Faculty / Staff Annual Fund Drive Reaches 100% Goal

01/12/12

1-12-2012

Spartanburg Methodist College, Spartanburg, SC: Spartanburg Methodist College (SMC) announced the results of their campus annual fund drive which closed on January 10, 2012.  Not only did SMC's full-time faculty and staff achieve 100% participation, they achieved this unheard of goal for the second year in a row.

 

Don Tate, the Director of Development for SMC, announced the achievement in a campus wide email at 3:30 PM Tuesday. "We have just reached 100% in participation campus-wide! You folks are the greatest.....back to back 100% in giving!  Thank you all so much!  I would like to issue special thanks to the outstanding group of volunteers, all of whom repeated as committee members this year, for the great work and enthusiasm to reach our goal".

In 2011 SMC attained 100% participation for their first time after having relatively normal participation, as compared to most campus, at 50 to 60% annually.  When asked about the substantial jump and repeat, Dr. Colleen Keith, President of SMC, attributed the achievement to a number reasons, "the momentum we are experiencing from enrollment, more and more outstanding faculty, a new academic building under construction, and our volunteer leadership have provided these results".  It turns out that numerous leadership committees, including the Board of Trustees are at 100% participation as well...

Dr. Keith's response to the campus wide announcement said it all. "I AM SO PROUD OF THIS CAMPUS COMMUNITY!!! AND I KNOW I'M SHOUTING BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!