Our City – Our Path

Foundation Report 2007-2008 Foundation Our City – Our Path

Our City – Our Path is highlighted by profiles of the 2007–2008 Community College of Philadelphia Foundation Scholars (pictured above). Look for the “Foundation Scholars: Our Paths” sidebars to learn more about the students recognized for their academic achievements, which were accomplished despite significant barriers encountered on their paths to possibilities.

The Foundation Annual Report is prepared by the Office of Institutional Advancement. It reflects activities accomplished during the 2007–2008 fiscal year, which began July 1, 2007 and ended June 30, 2008. Gifts received on or after July 1, 2008 will be acknowledged in next year’s Annual Report. The staff has worked diligently to avoid errors and omissions. If an error has been made, please inform the Office of Institutional Advancement by calling 215-751-8042. Foundation Scholars: Our Paths Table of Contents

Letter from the Foundation President and 2 College President Our City – Our Path About the College 3 About the Foundation 5 New Foundation Board Member Spotlight 7

Annual Giving 8 Latrice Davis

Student Scholarships 10 An unplanned pregnancy required Latrice Davis to Donor List 2007–2008 12 drop out of school during her first semester. Nine Foundation Mini-Grant Programs 21 years later, seeing her older sister graduate from Corporate Initiatives and Special Projects 25 Community College of Philadelphia gave Davis, Foundation Legacy Circle 27 now mother to two daughters, the motivation Grant Funding 28 to go back to college. After living paycheck to paycheck Expanding Possibilities: 32 and holding many “odd The Campaign for Community jobs,” Davis is working College of Philadelphia toward an associate’s degree at the College in Computer Information Systems – Information Technology option. Davis aspires to work as a corporate computer specialist and go on to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees in her field. Letter from the College President and Foundation Board President As we consider the impact of Community College of Philadelphia Foundation’s mission and accomplishments over the last year in Our City – Our Path, we remember the lessons of interconnectedness taught by Dr. Martin Luther King, who said, “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” This eloquent sentence can be used to illustrate the undeniable interdependency that exists among Philadelphia’s citizens, its business community, and its lone public institution of post-secondary education – Community College of Philadelphia.

Across our City, in boardrooms, living rooms and classrooms, awareness is growing that, to a great extent, we will succeed or fail together. While we take heart knowing that the College ranks fourth in the nation among two-year institutions in granting associate’s degrees to African-American students, there still exists great cause for concern.

Though Philadelphia is home to some of the finest colleges and universities found anywhere, only 14 percent of Philadelphians have earned a bachelor’s degree, ranking our City 92nd in college educated residents among the country’s 100 largest cities. Not surprisingly, more than 60 percent of Philadelphians are considered low literate, negatively impacting their ability to succeed in the fundamental arenas of higher education, job competition and career advancement. And, just 55 out of every 100 City residents are working or looking for work – leaving us 96th among the largest cities in the country for labor force participation.

These often-quoted, sobering statistics emphatically underline the vital nature of our efforts to support the College’s remarkably diverse student body, which represents individuals from a wide range of backgrounds. Continuing to provide external resources to support the College’s mission is paramount to our City’s competitiveness, strength and success. We are grateful to the thousands of individuals and organizations recognized in Our City – Our Path for their contributions to our mission, as we work to ensure there continues to be an open-admission path to higher academic and career possibilities in Philadelphia.

Sincerely,

Stephen M. Curtis A.E. Piscopo President President Community College of Philadelphia Community College of Philadelphia 2 Foundation Foundation Scholars: Our Paths

About the College

At a time when studies show that current and prospective local employers are sorely challenged to find skilled, problem-solving employees, Community College of Philadelphia provides the City’s most accessible path to post-secondary education. The largest institution of higher education in Philadelphia and the sixth largest in the state, the College also is the largest single point of entry into Kimberly Curlik-Zapata higher education for minorities in Pennsylvania. Her father’s sudden With offerings of more than 70 degree and certificate programs death brought about with day, evening, weekend and online classes held at our Main adult responsibilities for Campus, three Regional Centers and more than 20 neighborhood Kimberly Curlik-Zapata, and corporate locations, the College served nearly 35,000 students who was just 12 at the last year. More than 581,000 individuals have studied at the time. Mental illness and College since it opened in 1965; nearly 70 percent of graduates in severe financial difficul- transfer programs continued at four-year institutions. ties marked her late teenage years, and an Additional critical indicators – budget, expenditures and institutional unsuccessful first attempt payroll – further illustrate the impact the College has on the City at attending college at and region. The College’s $114 million operating and capital budget Penn State University in 2007–2008, $42.8 million in expenditures for goods and services resulted in further “life and an annual payroll of more than $64.4 million demonstrate the detours.” Yet her dream College’s position as an economic powerhouse. to become a published author and college-level teacher, although delayed, Mission never died. Encouraging Community College of Philadelphia is an open admission, the arts in others through associate’s degree-granting institution which provides access to creation of a nonprofit higher education for all who may benefit. Its programs of study publishing company is in the liberal arts and sciences, career technologies and basic Curlik-Zapata’s ultimate academic skills provide a coherent foundation for college transfer, goal. Now a 4.0 student employment and life-long learning. The College serves Philadelphia at the College, full-time by preparing its students to be informed and concerned citizens, employee at Drexel active participants in the cultural life of the City, and enabled University, member of Phi to meet the changing needs of business, industry and the Theta Kappa honor soci- professions. To help address broad economic, cultural and political ety and the Earth Alliance concerns in the City and beyond, the College draws together club, Curlik-Zapata is well students from a wide range of ages and backgrounds and seeks to on her path. provide the programs and support they need to achieve their goals.

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Ervan Dickens

Elected president of several student organiza- College Board of Trustees tions at Penn State Universi- ty, Ervan Dickens embraced Daniel P. McElhatton, Chair his first college experience Gilbert A. Wetzel, Vice Chair with open arms. The Pre- Thomas J. Butler, Vice Chair Med major looked forward Dorothy Sumners Rush, Secretary to a promising career that was sidelined when circum- The Honorable Johnny J. Butler stances demanded that he Rhonda R. Cohen care full-time for an ill family Michael G. Crofton member. As a Nursing major George E. Davis at the College, Dickens still Varsovia Fernandez plans to become a doctor; Sallie A. Glickman along the way, he will work Albert B. Murphy, III in impoverished neighbor- The Honorable James R. Roebuck, Jr. hoods. “I believe that all Carole I. Smith people should have access Jeremiah J. White, Jr. to quality health care,” he Marcellette Wise Ellison said. “The medical field is where I can make the Emeritus Trustees greatest impact and contrib- Jane S. Abrahams, deceased ute the most to the world Robert S. King around me.” Isadore A. Shrager, deceased

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About the Foundation

Developing resources to ensure students at Philadelphia’s only open access College have the programs and funds they need to succeed is the Foundation’s primary mission. The volunteer leadership and staff have worked to grow the Foundation’s assets from $2.8 million to $6.3 million over the last seven years and nearly doubled the amount raised through the Annual Fund. During that same period, the number of planned Judah Ciervo gifts has increased thirtyfold, while the number of scholarship programs available to students grew by 140 percent. Judah Ciervo’s interest in “the effect of movement modalities, therapies and communication on Five Years of Scholarship and Endowment Growth the psychopathology of violence” seems like a natural fit for this mixed martial arts athlete. Having survived a number of 120 violent crimes, Ciervo is certified both as a 100 professional martial artist l 2003-2004 competitor and a corner l 2004-2005 man to other competitors. 80 l 2005-2006 After completing an l 2006-2007 associate’s degree at the 60 l 2007-2008 College, Ciervo will transfer to Penn State University’s

40 College of Health and Human Development and work toward both bachelor’s 20 and doctorate degrees in the field of kinesiology.

He hopes his research will contribute to the urgent issues surrounding violent behavior and benefit the development of human Mission populations. The Community College of Philadelphia Foundation enhances and enriches the educational experiences of Community College of Philadelphia students by providing external resources to support the College’s mission. As the private funding development arm of the College, the Foundation seeks to support the College’s mission by bringing together community leaders who will serve as ambassadors of the College, broadening the College’s image within the community. The Foundation serves the College by creating partnerships with individuals, businesses, organizations and foundations to raise private gifts for scholarships, instructional equipment, professional development and capital needs of the College.

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Diego Martin Chiri

Diego Martin Chiri grew up in a country that placed little or no value on his “field of dreams,” but that did not dissuade him. From Lima, Peru, Chiri moved to Philadelphia to study Liberal Arts on his Foundation Board of Directors path to becoming a film director and moviemaker. A.E. Piscopo, President The cultural differences he Arlene M. Yocum, Vice President encountered in the City of G. Steve Simons, Treasurer Brotherly Love were many, Stanley S. Cohen, Secretary but the greatest challenge Joseph Rizzello was learning English. Kernie L. Anderson Donn Scott “My desires to reach my Lorraine H. Brown Michael S. Smith goals and my intentions Bruce E. Caswell Craig Stock to triumph helped me to Stephen M. Curtis Mark E. Thompson overcome these barriers.” George E. Davis Linda S. Wallace Today, Chiri takes particular Richard S. Downs Patricia Weigand interest in helping the Zell Kravinsky Gilbert A. Wetzel College’s international W. Scott Magargee, III Jeremiah J. White, Jr. students navigate their new Lorina L. Marshall-Blake City and academic home as Daniel P. McElhatton Susan Piergallini a Student Ambassador. Stephen P. Mullin George W. Nise Executive Director Esther Ponnocks William A. Whiteside, Jr. Emeritus Director

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Sandra Robinson

Working with her husband to raise their two daughters and the subsequent adoption of sisters with disabilities provided years of welcome detours to Sandra Robinson’s pursuit of her dream to become an American Sign Language interpreter. Despite a relocation to Lancaster George W. Nise County and the associated President and CEO (retired) financial and commuting Beneficial Savings Bank burdens, Robinson enrolled in and followed through George W. Nise graduated from Temple University in 1964 and with the College’s American went on to Wisconsin University School of Bank Administration. Sign Language/English He began his career as a Pennsylvania senior bank examiner until Interpreting (INT), and the he joined Beneficial Savings Bank in 1970. Nise led Beneficial to realization of her long- expansion in the local communities to better serve its customers held goal is in reach. She through outstanding service and a “hometown” presence. In appreciates working with January 2007, he retired as president and CEO of the bank. deaf people to “encourage and assist them as they Nise has been very involved in the community, including affiliations seek to overcome barriers with the American Heart Association, Police Athletic League, of daily life, whether Citizens Crime Commission and the Hero Scholarship Fund of they’re due to disability, Philadelphia. He is a member of several boards, including Holy communication, literacy or Redeemer Health System, Holy Family College, Pennsylvania loneliness.” Association of Community Banks and the Comprehensive Learning Center. He assists in the banking community by working with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Bankers Association, the Financial Managers Society and the Bank Administration Institute, among others. In 2007, he joined the Community College of Philadelphia Foundation Board of Directors.

