Benedictine College

“Lene westerman and paul westerman have a family relationship as well as a business relationship.”

“The members of the corporation who are Class A members of the Board of Directors shall have the sole and exclusive power and authority to select and elect the successor to the elective Class A members of the Board of Directors in such fashion as they deem appropriate and shall present the successors for service on the Board. The members of the corporation who are Class B members of the Board of Directors shall have the sole and exclusive power and authority to select and elect the successors to the elective Class B members of the Board of Directors in such fashion as they deem appropriate and shall present the successors for service on the Board.”

“Subject to the limitations and provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and of the Bylaws with respect to the election of Directors, each member shall have one vote on all matters coming before the members. Any action by the members of the corporation, unless specifically set forth in the Articles of Incorporation of the corporation (the "Articles of Incorporation") or in the Bylaws, shall require an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the corporation from each individual Class of Directors.”

“An independent accounting firm prepares and reviews the 990. The 990 is then reviewed by the organization's officers and accounting personnel. Any questions or concerns the organization's officers and accounting personnel have are addressed and any corrections or clarifications are made. The 990 is then provided to the finance committe board and the full board for review prior to filing.”

“At the time of hire or election (in the case of directors) and annually thereafter, the officers, directors, and key employees shall provide the applicable conflict of interest disclosures which shall be completed to identify any relationships, positions, or circumstances in which it is believed a conflict may arise. If a conflict arises, the officer, director, or key employee abstains from the vote of the conflicted position. An appropriate report shall be submitted to the executive board concerning any interest disclosed.”

“LINE 15A - THE ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS FOR DETERMINING PRESIDENT COMPENSATION BEGAN WITH THE BOARD REQUIRING A 5 YEAR REVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT'S SALARY AND A REVIEW FOR THE SAME PERIOD AT COLLEGES OF LIKE SIZES. ADDITIONALLY, THE BOARD REQUIRED A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF HIS SALARY TO INCLUDE NON-TANGIBLE BENEFITS. THE ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS FOR DETERMINING PRESIDENT COMPENSATION BEGINS WITH AN INITIATIVE LEAD BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNING BOARD. THE CHAIRMAN COMPARES COMPENSATION AND SALARY DATA WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OF A SIMILAR SIZE AND INDUSTRY. THE CHAIRMAN REVIEWS THE DATA AND MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN A CLOSED EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE THE COMPENSATION IS THEN VOTED UPON. LINE 15B - THE PRESIDENT CONDUCTS AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF OTHER OFFICER AND KEY EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION BASED ON COMPARABLE SALARY DATA OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OF SIMILAR SIZE AND INDUSTRY. This past year we conducted a salary analysis of all positions vetted against national data and adjusted regionally. We made adjustments to salaries as appropriate and we will continue to do this on an ongoing basis.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request.”

“Benedictine college is a catholic, benedictine, liberal arts, residential college. Our mission is to educate men and women within a community of faith and scholarship. Building a great catholic college requires a community-wide commitment to excellence. We dedicate ourselves to educating students to become leaders in the benedictine tradition, who will transform the world through their commitment to intellectual, personal and spiritual greatness.”

“Benedictine college is a catholic, benedictine, liberal arts, residential college with a mission to educate men and women within a community of faith and scholarship. We have a vision to build one of the great catholic colleges in america, and attaining that vision requires a community-wide commitment to excellence. We dedicate ourselves to educating students to become leaders in the benedictine tradition, who will transform the world through their commitment to intellectual, personal and spiritual greatness. Benedictine college is located in atchison, kansas, on a 120-acre campus overlooking the missouri river, about 50 miles north of kansas city, missouri. There is a graduate programs satellite campus in roeland park, kansas, and international programs in florence, italy, and dublin, ireland. For the current academic year (2015-16), benedictine college is blessed to have the largest full-time undergraduate student body in its history with more than 1,925 students, nearly tripling benedictine college's enrollment from 20 years ago. The freshman class entering in 2015 had the highest average act score and highest average gpa in school history. The avergage gpa was the highest of any freshman class at any college or university in kansas. It is obvious that benedictine college is attracting both more students as well as the best and the brightest. Over 80% of undergraduate students live on campus in accordance with the college's strong residential tradition. To keep up with its growth, benedictine college has opened 11 new residence halls since the year 2000. Last year, the college opened the murphy recreation center, a new health and fitness facility with exercise machines, rooms for fitness and spinning classes, two basketball courts, and an indoor turfed field. In addition, renovation and expansion of the dining hall was completed last year and a new student success center was built. A new baseball stadium and a new softball facility opened a year ago. National surveys place benedictine's student life program highest in overall resident satisfaction and benedictine college's retention rate is consistently above 90%. Our athletes have excelled on the field as well as off, with 11 varsity sports teams receiving naia scholar team recognition and benedictine college being named a champions of character five star institution by the national association of intercollegiate athletics. Seventeen athletes were named naia daktronics scholar athletes. The women's basketball team men's and women's cross country teams and women's soccer team all won their heart of america athletic conference championships and went into national competition. The women's basketball team made it to the final four of the naia national tournament and the women's soccer team made it to the round of eight. In the area of academic excellence, benedictine is now one of the few catholic colleges in the nation offering abetaccredited programs in chemical, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering and is the only catholic college to offer both engineering and architecture degrees. Also, several new majors have been added in recent years, including art, criminology, engineering physics, finance, international business, international studies, evangelization & catechesis and nursing. The college has now graduated the first five classes of benedictine engineers and nurses. Once again, all the nurses passed their exams and have jobs in the medical field and the engineers are highly sought. This year, benedictine college appeared in the top 15 colleges in the midwest in the annual u.s. News & world report rankings of america's best colleges. In addition, the cardinal newman society named benedictine college one of the top catholic colleges in the united states in its publication, the newman guide to choosing a catholic college. After an extensive national study, first things magazine also named benedictine college to its top 20. The school is ranked number 18 in the nat”

“Increase in csv of life insurance $ 18,105 partnership income $(121,156) --------- $(103,051)”