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Student & Post-Graduate Development, an effort that gained national attention for its innovative approach to transitioning students into successful lives after college. Under Porterfield's leadership, F&M also set records for applications, fundraising, and fellowships; developed cutting edge new centers for student wellness and faculty excellence; constructed a new athletics stadium; and embarked upon the process of building a groundbreaking new visual arts center designed by world-renowned architect Steven Holl.
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Bauhaus master Herbert Bayer, one of the founders of the Institute.
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as “a force for good in communities near and far; convening thinkers and leaders; bringing into contact the very best ideas; framing and helping to solve the great difficulties of the day; confronting challenges from which others turn away; investing in leaders of every type; and always ensuring that
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Porterfield to join the English faculty at his alma mater in 1997. He taught literature courses dealing with human rights, education, and social justice. In 2003, Porterfield received Georgetown's Dorothy Brown Award for exemplary commitment to the educational advancement of students. He
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In 2011, Porterfield created a highly regarded pre-college summer program, F&M College Prep, to allow more than 70 rising seniors from low-income communities to spend three weeks learning from F&M faculty and current students. He also absorbed F&M's career center into a comprehensive
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education, the traditions of
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with the development of new projects and led
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Porterfield in 2012 with its “Beyond Z” award, which “celebrates members of the school community who go above and beyond for the benefit of children,” and the “I Have A Dream” Foundation presented him with its
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Porterfield to serve as the college's 15th president. Porterfield began his tenure at F&M on March 1, 2011 and was inaugurated on September 25, 2011.
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and the research organization Ithaka S+R with a national goal of enrolling 50,000 more high-achieving low-income students in leading institutions by 2025.
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Porterfield and F&M received national recognition and visibility for their work to expand educational opportunity, including high-profile coverage in
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questions of ethics and values and meaning have a prominent place in our conversations and our society.”
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single finest form of cultivating emerging human talent and character that this world has ever known."
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