For some students, college is all about academics and studying hard to make good grades. For others, it’s about getting involved in activities on campus or helping others in the community. For still others, it can be about sports and giving your all to be the best athlete you can be.
Drew Bogner, Ph.D. graduated from Kansas Newman College in 1979, returned to Newman as a faculty member in 1987, and served as provost from 1991 to 2000. He is now president of Molloy College in Rockville Centre, N.Y., and has served as chair of the NCAA Division II Presidents Council since 2009. In the interview that follows, Bogner speaks on the rationale and value of the DII “Life in the Balance” initiative, and his role in its creation.
Newman University President Noreen M. Carrocci, Ph.D. often says an advantage of a liberal arts education is that it prepares students for jobs that don’t yet exist. That concept was borne out in several ways during the 2009 Alumni Awards ceremony, part of the Cardinal Newman Banquet on Feb. 21.