Reflections Magazine Issue #50 - Spring 1999 | Page 4

Grant will strengthen development & alumni programs

The grant already has allowed Siena to
hire two new staff members: Lynne
Redman Hill, director of alumni
relations, and Faith Bashore-Hochrein
‘98, prospect researcher. Three more
positions— assistant alumni director,
planned giving officer and secretary—
will be added next year.
Siena Heights developed its grant
request around its unique programming
for non-traditional students. Over the
past 25 years, Siena Heights has built a
reputation as a pioneer in nontraditional education, serving the needs
of working adults both on the Adrian
campus and at off-campus degreecompletion centers across Michigan (in
metropolitan Detroit, Monroe, Benton
Harbor, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo,
Lansing and Jackson). The University is
well-known for convenient locations,
flexible scheduling, evening and
weekend classes, and for awarding
academic credit for appropriate
vocational training and life experiences.
Students at the off-campus centers
accounted for 46% of total enrollment in
1998-99. Non-traditional students now
account for more than half of the
degrees awarded each year.
The Teagle Foundation has taken a
special interest in Siena’s track record
of service to working adults and is
particularly interested in what can be
learned about this population once they
have graduated. Recognizing that this
group of alumni may not identify with

traditional alumni activities and
services, Siena Heights will gather
information from our non-traditional
alumni to determine how best to nurture
a meaningful connection between these
graduates and their alma mater.
Established in 1944 by Walter C.
Teagle, longtime president and later
chairman of the board of the Standard
Oil Company, now Exxon Corporation,
the Teagle Foundation supports projects
designed to strengthen private colleges
and universities and enhance the total
educational experience of their students.
Lynne Redman
Hill, new
director of
alumni relations,
is a 1989
graduate of
Bowling Green
State University,
where she
majored in
communication. She also has completed
course work for a master’s in higher
education at the University of Toledo.
She has been active in alumni affairs at
Bowling Green since her student days in
the Undergraduate Alumni Association.
Since then, she’s been a leader in BG’s
Toledo Chapter, including serving two
years as chapter president. She received
Bowling Green’s Recent Graduate
Award in 1993. Professionally, she has
worked for 10 years in insurance,
marketing and sales. She and her
husband, Glenn, live in Toledo with
their daughter, Grace. At Siena, Lynne
will work to broaden alumni
programming, seeking especially to
reach and engage non-traditional alumni
including graduates of the off-campus
centers. Alumni can