Nise’s community service has led him to be the recipient of several honors and awards, including the Eagles Fly for Leukemia Corporate Recipient in 2001, the Police Athletic League award in 2004 and the CYO Hall of Fame Award in 2007.

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Annual Giving Scholarships, ongoing professional development of faculty, updating technology and fostering learning through innovative projects are the crucial priorities established for funds raised in annual giving. These initiatives are central to maintaining access for students who are committed to improving their lives and those of their families through higher education. Kenneth DeWitt

Vietnam veteran Kenneth Annual Fund DeWitt became disabled Through a yearly direct mail campaign and phone-a-thon, the and unemployed when an Foundation asks alumni and friends of the College to support its accident left him unable to mission. Reports of faculty and students’ successes emphasize perform his job after more the unique case for support of Philadelphia’s largest public than four decades as an institution of higher education. Unrestricted contributions to the electronics/engineering Annual Fund allow the Foundation to provide resources where technician. The resulting they are most needed, when they are needed most. subsistence on welfare and social security disability, and Almost 800 individuals responded to requests for support of alcoholism landed him in a the annual fund with gifts totaling more than $168,000 in 2007– mandatory rehab program 2008. The Annual Fund is an essential aspect of the College’s where he discovered the mission-driven commitment to accessibility. If you would like to TRIO Veteran’s Upward participate in the annual fund, visit www.ccp.edu/AnnualFund/ Bound program at the or contact Louisa Wilson, associate director of Annual Fund, at University of Pennsylvania. [email protected] or 215-751-6344. “They helped me discover my passion for writing and Annual Fund Growth to see that there could be success in my life, with education as the key.” Today, with three years of sobriety, DeWitt is working to become a technical 2007-2008 $168,737 writer in the field of electronics. 2006-2007 $151,209

2005-2006 $126,352

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8 Special Events Fundraising

4th Annual Set the Pace to Educate 5K Race, Walk and Pooch ‘n’ Pal Stroll Nearly 300 students, faculty, staff, volunteers and friends of the College gathered at the entrance to Martin Luther King Drive Saturday, Oct. 20, for the 4th Annual Set the Pace to Educate 5K Philadelphia Kixx’ mascot SocceRoo Race, Walk and Pooch ‘n’ Pal Stroll. More than $20,000 was raised joined more than 300 participants in support of the College Foundation for scholarships and programs that benefit students at the College.

Pathways Breakfast The College and Foundation hosted an awards event on Dec. 13 to honor individuals and organizations who had shown extraordinary dedication to students and educational endeavors. The first- ever Pathways Breakfast, held at the Down Town Club, brought together more than 280 members of the College leadership, friends and supporters. The Bonnell Award, established in honor of the College’s founding president, Dr. Allen T. Bonnell, recognizes profound commitment to access, opportunity and transformational change. The inaugural award was presented to Bill Cosby, Ed.D. Additional honorees included Cecilia Yep and the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation, Kal Rudman and the Kal and Lucille Rudman Foundation, Bill Knott and Wachovia Corporation, alumnus Paul Gluck, and Barbara M. Cohen and the Hassel Foundation. The award- winning CBS 3 reporter and College alumnus, Robin Mackintosh, served as emcee. More than $45,000 was raised to benefit students.

3rd Annual Online Auction Thanks to more than 100 bidders and nearly 200 in- rd kind donations, the Foundation’s 3 Annual Online Auction raised Pathways Breakfast Guests nearly $12,300 to benefit students at the College. Faculty, staff, included (from left) President Foundation Board Members, alumni, retirees and friends joined in Stephen M. Curtis; Daniel P. the auction action. Bargain hunters from as far away as Ohio, New McElhatton, Esq.; York and California joined forces with local people interested in Bill Cosby, Ed.D.; and “bidding for good.” From dining and spa gift certificates to Hummel Robin Mackintosh figurines, lunch with the College’s president, tickets to concerts and a gift certificate for a zipline tree canopy adventure tour, the auction offered something for nearly every taste or interest. Articles in the Philly Metro and on CampusPhilly.org helped the auction audience reach new heights.

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In 2007–2008, more than 880 students were supported with $1.4 million in scholarships administered and granted by the Foundation and Office of Institutional Advancement. A wide range of criteria were used to award these funds, including:

• Community service • Academic achievement • Barriers overcome on the path to higher education • Curriculum of study • Transfer to a four-year institution

Scholarship Highlights

Theresa Y. Nhu Vuong Flynn Memorial Scholarship The first-ever Theresa Y. Nhu Vuong Flynn Memorial Scholarship was awarded last spring to student Thuthuy Nguyen. Enrolled in the Early Childhood Education curriculum, Nguyen volunteers as an assistant teacher in her neighborhood. A ceremony was held in May to remember Thuthuy Nguyen (left) Flynn and to recognize Nguyen’s achievements. In attendance and Desmond Flynn were Flynn’s widower, Desmond Flynn; Dinh Chinh, president hold a photo of Theresa of the Vietnamese Catholic Community of the Archdiocese Y. Nhu Vuong Flynn of Philadelphia; Arlene M. Yocum, vice president of the Foundation Board of Directors; faculty members from Early Childhood Education; and members of Philadelphia’s Vietnamese community.

Theresa Y. Nhu Vuong Flynn was a faculty member in the Early Childhood Education department who passed away in 2007. The highly respected and much-loved volunteer, organizer, philanthropist and activist lived in Philadelphia and often traveled to her homeland to help those in need.

Piscopo Family Scholarship The Piscopo Family Scholarship was established to support a student in a business curriculum at the College. Though many may recall finding a passion that translates to a career later in life, Allison Walton-Jones remembers loving numbers from the age of three. That childhood appreciation led the 2008 recipient of the scholarship to pursue a degree in Accounting, a pursuit which started when she first became a post- secondary student at the University of Technology in Jamaica – a path that was cut short when she encountered financial obstacles. Having completed an associate’s degree more Allison Walton-Jones, the than 20 years after her first attempt, Walton-Jones plans 2008 recipient of the scholarship, to earn a bachelor’s degree and become a Certified Public (left) and A.E. Piscopo Accountant.

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Kathryn J. Engebretson Scholarship Established by the William Penn Foundation and a private donor, the Kathryn J. Engebretson Scholarship funds tuition, fees and the cost of books (up to $10,000) for a student who is returning to college after at least a two-year absence to earn an associate’s degree. Stacie Gaskin, a 32-year-old mother of six, dropped out of high school in 11th grade and later earned her GED. Employed by the Philadelphia School District, Gaskin has long dreamed of furthering her education so that she can become an educator. The Ryllindis Fualem Engebretson scholar plans to continue her studies by transferring to Temple University to pursue a bachelor’s degree. A master’s degree in Nursing and service to the young and sick as a neonatal nurse have been the focus of Ryllindis Fualem’s career aspirations since middle school. As she studies to become a regis- tered nurse on her ambitious educational path, the balance between working to provide for her family, caring for her children and completing classwork has been chal- lenging. A child care assis- tance grant helps Fualem as she works to achieve a career that will mean a good income and security for her- self and her family. She looks forward to performing her job with “compassion, love, dedication and professionalism.”

