APRIL 13, 2013
Greenville Tech Foundation Donor Reception held on 3/21/13
Because of generous persons, corporations and local foundations the
Greenville Tech Foundation raised nearly $1.5 million in 2012. More
than 110 donors joined the Foundation and College leadership and student
scholarship recipients to celebrate at the Greenville Country Club on
March 21st.
Click here to see photos from the event.
Click here to watch a video of the speakers from the event.
Students speaking at the event were: Amanda Jean Black, a respiratory
therapy student who received the Greenville Hospital System Endowed
Scholarship; Zachary Preston Rausch, recipient of the Paula G.
Wood/Alumni Endowed Scholarship award to assist his study in
marketing/business; and Windell Altrone Brand, a culinary arts student
whose studies have been aided by the Ladson Gentry Cubbage, Sr. Memorial
Scholarship. They were representative of the nearly 300 students
receiving scholarships through the Greenville Tech Foundation during the
last year. Each expressed gratitude for the support and told the crowd
how the scholarships had made it possible for them to pursue an
education that would prepare them to become successful and productive
citizens in our community.
David Owens, a 1981 Greenville Tech grad, who has become a successful
business operator in Greer as well as a donor to the Greenville Tech
Foundation, thanked those who had joined him in giving and helping to
make the College and its students successful. His daughter is now a
student at Greenville Tech.
Retiring professor, Dr. Norman Raiford, told a number of stories of how
donor support had made it possible for him, and his colleagues to
provide meaningful educational experiences for their students.
College President, Dr. Keith Miller, expressed his appreciation for the
history of generosity of many of the donors. He told the crowd that
exciting opportunities were forthcoming in the near future that include
an enterprise campus focused on advanced manufacturing and a five year
plan to modernize the entire College system, with extensive improvements
to the Barton (Main) Campus and to add needed new programs.