Section 3: Comprehensive Standards

3.2.12 The institution’s chief executive officer has ultimate control of the institution’s fund-raising activities.

Judgment of Compliance:
Compliance

Narrative/Justification for Judgment of Compliance:
Christopher Newport University is in compliance with this comprehensive standard. Board of Visitors Resolution 3, dated July 28, 1993 resolved that the Rector and Board of Visitors of the University enter into an agreement with the Christopher Newport University Educational Foundation Inc., making the Foundation the principal fund-raising body of the University to which all benefactors would be encouraged to make their gifts. This resolution further stated that an agreement would be signed between the parties defining the terms and conditions.

On March 15, 1994 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the University and the Foundation that set forth certain terms and conditions of the relationship between the parties. The agreement states that the University’s President and Vice President for Advancement shall serve on the Executive Committee of the Foundation and that all activities shall be conducted in accordance with policies set forth by the President and Advancement Office of the University.

The By-laws of the Board of Visitors, Article VII, 3.b.2 establish a standing “Committee on Development” whose duty is to “consider and make recommendations concerning the ways and means of fostering the relationship between the university and its alumni and the general development and fund-raising efforts of the university.” The President and the Vice President of University Advancement brief this committee at each meeting of the Board of Visitors on development efforts to include the annual fund, alumni development, planned giving and scholarships, athletic development and capital fund drives.

Support Documentation:
Christopher Newport University, Board of Visitors Resolution 3, dated July 28, 1993
Memorandum of Understanding between Christopher Newport University and Christopher Newport University Educational Foundation, Inc. dated March 15, 1994
By-laws, Board of Visitors, Christopher Newport University
By-laws, Christopher Newport University Educational Foundation, Inc.
By-laws, Christopher Newport University Real Estate Foundation, Inc.

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