITIESASTforward $13,000,000

“As my management responsibilities increased with GEICO, I realized I needed to

enhance my business qualifications with an advanced degree. I chose Wesleyan’s Executive MBA Program to improve my analytical skills and to broaden my knowledge in the business industry, and now feel more

marketable for future career opportunities. The convenience of Wesleyan’s weekend

class schedule allowed me to balance both my professional and family responsibilities.”

Karen Kee, MBA ‘06

Leaders of the methodist Church were instrumental in the 1836 founding

of Wesleyan. Today the College remains deeply committed to her long-

standing affiliation with The United methodist Church and continues

to build on the ideals of the church through dynamic programs for

Wesleyan women. Complementing our outstanding academic program,

faith and service organizations like the methodist Wesley Foundation,

Baptist Collegiate ministries, Gospel Choir, Catholic Newman Club,

Inter Varsity, Lane Center Servant Leaders, and Episcopal Canterbury

Club invigorate our campus. We are particularly excited about one of

our newest scholarship programs, Wesleyan Disciples.

After many years of discussion, the College has set as a priority the

design and construction of Pierce Chapel, named for Wesleyan’s

first president Bishop George Foster Pierce and honoring the many

members of his family who have continued to lead and serve the

College. While the first Pierce Chapel was an integral part of campus

life at the original conservatory on College Street, our chapel services

have rotated among several locations at the Rivoli Campus for more

than 75 years, including the Benson Room of the Candler Alumnae

Building currently. Alumnae, students, faculty, and friends alike have

championed for a signature facility to house the College’s chapel

services, Chaplain, and rapidly growing faith-based programs. The new

Pierce Chapel will be designed with a capacity of about 300, giving us

the ability to use the space on occasion as a music performance venue

for organ, piano, and choral concerts and recitals that call for a more

intimate setting than the much larger auditorium in the Porter Family

memorial Fine Arts Building. The design and construction of the Pierce

Chapel will require $5,000,000.

OUR DREAM OF A NEW CHAPEL

Wesleyan’s emphasis on faith and shared

values reflects both our historic roots

and our purpose for the future, and this

aspect of Wesleyan’s mission should have

a permanent home in Pierce Chapel.

“Through Wesleyan Disciples, I found a core group of friends that I can rely on and who

empower me. Although we all come from different places, different churches, we all have the same desire to be strengthened spiritually, to explore the

Scripture, and to serve as leaders on the campus and in the community. The program has

helped me to think more deeply about the Bible and about my own spiritual journey. I feel

that God has led me to find an inner strength that I didn’t know I had.” Golden Heart Florence Priester

FACILITIESASTforward $13,000,000

• TAYLOR HALL RENOVATION $3,375,000Conversion of old science laboratories into modern classroom spaces.

• NEW CHAPEL $5,000,000New worship and performance venue with seating capacity for 300.

OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS $3,625,000• Fine Arts Facilities $500,000The recent renovation of Wesleyan’s historic Goodwyn-Candler-Panoz

Organ has inspired us to make substantial improvements to the

Porter Family Fine Arts Building where that treasured instrument is

housed. Having already accomplished upgrades like freshening

the auditorium and lobby, redesigning the rear parking lot and

road, repaving the front drive, and adding new sidewalks and exterior

lighting, our next undertakings will be installing a passenger elevator,

installing improved lighting and sound systems for both the large

and small stages, repairing the roof and HVAC system, renovating

the art galleries, and refreshing the classroom and practice spaces.

The air conditioning system in the murphey Art Building also needs

attention.

• Athletic Facilities $525,000One of the campus’s most significant treasures, the 1928 Porter

Gymnasium remains the College’s only building without air

conditioning – making basketball, volleyball, and fitness classes

almost unbearable during many months of the year. Its historic

swimming pool suffers from humidity as do the students and

members of the community who use it constantly. Air conditioning,

proper ventilation, and a modern electrical system will turn the Porter

Gym into a hub for the Wesleyan athletic and fitness programs once

again – complementing both the newer mathews Athletic Complex

and Nancy Ellis Knox Equestrian Center on the opposite side of the

campus. Those Centers also need improvements, and we plan to

resurface the soccer field, irrigate the soccer and softball fields, update

exercise equipment, and improve the grounds, stalls and paddocks

for Wesleyan’s award winning horses. Raising $525,000 will allow us

to complete the first phase of this long-term project. Fitness activities

and participation on Wesleyan’s intramural and NCAA sports teams

are vital parts of the whole Wesleyan experience, and improving our

athletic facilities will enable every student (and many members of

the macon community) to benefit from instruction, competition, and

recreation.

