ECU MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION
A Productive Year Support of
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Greetings from the Medical & Health Sciences Foundation! It’s been an honor for me to serve as chair of this foundation for the past two years, and I am very proud of our success in supporting the Division of Health Sciences at East Carolina University. It’s been a productive year for the foundation, and I am pleased to share a few highlights: • 237 scholarships, totaling over $776,000, were awarded to students in the Brody School of Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, College of Allied Health Sciences, and the College of Nursing. • Over $2.5 million in new endowments, annually funded gifts, and planned gifts were successfully solicited benefiting the four colleges and schools, Laupus Library, and the East Carolina Heart Institute. These gifts support student scholarships, faculty research, and various programs across the Division of Health Sciences. • We welcomed two new gift officers to our staff. Kathy Brown joined us in April as the major gifts officer for the Brody School of Medicine. Kathy has over 20 years of fund-raising experience and most recently served as the MGO for the College of Human Ecology and the Honors College. Dwain Teague joined us in June as the major gifts officer for the Laupus Health Sciences Library and the Joyner Library. Dwain has over 12 years of library fund-raising experience and came back to ECU after a few years with the University of Central Florida and North Carolina State University. I would like to thank the hard-working individuals who serve with me on the Medical & Health Sciences Foundation Board of Directors. They are committed to supporting the units in the Division of Health Sciences—the Brody School of Medicine, the School of Dental Medicine, the College of Allied Health Sciences, the College of Nursing, the Laupus Health Sciences Library, and the East Carolina Heart Institute—by giving of their time, talent, and treasure. They wholeheartedly believe that today’s students will be tomorrow’s health-care professionals and leaders, and yesterday’s students are today’s alumni who are transforming health care in our communities. The students and faculty on ECU’s Health Sciences Campus inspire us every day, and we thank you for this year’s gifts and invite your continued support.
James W. Chesnutt ’63 Chair
ECU Medical & Health Sciences Foundation
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