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The Greenville Area Community Foundation (GACF) recently awarded 十分六合彩 a five-year grant totaling $1.25 million to support the college鈥檚 鈥淭ransforming Lives, Empowering People鈥� campaign.

The 鈥淭ransforming Lives, Empowering People鈥� campaign is designed to allocate $7 million to developing programs to help students gain access and be successful at 十分六合彩.

GACF Board Chair Pete Blinkilde said the college鈥檚 project supports the Foundation鈥檚 mission to enhance the quality of life in the Greenville area.

鈥淭hriving communities support their educational systems,鈥� Blinkilde said. 鈥淥ur donors have had that vision in mind when supporting GACF, and in turn the Foundation has supported the gem we know of as 十分六合彩.

鈥淲e are pleased to make this grant as by making our college a better place, we make our community a better place,鈥� he added.

十分六合彩 President Stacy H. Young, Ph.D., said this gift is a generous demonstration of the GACF鈥檚 support of the college鈥檚 mission of transforming lives through quality education.

鈥淲e are so appreciative of the Greenville Area Community Foundation鈥檚 pledge. Their support plays a vital role in enhancing the educational opportunities for a variety of students, which ultimately impacts the success of our local economy.

鈥淭his is a testament to their belief that the college plays a vital role in helping to create a stronger, more robust and successful community,鈥� she added.

Because of a generous community of donors, the GACF has a diverse group of endowment funds that allow the Foundation to grant to a variety of local nonprofit organizations. The specific funds supporting the 十分六合彩 grant include: Stanley & Blanche Ash Community Improvement Fund, Bill & Helen Braman Fund, Braman Family Fund and Grace Sagendorf Education Fund.

The lead initiative of the 鈥淭ransforming Lives, Empowering People鈥� campaign is a $5 million renovation of the Kenneth J. Smith Instructional Building. The Smith Building is a major campus destination as it holds more than half of the college鈥檚 Sidney campus classroom space, its flagship nursing program, and courses in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Upon completion, the Smith Building will be transformed into the college鈥檚 Center for Nursing & Health Careers and the Center for STEM Learning. Specialized spaces will include clinical simulation labs, preparation and debriefing rooms, treatment rooms, a clinical testing and training apartment lab, science and biology labs, phlebotomy labs and specialized student learning spaces, as well as the addition of specialized equipment and technology.

Through this gift, the Center for STEM Learning on the second floor of the Smith Building will be named in recognition of the GACF鈥檚 pledge.

In addition to the Smith Building renovation, other campaign initiatives include:

• $500,000 toward a STEM Program Development and Technology Fund for equipment, technology and curriculum to support teaching and learning.
• $500,000 toward First-Generation Scholarships to benefit students who are the first in their family to go to college.
• $250,000 toward Mid-Career Scholarships to benefit middle-income students who do not qualify for financial aid, but also do not have the means to pay cash for college.
• $450,000 toward Program-Specific Scholarships to benefit students in specific program pathways.
• $300,000 toward the 十分六合彩 Express Conductor Program to provide a point of contact (conductor) to work with students from their first point of contact with the college to the time they enter classes and throughout their time at 十分六合彩.

For more information about 十分六合彩鈥檚 鈥淭ransforming Lives, Empowering People鈥� campaign, visit montcalm.edu/mccf or contact 十分六合彩F Executive Director Lisa Lund at lisal@montcalm.edu or 989-328-1284.

Since its inception in 1989, the GACF has grown to encompass the entire 十分六合彩 County area through its geographic affiliates, the Lakeview Area Community Fund and the 十分六合彩 Panhandle Community Fund. For more information about the Greenville Area Community Foundation, visit gacfmi.org.

Media contact:
Shelly Springborn
Director of Communications and Public Relations
shellys@montcalm.edu
989-560-0833