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TOTAL CAMPUS IMPACT AT-A-GLANCE

FACILITIESASTforward $13,000,000

• Olive Swann Porter Student Life Center $500,000As the hub of student activities and services, the Olive Swann Porter

Student Life Center experiences constant traffic. While renovation

of the elegant parlors, the Academic Center, and Trice Conference

Rooms were completed in recent years, further improvements are

needed behind the scenes to serve our students and guests from

throughout our community who attend meetings, conferences,

recitals, and other gatherings nearly every day. most important is the

need to improve the HVAC systems serving the Anderson Dining Hall

and the offices of our Communication, Campus Police, and Computer

and Information Resources Departments.

• Residence Halls $850,000Central to student life, Wesleyan’s residence halls make the College

more competitive among our peer institutions. With two apartment

buildings constructed and the older residence halls remodeled

more than a decade ago, they now require major refurbishment to

remain competitive. Our most important priorities are upgrading the

furnishings in our student lounges, installing wireless technology and

new door access security systems in all seven residence halls, and

making significant improvements to the heating and air conditioning

system in Hightower Hall.

• Campus Environment $1,250,000Wesleyan College is committed to becoming a more energy

efficient campus and to reducing the impact of our operations on

the environment, a challenging goal given the historic significance

of our buildings. Guided by a comprehensive energy audit, we are

committed to lowering our energy consumption and reducing our

ongoing repair costs by waterproofing Tate Hall and replacing or

upgrading electrical, lighting, plumbing, and mechanical systems

in several buildings on campus, including the Candler Alumnae

Building, Willet Library, and Huckabee Hall. In addition, we plan to

install security lighting in several spots throughout the campus as well

as resurface most of our campus roads. These projects will help to

ensure the continued safety and security of our students, faculty, and

staff and meet our strategic goal of preserving and enhancing the

beautiful facilities that are Wesleyan’s trademark.

FACILITIES MAINTENANCE FUNDS $1,000,000A strong endowment is essential to ensure adequate support for

the College each year. Part of the FAST Forward Campaign will be

the addition of $1,000,000 in new endowed funds, including through

planned gifts, to create building funds for the preservation of our

historic facilities.

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Every year, the Annual Fund continues to close the gap between the

College’s expenses and its tuition and endowment incomes. No aspect

of the College is left untouched by Annual Fund support. These dollars

are spent in the same year they are received – making each year’s need

for renewed support even more important. Annual Fund gifts keep our

electricity, water, maintenance, health care, counseling, security, and

instruction available for all students.

most importantly, Annual Fund dollars ensure that our students

enjoy a thriving residence life program, NCAA Division III athletics,

championship IHSA equestrian program, and meaningful opportunities

for spiritual development and community leadership. From STUNT

props and Pioneer team jerseys to model United Nations Conferences

and career placement services, Annual Fund dollars advance student

life and co-curricular programs that are essential to a transformational

total college experience.

With dozens of student organizations and activities from which

to choose, our students are actively engaged in a wide variety of

opportunities designed to prepare them for life and leadership beyond

campus. During the past fiscal year, Annual Fund gifts provided more

than $2 million for these types of ancillary and operating needs. The

Annual Fund, a vital component of funding the College’s day-to-day

operations, must be maintained throughout the campaign period.

Therefore, the Annual Fund will be a part of this campaign over a

schedule of five years with a goal of $11,500,000.

THESE DOLLARS ARE CRITICALAnnual Fund dollars impact every

aspect of campus life, from utility bills

and campus safety to co-curricular

programs and faculty salaries.

“The small campus size brought out a personality in me that even I didn’t know before

I came to Wesleyan. I found my voice both in the classroom and in the community, and found the courage to take risks I never would

have taken at a large school. I wasn’t afraid to raise my hand in class, and in doing so

often I found that I had some pretty good answers!” Jessica Rowell ’08

FANNUAL FUNDSTforward $11,500,000

Wesleyan College offers a strong merit scholarship program and is

recognized as one of the nation’s most affordable selective colleges.

A thriving endowment is essential to ensure adequate support for

the students and programs of the College each year. Part of the FAST

Forward Campaign will be the addition of at least $3,000,000 in new

endowed scholarship funds, including through planned gifts, to ensure

Wesleyan’s tuition remains affordable.

Our graduates leave campus indebted, not in debt. Women of

Wesleyan share many qualities: they are smart, talented, funny, caring,

and motivated. most of them are not, however, independently wealthy.

Because we are committed to helping every qualified young woman

afford a Wesleyan education, we set our tuition well below that of most

private colleges. Recently, Forbes magazine recognized Wesleyan

College as America’s 15th Best College Buy. Wesleyan is one of only

23 schools in the nation to place in the top 100 of both Forbes’ Best

Colleges and Best Values lists. The Princeton Review also names us one

of the nation’s best values because of our “excellent academics” and

“relatively low costs of attendance.”

