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2012-2013 ANNUAL REPORT CHANGING LIVES MAKING INDIANA GREAT IVY TECH FOUNDATION MISSION We partner with donors to invest in Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana students, faculty, and programs to build stronger communities and a better Indiana. IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE MISSION Ivy Tech Community College prepares Indiana residents to learn, live, and work in a diverse and globally competitive environment by delivering professional, technical, transfer, and lifelong education. Through its affordable, open-access education and training programs, the College enhances the development of Indiana’s citizens and communities and strengthens its economy. VISION Changing Lives Making Indiana Great CORE VALUES WE VALUE, RESPECT, AND PROMOTE... • Excellence • Integrity • A student-centered environment • Community engagement • A faculty/staff-focused environment • Innovation • Diversity 50 YEARS OF CHANGING LIVES: MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR DONORS Ivy Tech Community College has a complex mission that impacts a wide variety of stakeholders. Nevertheless, our primary focus remains the same as it was when the College was founded in 1963: enabling our students to succeed, thereby giving our employers access to a world-class workforce. Our 50th anniversary provides us with perspective not only on the importance of this work, but the degree to which it has been enabled by the partners who help make this work possible. And of all these partners, one stands out as especially critical to our success: our donors. Thanks to those who give to Ivy Tech Foundation, we continue to serve more students each year, equip our facilities consistent with the 21st century working environment, and attract the talented faculty and staff members who make Ivy Tech such a unique institution. We simply could not do it without you. After all, it is you, our donors, who have made Ivy Tech the largest college in Indiana. It is you who have helped us become a model for other community colleges nationwide. Most importantly, it is you who have given our students access to the education they need to reach their goals. Every time a graduate receives an Ivy Tech diploma, our donors are there in spirit, as part of the celebration. We are grateful, therefore, for your past support—and eager to invite you to be part of Ivy Tech’s future as well. As we continue to Change Lives, our need for your partnership remains. We assure you it’s one of the best investments we will ever make, paying dividends for decades to come. Thank you! Sincerely, John M. Murphy Philip B. Roby, Chairperson President, Ivy Tech Foundation Ivy Tech Foundation Board of Directors Sr. Vice President, Ivy Tech Community College MAKING A lasting impact IN THEIR community THROUGH A PLANNED GIFT, FRED AND MARY POWERS’ LEGACY LIVES ON Planned giving donations are a critical source of funding for Ivy Tech “Both of my parents were Community College. Last year, Ivy Tech received approximately very pleased when Ivy Tech $3.8 million in planned gifts. These dollars are used to provide came to Richmond,” Johnson scholarships, improve or build facilities, and support numerous says, “and—of course— academic programs. deeply satisfied to see it respond with vocational That’s the avenue Fred and Mary Powers chose when considering training aligned with the how they could best support Ivy Tech. The couple made a planned educational needs of the gift to support scholarships for students in the College’s technology people and businesses in trades programs. eastern Indiana.” The couple cared deeply for the community they called home. The Fred passed away in 1993, Powerses lived most of their lives in the Richmond area, where followed by Mary in 2011. It Fred made a career as owner of Power House Restaurants and in John Powers and Sarah Johnson are was important to them and farming. He also served on the Wayne County Council for over 30 ensuring that their family has a positive their family members that years. Mary became a role model to those around her, building a impact on Ivy Tech Community College their legacy of charitable for generations to come. reputation of strength and grace. She donated resources to several giving and commitment to Wayne County organizations. their community live on. Accordingly, the Powerses established a “They were interested in a vibrant and vital business community, planned giving fund to support Ivy Tech long into the future. a strong educational system that focused both on academic Those dollars will benefit countless students—possibly even the preparation and vocational training, and a strong community next generation of the Powers family. John Powers, Fred’s that provided people with job opportunities and a good standard