11 2008 Annual Fund Mark E. Thompson Donor List The Vanguard Group Foundation Campaign Linda S. Wallace 2007–2008 Founders Club ($500+) President’s Council ($5,000+) Kernie L. Anderson Anonymous Jolyn E. Bauer Barnes & Noble College Bookstores Lyn Buchheit Cengage Learning Johnny J. Butler, Esq. Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania The College Trustees and Foundation Board Rhonda and David Cohen The Daniel Veloric Foundation achieved 100 percent participation in this Diane and George Davis Ruth and Andre Ferber year’s Annual Fund. Rich and Ann Downs Charles and Daphne Herbert Varsovia Fernandez Clint Gould College Trustees Scott Magargee Thomas R. Hawk The Honorable Johnny J. Butler A.E. Piscopo Jewish Community Endowment Fund Thomas J. Butler Sylvia Hayre Randolph Rabbi Valerie Henion Joseph Rhonda R. Cohen Roderick D. Robertson Rosemary McAndrew Michael G. Crofton The Wright-Hayre Foundation Daniel P. McElhatton, Esq. George E. Davis Barbara N. McLaughlin Varsovia Fernandez President’s Partners ($2,500+) Margaret A. Niven Sallie A. Glickman American FoodService Charitable Trust Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union Daniel P. McElhatton Anonymous Esther Ponnocks Albert B. Murphy, III Lorraine H. Brown Noelia Rivera-Matos The Honorable James R. Roebuck, Jr. Michael and Margaret Smith Donn and Romesa Scott Carole I. Smith Craig A. Stock Leroy Skinner Dorothy Sumners Rush Gilbert A. Wetzel Mirele W. Steinig Gilbert A. Wetzel Arlene M. Yocum and Richard L. Kremnick Timothy M. Sullivan and Linda S. Durant Jeremiah J. White, Jr. M. Elaine Tagliareni Marcellette Wise Ellison President’s Club ($1,000+) R. Lucy Aghazarian Susan Tobia Jalyn E. Warren Foundation Board Anonymous Patricia M. Weigand Kernie L. Anderson Suzanne and Bill Becker Jeremiah White Lorraine H. Brown Allen T. Bonnell Bruce E. Caswell Dr. Addie J. Butler Blue and Gold Club ($250+) Stanley S. Cohen Betty J. Cannon Edward Adolphus Stephen M. Curtis Bruce and Carol Caswell LaVern Allen George E. Davis CNA Karen D. Ballard Richard S. Downs Stanley and Lita Cohen Peter Baratta Zell Kravinsky Ivory C. Coleman Elizabeth M. Beech W. Scott Magargee, III Michael G. Crofton David S. Berg Lorina L. Marshall-Blake Stephen M. Curtis Rev. Lorina Marshall-Blake Daniel P. McElhatton Richard J. Dozor, M.D. Blanchard Family Stephen P. Mullin Sallie A. Glickman Kurt Boehner George W. Nise Christina S. Harris Gloria Ruszkewicz Brown A.E. Piscopo Harry T. & Shirley W. Dozor Foundation Simon Brown Esther Ponnocks Samuel Hirsch SK Calkins Joseph Rizzello Zell Kravinsky, Ph.D. and S. Emily Kravinsky, M.D. Daniel and Judith Callard Donn Scott Orchestra Society of Philadelphia, Inc. Elizabeth J. Cantafio G. Steve Simons The Philadelphia 76ers, LP Alexandra C. Cowley Michael S. Smith The Philadelphia Trust Co. Laura A. Davidson Craig Stock Susan Piergallini Dr. John A. Dulik Mark E. Thompson PNC Bank Marcia G. Epstein Linda S. Wallace Michael Remshard and Susan Kaup Ralph M. Faris Patricia Weigand Joseph and Daria Rizzello Assefa Gebreselassie Gilbert A. Wetzel Allan Schimmel Helen H. Gilmore Jeremiah J. White, Jr. Pascal Scoles Margaret W. Grip Arlene M. Yocum Criseeda J. Seals Steve and Judy Simons

12 Lakshmi Gudipati Gino T. Fala Jen and Chris Sheppard Stephen R. Haughney Linda R. Fellag Carole I. Smith Mardi A. Holliday Joshua Fields, Jr. Michael R. Smith William Hunsberger Luba Fineson Denise M. Solomon Jean M. Kemper April L. Frey James P. Spiewak Sonya L. Lott-Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Garofola Carol S. Stein Loretta Masciantonio Priscilla Gary Helena Bolton Stewart Marian E. McGorry Frank M. Gaydos Sharon T. Stewart Andrea Mengel Carol Gershenson Elaine G. Terranova Stephen and Janet Mullin The Gluck Family William C. Thompson Albert B. Murphy, III Theresa M. Grady Robin S. Thorne Mr. and Mrs. George W. Nise Emilie C. Harting Jack Topiol Dr. Dulivanette M. Onema William Hartnett Lloyd P. Trader Joseph Salkowitz Wilma Hilliard Theresa Euro Tsai Karen R. Schermerhorn Floyd P. Holley Carlotta Vargovich Evan Seymour Joseph and Pamela Howard Dr. Alvin Vaughn Dena Sukol and Zenon Iwasiw Maria Paz Hyman Faith C. Watson Barbara Thompson IBM International Foundation Steven O. Wells Sharon P. Thompson Marcus James Regina Wertheimer Eileen Capshaw Tydlacka Walter H. Johnson Paula White Verizon Foundation Lyvette Jones Edgar K. Wiggins Aimee Weis Stephen Kay Barbara H. Wilson Jill Garfinkle Weitz Tanya J. Kellem Louisa P. Wilson Ms. Lucy Wynn, R.N. Anna Kovacs Carol M. Winkler Mary W. Yannuzzi Carol B. Kreitchet Andrew S. Wolfenden Yun S. Yoo Catherine A. Kurimchak Philip G. Landis Friends of the College ($25+) Mint Society ($100+) Steven J. Lane Marva Adams Richard and Francine Bank Harriet J. Lazar Helena M. Allen Mildred Lane Berg Kyung C. Lee James G. Allen, IV C. Geoffrey Berken Richard and Nancy Lemke Lois E. Annand Michael Berkowitz ‘69 MaryAnn Dawson-Lyons Thelma T. Applegate Nathan Blumstein Joseph S. Mamelak Ellen Arnold Donald C. Bowers Eric Massenburg Felicia Arnold-Carter Loraine W. Brenner Joseph W. Matthews Stewart and Karen Avart Jon M. Brown Bridget McFadden James Averett Kenton Brown David and Kathleen McGuigan Linda J. Baker Thomas J. Butler Joan L. Monroe Rita D. Ballinger Arthur H. Carrieri Elise A. Morgan Johnny L. Balmer Mary Anne Celenza Motorola Foundation Joan K. Baribault Diane Penza Ciconte Kathleen Mulray Judy B. Basara CIGNA Donna M. Nigro Jerrold Bates Paul V. Clark Susan and Ed Parrish Al Becker William Sales Claybrook Angelina Pereira Marvin D. Bellamy Patricia Conroy Barry S. Perlman David D. Berman Bianca T. Cummings Jacquelyn D. Poole Rachael H. Bey Alan E. Davis Jerold H. Price Kenneth L. Bluford Anne Dempster Patricia Reed Ruth Blum Bond Zenda H. DeShields Jeanne Roberts Marilyn Stephens Booker John Donovan James R. Roebuck, Jr. Alex Bove Cindy Dorfman Deborah D. Rossi Cynthia Bradley Katharine F. Drobile Ruth Rovner John W. Braxton William A. Eberle Dorothy Sumners Rush Carolyn K Brown Edward Ebner Barbara Salkin Linda Bruce-Gerz Marcellette Wise Ellison K. Marie Schober Bobbye J. Burke Kert Dave C. Emperado Ron L. Shamwell Monika Burke

13 Harold L. Burnett ‘69 John F. Geis Mignon Todman Jones Kimberly M. Butler Susan P. Gershenson Todd E. Jones Dr. D. Michael Byler Dawood A. Ghauri Wanda L. Jones Cynthia L. Byrd Lawrence J. Gold Andrea P. Jordan Harding Byrd, Sr. Patricia Y. Goldentyer Randi Kamine Janet Cammarota Irene Goldman and Debra Goldman Cantor Jerry M. Katz Thelma R. Capello Robert and Patricia McGovern Gorchov Sylvia B. Kaufman John H. Carruth Virnell P. Graham Robert S. Kavash Ronald Cellini John Gray Anne Marie B. Keenan Maxine Chalker-Mollick Anne Greco Moira F. (Canning) Kelly Tony Chandler Jennie B. Greene Bill Kelly Eleanor H. Chanel John Grillone ‘85 Gary Kimmelman Gail M. Chaskes Jane M. Grosset Marianne J. Kirby Martha E.J. Chew Joan C. Gunder Rosalyn K. Kleinberg Sarah E. Chieves Charles D. Haile Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Klinefelter, III Robert E. Cimorelli Judith L. Halpin Matthew C. Knowles Ethel J. Clarke Joseph L. Hanley Frances J. Kowalski Catherine M. Collins Carol D. Harris Kathleen Krier Robert W. Conrad Phyllis Harris, ‘77 Bri Kurmue John A. Cook Jacqueline Harrison Frances B. Kwan Miguel Cumba, RN, BSN Kathleen A. Harter J. Aaron Lane Marge Cunnane Wilda F. Hayward Joan A. Langan Eleanor (Ellie) Cunningham William E. Hebden Dorothy Lange Robert and Anne Cunningham Patricia A. Hecht Ellis Lazowick Claudia F. Curry Robert L. Heifet Yevette Levy-Sutton Alfred Daniel Ouida Ferron Hembry Julia A. Lewis Judy and Len Davidson Cindy B. Herbert Paul Lewis George Arthur Davis Florence Hernandez Linda A. Lorino Vernon Davis Clyde R. Herr Lois Lunsk Thomas R. Dennison Ted M. Herstein Barbara Mack Lynn J. Dickerson Sandy Hess William H. MacMath Kathryn DiGiorgio Linda J. Hibbs Frances P. Maddox Joseph A. Diorio Dr. Terrilyn Hickman, LCSW John Majewicz Thomas J. Doyle Ernestine F. Hilbert Ms. Gwendolyn C. Malone Matt Driscoll Marlene Hill Joyce D. Maloney Janet J. Eisenberg, R.N. Pam Hinkle George L. Maltese Mrs. Mary E. Ellis Claire S. Hollocher Eve S. Markman Aaron A. Ervin, Sr. Larry D. Holman, MS, MBA Janice Saldan Martin Michelle Evans Lillian Arnetta Holmes Daryl S. Martino David and Ruth Ezekiel Patricia Holmes Susie B. Mason Ingrid M. Fallon Gwendolyn Holmes-Howard Angelita M. May Nathan H. Farbman Linda M. Howard Howard E. McCall, Jr. Frances C. Fee Ludwig Huebner Helen E. McCloskey Art Feinberg Deborah L. Hunter Ronald McGlone Brian Finney Alba I. Hyk Linda A. Mellon Hogan Jae A. Fisher David M. Ishizaki Albert J. Meyer Laura J. Fitzwater Yvonne Jackson Ron Miraglia Olivia J. Flamer Howard M. James Patricia Mitchell Maryellen McNichols Fox Olivia M. James Readith Moore Claude Francois Rose L. James Robert H. Mora Annette Freeman Constance G. Jannotti Margarite J. Morgan Dot M. French Carmen T. Jimenez Melanie Morningstar Harriet G. Fry, Ed.M. James B. Johnson Ellen and Neil Moscow Melanie J. Gavin Margaret Johnson Rosalind L. Motley Mary Anne Gdowik Robert Johnson, Jr. Annie Mtika, Ph.D., RD, LDN Donald A. Geiger, Jr. Gwendolyn Johnson-Wiley Melissa Hanley Murphy

