About NSCS

Several student members of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars contributed to the content of this web design in a joint effort with Prentice Hall. We'd like to thank those students, the Executive Director, Steve Loflin, as well as the rest of the staff for their dedication to student success.

Mission

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars was established on the principle that with scholarship comes a responsibility to obtain leadership and a duty to perform service. To this end, the Society:

• Recognizes and celebrates high achievement among first and second year college students in all academic disciplines;
• Encourages and promotes high standards throughout the collegiate experience;
• Provides opportunities for personal growth and leadership development;
• Organizes and encourages learning opportunities through community service;
• Fosters an overall appreciation for the value of higher education.

The Honorary Board of Regents

The Honorary Board of Regents is comprised of prominent Americans who support and encourage the mission of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars. The group is convened under the exceptional leadership of Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr., former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Education has been an essential element of Admiral Crowe's career, beginning with his freshman year at the University of Oklahoma, followed by three years at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis. He then went on to earn a Master's degree in education from Stanford University and a Master's and a Ph.D in politics from Princeton University. Admiral Crowe currently serves on the Board of Trustees at Princeton University, as well as holding the Shapiro Chair in International Affairs at the George Washington University.

• Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr. Chairman
  Admiral, United States Navy (retired)
  Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1994-1997)
  Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (1985-1989)
• Maya Angelou
  Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of American Studies, Wake Forest University
• Joan Ganz Cooney
  Chairman, Children's Television Workshop
• Federico P. Pena
  Managing Partner, Vestar Capital Ventures
  Secretary of Energy (1997-1998)
  Secretary of Transportation (1993-1997)
• Richard W. Riley
  Secretary of Education (1993-2001)
  Governor of South Carolina (1979-1987)
• Walter Cronkite
  Anchor, CBS News (retired)
• Marian Wright Edelman
  Founder and President, Childrens' Defense Fund
• Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
  Director, W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research, Harvard University
  W.E.B. DuBois Professor of Humanities, Harvard University
• Daniel Goldin
• Vartan Gregorian
  President, Carnegie Corporation, New York
  President, Brown University (1989-1997)
• Peter R. Kann
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dow Jones & Company
  Publisher, The Wall Street Journal
• Wendy Kopp
  Founder and President, Teach for America
• Alexis M. Herman
  Secretary of Labor (1997-2001)
• James Kimsey
  Founding CEO and Chairman Emeritus, America Online, Inc.
• J.W. Marriott, Jr.
  Chairman and CEO, Marriott International, Inc.
• Harold T. Shipiro
  President, Princeton University (1988-2001)
• William C. Steere, Jr.
  Chairman of the Board and CEO, Pfizer Inc. (1991-2001)
• Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
  President, The George Washington University
• Bob Woodward
  Assistant Managing Editor, The Washington Post

The NSCS Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is responsible for setting policy and overall direction for NSCS. The Board is comprised of the following people. Feel free to contact them through the National Office in DC.

• Andrew Call, National Leadership Council President, Tempe, AZ
• Mary Zychowski Ashlock, Denver, CO
• Christopher S. Ferguson, Boston, MA
• Sarah Keller, Dallas, TX
• Mary Stuart Hunter, Columbia, SC
• Stephen E. Loflin, Washington, DC
• Ralph Johnson, Baltimore, MD
• Rodney McClendon, College Station, TX
• Srikanth Sridhar, National Leadership Council Vice-President, Austin, TX

The National Staff

The NSCS National Office is at 11 Dupont Circle in Washington, DC. We are a staff committed to the success and support of NSCS members and chapters. The staff has had extensive professional experience on college campuses and can help members and chapters stay focused and committed to scholarship, leadership and service. In order to view biographical information, place your pointer on each staff member's name.

The National Staff are as follows:

• Stephen E. Loflin, Executive Director
• Steven Sitrin, Director Chapter Development and Operations
• Barbara Prevost, Assistant Director for Chapter Development
• Karin Wiedemann, Assistant Director for Chapter Development
• Jim Duncan, Assistant Director for Administration

The National Leadership Council

The NLC are current undergraduate students who are members of the Society and are elected by their peers to help the Board of Directors set the policies and priorities for NSCS. The 2001-02 NLC is comprised of the following students:

• Andrew Call, President, Arizona State University
• Srikanth Sridhar, Executive Vice-President, University of Texas at Austin
• Daniel Horgan, Vice President for Community Service, Robert Morris College
• Jennifer Kalal, Vice President for Planning for College Success, Central Missouri State University
• Irina Tsyrkina, Vice President for Communication, University of Illinois - Chicago
• Jo Louise Baxter, Vice President for Scholarship, University of South Carolina
• Ishita Deschmukh, Northeast Representative, Rutgers University
• Nick Tedesco, Mid-Atlantic Representative, Villanova University
• Dutin D. Weeden, Midwest Representative
• Chris Marrazo, Southeast Representitive, University of Central Florida
• Marcus Patrick Ryan, West Representative, Brigham Young University
• Lynn M. Bergstrom, Non-Traditional Student Representative, Depaul University

For more information about NSCS, see www.nscs.org.