ADVANCEMENT NEWS

Donors Make Day of Giving a Success

Te community supported the Winthrop family in a big way on April 6 by contributing to the university’s inaugural giving day! During the 24-hour giving campaign, alumni, donors, friends, parents, students, faculty and staff were encouraged to make an impact and to give to the areas most meaningful to them. And they did. More than 160 donors generously contributed $12,495 to Winthrop’s future!

Keep that giving spirit going by contributing a gift of any size, any time throughout the year. Find out more information about ways to give at www.winthrop.edu/advancement.

Thank You For Supporting the

Inaugural Day of Giving Close Scholars Program

Enhanced by New Pledges In celebration of the Close Scholars Program's 20th anniversary, Winthrop has received two new pledges to enhance the longstanding program , which promotes community service and civic engagement.

Te new pledges, made by the Springs Close Foundation's Board of Directors and Derick Close, CEO, Springs Creative and president of the Springsteen Foundation, will be used to increase the annual scholarship to $5,000 for each scholar and to implement Close Exploration, a required study abroad component.

Work to Soon Begin on Morgan-Holcombe Alumni

& Admissions Center Tere are exciting developments underway to formally name an important campus space for benefactors Betty ’56 and Milton Holcombe of Dallas, Texas. Architects are working on Joynes Hall renovation designs so that later this year the Morgan-Holcombe Alumni & Admissions Center will begin to take shape.

When complete, the new center will have advancement and admissions staff sharing Joynes’ first floor, while the second and third floors will house admissions and alumni/ development staff members respectively.

Renovations necessitate the permanent closing of the Inn at Winthrop on July 1.

ALUMNI NEWS 2019 Alumni Award Nominations

Now Being Accepted Each November, the Winthrop Alumni Association presents awards at the Alumni Reunion & Awards Luncheon, held during Homecoming and Reunion Weekend, to alumni who have demonstrated Winthrop's tradition of excellence. Nominations for the 2019 Alumni Awards will be accepted through Friday, July 26.

To nominate a Winthrop graduate for the Alumni Distinguished Service Award, the Alumni Professional Achievement Award or the Outstanding Young Alumni Award, visit the Alumni Awards webpage and complete the Alumni Awards Nomination Form and submit it to Lori Tuttle, executive director of alumni relations, at tuttlel@ winthrop.edu.

Legacies Welcomed at Winthrop Day Congratulations to

Kathy Hoole Camp '88 with her daughter Emily Camp, whose father, Charles Camp, is also an alumnus from 1988.

Tirty-two admitted students and their families were recognized at Winthrop Day on April 6 as part of the Alumni Association’s Legacy Program. A Legacy student is a child, grandchild or sibling of a Winthrop graduate who is continuing the tradition of attending the university. At the event, families enjoyed a photo booth and special welcome gift as they celebrated their student’s admission to Winthrop. Approximately 600 students and their families were on campus for the day.

Ring Ceremony Continues Tradition

Our New Alumni! Nearly 1,000 students earned graduate, specialist and bachelor’s degrees during May Commencement ceremonies. Gary Simrill ’91, the Majority Leader of the S.C. House of Representatives, delivered the Commencement address during the undergraduate ceremony held on the morning of May 4. President Dan Mahony presented Simrill with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. During the afternoon Commencement ceremony, Mahony conferred an honorary degree of Bachelor of Humane Letters upon the late Mary Spann Richardson Lenoir ’42, who was unable to complete her degree due to circumstances beyond her control.

Welcome the Newest Alumni Executive

The Close Scholars program celebrated graduating seniors during the annual picnic on April 14 at the Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill. The scholars are pictured with Close (second from left).

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For more information on giving, or to make a gift, please call the Division of University Advancement at 803/323-2275 or visit www.winthrop.edu/give.

On April 14, 36 students participated in the 16th annual Ring Ceremony. Juniors and seniors who purchased the official Winthrop ring were invited to the ceremony to receive their ring, which was presented to them by David McDonald ’01, president of the Alumni Executive Board.

Board Members Te Alumni Executive Board welcomes four new board members for its 2019-22 term. Te Nominating Committee of the Alumni Executive Board selected Kimberly Dickens Williamson ’82, Casey Munn Ferri ’09, Scott Melton ’04 and Patricia Plexico Boutwell ’84 to serve their alma mater. Tis will be the second board term for Williamson and Melton and the first term for Ferri and Boutwell.

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