14 Paul R. Murphy Judith A. Tomkins Lee J. Culver Theola Myers Giovanna M. Tonelli Georgeann Defeo Ron Napoli Tower Bridge Advisors Kathryn L. DeFusco Regina M. Newell Sari Ann Trachtenberg James J. Dixon Edward J. Nissley Agnes Trummer Hien Q. Duong Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Obelcz Kelly A. Unger Kevin Eikov, R.N. Susan Orehowsky Barbara Utley Phyllis Fertik Joanne S. Patti Larry Van Battle, Sr. Marianne T. Flanagan Angela C. Peace Crata M. Vaughn Barbara E. Fox Robert M. Perrone Suzanne Vernon Sylome R. Fox Louise C. Perry Carl E. Washington Charles S. Fuller Vernice D. Perry Ellen R. Watkins Norma M. Gordon Roland R. Phillip Annie U. Watlington Rebecca T. Gordon Margaret Pianelli David Watters Barbara Graziani Jamie Picardy and Will Tilton Aerie Webb Dawn Greene Anthony and Joanne Piccione Craig Weintraub Amy D. Gross Crystal D. Pindell Ethel F. Wesley Janet Guilliams D.M. Plappert Wanda E. Wesolowski Susanne M. Hagan Helena W. Powell Constance L. White Antoinette Hammond Calvin Preston Jas and Peggie White Diana Hill Dolores J. Quattrocchi Magdalene M. Wiernicki Duc My Ho Thomas Reese Lisa M. Wiley Catherine J. Holloman Monserrat R. Reyes Alamena Williams Maureen Jefferson Karlton L. Roberts Burton Delano Williams Leora S. Johnson Madeline Rogers Joel N. Willis Leona Jones Patricia D. Rogers Barbara A. Wilson Carol Kalos Robert A. Rosenberg Robert L. Winters Deborah B. Kemp William Roundtree, III Susan Gorka Wisch Kristina N. King Judith C.H. Ruley Joseph A. Wohl Iris G. Kleinman Maureen Rush-Bogutz Thomas J. Wolf Arlene Kline Bessie D. Russell Judith A. Woloff Denise Kravitz Mary J. Saddler Stuart Lawrence Wright Lisa B. Kurtz Liria M. Saler Vida Wright Cheryl A. Lacy-Posey Michael A. Salvato Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Teresa C. Lee Charlene Scruggs Regina A. Wynder Gayle L. Mallon Valerie Seligsohn Diane M. Yoakam Anthony J. Marinucci Gregory J. Sidashov Kathleen M. McCammitt Ebrahim Sieyes Other George P. McCasland Dawn Sinnott Fatima Abdul-Malik James F. McCoy Deneane Gail Skipper Frank P. Alizzi Robert M. Montebello Kelly T. Small Anthony J. Arcuri Robert E. Mosley, Jr. Katherine K. Smith Tina M. Astrino Amani Muhammad Richard C. Smith Arthur J. Augustine William T. Murphy Steven and Bobbi Smith Irene N. Bajsarowycz Bernice Myers Francis A. Sopczynski Carol Berry ‘95 Jason Oranie Catherine Stewart Patricia Blair Margarita Ovrutsky Edgar E. Stinson Kelly D. Branson Libby Patkin Teresa Stolfo Helene E. Cantando Otha Payne Donald R. Stratton Anna L. Capps Carolyn A. Penn Eleanor Strauss Edna Carter Jacqueline Potter George E. Stroman Laura J. Cavanaugh Janet Powell Dorothea C. Szarko Thomas F. Cavanaugh Joe Quartullo Cathy A. Taggert Susan G. Cohen Francis L. Rapley Lorraine Threadgill Joseph J. Compton Annabelle M. Reeves Dennis and Brenda Tilley Diane M. Craig-Peterman Patricia A. Roach Lois M. Toeppe Dorothy M. Crowder Lisa Ross

15 Patricia D. Salandy Brent Blundin Scholarship Laura E. Elam-Nurse Jerel P. Saltzman H. Brent Blundin Annette Ellis Angel Santiago Carmen Giddings Matthew R. Saporetti CAP Literacy Magazine Fund Rosabella Gittens Thomas C. Schwabenland Irene N. Bajsarowycz Atiya S. Goldsmith Alice J. Scott John R. Caleb Heather Grant Earl C. Sheldon Betty J. Cannon Tamel Gravely Julie F. Smith Eleanor (Ellie) Cunningham* Taya Griffin Agatha Stone Nicole A. Duncan-Kinard Miesha Hagans Suzanne D. Stumm Leslye L. Friedberg Katrina Hargrove Michael J. Troyanosky Marian B. Lorenz* Renee Hatcher Winifred A. Van Osten Elaine G. Terranova* Nicole S. Hill Marlene Y. Walsh Theresa Euro Tsai Terinae Holland Carol Watkins * Designated for the Frank D. Moore Tran T. Huynh Richard Adam Welsch Poetry Prize Shu K. Ide Mary A. White Angela L. James-Wesley Yvonne Whittington Capital Campaign–General Totsie Jenerette Cindy Wild Econsult Corporation Lauren John Migdalia Willis Stephen P. Mullin Belinda M. Johnson Lynn Woo Margaret Kamara Capital Campaign–Main Campus Fatoumata Keita The Sambol Family Foundation Kimberly Kelsey Restricted Gifts Gary K. Sambol Jahmel Kendall Tenita Knotts African-American Men’s Book Club Chemistry Award Dorothea Landham National Basketball Association Marianne T. Flanagan Claire A. Lane NBA Retired Players Association Valerie Lanzetta The Philadelphia 76ers, LP Class Gift Fund Beverly D. Thomas Layton Sonny Hill Community Involvement League, Inc. Dereck Andrews Dana LuCona Anonymous (2) Charles Lundy, IV Dr. Edward Anderson Scholarship Arlean Bagley Hung C. Luu American FoodService Charitable Trust Saundra Bailey Marita V. Martin Rich and Ann Downs Sarah Barber Cathy-Ann A. Maynard Brenda Behlin Jacqueline McKinney Athletic Department Fund Sheila D. Bell Iliana Mendez Roman Catholic High School John Bey, Jr. Vanessa A. Mercer Jeremiah White Takita Bland Deneen Miller Francella Wright Bogle Bruce Montague Ayla & Abby Emergency Fund Roberta Denise Brown Marisol Morales Anonymous Felisha S. Bryant Nate L. Morman Linda B. Buck Keith A. Moye Louis Bank Education Award Sandra Butler Faraasat Muhammad Ari B. Bank Chanel Campbell Kenichia Munroe Richard and Francine Bank CCP Catalyst Linda Johnson Nelson Kathleen B. Quinn CCP Christian Women’s Alliance Elizabeth Otero CCP Community Involvement Club Safi M. Parker Behavioral Health/Human Service CCP Justice Student Association Velta G. Peters Award CCP Mommy Club Maud Petit-Frere BHHS Faculty CCP Paralegal Student Association Michelle Pickron Christine L. Coppa Yeliz Celep Saineh Poneys Elise Freed Fagan Evelyn Cintron Tiffany L. Price Dr. Terrilyn Hickman, LCSW Pamela Crawford Bang L. Quang Albert J. Meyer Natasha Daniels Susan C. Reiber Pascal Scoles Warren Davis Nelida Rivera Sari Ann Trachtenberg David Dawson LaVerne Roberts David M. Ishizaki Priscilla G. Debleye Aram L. Terzian

