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Transylvania enrollment at 1,110; most academically-talented entering class in Transy’s history

Posted on October 8, 2010July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

The class of 2014 poses on the steps of Old Morrison. LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University has enrolled 1,110 students for the 2010-11 academic year, including an entering class of 314 made up of 303 first-year students and 11 transfers. “This is a class about which we can be very excited,” said Brad Goan, director of admissions. “The academic quality of this group is outstanding. Moving forward, we want to accelerate the pace of diversification, but we made some excellent progress this year in recruiting students from outside Kentucky, and we held onto previous gains in the enrollment of minority and international students.” The entering class is the most academically-talented class in Transy’s history, with an average ACT of 27 and an average high school GPA of 3.8. Thirty-four are Kentucky Governor’s Scholars and Governor’s School for the Arts participants and six are National Merit Finalists. Twenty-one percent of the class comes from outside Kentucky and there are four international students from Korea, China, Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom. Eight percent identify themselves as members of a racial or ethnic minority, and 34 percent are first-generation college students. Transylvania, founded in 1780, is the nation’s sixteenth oldest institution of higher learning and is consistently rankedin national publications as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country.

Transylvania offering five concerts during WEG, four as part of Alltech Fortnight Festival

Posted on September 17, 2010July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—As guests from around the world arrive in Lexington for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, Transylvania University will offer five concerts, four as part of the Alltech Fortnight Festival. September 27 and September 287:30 p.m., Carrick Theater, Mitchell Fine Arts Center Gregory Partain with Transylvania University artists Music professor and pianist Gregory Partain will perform solo masterworks of Beethoven and Ravel and collaborate with colleagues in ensemble music of the Baroque era. In his 23 years on the concert stage, Partain has appeared as recitalist, chamber musician and concerto soloist throughout the United States, and has performed overseas in Poland, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Russia, Greece and Germany. Part of the Alltech Fortnight Festival. $20 at the door or pre-purchase tickets available at the Downtown Arts Center, in person or online at www.lexarts.org/participate/box-office (processing fee applies). October 4 7:30 p.m., Carrick Theater, Mitchell Fine Arts Center Transylvania Faculty Showcase Concert Faculty members will perform in a variety of solos and ensembles. Free and open to the public. October 6 7:30 p.m., Carrick Theater, Mitchell Fine Arts Center Orchid Ensemble with the Transylvania University Choir Ensemble consists of Lan Tung on the erhu/Chinese violin, Haiqiong Deng on the zheng/Chinese zither, and Jonathan Bernard on percussion. Acclaimed as “one of the brightest blossoms on the world music scene,” the ensemble tours regularly across North America. Recent venues include The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian Institution’s Freer

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A resounding success: Transylvania’s 225th Anniversary Campaign surpasses goal

Posted on September 17, 2010June 8, 2023 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—New buildings, significant new endowment funds for scholarships and academic chairs and renovated, state-of-the-art science laboratories are among the many benefits of Transylvania’s recently completed 225th Anniversary Campaign that members of the university community are already enjoying. The five-and-a-half-year campaign, launched in the fall of 2004, ended successfully with a total of $47.3 million, which surpassed the original goal of $32 million as well as the revised goal of $42 million. “Once again, Transylvania’s many supporters came through in grand fashion,” said William T. Young Jr., chairman of the Board of Trustees. “It is especially gratifying that our donors pushed us far beyond our campaign goal in a time of financial uncertainty. When the economy began to falter in the fall of 2008, Transylvania’s donors really stepped up. They continued their strong support of the 225th Anniversary Campaign right up to the very end.” Mark Blankenship ’81, acting vice president for development, noted that the components of the campaign encompassed all the significant areas of the university, from academics to residence life, student life and athletics. “Virtually all members of the Transylvania community are realizing the positive effects of the generosity displayed by everyone who supported the campaign,” he said. “The living and learning environment of the university is measurably better than it was before the campaign began.” New buildings appearTwo new buildings made possible by the campaign have greatly enhanced student life and residence life. A spacious bookstore,

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65 Transylvania students return to campus a week early for community service and environmental projects

Posted on August 31, 2010July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Sixty-five Transylvania students have returned to campus a week early to participate in five community service and environmental orientation programs. The programs are for first-year students who want to start their college experiences at Transylvania a week early and the upperclassmen who assist in leading the programs. One group, Jump Start, travels to Land Between the Lakes to perform various services for the national recreation area, but the remaining four groups stay in Lexington, getting to know their new community and becoming downtown citizens through volunteering and outreach opportunities. Some highlights of the week: Monday, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.: Rising Through Education (RiTE) at the Kids Café. Tuesday, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Disciples Orientation Into Transy (DO-IT) at Kentucky Refugee Ministries. Wednesday, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Community Learning and Sustainability Students (CLASS) at Transylvania’s grant-funded butterfly garden project on the northeast corner of Broadway and Fourth Street (www.transy.edu/news/arch_story.htm?id=585&obj=index) Wednesday, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.: RiTE at God’s Pantry Thursday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.: CLASS and RiTE together with Seedleaf at London Ferrell Community Garden on W. Third Street The four Lexington-based service groups are First-Year Urban Program (FUP), Disciples Orientation Into Transy (DO-IT), Rising Through Education (RiTE) and Community Learning and Sustainability Students (CLASS). Contact the public relations office at (859) 233-8120 for more information.

President’s Advisory Council is formed

Posted on August 23, 2010July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—President R. Owen Williams has announced the formation of the President’s Advisory Council, a group of faculty, staff and a student representative from across campus who will meet once a month to assist and advise the president on matters that are important to the Transylvania community. Standing members of the council will be the director of public safety, the presiding officer of the faculty and the director of the physical plant. Other members will serve a three-year term on a rotating basis. The members for 2010-11 will be: Nancy Wolsk, chair, professor of art history Darrell Banks, physical plant director Susan Brown, director of the library Grant Buckles, student Richard Cook, director of public safety Michael Covert, associate dean of students Paul Dimayuga, software training and technology support coordinator Kathleen Jagger, associate dean of the college, professor of biology Don Lane, professor of physical education Paul Jones, professor of religion, presiding officer of the faculty Natasa Pajic, director of alumni programs Kim Chaffer Schroeder, associate director of admissions Kathy Simon, director of study abroad John Svarlien, professor of classics Tiffany Wheeler, assistant professor of education Tammie Williams, division secretary, fine arts