Campaign Goal Raised to $2 million By Kimberly Anastas Is Capital College's reputation larger than even the Provost estimated? Apparently so since the $1.5 million goal of The Campaign for Penn State Harrisburg has been raised to $2 million by the Board of Advisers of Penn State Harrisburg. Karen McHenry Gluntz, Director of Development, said that the Campaign raised over $1.7 million since October, 1987 which exceeds the original goal and now stands at 86 percent of the new goal. Gluntz also said that the university-wide goal of $2OO million now stands at $169 million. Dr. Ruth Leventhal, Provost and Dean, said that the money raised will be used for renovations and expansions of classrooms and laboratories and improving the academic environment for student support, the lecture series and to recruit quality faculty members. Leventhal, Robert Graham (Associate Provost and Associate Dean of Faculty), James South (Assistant Provost for Student Affairs), and the Administrative Council which is comprised of department heads, are responsible for deciding the goal and how the non-restricted money should be distributed, said Gluntz. Positions Ava i lab le Times an orsaniza+ ion dedicated to cluolity information for the Campos Or' population. Join Capital To Join the "Times 'Mom cal 1944- stop in at room W-149 41 9irmme . Gluntz explained that most of the contributions were restricted to the contributers' area of special interest. She also said that each division may voice a case for what it needs which may include equipment, fellowships and/or professorships. Gluntz said that investors may take up to three to five years to pay off their pledges in payments. To date, the following major gifts have been pledged or paid: * a major gift to endow a professorship in engineering and technology in memory of Quentin Berg, * a $l5O, 000 gift from The Whitaker Foundation to renovate the Mechanical Engineering Technology Lab, * $125,000 from Hershey Foods to endow a fellowship and provide monies for faculty development and program enhancement for our business administration/MBA programs, * an $BO,OOO gift from the John Crain Kunkel Foundation to renovate the auditorium in the Olmsted Building, * and $55,000 from the Anne McCormick Trust which will be used toward the endowed professorship in business administration. the Gluntz said that seven new scholarships, each endowed for $15,000 have been pledged, including one that she is funding in honor of her parents Rosemary and William McHenry. Phase II of the Campaign will focus on faculty and alumni donations, said Gluntz. The Capital College Faculty and Staff Campaign will begin February 1 and end on February 26. An Alumni Phon-a-thon will take place some time in March and Capital College alumni who have not yet contributed will be contacted by mail in April. Phase 111--The Community Campaign--will begin with a dinner at the Hotel Hershey on March 10. Volunteers will visit 250 individuals and businesses to raise a goal of $300,000, said Gluntz. The overall Penn State Campaign began July 1, 1984--about the same time Leventhal took her position as provost and dean here. Gluntz said that Leventhal did a feasibility study which took six to nine months to determine the needs of Capital College. Dining Hall to be Rennovated by Andrea Williard University officials recently announced plans for the renovation of Penn State Harrisburg's dining hall. Approximately $250,000 has been allocated from Housing and Food Service funds for the project which will begin in May and has a projected completion date of August 10th. The campus dining hall has never had any major renovations and basically looks as it did 20 years ago when it served as the dining hall for Olmstead Air Force Base. Now, however, students returning next fall will have a totally remodeled dining hall seating 210 people. In addition, a smaller private dining room seating 20 to 25 people will be added to the present structure. "Students may reserve this smaller room for luncheon meetings and special events," said Jo Ann Coleman, Supervisor, Food Services. Furthermore, in an effort to create a more relaxed dining atmostphere, the university plans to replace the After the study was completed, the provost invited prospective contributers to visit Penn State Harrisburg and she visited businesses and people in the community, explaining what Capital College is all about and what it needs, said Gluntz. "It's a constant public relations effort because many companies don't know much about us," said Gluntz. Gluntz said that "Only 23.3 percent of Penn State's operating budget is paid for by the state. To keep tuition down, [the campaign directors] must raise money from the community to continue to provide quality education and support at a reasonable price." Gluntz said the response from the community has been good. Leventhal and Gluntz agree that the Campaign has been very successful because of the hard-working volunteers who are involved with it. Alumni, the Board of Advisers and business and community leaders are volunteers for the Campaign. After finding the volunteers, Gluntz trains them and assigns them to prospects. present "fluorescent green" color scheme with softer tones of blue and gray. It will also substitute the long institutional-type tables with round tables to create a feeling of family-style dining. A soundproofing partition will be added to the front of the dishwashing area, and wall to wall carpeting and a new lighting system will be installed. "Right now we have suspended fluorescent lighting. With the installation of the new recessed lighting system, we will be able to vary the lighting and set a mood for special luncheons and dinners," said Coleman. The remodeling project will add badly needed storage space to the present structure, include an area for student mail boxes, and move the food service offices out of Wrisburg Hall and into the dining hall building. To minimize the inconvenience to students, food services has scheduled the remodeling project for this summer when the dining hall will be normally closed.
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