Issue: 04 Vol: 20 September - October 2015 Please Remember Africa University in Your Will Give Now ed funds into its operational budget,” said Dr. Munashe Furusa, the vice chancellor. “We are equally grateful to all who gen- erously invested in the university through the appeal,” said Furusa. “Your support was incredibly helpful and allowed us to reach our goal and enhance our capacity to continue the work of investing in Africa’s future.” African businesses, institutions and non- governmental organizations contributed more than 65% of the total amount raised. A key element to the success of the appeal was the influence of the university’s alumni and their parents, who leveraged their networks to generate gifts. Africa University alumni, students, faculty, staff, trustees, and United Methodist churches also made significant gifts. Record Level Results for AU’s Planned Giving Program Africa University Development Office | P O Box 340007 | Nashville, TN 37203 Tel. (615) 340-7438 | Email: [email protected] Scholarship to Honor Dr. Maggie Jackson An effort is underway to endow a scholarship at Africa University in honor of Dr. Magnolia “Maggie” Jackson. Friends and colleagues of Dr. Jackson have a goal of $150,000 which, when invested, will provide income to support at least one stu- dent annually. Through this scholarship initiative, organizers aim to recognize Jackson’s 38-year career in higher education and her extensive voluntary ser- vice within and beyond The United Methodist Church. ELMA Challenge Grant Generates $1M+ African donors went over the top on their contributions to Africa University under the ELMA Foundation Matching Grant Appeal. Their gifts exceeded the appeal goal of $500,000 by $23,417. Launched in March 2013, the ELMA Foundation Matching Grant Appeal helped the university to meet immediate fund- ing gaps in its operating budget. Over a two-year period, the ELMA Foundation matched gifts by qualified African donors dollar for dollar—disbursing funds on a quarterly basis. Thanks to the match, the appeal generated more than $1 million for the university. “We are grateful to the ELMA Foundation for providing the matching grant which helped the university to cultivate the African donor base and inject much need- Africa University recognized 21 individuals for their generosity and commitment to the institution at the 15th annual Richard E. “Dick” Reeves Legacy Society Dinner, held on September 11th in Nashville, TN. About 120 friends and supporters of the university gathered to remem- ber, honor and induct new members into the society in an evening filled with thanksgiving and delight. The 2015 Legacy Society inductees, 11 in number, included Mr. Gerald R. Aubrey and Mrs. Jerry Jo Voris Burkman. The Indianapolis-based couple are long-standing friends of Africa University and retired mission- aries who served in Africa, Europe and the Far East. In support of the current $1.6M Indiana Conference campaign for Africa University, the couple endowed a scholarship in memory of Mrs. Burkman’s parents, Merle and Mr. Gerald Aubrey and Mrs. Jerry Jo Voris Burkman (center) are 2015 Legacy Society inductees and Mr. Kevin G. Goodwin and Mrs. Karen Olsen Goodwin (right) recently made their third planned gift. Esther Voris, saying that they were “impressed with the purpose of Africa University, especially the whole conti- nent focus of the vision.” Mr. Kevin G. Goodwin and his wife, Mrs. Karen Olsen Goodwin, were among the 10 members of the Legacy Society who have made new gifts. As their third planned gift to Africa University, the Goodwins are funding an endowed scholarship. They chose to tithe from a family bequest. Africa University’s planned giving program recorded gifts totaling more than $3.8 million in the first eight months of 2015, including the univer- sity’s first planned gift in excess of $1 million. The Richard E. “Dick” Reeves Legacy Society, named for a found- ing Board member and chair of the Building and Grounds Committee from the Illinois Great Rivers Conference, has a membership of 360.
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Issue: 04 Vol: 20 September - October 2015
Please Remember Africa University in Your Will Give Now
ed funds into its operational budget,” said Dr. Munashe Furusa, the vice chancellor.
“We are equally grateful to all who gen-erously invested in the university through the appeal,” said Furusa. “Your support was incredibly helpful and allowed us to reach our goal and enhance our capacity to continue the work of investing in Africa’s future.”
African businesses, institutions and non-governmental organizations contributed more than 65% of the total amount raised.
A key element to the success of the appeal was the influence of the university’s alumni and their parents, who leveraged their networks to generate gifts. Africa University alumni, students, faculty, staff, trustees, and United Methodist churches also made significant gifts.
Record Level Results for AU’s Planned Giving Program
Africa University Development Office | P O Box 340007 | Nashville, TN 37203 Tel. (615) 340-7438 | Email: [email protected]
Scholarship to HonorDr. Maggie Jackson
An effort is underway to endow a scholarship at Africa University in honor of Dr. Magnolia “Maggie” Jackson. Friends and colleagues of Dr. Jackson have a goal of $150,000 which, when invested, will provide income to support at least one stu-dent annually.
Through this scholarship initiative, organizers aim to recognize Jackson’s 38-year career in higher education and her extensive voluntary ser-vice within and beyond The United Methodist Church.
ELMA Challenge Grant Generates $1M+African donors went over the top on their
contributions to Africa University under the ELMA Foundation Matching Grant Appeal. Their gifts exceeded the appeal goal of $500,000 by $23,417.
