Developer, Fundraiser, Educator...Which is Most Identifiable?

Below is a biography of Dr. Michael Brophy from Marymount College's Web site.

I am going to place in bold one word that may be a very good reason trustees brought Dr. Brophy to the Rancho Palos Verdes campus.

http://www.marymountpv.edu/about/trustees/dr-brophys-bio

Michael S. Brophy, Ph.D., M.F.A., President

Dr. Michael Brophy serves as the sixth president of Marymount College in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Founded by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary in 1932, Marymount College is a Catholic liberal arts college that offers students two-year and four-year degrees. Marymount also offers lifelong learning programs that serve Southern California residents.

Prior to his appointment at Marymount College in 2006, Dr. Brophy served as campus executive officer and dean of the University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County, dean of students and associate provost at Long Island University-Southampton (N.Y.), dean of enrollment management at the State University of New York College of Technology at Canton, and Director of Enrollment Management at The Sage Colleges (N.Y.). As a Noel Levitz enrollment management consultant, he worked with the Kentucky, Indiana and Louisiana community and technical college systems. In these positions Dr. Brophy led successful academic, enrollment management, fundraising and student life programs, producing enrollment increases at The Sage Colleges, Long Island University and the State University of New York, and new academic, cultural and campus facility programs at the University of Wisconsin.

Dr. Brophy served as a tenured member of the University of Wisconsin Colleges English faculty and has taught English and film at The Sage Colleges, Long Island University, the Winchester School of Art (UK), the University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County and Marymount College. He was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to teach and study in Bulgaria in 2003, and he led a Cuban Arts and Culture course to Cuba for the University of Wisconsin in 2004. Dr. Brophy has presented to a wide Variety of audiences on the higher education issues of access, student recruitment and retention, Catholic colleges, and leadership.

As a pianist, Dr. Brophy has accompanied university students, faculty and choirs and performed in faculty and student recitals. An accomplished filmmaker, Dr. Brophy’s three films have been featured at film festivals around the world. His first feature film, “Tina and Lance,” won the Best Feature award at the New York Capital Film Festival, and his documentary, “Night for Day: The XP Story,” was featured at the International Scientific Film Festival in Budapest, Hungary. Two of his screenplays were selected to the Independent Feature Project Market (New York City) in 2001 and 2002.

Dr. Brophy holds a Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.F.A. in writing from Long Island University (N.Y.), and B.A. and M.A. degrees in music and English, respectively, from The College of Saint Rose (N.Y.). Dr. Brophy resides in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., with his wife, Tara, and their three children, Sullivan, Myles and Ella.
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It appears by the biography that Dr. Brophy is an intelligent individual with a wide variety of interests.

The biography illuminates enrollment increases in three of the educational opportunities Dr. Brophy has been involved with.

Now, from the program of a conference held in San Francisco last year called;
STRIKE IT RICH...Planning for Advancement Gold

A conference by District VII of the Council for Advance and Support of Education.

, November 16 - 2:00-3:15pm

CEO’s Fundraising Workshop

The CEO’s Fundraising Workshop is essential for leaders determined to remain ahead of the curve in developing dynamic and successful fundraising campaigns on your campus in this era of financial uncertainty. This session will give CEOs, presidents, administrators, and support staff practical tools to establish and/or enhance your college’s fundraising program. Techniques are based on tried-and-true concepts from successful campaigns. A panel of presenters will also show you how administration and support staff play a pivotal role in creating successful resource development plans.

Michael S. Brophy, Ph.D., M.F.A., President, Marymount College

Michael Brophy is the sixth president of Marymount College. Prior to assuming this role in 2006, Brophy served as Campus Executive Officer and Dean of the University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County; Dean of Students & Associate Provost at Long Island University-Southampton (New York); Dean of Enrollment Management at the State University of New York College of Technology at Canton; and Director of Enrollment Management at The Sage Colleges (New York). As a Noel-Levitz enrollment management consultant, he worked with the Kentucky, Indiana, and Louisiana community and technical college systems, leading successful academic, enrollment management, fundraising, and student life programs, producing enrollment increases at The Sage Colleges, Long Island University, and the State University of New York, and new academic, cultural, and campus facility programs at the University of Wisconsin.

http://www.baraboo.uwc.edu/?pid=2

Enrollment
Total: 650
Full-time: 45%
Part-time: 55%
Age 22+: 35%


During Dr. Brophy's tenure at the University of Wisconsin, Baraboo/Sauk County, he was intrumental in plans to develop the Living and Learning Center which received contracts for construction after Dr. Brophy left the cold climate for a view of the blue Pacific.


Also at the U.ofW. Dr. Brophy supported the construction of residence halls and on-campus activities developed in association with "external partners".


As of the writing of this post, no residence halls are on the Sauk County campus.


At Russell Sage College in Albany, New York, Dr. Brophy was in an environment where a 100-student residence hall was exclusively for the use of first-year students.


According to a Web site detailing student makeup, about 941 students attend that college with 74% of them being female and 55% of the students sought education in the visual and performing arts.


According to many Web sites, Dr. Brophy has a history of fundraising efforts and campus development and more than one attempt at placing residence halls on campuses that don't have any.


I think we can consider that Dr. Brophy was selected in great part, because of his fund-raising efforts and his history of campus developments, including but not limited to, residence halls.

Dr. Brophy's management skills dealing with enrollment haven't faired so well during his tenure at Marymount and I bet he might consider the lack of on-campus student housing as the main reason his skills at increasing enrollments has not been rewarded at Marymount College.


When Dr. Brophy's Presidency at Marymount College, the Marymount College Facilities Expansion Project was almost 7 years into its planning stages, with many delays and other issues seeming to head it towards nowhere.


With Dr. Brophy at the helm and in the span of about three years, the Project was well on its way to approval, but without the residence halls still being considered by the Planning Commission.


By September, 2009, Marymount had become the second college at least, where Dr. Brophy had supported, marketed, and sought on-campus student housing.

It also seems that Dr. Brophy's tenure at Marymount will probably hinges on whether the Initiative passes.

Dr. Brophy does not seem to have the resume of someone who remains at a particular college of university for a long period of time.

Dr. Brophy is smart, to be sure. He is also multi-talented in music, film, and marketing.

I think Dr. Brophy will land a new position if the Initiative fails and he would be a certain catch at other colleges and universities should he be considered the person who gets dorms approved.

I wonder if Dr. Brophy might do better at producing films and other entertainment and write and produce the music for films he makes and entertainment he might offer.

I think that could make him more famous for his creativity than infamous for working to do something that has divided the community he has only been at for about four years.