[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 178 (Friday, November 16, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S14614]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                   CONGRATULATING DR. SCOTT D. MILLER

 Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, I wish to commend a true leader, 
someone who has left an indelible impression on thousands of Delaware's 
college students. Dr. Scott D. Miller, after 10 years at the helm of 
Wesley College in Dover, is moving on to the next phase in his 
professional life.
  Dr. Miller's tenure at Wesley has been marked by previously unknown 
success. He took over a quiet school in our State capital and turned it 
into a nationally recognized institution with a burgeoning and diverse 
student population.
  Evidence of his quick influence is the fact that Wesley was named as 
one of just four ``amazing turnarounds'' featured in the book, ``The 
Small College Guide to Financial Health,'' after only 5 years of Dr. 
Miller at the helm.
  Dr. Miller's accomplishments are too numerous to name in one 
statement, but I would like to mention a few of the most notable:

       Wesley's faculty is stronger in number and diversity, which 
     has improved the retention rate and academic profile of 
     Wesley's student body.
       Enrollment has nearly tripled in the 10 years Dr. Miller 
     has been president.
       He has presided over the most prolific fundraising era in 
     Wesley's history.
       And he has developed community service partnerships for his 
     students with five campus-based affiliates.

  In short, Wesley College has been changed permanently--and for the 
better--by Dr. Miller's leadership and vision. My State's oldest 
private college will retain its prominence for years to come, thanks to 
Dr. Miller's guidance in leading that institution into the 21st 
century.
  Dr. Scott Miller is moving on, being rewarded for his excellent work 
over the last decade, and he will surely be missed. But his efforts 
will not soon be forgotten in Dover, surely not among all of the lives 
that he touched.

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