16 Rhonda Scales Donald C. Weinberg ESL Graduation Award Barbara Sharpe-Lathem Regina Wertheimer Paul D. Bolleddu Nakia Sims Eve A. West Lyn Buchheit Alesha R. Smith Dot M. French Tamika Smith Dennis Daley Memorial Fund Patricia A. Hecht Samai Somdasack Kelly A. Unger Suzanne A. Kalbach Donald X. Taylor, Jr. Patricia Kelly Sandra Taylor Dental Assisting/Hygiene Fund Jane C. Lamotte Edlyne Verna Denise Kravitz Ely Marquez Darlene A. Walker Donna M. Nigro Joan L. Monroe Timia Walker Regina Wertheimer Girija Nagaswami Yan X. Zhao Henrietta Patrick Diane and George Davis Endowment Sheila R. Pearl College Scholarship for Academic Diane and George Davis Louise H. Perry Excellence Jamie Picardy and Will Tilton Larry Bailis Diagnostic Medical Imaging Fund Huizhen Ren Fay E. Beauchamp Richard and Nancy Lemke Pairat W. Sethbhakdi Mildred Lane Berg Kelly A Unger Betsy J. Shiland Jeffrey Berger Ann M. Silverman Alfred G. Brown Early Childhood Faculty Award of Susan Tobia Helen C. Brown Excellence Theresa Euro Tsai Anthony F. Bruno Mildred Lane Berg Eve A. West John R. Caleb Janice Saldan Martin Yun S. Yoo Joanne S. Darken Barbara Pressman Judy and Len Davidson Amy Saia Florence Fishman Humanitarian Award Arnold DiBlasi Kathleen P. Watkins John W. Braxton Cindy Dorfman John P. Willette Bernice Burley Grace A. Flisser Barbara A. Wilson John R. Caleb Thomas R. Hawk Gail M. Chaskes Joseph and Pamela Howard Emergency Book Fund Dot M. French Donald E. Jones Anonymous Lilla Hudoba Suzanne A. Kalbach Mildred Lane Berg Carol B. Kreitchet David H. Katz Kurt Boener Madeline Marcotte Dorothy R. Koteski Dr. Addie J. Butler Charles B. McGinley Susan Lane Mary Anne Celenza Diane Messer Dea Mallin Ivory C. Coleman Joan L. Monroe Richard McCracken Catherine M. Collins Barry S. Perlman Robert C. Melucci Edward Ebner Patricia Reed Margaret A. Niven Jane M. Grosset Judith C. Richards Tom Ott James B. Johnson Brenda Sherman Larry T. Parr Suzanne A. Kalbach Susan Tobia Sheila R. Pearl Arlene Kline Mary W. Yannuzzi Susan Peterson Sonya L. Lott-Harrison Yun S. Yoo Patricia Reed MaryAnn Dawson-Lyons Jenny C. Rink Melanie Morningstar Theresa Vuong Flynn Memorial Noelia Rivera-Matos Karen R. Schermerhorn Scholarship Dr. Evelyn Bodek Rosen Theresa Euro Tsai Mildred Lane Berg Robert A. Rosenberg David Watters Mr. and Mrs. Chinh V. Dinh Judith L. Rossman Mary W. Yannuzzi Lucius Durant, Jr. Karen R. Schermerhorn Desmond F. Flynn Alain G. Schremmer Max Eirich/ESS Outstanding Frances and Noel Flynn Evan Seymour Achievement Award Kathryn A. Flynn Henry C. Swezey H. Brent Blundin Robin Krefetz Lorraine Threadgill Kathleen V. Eirich Peggy G. Lazarus Charles H. Tremblay Harriet G. Fry, Ed.M. Stephanie Peklak Lezniak Anthony Wahner Anne Marie B. Keenan Theresa Euro Tsai

17 Wendy and Philip McTimoney Music Department Scholarship Pincus Family Foundation Scholarship Laura-Jane Pasternak Dr. John A. Dulik Fund Barbara Pressman Paul F. Klinefelter, III David N. Pincus Joyce M. Pullan Huizhen Ren Nursing Department Fund Roentgen Reserve Fund Amy Saia Janet J. Eisenberg, R.N. DMI Class of 2008 Lynn C. Schaaf Ingrid M. Fallon Cuc Tran April L. Frey Kal Rudman Scholarship Kathleen P. Watkins Moira F. (Canning) Kelly Kal & Lucille Rudman Foundation John P. Willette Joan A. Langan Dorothy Lange Scholarship for Human Services Genuardi Rebate Program Lois Lunsk Divento Family Genuardi’s Helen E. McCloskey Patricia Y. Goldentyer Lois M. Toeppe Hinda-Lea and Irwin Leventhal Goldschlager Future Teacher Award Susan Gorka Wisch William Love Marcia G. Epstein PMHCC, Inc. Orchestra Society of Philadelphia Pascal Scoles Kevin C. Harris Memorial Scholarship for Orchestra Society of Philadelphia, Inc. Art Majors Snyder Daitz & Co. Christina S. Harris Paralegal Studies Susan B. Wasserman Linda J. Hibbs Hispanic Leaders of the Future Dena Sukol and Zenon Iwasiw Leroy Skinner Scholarship Scholarship Jolyn E. Bauer John and Lydia Krzeminski Pathways International Student Travel SK Calkins Fund Robert W. Conrad Human Services Community Fund Barnes & Noble College Bookstores MaryAnn Dawson-Lyons Guardian Civic League, Inc. Charles and Daphne Herbert Julie Simmons Women Organized Against Rape Jamie Picardy and Will Tilton Leroy Skinner

Humanities International Fund Pearson Allyn & Bacon Excellence in Professor Donald G. Slavin Memorial Frank M. Gaydos Education Award Fund Carol S. Stein Pearson Allyn & Bacon Constance G. Jannotti Jerold H. Price Justice Majors Book Award Pearson Education Book Fund Janet D. Slavin CCP Justice Student Association Pearson Education Eugene H. and Elizabeth H. Yerkes

Learning Lab Special Project Almarin Phillips Memorial Fund Edith V. Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund Deborah A. Clark F. Peter Phillips and Elaine Bromka Judith A. Engle Anita Behrle Phillips Math Department Award Dorothy B. Phillips Helen Smolen Fund Gail M. Chaskes Jeanne Roberts Eleonora V. Chertok Photography Department William A. Clee Ted M. Herstein Spirit of Medical Assisting James P. Diskin Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Dot M. French Pincus Family Foundation Athletics Fund Daniel R. Jacobson David N. Pincus Judith Stark Endowment Gary Kimmelman Daniel and Judith Callard Arkady Kitover Pincus Family Foundation Athletic Florence Hernandez Elena Koublanova Emergency Fund Elaine G. Terranova Clark Loveridge David N. Pincus Suleyman Ozturk Student Scholarships Tom Rousseas Pincus Family Foundation Emergency Richard J. Dozor, M.D. David A. Santos Fund Maxine Elizabeth Epstein Robert Heritage Smith David N. Pincus The Philadelphia Foundation Eleanor Strauss Yun S. Yoo

18 Ryan L. Thorne Technical Achievement Thomas C. Rosica Larry Kane Award James F. Schrotz Keystone Mercy Health Plan Patricia S. Beach E.C. Sheeley, Ph.D. Dr. Edward Y. Kung Arlene Catlett Gail P. Williams John J. Lee Keith M. Cianfrani Alice J. Wood Marciene and Herman Mattleman James F. and Kim T. Jones National Electrical Contractors Association/IBEW Elisha Mark In Memory of Almarin Phillips Local 98 Royal Bay Mortgage Inc. Econsult Corporation Margaret A. Niven Barbara Thorne Stephen P. Mullin The Philadelphia Foundation Robert E. Thorne Linda W. Powell Robin S. Thorne In Memory of Marci Resnick Michael and Margaret Smith Elizabeth J. Cantafio Sharon A. Smith Wanamaker Scholars Program Verizon Foundation Wanamaker Institute of Industries Patricia M. Weigand IN HONOR OF GIFTS Gilbert A. Wetzel Matching Gift Companies Bill and Eileen Whiteside American FoodService Charitable Trust In Honor of Dr. Arlene P. Bennett CIGNA Louise H. Perry 2007 Set the Pace to Educate Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania ABM Janitorial Supplies CNA In Honor of Barbara Cohen Agoos/Lovera Architects IBM International Foundation The Marilyn and Mark Gushner Family Foundation Allied-Barton Security Services Motorola Foundation Alpha Office Furniture, Flooring & Supplies, Inc. The Philadelphia Foundation In Honor of Joseph L. Hanley Alstin Advertising PNC Bank Irene Hanley Amerimar Enterprises, Inc. The Vanguard Group Foundation Peggy J. Hansen-Braun and Michael J. Braun Barnes & Noble College Bookstores Verizon Foundation John K. Harwood Robert and Susan Biberman Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Sarah V. Murphree Binswanger and Company Melissa Hanley Murphy John W. Braxton Thomas C. Rosica Stephen M. Curtis James F. Schrotz Custom Flag & Banner Co. Special Gifts E.C. Sheeley, Ph.D. Delta Dental of Pennsylvania Gail P. Williams Electronic Risks Consultants Inc. MEMORIAL GIFTS Alice J. Wood Ellen W. Fernberger Fox Rothschild, LLP In Memory of Viola Boccuto-Scoles 2007 Pathways Breakfast Freedom Credit Union Divento Family A.G. Edwards Dot M. French Hinda-Lea and Irwin Leventhal Agoos/Lovera Architects Harmelin Media Pascal Scoles Alstin Advertising Heraeus Electro-Nite Co. Snyder Daitz & Co. Jolyn E. Bauer Wilma N. Hilliard Sari Ann Trachtenberg Beneficial Bank Samuel Hirsch Susan B. Wasserman Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania Independence Blue Cross Rhonda and David Cohen Johnson Controls In Memory of Donald E. Jones Stanley and Lita Cohen Kodak Dr. Addie J. Butler Suzanne D. Cohen Steven J. Lane Suzanne A. Kalbach Comcast Corporation Lindenmeyr Munroe Comhar, Inc. Patrick J. Lippincott In Memory of Charles I. Keelan, Sr. Stephen M. Curtis Marsh Catherine K. Blaine Drexel University Migu Press Incorporated The Glenmede Trust Company Nutro Products, Inc. In Memory of Frank D. Moore Paul A. Gluck Parente Randolph, LLC Irene Hanley Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Philip Rosenau Co., Inc. Peggy J. Hansen-Braun and Michael J. Braun The Mark and Marilyn Gushner Family Foundation David M. Preston Sarah V. Murphree Independence Blue Cross Margaret T. Stephens Melissa Hanley Murphy The Independence Foundation Craig Stock John K. Harwood Jacques Ferber, Inc. Dena Sukol and Zenon Iwasiw Marian B. Lorenz Mark E. Thompson Michael and Kathleen Van Stine

