Development News
Celebrating a successful family fund campaign
Moore School faculty and
staff celebrated their participation in a successful 2004-2005 family fund campaign with a
thank-you reception for faculty and staff.
Moore School faculty and staff had a 62% participation rate in the USC Family Fund, a 22% net increase over last year. The amount raised was a 90% increase over last year. In addition, 58 faculty and staff joined the Moore School Dean's Circle, an increase of 48 members over last year.
"It's a good sign when your won employees contribute so generously," said Robert H. Gayle, Jr., Moore's director of development.
Bob Gayle is shown at right beside the congratulatory banner.
The Family Fund is a campus-wide effort to get faculty and staff to provide financial support
for various University of South Carolina programs. Of the 15 degree-granting colleges and schools
on the USC-Columbia campus, plus the graduate schools, the Moore School ranked:
- 2nd overall in terms of overall dollars raised. (The College of Arts and Sciences was 1st.)
- 2nd in terms of donations per capita. (The School of Law was 1st.)
- 3rd in percentage of employees (62 percent) who donated. (The School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management was 1st, the College of Education was 2nd.)
- 3rd in amount of money donated per capita. (The School of Law was 1st, the School of Medicine was 2nd.)
Family Fund Coordinating Committee members include Timothy S. Doupnik, Randolph C. Martin,
Ronald C. Rogers, S. Virginia Peninger, Carol Lucas, Dennis H. Oberhelman, Jennie F. Smyrl, David
L. Ott, Leanne M. Mallach, Barbara S. Knight, Douglas P. Woodward, John M. Lenti, and Katherine E.
Bellios.
A buffet of hot and cold hors d'oeuvres set the scene for a collegial celebration for Moore School faculty and staff.
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