Launched in March 2013, the ELMA Foundation Matching Grant Appeal helped the university to meet immediate fund-ing gaps in its operating budget. Over a two-year period, the ELMA Foundation matched gifts by qualified African donors dollar for dollar—disbursing funds on a quarterly basis. Thanks to the match, the appeal generated more than $1 million for the university.
“We are grateful to the ELMA Foundation for providing the matching grant which helped the university to cultivate the African donor base and inject much need-
Africa University recognized 21 individuals for their generosity and commitment to the institution at the 15th annual Richard E. “Dick” Reeves Legacy Society Dinner, held on September 11th in Nashville, TN.
About 120 friends and supporters of the university gathered to remem-ber, honor and induct new members into the society in an evening filled with thanksgiving and delight.
The 2015 Legacy Society inductees, 11 in number, included Mr. Gerald R. Aubrey and Mrs. Jerry Jo Voris Burkman. The Indianapolis-based couple are long-standing friends of Africa University and retired mission-aries who served in Africa, Europe and the Far East.
In support of the current $1.6M Indiana Conference campaign for Africa University, the couple endowed a scholarship in memory of Mrs. Burkman’s parents, Merle and
Mr. Gerald Aubrey and Mrs. Jerry Jo Voris Burkman (center) are 2015 Legacy Society inductees and Mr. Kevin G. Goodwin and Mrs. Karen Olsen Goodwin (right) recently made their third planned gift.
Esther Voris, saying that they were “impressed with the purpose of Africa University, especially the whole conti-nent focus of the vision.”
Mr. Kevin G. Goodwin and his wife, Mrs. Karen Olsen Goodwin, were among the 10 members of the Legacy Society who have made new gifts. As their third planned gift to Africa University, the Goodwins are funding an endowed scholarship. They chose to tithe from a family bequest.
Africa University’s planned giving program recorded gifts totaling more than $3.8 million in the first eight months of 2015, including the univer-sity’s first planned gift in excess of $1 million. The Richard E. “Dick” Reeves Legacy Society, named for a found-ing Board member and chair of the Building and Grounds Committee from the Illinois Great Rivers Conference, has a membership of 360.
Giving thanks is a big part of what we do at Africa University, and we take this responsibility seri-ously. It is one of our greatest pleasures. This is why we estab-lished the Richard E. “Dick” Reeves Legacy Society in 2001---to recognize and to thank those very spe-cial donors who either have included Africa University in their estate plans or who have made a gift of at least $10,000.00 to the endow-
Giving Thanks is in Our DNAment. These spe-cial donors have, in effect, elevated Africa University to the status of family.
On September 11, 2015, eleven individuals were inducted into the Legacy Society at the annual recogni-tion dinner, and ten individuals were recognized for hav-
ing made second and third planned gifts. One of the 2015 inductees is Mrs. Rebecca W. Eleazer of Columbia, SC. By informing
Key Focus for VC Furusa is Attracting Africa’s Young LeadersMore than 380 young people participated
in the 2015 Matriculation Ceremony at Africa University on September 25th. The colorful ceremony was the formal induction and welcome into the campus community for the freshman class of 2015.
For some students, like 22-year-old Claudine Migisha from Goma/North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, just getting to the Africa University campus in Zimbabwe is a major milestone. Migisha’s parents were killed when she was six. They left behind six children who struggled to get an education.
“Africa University was the first school I applied to and when I received the accep-tance letter from Africa University I was speechless,” said Migisha. “I was happy
and celebrated to hear that I was going to study in one of the best schools in Africa.”
Migisha enrolled at Africa University with scholarship support from an institutional partner, the African Leadership Academy, and the MasterCard Foundation.
Africa University’s total full-time enrol-
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us of her deferred gift, Mrs. Eleazer gave us the opportunity to thank her during her lifetime. Also, notification of her future gift enables the university to plan for the future with greater assurance and confidence.
Have you made provisions to leave a future gift to Africa University through your will or other estate-planning docu-ment? If so, please let us know so that we may express our sincere gratitude to you and welcome you to the Legacy Society. Please visit the planned giving website at www.africau.plannedgiving.org/ or call or write our Director of Planned Giving, Elaine Jenkins, Africa University Development Office, P. O. Box 340007, Nashville, TN, 37203-0007, 615/340-7428 (telephone), 615/340-7290 (fax), [email protected] (e-mail address).
(L to R) Dr. William L. McFadden, Bishop Marcus Matthews, Dr. Munashe Furusa, and Mr. James H. Salley
welcome Mrs. Rebecca W. Eleazer (center) to the Legacy Society.
ment currently stands at 1,109 students from 27 African countries, with an additional 770 students enrolled in part-time programs.
As he enters his sec-ond year as AU’s vice chancellor/CEO, Dr. Munashe Furusa has identified the construc-
tion of new student housing and sports facilities as well as the creation of hubs for innovation, business incubation, and tech-nology transfer as AU’s top priorities for the next five years. Furusa aims to make AU the first choice for the continent’s most inventive students.
Ms. Claudine Migisha (left) is a first-year student, majoring in psychology. She is one of the more than
380 new students AU welcomed this year.
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