Alumni News
18
Class of 2000 Senior
Gift Contributors
Adrian Campus:
Lisa Alexie
Maricela Barrios-Alvarez
Sherri Borton
James B. Clarke
Anessa Clegg
Amy R. Cox
Mary Gray
Kassie Griffith
Leone Kirkpatrick
Angie Kittle
Christina Krawczyk
Kevin Mitchell
Choi Palms-Cohen
Karla Pennington
Christine Seiser
Crystal Starkey
Michael VanScoy
Margaret Webster
Kalamazoo Center:
Ed Halcomb
Battle Creek Center:
Marilyn Lepper
Patricia Walters
Benton Harbor Center:
Jacklyn Bell
Patricia Dohm
Lee Ann Maki
Susan Nilson
Pamela Veneklasen Gonzales
Lansing Center:
Velma Brown
Roberto Castillo
Ken Compton
Monroe Center:
Barbara Farr
Denise Shaffer
Michelle Sharp
Metropolitan Detroit Program:
Carlita Buffington
Michele Burke
Mark Campbell
Dante Davoli, Jr.
Felicia Douglas
Charles Earles
Chriscanthia Foster-Jones
Margaret Frodle
Janice Gaynor
Kathleen Gutowski
Mary Lynne Halleck
Eddie Hayes
Jean Kearney
Tonja McIntyre
Norman McRae
Nancy Nevedal
Rick Nowaczyk
David Sellers
Joan Spohn
Class of 2000 sets a
new “benchmark” for
giving
By Sarah Baker Korth ‘82, ‘97/MA
n Siena Heights’ first ever graduating
senior class gift project, the Class
of 2000 set a standard for future
classes to beat. At the conclusion
of Senior Gift 2000, a total of 51 first-time
donors from the class of 2000 had contributed $2,025 to the project. The donors
include 18 main campus graduates and 33
graduates of the degree completion centers
across the state.
The Senior Gift 2000 steering committee selected outdoor benches as the focus for their
class gift. The benches—inscribed “Given
by the Class of 2000”—were installed this
spring in time for Commencement, along a
walkway between Ledwidge and Dominican
Halls on the Adrian campus.
Now, Senior Gift 2001 is off to a great
start. Again, the graduates from our degree
completion centers are embracing the
project, with more than half of the first
wave of gifts coming from off-campus
center ‘01 alumni. The Class of 2001 will
use their gift to purchase furniture for the
“commuter area” in the Science Wing (a
main campus building used for classes in
many disciplines); the “commuter area” is
a public area where students gather during
class breaks, particularly during evening
classes. The Senior Gift 2001 committee,
led by co-chairs Leslie Keane and Jessica
Hawkins, selected this particular project to
help provide a pleasant “living and learning”
environment for commuter students.
Again this year, seniors participating in the
project will receive a specially-designed
T-shirt as a thank you. For information or
to participate, 2001 graduates may contact
Sarah Baker Korth, assistant director of
alumni relations, by phone (517-264-7157)
or email ([email protected]).
Pictured below: Lynne Hill, director of alumni relations; Sarah Baker Korth, assistant director of alumni
relations; Amy Cox‘00; Karla Pennington ‘00.