Development
Recent Gifts to the College
- TRUSTEE'S GIFTS TO BENEFIT PA 4-H STUDENTS, RURAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS
University Park, Pa., May 14, 2008
Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences and Penn State Outreach programs will benefit from $550,000 in gift commitments made by University trustee and agribusiness leader Keith W. Eckel. Eckel has given $50,000 to establish the Eckel Family Trustee Scholarship, which will support undergraduate students in the College of Agricultural Sciences who have financial need. First preference will be given to students who are present or past members of Pennsylvania 4-H, a youth development program of Penn State Cooperative Extension. In addition, Eckel plans to endow Penn State Outreach programs in rural leadership and 4-H leadership with an estate gift of $500,000.
- UNDERHILLS ENDOW AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES TRUSTEE SCHOLARSHIP
University Park, Pa., March 3, 2008
A Penn State alumni couple, Lowell T. and Lois B. Underhill, of Wilmington, Del., have given $71,000 to endow a Trustee Scholarship to benefit undergraduates enrolled in the College of Agricultural Sciences who have financial need.
- HAAGEN-DAZS GIFT TO SUPPORT PENN STATE HONEYBEE RESEARCH
University Park, Pa., February 19, 2008
As the pollination season approaches in Pennsylvania and the Northeast, scientists at Penn State and elsewhere continue to seek answers to the decline of the nation's honeybees and other pollinators, which are critical to the production of $15 billion worth of crops in the United States. To assist in this effort, a major ice cream brand has stepped up to support honeybee research and education in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
- STUDENTS INSPIRE ALUMNUS TO DONATE ADDITIONAL $100,000 TO FUND
University Park, Pa., November 15, 2007
When Penn State alumnus George L. Settlemyer, of Port Royal, created a fund in 2005 to help students in the College of Agricultural Sciences pursue international study, he didn't realize at the time what an impact the students would have on him. By expressing their gratitude through letters, postcards and photos sent from around the world, the students benefiting from the fund inspired Settlemyer to contribute an additional $100,000 to the endowment.
- CASIDAS GIVE $100,000 TO ENDOW TWO SCHOLARSHIPS AT PENN STATE
University Park, Pa - October 30, 2007
Earl Casida, Penn State professor emeritus of microbiology, and his wife, Veronica, of State College, have given $100,000 to establish two scholarships in the College of Agricultural Sciences. The L. Earl and Veronica Casida Scholarship will benefit undergraduates who have outstanding academic achievement or promise. First preference will be given to students majoring in plant pathology. The L. Earl and Veronica Casida Graduate Scholarship in Plant Pathology will benefit academically outstanding graduate students.
- ARCHIVE OF ALL RECENT GIFTS TO THE COLLEGE
