Dec. 10, 2013

HARRISBURG, Pa. – The HACC Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works to raise private contributions in support of HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College, has approved more than $350,000 in funding for various projects. This funding is made possible through generous contributions from individual and organizational donors.

“There is no greater investment than in people,” said Linnie S. Carter, Ph.D., APR, vice president of college advancement at HACC and executive director of the HACC Foundation. “We are grateful to our donors who selflessly give to provide opportunities for our students to grow and thrive in a competitive marketplace. A gift to the HACC Foundation is truly an investment in the future of our students.”

The funding from the HACC Foundation will be used to:

  Purpose of HACC Foundation Funding

Name of Fund(s)
  1. Support HACC’s 50th anniversary events to engage potential and current students, faculty, staff, supporters and the community at large

 - President’s Fund for Excellence
 - President’s Stewardship Fund
  1. Preserve, establish, organize and create digital archives for the College

 

 President’s Fund for Excellence
  1. Update diagnostic medical sonography ultrasound system and transducers

 

 Allied Health Endowment

 
  1. Provide Rapid Prototype Machines (3-D printers) through the TE Connectivity Foundation for HACC’s mechanical engineering technology and engineering transfer program

 

 Midtown Center Technology and Equipment
  1. Expand laptop project to provide students who are currently enrolled at one of HACC’s campuses the ability to apply for a short-term College laptop loan

 

 Computer Maintenance Fund
  1. Provide innovative training courses in partnership with the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations at the Shumaker Public Safety Center

 

 Public Safety Center Program and Development Endowment
  1. Enable HACC’s Electronics Engineering Program to host a day-long robotics competition at HACC’s Midtown II for teams from area high schools, as well as PennState Harrisburg

 

 President’s Stewardship Fund
  1. Provide access to up-to-date Alaris Infusion Pump technology to HACC nursing students

 

 Nursing, Allied Health Endowment
  1. Invest in the new and responsive hacc.edu web design

 

 President’s Fund for Excellence
  1. Provide financial assistance for membership of 40 HACC students to the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, Alpha Nu Omega Chapter

 

  Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) International Honor Society Alpha Nu Omega Chapter Membership Assistance Award
  1. Fund the creation of lectures in Humanities to honor HACC’s 50th anniversary

 

 James Hunter Herr Endowment
  1. Support the purchase of an online subscription to “The Legal Intelligencer” and “PA Law Weekly” for the Harrisburg and Lancaster campuses of HACC

 

 Bruce E. Cooper, Esq. Paralegal Study and Research Center Library Endowment
  1. Purchase 21 webcams for the Midtown II lab for HACC’s web development and design students

 

  Nadar Web Development and Design Program Fund
  1. Support the Denise Suska Green artist lecture and exhibit in the Rose Lehrman Art Gallery

 

 Nadar Family Fund

 

 

About HACC Foundation

The HACC Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was established in 1985 to raise private and corporate revenues in support of HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College. The HACC Foundation endowment consists of more than 295 funds totaling over $29 million, making the HACC Foundation one of the wealthiest community college foundations in the nation. In fiscal year 2011-12 alone, the HACC Foundation contributed close to $2.2 million to the College in scholarships, special programs and facilities and provided financial assistance to 1,067 students.

 

Contributions to the HACC Foundation are accepted in the form of unrestricted gifts to augment endowed funds, contributions to existing or new scholarship programs or award funds, support for academic and workforce programs, sponsorship of special events and cultural programs and contributions made in honor or in memory of individuals. In addition, the Foundation holds annual events, including the Frank J. Dixon Tournament for Scholarships, and various scholarship award ceremonies.

 

For more information on the HACC Foundation, visit http://www.hacc.edu/HACCFoundation/.

 

 

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