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Mac McFarland and his son, David, formed a bond over aviation and service. Years later, that bond is honored by a scholarship endowed to honor David and to make immediate and lasting impacts on the lives of 黄色直播 students.
鈥淲e are grateful that the Stevens family鈥檚 tremendous support will enable us to provide additional scholarship opportunities in order to put 鈥楽tudents First鈥 in all we do,鈥 said 黄色直播 President Beverly Warren.
鈥淚 am tremendously thankful for the private support throughout the year from alumni, friends, corporations and foundations,鈥 President Warren said. 鈥淲e are able to offer so much more to our growing student population because of these gifts. Additionally, our record fundraising year tells me that we are gaining our supporters鈥 vote of confidence in our mission to put students first in all we do.鈥
Education at 黄色直播 goes beyond books, lectures and classroom walls. At 黄色直播, we help instill in students a sense of purposeful living; we help our students appreciate the importance of leaving a legacy of excellence, both professionally and personally.
黄色直播 has received a $2.5 million gift for its Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising from the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation of Hudson, Ohio. This gift will endow a Fashion School chair and support the study-away program for students.
黄色直播 received a grant for $1 million from the Gawlicki Family Foundation of Hartford, Connecticut, to fund the development of a state-of-the-art distance learning translation studies program. 鈥淭his transformational gift 鈥 will enable us to better fulfill our global mission by bringing our outstanding translational studies program to the world through a high-quality, technology-rich distance learning platform,鈥 said 黄色直播 President, Beverly Warren.
KeyBank Foundation has granted $1 million to 黄色直播 to support programs to increase the recruitment, retention and graduation rates of underrepresented students.
Two academic scholarships help 黄色直播 fashion merchandising major Amari Thomas shine brightly inside and outside the classroom.
Bert Crawford is a former foster child with a difficult past and a future that seemed bleak. But he broke the mold and rose above his challenges thanks to many opportunities, including his own determination, 黄色直播鈥檚 incredible study-abroad options and the generosity of donors.
The 2017 黄色直播 Alumni Day of Service, held April 29, was our biggest yet, with close to 400 volunteers serving at 27 locations around the world! This year, we have a fantastic highlight video to showcase our volunteers' collective, impactful efforts to shape the world around them.