Vol. 38, No. 18

3-4-2004
By: Teri Holder

Newark campus president to lead Kentucky Wesleyan

Anne Cairns Federlein, president of Ohio State Newark and Central Ohio Technical College, has announced her decision to become the 30th president of Kentucky Wesleyan College, located in Owensboro, Ky.
Federlein will assume her new duties July 1. Transition plans for the interim and a presidential search are in development.
“It has been my privilege to serve as the president of the Newark campus and I leave with many treasured memories,” Federlein said. “I am honored to have been selected for this position and am looking forward to the new opportunities and challenges ahead.”
The Newark campus Federlein will be leaving behind is a much different campus than the one that existed when she arrived nearly five years ago. The most obvious are the physical changes in the campus itself, beginning with the construction of parking lots, a remodeled cafeteria in partnership with Oxley’s, and the newest building on campus — the John Gilbert Reese Center. Opened this past fall quarter, the Reese Center is one of the most technologically advanced buildings in the country providing a state-of-the-art learning environment in classrooms and conference rooms, a ballroom, a 600-seat auditorium, faculty offices and a Cyber Café.
The campus is currently in the architectural planning stage of its next major construction project, the John and Christine Warner Library and Student Center. The Warner family’s donation of more than $15 million, secured under the leadership of Federlein, provides funding for construction of the facility as well as operational dollars. The $18 million building is expected to be open in 2007.
Growth in facilities is the direct result of steadily increasing enrollment. During Federlein’s tenure, the student body has grown by 25 percent. Data released this fall by the Ohio Board of Regents named Central Ohio Technical College the fastest growing college in Ohio. Student organizations have expanded to 38 and intercollegiate athletic teams have increased to eight, including men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball, baseball, softball, co-ed golf and co-ed cross-country.
Federlein encouraged expanded programming and recruiting efforts in Coshocton County, which resulted in the establishment of the Coshocton Education Center in January 2003. The cooperative effort among Ohio State Newark, Central Ohio Technical College and Muskingum College, is currently serving 400 students offering a variety of programs leading toward associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
“The Newark campus has undergone a transformation over the past few years and is poised for great things,” Federlein said. “I am leaving with great confidence that the leadership team will continue the momentum generated by the dramatic increases in enrollment, program growth and building expansions.”
Federlein said she is grateful for the support from the boards of trustees of Ohio State Newark and Central Ohio Technical College, as well as the contributions to the Newark campus from Gib Reese and Howard LeFevre, and their families. “We would not be where we are today without their vision over the years,” she said.

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