STATE UNIVERSITIES
Alumni donate $1.5 million to FSU’s College of Pharmacy
Ferris State University’s College of Pharmacy received a $1.5 million gift from alumni Jeff and Annette Rowe. $1 million of the donation will be used for funding the renovation of the Hagerman Pharmacy Building, while the remaining $500,000 will establish the Jeff and Annette Rowe Joint Pharm.D./MBA Annual Scholarship to help ease financial burden for students admitted to the Pharm.D./Master of Business Administration Program. This donation follows a $5 million gift from Phil and Jocelyn Hagerman to the College of Pharmacy this February.
EMU debuts future space for Orthotics and Prosthetics Program
Eastern Michigan University has unveiled the areas under renovation in the historic Rackham Building that will house the Orthotics and Prosthetics program, a part of the College of Health and Human Services. The renovation will update the building to include classroom and laboratory space, as well as the Lucille and Otto Becker Clinical Suite, which will feature five patient care rooms. Launched in 2003, EMU’s Orthotics and Prosthetics program is one of only a few accredited master’s degree programs of its kind in the country, and the only one in the state.
Partnership donates to MSU for financial education
Michigan State University has received a donation of $250,000 from the MSU Federal Credit Union, in partnership with Visa Inc., as funding for the next eight years to underwrite the Financial Peer Education Program. The MSU Federal Credit Union will develop the program’s curriculum, which will focus on budgeting, understanding credit and identity theft, and will provide peer educators to help students establish their budgets. The program will be available to students beginning in fall 2015.
PEER INSTITUTIONS
Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute raises $44M in capital campaign
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University has raised $44 million as part of its capital campaign, which is 63 percent of the campaign’s fundraising goal. The campaign began in October 2013 and has set a goal of raising $70 million. Funds raised through the campaign will go toward supporting many of the institute’s programs, including its fellows program, as well as Radcliffe Research Partners, an undergraduate research program.
University of Minnesota receives $17 million alumni gift
University of Minnesota alumni John and Nancy Lindahl recently announced a $17 million bequest commitment to the university. The gift will go towards funding the new Athletics Village. $12 million will go towards supporting basketball and football facilities and programming, $2 million to the Carlson School of Management, $2 million to the College of Education and Human Development, and $1 million to pediatric cardiology research. The Lindahls serve on the Department of Athletics Leadership Council.
