“Look at the field. They are ripe for harvest.”

“Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your

eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.”- John 4:35 -

Washington UBF 10th Anniversary

Overview Objectives East Coast Campuses Current UBF chapters on East Coast Vision for East Coast

Mid-Atlantic Southeast Northeast

Objectives To see what campuses on East Coast

should be pioneered in the near future How to envision this task and how to

prepare

East Coast Campuses

New Hampshire:23

Connecticut:43

Massachusetts:103

Maine:30

Vermont:21

Rhode Island:11

Washington DC:12

New Jersey:56

Delaware:8Maryland:55

New York:270

Pennsylvania:217

West Virginia:30

Virginia:89

North Carolina:118

Florida:143

South Carolina:58

Georgia:99

Total: 1,386

4 year schools: 815

4 year public: 219

Current UBF Chapters on EC Washington area – UMCP,

Towson, John Hopkins, UMAB, UMBC, George Mason, George Town

Pennsylvania – Penn State, Lehigh, Shippensburg, Pittsburgh, Temple

New Jersey – University of New Jersey, Princeton

Southeast – NCU, UK Northeast – Queens College,

Columbia, St. John’s, Boston College

Vision for East Coast Mid-Atlantic – WV, PA, DE, VA Southeast – NC, SC, GA, FL Northeast – NY, CT, MA, etc Considerations in choosing schools:

Size of school Approaching students Retaining students Job market Location

Vision For Mid-Atlantic

Philadelphia, PA

Morgantown, WV

Newark, DE

Blacksburg, VA Richmond, VA

Vision for Mid-Atlantic (WV) West Virginia University

(Morgantown) 16,000+ 62% are from in-state

4% African American2% Asian American 1% Hispanic American2% international

Retention: 76% 541 acres, small town Average high school

GPA: 3.18

Vision for Mid-Atlantic (PA) Temple University

(Philadelphia) 20,000+ 78% are from in-state

26% African American8% Asian American3% Hispanic American4% international

187 acres, urban Retention: 78% AHSG: 3.05

West Chester – 10,000+ Indiana – 11,000 St. Joseph’s, UPENN

Vision for Mid-Atlantic (DE) University of Delaware

(Newark, DE) 17,400+ 41% are from in-state

6% African American3% Asian American 3% Hispanic American1% international

1000 acres, small town

Retention: 88% AHSG: 3.45

Vision for Mid-Atlantic (VA) Virginia Commonwealth

University (Richmond) 17,000+ 95% are from in-state 126 acres, urban Retention: 77% AHSG: 3.07

The College of William and Mary (Williamsburg) 5,600+ 65% from in-state Retention: 90% AHSG: 4.0

Vision for Mid-Atlantic (VA) University of Virginia

(Charlottesville) 13,700+ 71% are from in-state 1133 acres Retention: 96% AHSG: 3.97

Virginia Tech (Blacksburg) 22,000 73% are from in-state 2,600 acre Retention: 90% AHSG: 3.56

Vision for Mid-Atlantic (TN)

The University of Tennessee (Knoxville)

- 20,000+ University of Memphis

- 16,000+

Vision for Southeast The University of North

Carolina at Chapel Hill - 15,000+

University of South Carolina (Columbia) – 15,000+

Georgia State University (Atlanta) – 18,000+

Georgia Tech (Atlanta) – 10,000+

Vision for Southeast (FL) Florida State University

(Tallahassee) – 28,000+

University of Florida (Gainesville) – 32,000+

University of Central Florida (Orlando) – 30,000+

University of South Florida (Tampa) – 37,000+

Florida International University (Miami) – 25,000+

Vision for Northeast University of Southern

Maine (Portland): 8,800+ University of Vermont

(Burlington): 8,500+ University of New

Hampshire (Durham): 11,000+

University of Massachusetts (Amherst): 19,000+

University of Massachusetts (Boston): 10,500+

Vision For Northeast (Cont.) University of Rhode

Island (Kingston): 10,500+

Central Connecticut State University (New Britain): 9,500+

University of Connecticut (Storrs): 14,000+

State University of New York at Albany: 11,700+

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York: 17,000+

10-Year Vision & Strategy Target Mid-Atlantic first

Philadelphia area, Richmond area, Chapel Hill area And then, Central FL and MA

Find a home base candidate in the region Investigation on campuses targeted

Level, Culture, Behavior Locality, Extendibility

Visit and fish on a regular basis Establish the vision-10 committee Prayer

“Open your eyes and look at the field.”“Where do you want to go?”

Reference: http://www.petersons.com