Giving Highlights

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Giving Highlights

University alumni and friends donated $4.5 million during the 2023 giving year. These are just some of the many notable gifts to the 淫性视频 Foundation this past year:

淫性视频鈥檚 Annual Giving Day Sets Records

The 淫性视频 Foundation鈥檚 fifth annual giving day drew record participation and raised more than $150,000 for students and University programs.

Ospreys Give kicked off Oct. 12, 2022, and generated gifts from 915 donors, surpassing the goal of 750.

鈥淭he ever-increasing level of support for 淫性视频 and the Foundation continues to be inspiring,鈥 Dan Nugent, vice president for University Advancement and executive director of the 淫性视频 Foundation, said. 鈥淲e are absolutely thrilled and grateful for the incredible outpouring of support from alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff and friends from southern New Jersey and across the country.鈥

A group of students in front of balloons spelling out "Ospreys Give"
Ospreys Give included fun events for students, faculty, staff and alumni to enjoy and mingle.

The theme for the day was Give for Good, and funds were raised for initiatives focusing on student success, equity, wellness, emerging needs and the environment. Donors selected from more than 100 individual causes to provide support, ranging from scholarships to emergency relief funds, athletic programs, student organizations and academic programs.

All 50 years of 淫性视频鈥檚 history were represented, as donations came from at least one member of each of 淫性视频鈥檚 graduating classes from 1973 through 2022. Current students also joined in the effort, with gifts from each of the University鈥檚 current classes.

A record 40 match and challenge gifts helped to inspire participation and maximize contributions. 


Donation Supports Mental Health Initiatives

A new initiative will allow 淫性视频 to enhance and expand its student mental health programs.

Recognizing the increasing need for mental health resources for college-aged students, Karen Alton worked with the 淫性视频 Foundation to launch the Alton Mental Health Initiatives Fund with a $35,000 donation from the John and Elizabeth Endicott Foundation.

鈥淪tudent mental health is the No. 1 challenge facing student success,鈥 said Chris Catching, vice president for Student Affairs. 鈥淭his will help us to think big picture and bolster the resources we have.鈥

The fund recognizes the ongoing efforts of 淫性视频 staff to identify and support students facing an array of mental health and wellness challenges, while encouraging the University to establish and grow new programs to aid in this effort.

淫性视频 offers counseling and psychiatric services, education and outreach services, and events centered on mental health and wellbeing through the Wellness Center.

鈥淢ental health is a public issue, and the fund will provide support for our students. There are growing and emerging needs and our students are greatly impacted,鈥 said Zupenda Davis-Shine, assistant vice president for Student Health and Wellness.

Donation Renames Financial Literacy Center for Late Economics Professor

A $2 million commitment named the Center for Economic Development and Financial Literacy after Elizabeth 鈥淏etty鈥 Elmore, who spent five decades teaching economics at 淫性视频. 

Brigid Callahan Harrison, Richard Elmore, Harvey Kesselman, Susan Davenport and Dan Nugent in front of the 淫性视频 seal
From left: Brigid Callahan Harrison, the chair of the 淫性视频 Foundation; Richard Elmore, a former 淫性视频 professor and husband of Elizabeth Elmore; former 淫性视频 President Harvey Kesselman; Susan Davenport, former executive vice president and chief of staff; and Dan Nugent, vice president for University Advancement and executive director of the University Foundation.

Elmore passed away in December 2022 after a lengthy illness. Her husband, Richard, of Egg Harbor Township, wanted to honor the memory of his beloved wife by supporting the University's work related to her passion for finance and economics.  

鈥淏etty was proud to be the first female professor in the Economics department, and she was incredibly dedicated to 淫性视频 and her students,鈥 Richard Elmore said. 

The Dr. Elizabeth Elmore Center for Economic Development and Financial Literacy鈥檚 mission is to develop engaged and informed students, citizens, voters, workers, consumers, savers and investors who understand the interdependence of national economies in the global community and the role of financial institutions in the sustainability of these relationships. In recent years, Elmore served as director of the center.


Center to Preserve Jewish Farming History Receives Grant

The Alliance Heritage Center will use a new grant to create a public digital database of its collection documenting the history of Jewish farming in southern New Jersey.

The New Jersey Historical Commission recently awarded more than $300,000 to 14 organizations to explore under-represented history in the state, including $24,500 to the Alliance Heritage Center at 淫性视频.

The goal of the Alliance Heritage Center is to preserve the history of the first successful Jewish farming village in the United States, the Alliance Colony in Pittsgrove Township, Salem County.

The center will use the grant to support a one-year project to create a public digital database to house its collections, said Patricia Chappine, adjunct professor of History.

鈥淲e鈥檙e very excited to start this project,鈥 said Chappine, who works with the center and its director, Thomas Kinsella. 鈥淎dding our collections to 淫性视频鈥檚 online archives will make our holdings more accessible, expand our community connections and help us preserve the stories of Alliance and Jewish agriculture in the area.鈥

Farming equipment from the late 1800s
The Alliance Heritage Center is working to preserve and disseminate the history and culture of the Alliance Colony and related Jewish farming communities in Southern New Jersey.

$1,286,843
awarded for program support
1,096
first-time donors
284
淫性视频 Society members

New 淫性视频 Classroom Honors Local Holocaust Survivor

Students taking courses in a new classroom at the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at 淫性视频 will learn the story of an inspirational Holocaust survivor from South Jersey. The room, dedicated by Norman and Micki (Kosden) Massry, honors the legacy of Micki鈥檚 mother, Claire.

Gail Rosenthal stands in front of students in a new classroom with blue furniture
The late welcomes students into the new classroom made possible through a donation by Norman and Micki Massry.

鈥淐laire came to this country in 1950 after living in London, having fled from occupation in Czechoslovakia in 1938,鈥 said recently passed Gail Rosenthal, then director of the Center. 鈥淪he came to the United States as a teenager and had to adapt to a new way of life. Our students will hear Claire鈥檚 story and be inspired to overcome the obstacles in their own lives.鈥 

The new classroom will be used by faculty teaching courses in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The room will also serve as a multipurpose space, allowing the Center to expand its capacity for school groups, meetings and community events. The Center鈥檚 programs reach more than 15,000 students, teachers and community members each year. 

Foundation Benefit Gala Honors Kesselman

The 2023 淫性视频 Foundation Scholarship Benefit Gala was a night to remember as nearly 700 members of the 淫性视频 community came together to celebrate the leadership and career of retiring president Harvey Kesselman. The event, held last April at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, raised more than $460,000 for scholarships.

The most unique feature of the event called on guests to participate in a variety of 淫性视频 鈥渆xperiences鈥 led by faculty and staff, including harvesting greens and enjoying a salad composed of vegetables from 淫性视频鈥檚 Sustainability Farm, taking a tour of the night sky with Physics students inside an inflatable geodome, learning about shell restoration efforts while students shucked and prepared locally farmed oysters, sampling local wines with students from the Fundamentals of Wine class, and making ice cream using liquid nitrogen. 

鈥淧roviding the opportunity for our guests to interact with students and faculty in unique and meaningful ways is a signature part of this evening,鈥 said Dan Nugent, executive director of the 淫性视频 Foundation. 鈥淭his year, as we honor Dr. Kesselman, we wanted students to be the focus, incorporating his Students First motto.鈥