Foundation News—2009 

Sorority Raises $25,000 to Benefit FSU Speech & Hearing Clinic
Posted October 11, 2009
The College of Communication & Information is pleased to announce the establishment of a $25,000 endowment by the Delta Zeta Sorority, which will benefit the School of Communication Science & Disorders’ L.L. Schendel Speech and Hearing Clinic.

Steve Evans Appointed Foundation Interim President
Posted August 12, 2009
Florida State University Vice President for University Relations and Advancement Lee Hinkle announced that Mr. Steve Evans has been selected to serve as The Florida State University Foundation’s interim president. Mr. Evans succeeds Charles Rasberry, who stepped down as Foundation president in June.

Randolph Named Agnes Flaherty Stoops Professor
Posted April 29, 2009
Having benefited from the teaching and research insights of the social work faculty, Agnes Flaherty Stoops decided the establishment of a professorship was the best way to give back to an institution that had given her so much.

Elaine Geiger Tully Woodward Endows Circus Scholarship
Posted April 1, 2009
A member of the Florida State University Flying High Circus in the early 1950s, Elaine Geiger Tully Woodward is in the spotlight once more after the announcement of a $25,000 endowed scholarship recently established in her name.

Proposed Budget Cuts at Florida State
Posted April 20, 2009
Through your generous support, The Florida State University has been able to accomplish great things. However, much of the progress we achieved is in danger, due to proposed cuts in state funding—the largest potential cuts in our history. We know this has raised serious concerns in the Florida State community, and we need your help!

Kislak Family Fund Makes Gift to College of Business
Posted April 2, 2009
The Florida State University College of Business has received a $250,000 gift from the Kislak Family Fund for its Center for Real Estate Education & Research to be used to support the expansion of the center’s programs serving students, faculty and the Florida real estate and business community.

Honoring Those Who Served
Posted March 20, 2009
NBC News special correspondent and author Tom Brokaw honored World War II Veterans Harold Baumgarten and Samuel Gibbons by announcing the creation of an endowed fund in their names through a personal gift of $100,000 to the World War II Institute.

FSU Foundation Welcomes New Board Members
Posted February 27, 2009
The Florida State University Foundation Board of Trustees welcomed new and returning members during their second meeting of fiscal year 2009.

Preserving Our History
Posted February 27, 2009
Harold Ronson, who has never set foot on the Florida State campus, has nonetheless made his mark here with a deferred gift of $100,000 to establish the Harold Ronson Endowed Fund at FSU’s Institute on World War II and the Human Experience.

Holley Academic Center Dedicated
Posted January 30, 2009
Providing desperately needed laboratory space for many programs—as well as faculty offices, classrooms, seminar rooms, a virtual library and a 500-seat multipurpose hall—the Holley Academic Center is a demonstration of FSU Panama City’s commitment to its students and community.

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