C.M. Whether talking about elections, sports or the stock market, commentators like to use the word momentum to describe positive developments or trends. I d like to use as we begin the first full academic year of the 21 st century, for momentum is clearly on the side of Niagara University.
Recent developments support that assertion.
The full-time undergraduate enrollment increased by 5 percent to 2,262, up more than 18 percent since the fall of 1995. There were other positive developments in our continuing quest for excellence. Dr. Tenpao Lee, a professor of transportation in the College of Business Administration, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach and conduct research in his native country of Taiwan. Only 33 programs in the nation are accredited, accounting for less than 20 percent of all four-year programs. I point to these recent developments in this annual report because what has happened in the past influences what happens in the future.