Every year, Wesleyan awards more than 100 scholarships valued at more

than a million dollars. Although many of our scholarships recognize

academic achievement, many others reward leadership, creative

talents, and connection with The United methodist Church. Newly

developed outreach programs target specific high schools, teachers,

coaches, alumnae, ministers, and even Girl Scout troop leaders to

help our admission counselors identify outstanding prospective

students. Wesleyan also automatically matches qualified students with

scholarships during the admission process. Every applicant is considered

for scholarships, grants, and low interest institutional loans.

AFFORDABLE AND SELECTIVE

One-fourth of our students are the first

in their families to realize the dream

of a college education.

“I did not even realize I was a candidate for a scholarship, but was invited to attend

Scholarship Day as a high school student. I was so excited when I heard that I had

received the Presidential Scholarship. This achievement really set a high standard for me. At Wesleyan, I developed my leadership skills and increased

my intellectual self-confidence. I graduated from Wesleyan with a great sense of self

and pride about the skills I had developed as an undergraduate student.” Lauren Hamblin ‘06

FASCHOLARSHIPSTforward $3,000,000

Students from across the world value the academic rigor and close

ties offered by Wesleyan’s extraordinary 9:1 student-teacher ratio and

unique seminar-styled teaching philosophy. Of the 52 full-time faculty

members teaching at Wesleyan, 99% hold PhDs or terminal degrees in

their fields. A highly accessible faculty is difficult to measure in a national

survey or study, but we believe it’s the reason Wesleyan students boast

exemplary acceptance rates into medical, law, business, and other

graduate programs.

A strong endowment is essential to ensure adequate support for the

students and programs of the College each year. Part of the FAST

Forward Campaign will be the addition of at least $1,000,000 in

new endowed funds, including through planned gifts, to undergird

our academic program through additional teaching chairs, faculty

development funds, and support for Wesleyan’s Centers of Excellence

in Community Engagement and Service, Science and Technology,

Educational Renewal, and Creative and Performing Arts. Another

$1,000,000 will be raised to complete the funding for the Robert K.

Ackerman Chaplaincy Chair, support our faith based programming,

and endow the Wesleyan Disciples servant leadership program.

In addition to excellent academic programs and faculty, prospective

students and current students alike require and expect advanced

technology in every building for research, study, class assignments,

security, and communication. Technology changes daily, and our

immediate needs are the installation of new telephone and voicemail

systems and implementation of a five-year cycle of refreshing all faculty,

staff, and lab computers. The cost of the first stage of these technology

improvements is $500,000.

FASTEACHINGforward $2,500,000

TECHNOLOGY CHANGES DAILYFaculty and students require and expect

advanced technology in every building

for research, study, instruction, security,

and communication.

“Nearly 90% of our psychology majors advance to competitive graduate school programs.

To prepare our students for post-graduate success, we must engage them in hands-on re-

search using advanced technology. My teaching style has radically changed in the last five years with the advent of new technologies. We must

have state-of-the-art teaching tools and facilities to be effective as teachers. If we fail to stay

current in this regard, we fail our students.” Professor and Department Chair of Psychology Dr. James D. Rowan

“There is no typical Wesleyanne. We come from different cultures and different countries,

we have different religions, different personalities, different goals. But we come together to form a place where none of that matters, where you are liked and loved for who you are. It exemplifies what’s best about family,

most especially sisters. I’ve pursued excellence in all areas of my life – academics, sports, and

even friendships. I truly love my alma mater. I hope to become an example of what a Wesleyan

woman can accomplish.” Hillary Jarrett ‘08

The realization of our dreams for a new Pierce Chapel, the renovation

of Taylor Hall, improvements to our buildings throughout the campus,

and new endowment funds through planned and other gifts will be

the initial results of this campaign. Countless generations of women

who will continue to benefit from the unique experience of a Wesleyan

education will be the true beneficiaries of your gifts. We ask all who

love and value Wesleyan College to focus on the future and FAST

FORWARD with us.

Excitement abounds for our future, fueled in large part by the

extraordinary young women who continue to choose Wesleyan, the

gifted faculty who teach them, and the dedicated staff who add their

distinctive touch to the campus experience. And because we are

surrounded by so many who give forward, we are inspired by possibility.

Thank you for believing in and supporting the Wesleyan Way of learning,

living, and serving. Thank you for blessing us over and over again.

A NEW AGE FOR WESLEYAN

Together, we will create a future

for Wesleyan that is even more

magnificent than her past.

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