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| Institutional Advancement News & Events |
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| Stars for Scholars |
| Spring 2008 |
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| Aquinas College Peter M. Wege Pro-Am |
| Spring 2008 |
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If you love the game of golf, there is an exciting new event on May 19 you won’t want to miss! The Aquinas College Alumni Association and the Aquinas Fund are collaborating to present the premier Aquinas College Peter M. Wege Pro-Am event at Blythefield Country Club.
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| Fundraising Specialist Greg Meyer Joins the Office of Institutional Advancement |
| March 1, 2008 |
| Aquinas College is pleased to announced that fundraising specialist and Grand Rapids-native Greg Meyer joined the College staff on March 1 as Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement. >>More |
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| Scholarship Reception |
| November 8, 2007 |
| The 2007 Scholarship Reception was held on Thursday evening, November 8. Over 160 guests including private scholarship benefactors, students, families, faculty and staff packed the Wege ballroom for dinner and good conversation. >>More Information & Photo Gallery |
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| Vice President for Advancement Named |
| Fall 2007 |
| Aquinas College has selected a local attorney specializing in business and sports/entertainment law as its next vice president of Institutional Advancement. President Ed Balog announced today that Greg McAleenan of East Grand Rapids will lead advancement efforts on behalf of the College, starting November 1.
McAleenan, a practicing attorney since 1983, is a majority owner of Impact Management Company, LLC, a company that specializes in representing professional athletes and handling sports marketing. Capitalizing on his legal background, he handled playing contracts between athletes and prospective teams and developed sports marketing opportunities for players as well as businesses seeking sports-minded clients. Among his clients have been local professional baseball players, Chad Curtis and Brent Gates, the West Michigan Whitecaps, Texaco/Shell and Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
A native of East Grand Rapids, McAleenan graduated with honors from Williams College in Massachusetts and the University of Michigan Law School.
McAleenan will replace Mary Alice Williams who has served as interim director of Institutional Advancement since January. |
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| Alumna Bissot ’50 Bequest Creates New Scholarship |
| Fall 2007 |
| Aquinas students pursuing studies in math or science who are in need
of financial aid will find a new scholarship opportunity available to them.
Barbara A. Bissot, a 1950 Aquinas graduate, passed away in Mt. Pleasant,
Michigan in May. She left a bequest to the College, stipulating the money be
used to aid students with interests in science or math. After receiving her
B.A. degree from Aquinas, Bissot went on to earn an M.A. and Ph.D. from
the University of Michigan. She taught in the Grand Rapids Public Schools,
a Department of Defense school in Germany and at Central Michigan
University. Currently, about 90 percent of all Aquinas students receive some
type of financial aid to attend Aquinas. |
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| Aquinas Fund: The Wonderful Life at Aquinas! |
| Fall 2007 |
| Most people are familiar with the classic movie
"It’s a Wonderful Life" in which George Bailey learns
through adversity that his life really does have
meaning. With George, we see the impact one
person can have on others. Aquinas alumni are the
George Baileys of communities across the nation
– men and women who work hard to make a
difference. They are business executives, educators,
medical doctors, scientists, communications
specialists, business owners, coaches, artists,
attorneys and nurses, to name a few. They are
you! Pause for a moment and think of the people,
professors and other students, who made your
experience worthwhile. Think of how you tried to
juggle a job (or two) with your studies and perhaps
an active social life as well! Current students face
similar challenges, yet they know that an Aquinas
education will make all the difference, so most
work hard to finish. Historically, even a full-pay
student at Aquinas covers only about 60 percent of
the actual cost of that education. So where does
the rest come from? Alumni play a vital role in the
financial support of the College and in particular the
support of student scholarships. Please continue to
support the Aquinas Fund, which raised nearly $1.8
million this past fiscal year. You are already making
a difference in your family, at work and in the
community. Make a difference here at Aquinas by
contributing to the Aquinas Fund. Contributions are
easy to make online or
call Cecilia A. Cunningham, Director of the Aquinas
Fund at (616) 632-2816. |
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