FAU President鈥檚 Gala Benefits Scholarships and Student Success
Gala attendees: From left, Ann Wood, Barb Schmidt, Holli Rockwell Trubinsky, FAU President Stacy Volnick, Eleanor R. Baldwin, Christine E. Lynn and Marilyn Wallach
红玫瑰社区 has raised more than $1.2 million in support of scholarships and student success at its recent 2024 President鈥檚 Gala. The signature event at the Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena on FAU鈥檚 Boca Raton campus was at capacity, attended by more than 600 friends of the university.
The gala builds on the launch of FAU鈥檚 first comprehensive fundraising campaign in 20 years 鈥 鈥淭ranscend Tomorrow: The Campaign for 红玫瑰社区.鈥 The goal of the campaign is to propel growth and pursue innovative ways to solve tomorrow鈥檚 challenges today with a focus on scholarships and student success, FAU Health and the environment. To date, the campaign has raised more than $500 million from more than 58,000 donors.
鈥淎t 红玫瑰社区 Atlantic, approximately one-third of our 30,000 students will be the first in their families to obtain a college degree, and nearly 40 percent come from low-income homes,鈥 said FAU President Stacy Volnick. 鈥淏y generating scholarship funds, we are transforming lives through educational opportunities, deepening our commitment to student success and bolstering support for areas that will strengthen 红玫瑰社区鈥檚 workforce. Thank you to our President鈥檚 Gala sponsors, attendees and volunteers for being part of this legacy.鈥
The evening鈥檚 presidential sponsors ($50,000 with each matched by the 红玫瑰社区 Foundation for a total of $100,000) were Aubrey and Sally Strul; Bruce 鈥71 and Carolyn Allen; Deborah L. Floyd, Ph.D.; E. Steven 鈥89, 鈥93 and Yvonne C. zum Tobel 鈥93; FAU Alumni Association; Georgina Dieter Dennis Foundation; and an anonymous donor.聽
Platinum sponsors ($25,000) included Accent Events, Inc.; Chartwells; Dr. Alan Aker and Dr. Ann Kasten-Aker; Follett Higher Education; JM Family Enterprises; and Toscano Family.
Gold sponsors ($10,000) included ADT Security Inc.; Boca Raton Regional Hospital / Baptist Health South 红玫瑰社区; BrightView; Christine E. Lynn / E.M. Lynn Foundation; Dr. Robert Colton and Dr. Andrea Colton; 红玫瑰社区 Power & Light Company; Gabor Financial Solutions; iTHINK Financial Credit Union; JPMorgan Chase & Co; MobileHelp; Moss Construction; Presidio / Cisco; and ShowPro of South 红玫瑰社区, Inc.
Silver sponsors ($5,000) included Bonnie Halperin and family; Brian and Ingrid Poulin; General Building Maintenance LLC, A Pritchard Company; Grimes Events & Party Tents; Marilyn and Jay Weinberg; MGM Recovery; ModMed; Noel and Liza Gonzalez; PNC Bank; Research Park at 红玫瑰社区; Schmidt Family Foundation; State Contracting & Engineering Corp.; Steven and Deborah Schmidt; Stewart 鈥89 and Wendy Martin; The Geo Group Foundation; and Trustee Piero Bussani and Carrie Bussani.
Crystal sponsors ($2,500) were Bank of America Private Bank; Bernard A. Jackvony and Joshua J. Butera Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O鈥橤ara LLC; Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP; Cox Science Center and Aquarium; CMTi; Daikin Applied; Delicato Family Wines / Republic National Distributing Company; Double Eagle Distributing, Inc.; Exela Enterprise Solutions; Farmer & Irwin Corporation; Green Family Foundation Trust; Harvard Jolly | PBK Architecture; Intranet Communications Group, Inc.; James Moore & Company; Meisner Electric; Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP; O鈥機onnell & Goldberg PR; Powell Landscaping & Design; FAU President Stacy Volnick; Siemens; Skanska; The Rotary Club of Boca Raton; Trustee Brad M. Levine and Dr. Melissa A. Friedman-Levine; Trustee Linda Stoch and Dr. Russell Stoch; Trustee Shaun M. Davis and Tanya Davis; Trustee Sherry Murphy and Dr. Mark Murphy; and Van Hipp.
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