Dressed in a blazer of the College’s signature crimson color, William Jewell College President Dr. Elizabeth MacLeod Walls raised her arms as she opened the third Town Hall of the 2018-2019 school year with, “It’s a great day to be a Cardinal.” A good portion of Jewell faculty, students and…
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Increased endowment spending sparks changes at Jewell
William Jewell College is financially healthy, with an endowment of $62 million, a 4-1 endowment-to-debt ratio, healthy liquidity and clean audit reports. However, for the past 15 years, the College has spent more than it has made by pulling from its endowment. The industry standard for withdrawal from the principal…
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“It’s not a brand, it’s who we are”
William Jewell College was founded in 1849 as a private liberal arts institution. Since then, Jewell has been known to provide a liberal arts education “unmatched in the Midwest.” In 2017, Forbes magazine ranked Jewell as the #177 liberal arts college in the country. Despite these accolades, in July 2016 Jewell initiated…
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Inaugural Art Brings New Meaning to Ceremony
On Oct. 21, 2017, Elizabeth MacLeod Walls was officially inaugurated the 15th president of William Jewell College. The Inauguration began at 10:00 a.m. and included a performance by the William Jewell Concert Choir, the reading of an inaugural poem and a speech by President MacLeod Walls herself. Unlike past Jewell…
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A Year in Review with Dr. MacLeod Walls
With the William Jewell College Presidential Inauguration next month, the Hilltop Monitor decided to sit down with Dr. Elizabeth MacLeod Walls to reflect on her first year at Jewell and discuss her priorities for the future. MacLeod Walls is finding Jewell to be a good fit for herself and her…
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Dr. Elizabeth MacLeod Walls talks rebranding and more
The Hilltop Monitor had a chance to ask William Jewell College’s new president, Dr. Elizabeth MacLeod Walls, about the upcoming year, focusing on Jewell’s “rebranding.” Bolded are our questions, and her responses are denoted with EMW. What was your first impression of William Jewell College? EMW: My first impression of…
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The Hilltop Monitor interviews new William Jewell College president
This article is the second of a multipart series on William Jewell College’s presidents- past, present and future. Dr. Elizabeth McLeod Walls will be taking over the William Jewell College presidency from Dr. David Sallee at the start of the fall 2016 semester. She comes to Jewell following her time as…
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