The annual Donor Appreciation Celebration was held virtually March 20, 2021, through ZOOM. More than 150 guests were in attendance, including endowment donors, members of the Washington and Heritage Societies, faculty representatives, scholarships recipients, and student ambassadors.
The virtual event was led by two UMW student scholarship recipients and featured remarks and updates from President Paino. The new custom video, “Because of You,” was shown for the first time, as well as a new virtual performance of our Alma Mater. See the links below to watch segments from the event, as well as the two featured videos. (Note: Approximate running times for each segment are noted in parentheses.)
View remarks and special video presentations from the virtual celebration:
Welcome (2:46)
Rahi Taylor ’20 – Abbott International Study Scholarship
Samantha Shahinian ’20 – Albert R. Klein Memorial Scholarship and Fred R. Winer Research Scholarship
Donor Acknowledgement (4:55)
Lisa Jamison Bowling ’89 – Vice President for Advancement and University Relations
Importance of Philanthropy (7:38)
Troy D. Paino – President
Premiere of “Because of You“ (7:08)
Courtney Burrows B.A. ’17, M.Ed. ’18 – Ukrop Scholars Program and Mann College of Education Graduate Year Scholarship
Bailey Johnson ’21 – Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship and Irene Piscopo Rodgers ’59 and James D. Rodgers Student Research Fellowship II
Justin Daniels ’23 – Robert ’93 and Dodie ’95 Whitt Scholarship, Louis A. ’94 and Jill Marmo Partnership for the Future Scholarship, and Don and Kathleen Edwards Scholarship in Computer Science
Alma Mater (1:34)
UMW Chorus
For more information about the event or video links, please contact dharter@umw.edu
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