By Ashley Taylor, Staff Writer
Saint Leo University has a plethora of events every year. The school has to keep a record of events to promote the school and all its accomplishments. The school has achieved so much, grown and developed into a successful private school.
“The annual report consists of a summary of who we are, highlighted events throughout the year,” Frank Mezzanini, Vice President of Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer, stated. “the president is highlighted, the chairman is highlighted, we have our Core Values that make us who we are.”
The annual report highlighted events such as the opening of the new business building in the spring of 2011, the renovations done to Trane Stop that very same year, and the annual meeting, which is said to have been the largest meeting in 2010. It is said in the report that “transfer students represented a larger segment of the weekday undergraduate program at the University Campus” (Annual Report page 6).
“Accreditation was reaffirmed by SACS – the Southern Association for College Schools this past year,” Mezzanini noted.
The report also highlighted the Financial side of the report. It shows where the money is coming from and also where it is going. Believe it or not, a lot of money is spent on us, the students. About 86 percent goes to students and their needs, 97 percent goes to student services, and that includes academic support. It comes out of the Resident Assistants’ salary and the Business Administrator’s. Also, according to the report 67 percent goes to education.
To summarize, the annual report basically gives us a snapshot of what the school is and all that it has accomplished. We are prideful of our school and how it has developed and grown over the past year, with new technology, new changes in our system, and new developments in the structure of the school. We should be proud to say that we’re learning at Saint Leo University.