19 Carol Walck Independence Seaport Museum Dena Sukol Sandra L. Weiss Inn at Henderson’s Wharf Torresdale-Frankford Country Club Bill and Eileen Whiteside Lyvette Jones Trader Joe’s Catherine Wise Gail Kasper University of PA Museum of Archaelogy & Kelliann’s Bar & Grill Anthropology 2008 Online Auction Keswick Theatre Valley Green Inn Abbraccio Restaurant Kimmel Center Walnut Lane Golf Club Adventure Aquarium Lights of Liberty Water Works Restaurant Aerosoles Loews Philadelphia Hotel Waterloo Gardens American Helicopter Museum & Education Center Media Theatre for the Performing Arts White Dog Cafe Andre Richard Salon Mercer Museum Widener University/Philadelphia Speaker Series Angler Movement Arts Center Elise Morgan Winterthur Museum and Country Estate Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Mummers Museum World Affairs Council Arden Theatre National Museum of American Jewish History Xpedx Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia Nutro Products Yo Darkroom Karen Aumann O’Neal’s Irish Pub and Restaurant Banana Republic Opera Company of Philadelphia 2008 Golf Tournament Beau Monde Ovations Salon & Spa A E Litho Group Bed Bath & Beyond PA Academy of Fine Arts ABM Janitorial Supplies Bike Line PA General Store Agoos/Lovera Architects Bistro Cassis Pace One Restaurant Allied-Barton Security Services Brandywine Ballet Company Painted Bride Alstin Advertising Brandywine River Museum Paradies Shop at the Philadelphia International Airport Aramark Bristol Riverside Theatre Pathmark Barnes & Noble College Bookstores Charles Brogan Penne Restaurant and Wine Club Beneficial Bank Buckingham Valley Vineyards Philadelphia Art Alliance Catherine Blaine Bucksville House Philadelphia Canoe Club Burt Hill Camden Riversharks Philadelphia Chamber Music Society Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania Carolyn’s Murals and More Philadelphia Eagles CNA CCP Hospitality Technologies Program Philadelphia Fish & Co. Corporate Networking Inc. Cin Cin Philadelphia Kixx The Daniel Veloric Foundation Cinderella Studios Philadelphia Zoo Dell Computer Corporation City View Pizza Please Touch Museum Electronic Risks Consultants Inc. Patricia Conroy Porches on the Towpath Emerald Fixed Income Advisors Creed’s Seafood & Steaks Pure Bliss Wellness Center & Spa Fletcher Thompson Stephen M. Curtis Amy Ragsdale Design Fox Rothschild, LLP D’Angelo’s Ristorante Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Freedom Credit Union David J. Witchell at 25 South Reading Terminal Market Gallagher Benefit Services Delaware County Symphony Rittenhouse Hotel Gilbane Building Company Derek’s Rose Tattoo Cafe The Glenmede Trust Company Desmond Great Valley Sam Ash Music Stores Harmelin Media D’Ignazio’s Towne House Sande Webster Gallery Heraeus Electro-Nite Co. Dog Days Camp for Canines Savona Restaurant Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom Sesame Place Independence Blue Cross Rich and Ann Downs Jennifer Sheppard Johnson Controls Elfreth’s Alley Association Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel National Electrical Contractors Association/IBEW Embassy Suites Center City Spirit of Philadelphia Local 98 Eterna Bella Spa Spring Mountain Adventures National Stock Exchange Fairmount Framing Springfield Country Club Nortel Fante’s Kitchen Wares Shop Craig Stock O’Donnell & Naccarato, Inc. Flavor Saver, Inc. T. Frank McCall’s Parente Randolph, LLC Fork Restaurant Tee Time Golf Pass Philip Rosenau Co., Inc. Gertrude Hawk Chocolates The Dining Car The PMA Insurance Group Haddonfield Inn The Kyjen Company PMG Advisors, LLC Dean Hartung The Mann Center for the Performing Arts PNC Bank Healing Point The Prime Rib Schultz & Williams, Inc. Helium Comedy Club Mark Thompson Mark E. Thompson Holt’s Cigar Company Jeffrey Reed Incredibly Edible Delites Heidi Roland

20 Foundation Mini-Grant Programs Growing ideas and supporting the pursuit of scholarly works are part of the mission of the College Foundation. The Foundation Mini-Grant Program is a critical resource to meet these goals. Beginning with their first grants in 1996, the Foundation has awarded $280,841 to 123 projects led by full- time faculty, administrators and staff. More than $30,000 was provided in 2007–2008 to support 10 projects. They include:

African Diaspora Speakers Series Ardencie Hall-Karambé Bringing life to the African Diaspora experience through presentations from scholars, writers and educators, this speaker series also serves as a tool to introduce the new Liberal Arts – African Diaspora Studies Option. The program communicates to the College and the community-at-large a cutting edge, multidisciplinary field of study that allows students to explore different cultures.

Art and Justice Display and Presentation David Freeman and Kathleen M. Smith This mini-grant supported the opening reception and other related expenses for “Art for Justice,” a pair of art exhibits depicting relevant societal issues around matters of justice. Held during the Ninth Annual Law and Society Week, portraits of murder victims by various Philadelphia artists literally gave faces to the victims of lethal violence, who are most often learned about through objective news stories. The points of view of incarcerated individuals, particularly those serving life sentences in Pennsylvania prisons, were presented in the second exhibit.

Capstone: Geriatric Evidence-Based Practice Nursing Conference Daniel D. Cline and Carol Moriarity Expanding senior nursing students’ knowledge of evidence- based practice and geriatric care is the goal of this project. It will improve competence and skill with health care informatics, Portraits of murder victims, as part develop collaboration, communication and team building skills of ‘Art for Justice’ and hone their self-concept of the professional nurse. Students will research and critique literature on geriatric best practices to develop professional poster presentations.

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Student Attendance of a Professional Archaeology Conference Stanley Walling The ongoing development of professional archaeology as a nascent area of instruction at the College and as a field of employment were the motivation for participation in an annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology last March in Vancouver, British Columbia. Two Community College of Philadelphia students, who had previously participated in Reginald Nkesa Hagan Assistant Professor Stanley Walling’s summer field school in Belize, joined 3,000 archaeologists from the United States and “Son, nothing in life Canada to learn about projects taking place all over the world. is guaranteed, but an Discovering how data from the field is interpreted and presented education lays the and how archaeology is organized by academic institutions, foundation for hope and museums and professional archaeological firms were additional prosperity.” A wise father’s benefits for the students. words echo in his son’s ears many years after Enrichment of Creative Writing Program: Student Attendance at they were first spoken, AWP Conference thousands of miles from Kelly McQuain and Simone Zelitch Reginald Hagan’s Ghanaian Attendance at the Association for Writers and Writing Programs homeland in Western (AWP) convention in New York City last winter and the Africa. One of eight sons enrichment of the resources offered in the College’s Creative and an orphan before he Writing certificate program were underwritten by this mini-grant. came to the United States, Guided by two creative writing instructors, eight students, who Hagan is working toward a had completed most of the program’s requirements, participated master’s degree in Finance in an array of workshops, panels and readings. The convention and establishing his own brought them into contact with luminaries, including authors accounting firm. He will John Irving, Frank McCourt and Joyce Carol Oates. As part of complete his associate’s the project, students selected materials about the publication degree in Accounting at process and career and transfer opportunities for writers for use the College next spring as in future classes and the College’s Career and Transfer Center. the first step on his career Students shared what they have learned with the College path. “I aspire to use my community through a series of presentations and a weblog on knowledge and expertise to the program’s Web page. In addition, student participation in encourage and empower, as the convention increased the visibility of the College’s Creative well as to ignite the passion Writing certificate program on both the regional and national in others that burns in me.” levels.

Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) Certification for Nursing Faculty Carolyn Bartsch, Patricia Rexer, Ann Russo and Laureen Tavolaro-Ryley As the College continues to develop its role as a National League for Nursing Center of Excellence, nursing faculty will demonstrate their expertise in nursing education by obtaining CNE certification. The mission of the Academic Nurse Educator Certification program is to recognize excellence in the advanced specialty role of the academic nurse educator. Funding supported attendance of seven nursing faculty at a CNE review session in preparation for the certification exam.

22 Emerging Leader’s Summit Claudia F. Curry Last April, “A Leadership Development Program for Current and Emerging Leaders” brought together dozens of students with Emerging Leader’s Summit highly respected presenters in the field. The conference served as participants included (from a forum to exchange ideas centered on leadership as an inclusive left) SGA president-elect process that supports multiple viewpoints and empowers the Mary Anderson, keynote participants to succeed academically and professionally. The speaker Vernice Armour, summit highlight was a presentation entitled “Leading from the outgoing SGA president Front” by keynote speaker Vernice Armour, the nation’s first female Michael Akoto-Bamfo African-American combat pilot. The summit promoted the concept and outgoing SGA vice president Anna Hargrove of leadership as a principle that is centered upon values of self- knowledge, personal accountability, valuing others and integrity.

Academic Credit for Study Abroad: Geography and Environmental Conservation in Belize Chris DiCapua and Margaret Stephens The primary goal of this project is to expand opportunities for the College’s students and broaden their global and cultural horizons through a new study abroad credit program in Belize, Central America. Students will complete up to six academic credits, including predeparture orientation and instruction followed by an intensive 15-day experience at field stations of the Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in Belize.

Restoration of Mosaic Tile in Mint Building Craig Weintraub Continuing the preservation and restoration of the architecture of the former U.S. Mint Building that now serves as the center of the College’s Main Campus is the focus of this mini-grant. This project is one component of the Mint Building restoration project that the College has undertaken. This phase of the restoration focuses on restoring the main hallway and lobby of the Mint Building to their original splendor through the repair of the mosaic tile, installation of a replica clock in the Rotunda and replacement of a console bracket in the Rotunda.