youngest son, says that makes the family even greater advocates of living,” reflects Sarah Johnson, Fred’s daughter and for the College. Mary’s stepdaughter. “From computer classes to refrigeration repair, several Powers Because they grew up in the Great Depression, the Powerses also descendants have received educational training at Ivy Tech,” he closely watched the financial well-being of the local economy. Fred, says. “Fred and Mary’s granddaughter received her associate of in particular, was interested in bringing vocational training to Wayne applied science from the College, and their great-granddaughter County to give area students access to a better education and, in is enrolled in the dual credit program, completing some English turn, better employment prospects. He got his wish when Ivy Tech courses while in high school. These are the kinds of opportunities chose to locate a facility in Richmond. Ivy Tech can and does provide to this community. My parents would have been so proud to be part of that.” 2 0 1 2 . 2 0 1 3 HONOR ROLL | IVY TECH FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT Listed below are donors who have made gifts or pledges to Ivy Tech Foundation for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. We extend our sincerest thanks to all of our donors for giving to Ivy Tech Foundation. Their generosity has the power to Change Lives and Make Indiana Great. City of Crawfordsville 1/3 Henry County Commissioners 1/1 National Science Foundation 5/5 CHANCELLOR’s—DiamonD Milt and Jean Cole 3/3 Henry County Memorial Hospital NHK Seating of America 1/1 GIFTS OF $100,000 OR MORE Community Education Coalition 6/9 Foundation 9/9 Nina Mason Pulliam Community Foundation of John A. Hillenbrand Charitable Trust 12/12 Ball Brothers Foundation 5/9 Howard County 5/10 Foundation, Inc. 2/4 Oerlikon Fairfield Manufacturing Batesville Tool & Die, Inc. 1/7 Danny and Patty Danielson 1/9 Vernon Kaspar 1/2 Company, Inc. 1/5 William and Jean Beard 1/1 Deaconess Health System 3/11 Kirby Risk Corporation 10/16 Old National Bank 2/17 Robert and Terry Bowen 1/10 Donaldson Foundation 1/10 Koch Foundation Inc. 2/19 Old National Bank 1/1 Cecil A and Mabel Lene Hamman Kim and Susan Drackett 1/1 LEP Fontana Special Fasteners 1/1 David and Anne Shane 6/7 Foundation Inc 1/1 Dukes Health Care Foundation of Lilly Endowment, Inc. 1/13 St. Mary’s Medical Center 2/12 Citizens Advisory Commission for Miami County, Inc. 1/4 Lumina Foundation for Education 7/9 St. Vincent Frankfort Hospital 1/1 Industrial Development 1/1 Duke Energy Foundation, Inc. 4/25 Morgan County Board of Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. 1/7 4 City of Batesville 1/2 Franklin Development Corporation 1/1 Commissioners 1/1 The Farmers Bank 1/1 COOKING UP SOMETHING GREAT KEN LICKLIDER MAKES PERU CULINARY LAB A REALITY The hospitality industry is the largest private sector employer in the U.S., offering exciting, fulfilling career options for those who have a passion for food and service. Thanks to a generous donation, Ivy Tech Community College students in Peru can now start their career close to home. Ken Licklider, owner of Vohne Liche Kennels, was among those who had the foresight to understand the potential in a renovation at the Peru Ivy Tech site. The College had planned to turn the kitchen into a culinary arts lab and classroom, but more funding was needed. That’s when Licklider stepped up with a gift of nearly $75,000. “That gave us the final nudge,” says Ivy Tech Kokomo Region Thanks to Ken Licklider and his children; Kasey, Taylor and Clara, Chancellor Steve Daily. “This is going to be a very popular Ivy Tech Peru recently opened a new culinary lab. program that will grow rapidly.” The new lab offers credit courses and short-term, non-credit served a variety of agencies, including the Pentagon police, U.S. courses. Students who enroll in credit classes can earn a State Department, U.S. Army and more than 500 civilian and culinarian certificate that can get them started on a Culinary police agencies. Arts degree. “Ken knows firsthand the value of having the best learning Licklider and his family cut the ribbon at an event celebrating the environment,” Chancellor Daily states. “Choosing to create a lab’s opening. He says the gift to Ivy Tech was made in the spirit state-of-the-art lab at the College proves that commitment. Not of giving back to a community that has given him so much. only will this benefit students in Miami County but also others in “The community has been very supportive of us,” Licklider says. the region who have an interest in culinary classes.” “We have enjoyed growing our business right here in Miami Jim Tidd, executive director of Economic Development in Miami County and had much success. We’ve kind of been sitting back County, was instrumental in facilitating the gift.