Residents help Salem State ‘Meet the Moment’

Donna Katzman and Elliot Katzman of Marblehead are serving on the volunteer Campaign Steering Committee as Salem State University launches Meet the Moment, a $75 million fundraising campaign that is the largest philanthropic endeavor in the history of Massachusetts’ nine state universities, according to the university.

The Katzmans are both 1978 Salem State graduates, and Donna holds a graduate degree from SSU as well. At the May 6 public launch event, about 400 students, alumni, donors and community members came together at Salem State’s O’Keefe Complex to learn more about the goals of Meet the Moment. Salem State President John

D. Keenan announced that the university is already more than 50 percent of the way to its $75 million fundraising goal, having raised $40 million to date.