Entrepreneurs - Grove City College

Grove City College
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THE CENTER FOR VISION & VALUES
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UNRESTRICTED GIFTS
vital element of the Grove City Matters capital campaign is
unrestricted giving. An unrestricted gift to the capital campaign is
designated by College leadership to one of the five campaign priorities,
depending on need, and can include scholarship; the Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics building; the Christian Activities Building or
other campaign priorities. Unrestricted campaign gifts are typically onetime
gifts and are often larger than gifts to Full Circle.
Similarly, Full Circle, the Annual Fund for Grove City College, receives
unrestricted donations from donors each year, which are designated by
College leadership to projects and programs that directly support student
and alumni activities. These areas can include scholarships, special
lectures, mission trips, research projects, Homecoming and other student
enrichment opportunities. Gifts to Full Circle are credited each fiscal year,
July 1 through June 30, for use during the next fiscal year. Our annual
goal for Full Circle is $2,000,000. Both Full Circle and the campaign
unrestricted gifts count toward the Grove City Matters capital campaign.
The inclusion of this priority also provides additional opportunity for all
donors to be part of this great undertaking.
Center for Vision & Values continues to create a dynamic learning
community to connect, educate and empower people to strengthen
the faith and freedom foundation of the United States of America and
advance liberty around the world. On Oct. 10, along with The Center for
Entrepreneurship & Innovation and successful venture capitalist and talkshow
host Glen Meakem, The Center co-hosted “Faith, Freedom and the
Entrepreneur," a discussion on markets and morality.
Also recently, John Blundell, author of Ladies For Liberty: Women
Who Made a Difference in American History, presented “Three Ladies
of Liberty,” a reflection on the lives and achievements of Mercy Otis
Warren, Martha Washington and Abigail Adams, at the American Founders
Luncheon in mid-September. Blundell serves as a distinguished senior
fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs in London, where he was
director general from 1993 through 2009.
As of September 30, 2012, we have reached 35 percent of our
$5,000,000 goal for this project.
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THE CENTER FOR
ENTREPRENEURSHIP &
INNOVATION
Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Grove City College
continues to grow. Recently, the Highmark Business Innovation
Team agreed to a landmark partnership that will provide an independent
seminar course for Grove City College students during the 2012-13
academic year. The course will serve as an opportunity for students to
research, analyze and present a real-world business plan to Highmark.
The course, “A Study in Highmark Business Innovation,” ENT 488,
will be a three-credit-hour course modeled to fit within the same 90-day
model Highmark uses internally to work through similar idea explorations.
Highmark representatives will present students with business ideas to
examine, guide their progress and provide project insights in-person and
virtually. At the conclusion of the semester, students will showcase their
business models to Highmark, adding recommendations on the validity of
each idea.
As of Sept. 30, 2012, we have reached 21 percent of our $5,000,000
goal to continue to grow The Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation in
all areas.
S cholarships
SCHOLARSHIPS
demonstrate the finest chain of philanthropy, linking one
another in the past, the present and the future.
At Grove City College, the chain of philanthropy is dynamic.
To this end, the College has initiatives in place to increase needbased,
merit-based and minority scholarships. Our Strategic Plan calls for
us to ultimately provide 70 percent of unmet need for students with a
2.00 QPA or higher. Currently, we are at about 40 percent of unmet need
for students with a 2.50 QPA or higher. Grove City College has added
nearly 70 scholarships since the campaign began.
As of Sept. 30, 2012, we have reached 56 percent of our
$30,000,000 goal for this project.