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The Maryville University leadership team visited Credo's NC office earlier this week for a one-day retreat with Joanne Soliday. The group of eight worked together as a team to gain professional development, while focusing on building their individual strengths. Before their departure, they took time for a photo with a Credo Higher Education solution sheet, featuring their President, Mark Lombardi.

Bethel University (MN) President Jay Barnes III discusses the Welcome Center Project and efforts to strengthen admissions and campus visit experiences. The project includes a three-phase approach, with renovations to existing spaces and relocation of a more formal Welcome Center within the Brushaber Commons.

As classes begin today, Randolph College welcomes its largest new class in five years, with a 30 percent enrollment increase for the 2010-2011 academic year.  After becoming a coeducational institution in 2007 (formerly Randolph-Macon Woman's College), the institution will celebrate their first-ever four coeducational classes.

Marian University, a Liberal Arts institution in Indianapolis, reports a record 754 new students on campus this year. Read more at Inside Indiana Business, or by visiting Marian's news page.

This week, 340 new students will make their way to Averett University's Danville campus for the first day of class. This year represents a 14 percent increase in new student enrollment compared to last year. Not only is this large class great news for Averett University, but they can also boast being six percent ahead of the University's official goal to attract 325 new students. We are thrilled to see small, private institutions like Averett University thrive. Keep your eye on their

Transformed into a vibrant student community over one summer, Sheldon Hall opened its doors to new students last week.  Sheldon is the second residence hall at Doane College to bring today's students a modern residence life experience: independent living that encourages community engagement. Frees Hall underwent a similar 90-Day Student Housing Renovation last summer. For more information on Credo’s 90-Day Student Housing Renovation, contact Carolyn Glime at cglime@credohighered.com. Check out renovation photographs of Doane College’s recently renovated Sheldon Hall.

Joretta Nelson recently completed her doctoral degree from Azusa Pacific University, joining three others in the Ph.D. family at Credo (Dr. Matt Stimpson, Dr. Paul Namaste, and Dr. Dean Rodeheaver).  After years of hard work, long hours and incredible dedication, Joretta successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Building a Conceptual Model of Academic Effort for Traditional First-Year College Students."

In 2008, Doane College partnered with Credo to renovate Frees Hall over the course of just one summer - with no loss of revenue.  After completing this renovation on time and within budget, Doane again partnered with Credo to renovate Sheldon Hall.  While currently in its second summer renovation of a residence hall, Doane College is also making major campus improvements, including a new fitness center that is open to community members. The video above highlights Doane College's current campus renovations,

Congratulations to Mike Price, Vice President of Enrollment and Marketing at Crown College!  He just won the Credo iPad drawing. Thanks to everyone at IABCU and NACCAP conferences for registering.  There certainly was a lot of interest in this fantastic productivity tool.