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Fall/Winter 2017-18 Greetings from the Foundation: Each September, there is a palpable sense of excitement and anticipation for the new academic year. New students are finding their way around campus and settling in to the next chapter of their lives; returning students are walking the halls with heads held high with the promise of another year of achievement; and our faculty begin their year with the extraordinary responsibility of guiding the students towards academic success and eventually,
success in their chosen paths and careers. The County College of Morris Foundation is fortunate to witness all that the new school year brings on campus and we remain steadfast in our purpose to raise funds that will allow the college to maintain the highest quality of academic excellence for our students. And in this light, we have begun laying the groundwork for the College’s 50th Anniversary in 2018. As we reflect on the past 50 years and prepare for what’s ahead, we focus on a commitment to strengthen and enrich our com-
Meet Our
munities through partnerships, economic growth and to pioneer innovative approaches to learning for our students. In this issue of our newsletter you will meet two of those students, both scholarship recipients who are able to attend CCM because of your confidence in the past and the future of the college. We extend our gratitude to all who have remained committed to the work of the Foundation and provided the College with significant philanthropic investments over this past year. We also offer our very best to Joseph Vitale, immediate past president of the Foundation.
As Vitale leaves the Foundation and pursues new opportunities, we thank him for his years of service and wish him well as he begins his new journey in life. The 2017-18 school year is filled with promise. We look forward to experiencing with you all that CCM has to offer our students, our faculty, our families and our community. For all you have done and continue to do, thank you!
Katie Olsen Director, CCM Foundation
Donors
Gil and Claire Zweig Their Engineering Scholarship Serves as an Entry to the Workplace Gil and Claire Zweig, owners of Glenbrook Technologies in Randolph, began their relationship with CCM more than 30 years ago when their then-fledging company needed some helping hands.
Gil was so impressed with CCM students and administrators he also joined the CCM Foundation board in 2005. From 2008 to 2012 he served as its chairman and continues to serve on the board. “I greatly believe in the mission of community colleges. It is through communi“We founded Glenbrook Technologies in 1983, ty colleges that we can raise individuals. If we internship will add entrepreneurship, business and in the early days, we were hiring co-op have income disparity in this country, it will be sense and vocation skills,” he says. students from CCM—and we found them rethrough the efforts of community colleges that sourceful, persistent and innovative,” Gil says. Gil adds that scholarships serve as an affirmawe will address that,” he says. tion. “When a young adult receives a scholarHis wife, Claire, agrees. “Our first co-op student The scholarship includes a one-month intern- ship, it is a statement that ‘you are a valuable is still with us today as our service manager,” ship with his company. “I like to tell our en- human being’ and that is so crucial for students she says. “Many co-ops stayed with us and have gineering interns that your studies will provide struggling with young adulthood. If their famikey positions in our company. In 2005, we startyou with a toolbox of academic skills to solve ly has financial hardships, it’s very important to ed the Glenbrook Technologies Scholarship, an problems and create what never was, but your give them that message.” engineering scholarship.”