Challenge - Spring/Summer 2012 - Tiffin University

TU Alums Making a Difference
At a Christmas party two years ago, four friends opened their gifts and saw an
opportunity to make a difference in their community.
“After we opened the gifts, we looked at each other, and said ‘This is really
nice, but we can do something else,’” said Nancy Sullivan, a faculty member at
Tiffin University. “We all knew we each gave in different ways to different charitable
causes, and we said it would be nice if we could do something together.”
Nancy Sullivan, Marcia Miller, Libby Thuning, and Susan Bowers met ten
years ago, having a forged a friendship while each was pursuing a master’s
degree at TU. Their busy lives have led them to strive to raise money for Lorain
County charitable organizations.
The foursome founded 100 Women Who Care About Lorain County, an
organization that hosts meetings five times per year for the benefit of local
charitable organizations. At each meeting, the women who attend nominate
different charitable organizations from Lorain County. The attendees then vote,
and then sign checks to deliver to the organization with the most votes.
Bowers said that in combining many different individual donations for one
large donation, it makes the women feel they are making a greater impact.
This article appeared, in part, in The Morning Journal
From top to bottom,
Susan Bowers, Nancy Sullivan and Libby
Thuning, along with their friend Marcia Miller,
founded 100 Women Who Care About Lorain
County two years ago. The group meets five
times a year to decide on a local charitable
organization to which to contribute.
Photo by Anna Norris
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Commencement 50 Class Year
Point. Click. Give.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of their graduation from TU, the
Class of 1962 was invited to be our guests at the commencement
luncheon and join the graduation procession with the Class of 2012.
Affectionately referred to as our “Golden Grads,” Harry Burd and
Ted Weaver, (pictured with TU Alumni Director, Celinda Scherger)
represented the Class of 1962 at the commencement ceremonies.
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