Mosaic Tile in Mint Building

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Deliberative Polling Student Training Julie Gurner, Kathleen M. Smith and Nicole Vadino The primary thrust of this project is the preparation of students to act as moderators and facilitators for the community-wide deliberative poll on the issue of marriage that will take place this fall. Carnegie Mellon University, the College’s Center for Law and Society and three other institutions are co-sponsoring the poll that will look at statewide views on the issue of marriage. The Dawn Donaghy-Warren grant goal is to train 15–20 students to serve as moderators and facilitators for the poll and to develop two College faculty as project Helping children who have leaders. been through traumatic family experiences under- Frederick W. Capshaw Memorial Fund stand that they can become Former College president Dr. Frederick W. Capshaw spoke productive members of often of his vision of “a college that was academically excellent, society has been Dawn a community characterized by a welcoming and supportive Donaghy-Warren’s passion environment for students and employees, technological and a motivating goal in responsiveness and efficiency in offering education for a changing her career choice. Her own world.” The Frederick W. Capshaw Memorial Fund was established struggles in a dysfunctional to advance Dr. Capshaw’s vision of educational diversity at the family with mental illness, College in perpetuity. drug abuse and an absence of role models shaped her Diversifying International Education: Field Archaeology in Belize, goal to open a community developed and implemented by Stanley Walling, was funded by the center with on-site counsel- Capshaw Memorial Fund. The purpose of this project is to provide ing for at-risk children. At financial support for College students to participate in the Rio Bravo the College, Donaghy- Archaeology Field School in Belize, Central America. In addition Warren is working toward to expanding students’ intellectual horizons, the field school an associate’s degree in Be- experience provides an opportunity for these students to directly havioral Health and Human experience and contribute to the scientific process by assisting Services and plans to con- in testing archaeological hypotheses through field research. tinue her studies at Temple Connecting and sharing the field experience with students from University. “I will encourage a variety of backgrounds has the potential to substantially expand kids in my programs to do awareness and help students see themselves in a larger cultural the right things with their context. lives.”

24 Foundation Scholar In Memory of Almarin Phillips

Corporate Initiatives and Special Projects Fundraising Events

Major Donor Annual Recognition Event Major donors to the Annual Fund Campaign, College Trustees, Foundation Board Kimberly Fuller Members, faculty and employees of Community College of Philadelphia gathered A single plastic bag held at the Arden Theatre last June for a reception every single thing Kimberly and performance. During the reception, Fuller owned when she three students from the College described moved to Philadelphia Vice president for Academic the dramatic impact receiving scholarship at 42. Having survived funds had on their academic paths. Following Affairs Judy Gay, Ph.D. (left) and Foundation Board homelessness and the reception, guests enjoyed a production of addiction, Fuller’s immediate Thornton Wilder’s classic Our Town. member Stanley Cohen at the Arden Theatre goal was simply a better life. With no job, she dared President’s Leadership Breakfast not dream about attending On a late-spring morning, alumni joined College president, Stephen college. After five months M. Curtis, and members of the Office of Institutional Advancement of living in and volunteering for a President’s Leadership Breakfast. Guests learned about recent with a recovery program, institutional achievements and future plans and saw the College’s she was ready for the award-winning video. Alumnus Joseph T. Heard, ‘07, joined challenge. “I became excited student and Foundation Scholar Kimberly Fuller in describing the about my new life and opportunities they have experienced as a result of their studies at decided to go to college, the College. in spite of not having set foot in a classroom for over 20 years,” said Fuller. An associate’s degree in Behavioral Health and Human Services is the first step on her path to a master’s degree in the field. “I have two children and two grandchildren, and I want to inspire them to reach for the top, no matter what the circumstances and who their critics may be.”

From left, Kimberly Fuller; Harold Burnett; Karon Kanze; Joseph Heard, III; Dotty Hillman; Larry Farmbry; Joseph Heard; and President Stephen M. Curtis

25 Foundation Scholar In Memory of Almarin Phillips

Wanamaker Scholars Program The Wanamaker Scholars Program, which last year celebrated its seventh anniversary as a partnership between the College and the Wanamaker Institute of Wanamaker Program graduating class of pharmacy technicians Industries, has served more than 500 Richard Potter unemployed and underemployed City residents. The program provides free After running away from a education and training to eligible Philadelphians. Last year, some 82 family where alcoholism students completed training to become pharmacy technicians, nurse and abuse were all too aides, medical billing and coding specialists and phlebotomists. present and dropping out A partnership with the Philadelphia Workforce Development of school in the eleventh Corporation helps participants in the program secure employment grade, Richard Potter after completion of the training. traveled the debilitating road to substance abuse he Wanamaker Spotlight: Shaniece McGriff originally tried to escape. Forced to drop out of Community College of Philadelphia when When an injury derailed she first enrolled due to a high-risk pregnancy, his work in the field of Shaniece McGriff found herself underemployed maintenance, Potter was and uninspired. Now the mother of a four- encouraged to rethink his year-old son, McGriff was looking for a secure career to avoid physical career when she learned about the College’s labor. Now, with more than Phlebotomy training and the Wanamaker 14 years of sobriety, the Scholars Program. McGriff’s monthly income single father of a 17-year-old rose from $700 to as much as $2,000 after son is studying Facilities she completed the program and was hired Management, which he at the Methodist Hospital division of Thomas finds both interesting and Jefferson University Hospital. After two months rewarding. “No matter of employment, both patients and other health how much I knew, every care professionals regularly request McGriff day it seems like I learn Shaniece McGriff when they need blood drawn. “The challenge of something more.” finding a vein is fun – especially when I’m told it can’t be done,” said McGriff.

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Foundation Legacy Circle

Planned gifts continued to play a growing role in ensuring that future generations of students will find opportunities in post-secondary education at Community College of Philadelphia. From outright gifts of cash or assets and bequests to endowed gifts, planned gifts are recognized on the Foundation’s Wall of Remembrance:

40th Anniversary Endowment Daniel & Ethel D. Marrits Wei Hou Anonymous (five) Minority Education Initiative Philip J. Antonucci One Book Endowment The enormous hurdle of Jacob & Gertrude Arronson Pathways International Student learning English – especially Edmund N. Bacon Travel Endowment medical terminology Ruth Holmes Bacon Pearson Education Book Fund – and the profound Jacquelyn Bader Susan Piergallini financial challenges that Sandra Lynn Barnett Piscopo Family face international students Dr. Allen T. Bonnell Sylvia Hayre Randolph have not diminished the Audrey Buck Anne P. Ritter memories that drive Wei Dr. Frederick W. Capshaw R.D. Robertson Hou. Patients suffering and Center for Law & Society Edward B. Rosenberg in misery in the Chinese Hal Lane Chesler Scholarship for Human Services hospital where her parents Madeline L. Cohen Endowment were doctors left her feeling Nancy Colbaugh Thomas R. Scott “heavy with sorrow and College Scholarship for Muriel Shapp sympathy.” These memories Academic Excellence Isadore A. Shrager regularly drive her to work Margaret Collins Professor Donald G. Slavin 20 hours on essays that Deborah Cooper Tracey E. Smith might take a native English Cox-Shafter Chemistry Fund Florence P. Stark speaker two hours. They are Dr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Curtis Judith Stark Endowment motivating Hou to complete Diane & George Davis Mirele & Melvin Steinig all the prerequisites for a Richard S. Downs Temple University Nursing Alumni career in health care and her Eastman Kodak Company Association transfer to Thomas Jefferson Kathryn J. Engebretson Wachovia University. Frankford Day Nursery Doris Weiss Fund Teresa F. Glazier William Penn Foundation Haas Charitable Trusts Nochem S. Winnet Independence Foundation Sandra E. Klein Edith & Harold E. Kohn Donald Koltiska Thomas W. Langfitt, Jr. Thomas W. Langfitt, M.D. Lavine Foundation Eugene Lipowitz

27 Grant Funding

Each year, the College is awarded upwards of $6 million in grant funding. The importance of those dollars, and the partnerships they represent, cannot be overstated. Through relationships with federal, state, local, private and corporate funding sources, Community College of Philadelphia is able to serve countless students with an extraordinary range of highly innovative programs.

From increasing the number of nurses with geriatric specialties and helping students with significant barriers succeed in college to providing child care stipends for single parent-students, grant-funded programs are vital to maintaining true accessibility at the College. Below are highlights of three of the 44 grants received in 2007–2008.

TRIO Upward Bound U.S. Department of Education

The College’s third TRIO Upward Bound grant, this program annually provides 60 eligible high school students with the academic skills and motivation necessary for persistence and completion of secondary and post-secondary education. The College partners with five high schools in the School District of Philadelphia to deliver supplemental Students (from left) Alicia Brennan, Melissa Alaimo, Thomas Conroy, instruction, tutoring, counseling and transition programs. Jeremy Prouty and (seated) Pericles Niarchos at the Trojan Horse Undergraduate Study in Turkey Institute for Turkish Studies

The Institute of Turkish Studies funded a two-week summer study abroad experience in Turkey for five students. Goals for the program included enhancing students’ understanding of the culture and civilization of the Middle East and working cooperatively with Turkish and Turkish-American institutions to promote understanding and friendship among Turkish and American citizens. Students and their teachers experienced a number of diverse communities and historic sites in Istanbul and the north coast of the Anatolian Peninsula, including the Hippodrome in Istanbul and the Trojan Horse in Troy.

Annenberg Classroom Constitution Project Annenberg Foundation at Sunnylands ESL student Vilma Mamani, originally from Peru, during a field From lands as diverse as Russia, Haiti, Columbia and Morocco, trip to the National Constitution students came together in the Annenberg Classroom Constitution Center project, which incorporated civics education and understanding of democratic institutions into English as a Second Language (ESL) curricula. Students improved their English skills while learning the historical and political events that contributed to the formation of the United States, as well as learning the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and civic participation.

