A Sea Of Red

Jerry has been saying for a few years his goal is 1 Billion. That would put us in the top 70 schools in the country. Harvard leads the list at 28 Billion.

http://www.nacubo.org/documents/researc ... isting.pdf

Can anybody find us? I scanned the whole thing and saw a few BSC schools but not us. Surely we have more than these community colleges listed.

Lynchburg College is #395


I'll try and find out why we're not on the list.

yeah I saw them too. Maybe some private colleges don't report? I just find it hard to believe we didn't beat out Georgia Perimeter College. They have like less than 100,000

I'm guessing we're not on the list because we don't have anything to speak of yet.

Good to see VMI leading the conference in something

ATrain wrote:Good to see VMI leading the conference in something

I'm betting they'd win in swordfighting

no way, dont you know about Libertys sword fighting club? they dont mess around

qkslvrsrfrboy wrote:no way, dont you know about Libertys sword fighting club? they dont mess around

THATS RIGHT, WE AND OUR CHAPTER IN ASHLAND CAN WHIP UP ANYDAY ON VMI!!!

LUconn, explain it to the boys.

better yet- DON'T

We are not on the list because we don't HAVE an endowment.

Didn't I already say that?

I knew we didnt have much...but I thought for sure we had something...I dunno though

I doubt it's enough to speak of yet, or we probably would have heard about it. I do know they're working pretty hard on making something happen. Who knows when or what will come of it.

yeah, dont we even have a department for this here at LU?

no way, dont you know about Libertys sword fighting club? they dont mess around

Yea, our guys "sword fight" with plastic pipes covered in duct tape; VMI uses the real thing, and they can make you BLEED.

Hold My Own wrote:yeah, dont we even have a department for this here at LU?

Not trying to be rude here...
...but I think that is called the mansion.

JF realizes he (and his fund raising power) will not be around forever, which is why the school NEEDS an endowment. Otherwise, it could be the 1990's all over again.

LoL...I was more or less talking about our Estate Planning Department...but you're correct as well!

Cider Jim wrote:

no way, dont you know about Libertys sword fighting club? they dont mess around

Yea, our guys "sword fight" with plastic pipes covered in duct tape; VMI uses the real thing, and they can make you BLEED.

Jim, you forgot the foam that goes over the pipe before it gets wrapped in duct tape.

anyone else find it ironic that the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College is #666

Hold My Own wrote:LoL...I was more or less talking about our Estate Planning Department...but you're correct as well!

I had no idea we had such a department.

The issue becomes, when schools have to dip into the endowment principle for operating costs...
...a huge sign that "The End is Near."

(followed by a dude driving by, yelling...
..."3 V-dubs under 17 grand...)

Just some food for thought-there are 4269 colleges and universities in the United States alone, so , if my math is correct (and that's risky since i was a journalism major), the top 200 schools account for the top 5%. I know we (su) have been in the top 5% for about 10 years or so, but I was actually surprised to see that we added $$$ this year. Also, this list is a little inaccurate, because our actual figure is nearer $300m at the present time.Our new prez has also made 1 bill his ultimate goal. However, I'm not sure what date this ran to.
If you guys are looking for a great baptist leader, or ex-prez, Thomas Cortz retired last year and he took us from eight million to 250 million during his tenure. The only catch is that he's rumored to be a closet liberal.

hoopsmalone wrote:Just some food for thought-there are 4269 colleges and universities in the United States alone, so , if my math is correct (and that's risky since i was a journalism major), the top 200 schools account for the top 5%. I know we (su) have been in the top 5% for about 10 years or so, but I was actually surprised to see that we added $$$ this year. Also, this list is a little inaccurate, because our actual figure is nearer $300m at the present time.Our new prez has also made 1 bill his ultimate goal. However, I'm not sure what date this ran to.
If you guys are looking for a great baptist leader, or ex-prez, Thomas Cortz retired last year and he took us from eight million to 250 million during his tenure. The only catch is that he's rumored to be a closet liberal.

wow. you guys are fantastic. the best ever. in fact, we should shut down right now and join you. thanks again.

PAmedic wrote:

hoopsmalone wrote:Just some food for thought-there are 4269 colleges and universities in the United States alone, so , if my math is correct (and that's risky since i was a journalism major), the top 200 schools account for the top 5%. I know we (su) have been in the top 5% for about 10 years or so, but I was actually surprised to see that we added $$$ this year. Also, this list is a little inaccurate, because our actual figure is nearer $300m at the present time.Our new prez has also made 1 bill his ultimate goal. However, I'm not sure what date this ran to.
If you guys are looking for a great baptist leader, or ex-prez, Thomas Cortz retired last year and he took us from eight million to 250 million during his tenure. The only catch is that he's rumored to be a closet liberal.

wow. you guys are fantastic. the best ever. in fact, we should shut down right now and join you. thanks again.

sounds like a reasonable plan to me Seriously though, I'm just pointing out two things- you have to look at this list w/ perspective and 2, with the right people in charge, you can accomplish great things. I think a major problem with schools, companies, small biz these days is that too many people care about who actually gets the credit for the goal once it's attained.

hoopsmalone wrote:I think a major problem with schools, companies, small biz these days is that too many people care about who actually gets the credit for the goal once it's attained.

Are you saying that you think that will be a problem for us?

El Scorcho wrote:

hoopsmalone wrote:I think a major problem with schools, companies, small biz these days is that too many people care about who actually gets the credit for the goal once it's attained.

Are you saying that you think that will be a problem for us?

I was simply making a general point. Besides Jerry, I'm not familliar with your adminstration, so you would have to answer that one for me. Unlike other posters on this board, i'm not omniscient