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Federal Government

National Institutes of Health Bridges to the Baccalaureate/Temple University Bridges to the Baccalaureate/Research Models for Change

National Science Foundation Alliance for Minority Participation for the Greater Philadelphia Region (AMP Phase III) Carl Laguerre

U.S. Department of Education Carl Laguerre left Haiti African Studies – where fewer than 10 Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) percent of high school Tech Prep Demonstration Project graduates are able to attend Title III Strengthening Institutions college – to study nursing TRIO Student Support Services with a dream and a plan. He TRIO Upward Bound could not have anticipated the death of his sponsor’s U.S. Department of Health and Human Services husband just a month after Scholarships (Nursing) for Disadvantaged Students arriving in the United States. His sponsor’s diminishing health and the loss of one State of her jobs further impacted Laguerre, who may not seek Pennsylvania Department of Education employment based on his Act Now/Act 101 status as an international Adult Basic Education and Literacy Education (ABLE) student. He continues to New Choices/New Options persevere, was accepted Perkins Post-secondary Local Plan in the College’s Nursing Tech Prep Partnership program, expects to earn a Ph.D. and ultimately to Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare teach. “I remain determined Keystone Education Yields Success (KEYS) because I believe that education is the best way someone can be helpful to Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency himself, his family and his Workforce Advancement Grant for Education (WAGE) community.”

Local

City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services Achieving Independence Center Computer Literacy Program

Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation Articulated Collegiate Nursing Career Ladder PRAXIS Workshops for Teacher Certification Program Wanamaker Program Coordinator

School District of Philadelphia Dual Enrollment Program

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Foundation

The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands Annenberg Classroom Constitution Project

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Gateway to College

Kwok Li The Heinz Endowments Achieving the Dream Implementation Grant With two children studying at Penn State University Independence Foundation and his own dream of Independence Foundation Community Nursing Interns becoming a computer Updating the NNCC Wellness Center Data Collection Tool, Enhancing specialist, Hong Kong Geriatric Care in the Community, and Providing Health Promotion/ native Kwok Li recognized Disease Prevention Services in the 19130 Zip Code that earning a post- secondary degree is Institute of Turkish Studies essential to providing for Undergraduate Study in Turkey Grant his family. The difficulties of maintaining a household The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation and paying for three Jack Kent Cooke Community College Transfer Program tuitions motivated Li’s wife to return to Hong Kong to The John A. Hartford Foundation work there temporarily, Fostering Geriatrics in Associate Degree Nursing Education despite the pain of separation. Li expects Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation to follow in his children’s Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award footsteps at Penn Sate University after he Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation completes his associate’s Terri Lynne Lokoff Scholarships degree in Computer Information Systems at Pennsylvania Higher Education Foundation (PHEF) the College. Working Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Scholarship for Disadvantaged Students part time and carrying PHEF Nursing Education Grant a 13-credit semester while maintaining a 4.0 Turkish Cultural Foundation cumulative grade point Turkish Cultural Foundation Grant average have been manageable, though he Wanamaker Institute of Industries is keenly aware of the Wanamaker Scholars Program sacrifices made to attain his goals. “I believe my academic advancement can benefit my whole Corporate family.” Independence Blue Cross (IBC) IBC Nursing Education Grant

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Other

Collegiate Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development, Inc. VA Program

Philadelphia Job Corps Life Science Institute Advanced Career Training (ACT)/Off-Center Training (OCT) Program

Turkish American Friendship Society of the United States Gilbert Perez Turkey 2008 Traveling a perilous path Turkish Coalition of America from addiction to recovery Turkish Workshop motivated Gilbert Perez’ first academic steps 37 University of Pennsylvania years after dropping out of Pipeline for Promise high school. The youngest of six children, Perez was dealing with addiction by age 17. Factory work and Gifts to the College homelessness led Perez to treatment in several • Abbott Diagnostics donated an Abbott AxSym Immunology Analyzer to programs and, once he the College’s Clinical Laboratory Department. was clean and sober, volunteering to help other • Bernice Alexander, an employee of the College, donated artwork to the addicts. Earning an A.A.S. College consisting of one watercolor by Frank Galuszka, three prints by degree in Behavioral Health Itzak Sandusky and two Japanese prints. and Human Services will allow him to work toward • Bernie Cleff, a friend of the College, donated a Fuji Film 4900z digital bachelor’s and master’s camera and related equipment to the College’s Photographic Imaging degrees. “Entering College department. was initially overwhelming, but with the help of • Pat Kenschaft, a friend of the College, donated a book to the College wonderful teachers and the titled Math Power: How to Help Your Child Love Math Even If You Don’t. motivation to succeed, I earned my GED, developed • Brad Mills, a friend of the College, donated two Minolta 35 mm film new skills and a whole new cameras, an extra lens, bag and filters to the College’s Photographic world opened up to me Imaging department. intellectually.” • Donald Scott, Sr., assistant professor of English at the College, donated a book he wrote to the College library, entitled: Camp William Penn (Images of America Series).

• Strategic Transitions, Inc. donated a complimentary copy of WordQ and SpeakQ software to the College’s Center on Disability.

• The Theatre Communications Group donated to the College a box set containing hardcover editions of ten plays titled “The August Wilson Century Cycle.” The donation was made possible by a grant from The Heinz Endowments.

31 Foundation Scholars: Our Paths Expanding Possibilities: The Campaign for Community College of Philadelphia

As demand for high-quality, accessible post-secondary education has grown exponentially, the College has developed ambitious plans to meet those needs. To assist the College, the Foundation has launched its first-ever capital campaign, Expanding Possibilities. The Foundation is seeking $10 million in public and private support to meet the $85 million cost of expanding facilities and programs at the College’s Main Campus and Northeast Regional Center. Kirston Ransom The Main Campus expansion includes the creation of a new Kirston Ransom, the Pavilion building to house the College’s Culinary Arts and Hospitality daughter and niece of Management programs, Welcome Center, student and staff dining, Community College of an expanded bookstore, and seminar and meeting rooms. Renovated Philadelphia alumnae, space in the existing Mint and Bonnell buildings will provide space remembers the questions to house a one-stop Student Services Center, consolidating all of that plagued her as she the College’s enrollment services. The Northeast Regional Center planned to return to expansion project will double the size of the current center and allow school. “Who will watch the College to offer a wider set of course offerings and more degree my children? How can I program opportunities. juggle my work and school schedules simultaneously? Below, major donors, Sandra E. Klein and Richard Downs, describe their Am I smart enough?” But, motivations for supporting the campaign. once she committed to her path and to the pursuit of her plans to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees Why I’m Walking This Path—Sandra E. Klein in Nursing, “everything The first faculty member to give a major donation to the Foundation’s fell into place.” With 19 capital campaign started teaching at Community College of Philadelphia credits earned toward in 1968. Sandra E. Klein began her tenure at the College in the former her associate’s degree Snellenberg Department Store, which had been transformed into the in Culture, Science and College’s first campus. Over the ensuing Technology, Ransom, 40 years of instruction in the Office of who has been a certified Administration curriculum, she worked with nurse aide for more than a thousands of “ESL students, and those with decade, has maintained a disabilities and academic challenges, as well 4.0 cumulative grade point as those who just needed a kind word, and average. ultimately, a good job.”

The decision to make a significant gift in support of the Faculty and Staff Dining Room in the new Pavilion Building “fits like a glove.” The recent retiree and her husband, Burton Klein, frequently enjoy dining out together, along with indulging their other Sandra E. and Burton Klein passion–travel. While the Kleins originally planned to leave a bequest for the College, they chose to make their gift while they could enjoy the results of their contribution. “I would say to other retirees, faculty and administrators who are considering giving to the capital campaign, ‘if you love and have enjoyed the College, you must want to give back.’”

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Why I’m Walking This Path—Richard Downs

When his guidance counselor at John Bartram High School suggested Rich Downs join the Army in 1965, the Philadelphia native took the advice, but applied to Temple University, Penn State and Drexel just to see if he would gain entry. All three denied Downs admission and, while waiting for activation in the service, he Michelle Rodgers got a job working at Acme. The chance passing of a promotional banner announcing the One of the first important opening of Community College of Philadelphia lessons Michelle Rodgers at 11th and Chestnut streets “changed my life,” learned in the halls of says Downs. “I went from college rejection Community College of letters to studying with some of the most Philadelphia, some 20 inspiring teachers I could ever have hoped to years after graduating meet.” In fact, Downs established a scholarship from high school, is that “it is never too late to endowment named for his mentor at the Rich Downs College, Dr. Edward Anderson. start something new.” Studying nursing fulfills a After graduating with an A.A.S. in General Business, Downs went to number of dreams in her Drexel for a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, completed his life – from accomplishing MBA in Finance and passed the certified public accounting exam at a childhood goal, securing Temple. Downs’ path moved from staff accountant at Price Waterhouse a decent paying job to & Company, then onto chief financial officer and board vice chairman at help sustain her family American Foodservice Corporation. Today, Downs serves as a member of and helping “people heal the Community College of Philadelphia Foundation Board. physically, mentally and spiritually.” After completing “Among other things, my experience taught me that two-year colleges her prerequisites at the everywhere are the best opportunity for people to elevate their lives College and going on to – for themselves and their families. There are no comparable institutions earn a bachelor’s degree, or organizations that consistently allow folks in nearly every financial Rodgers plans to complete circumstance or academic history the chance to take a new avenue a master’s degree in or grow significantly on the path they’ve chosen,” says Downs. “It’s a Nursing Administration or hand up – not a hand out.” Rich is supporting the College’s first capital work as a registered nurse campaign by making a leadership gift and serving on the College’s practitioner. campaign steering committee.

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