Spring/Summer 2006

Phonathon experiences successful year

The 65 hard-working student callers in the TeleHawks phonathon program are responsible for one of the most successful calling programs in Miami University history. The most recent calling campaign, which ran from January 10 to April 26, 2006, secured more than $967,000 in pledges for The Miami University Campaign For Love and Honor.

The students are the key to the success of the TeleHawks program, according to Brad Donaghue, assistant director of annual giving, and they are very aware and proud of the difference they are making for their fellow students.

“My job is important to this campus. I like feeling that I am making an impact on Miami while I’m here,” said Kassaundra Majoy `06.

Will Osnowitz `08 agrees. “I’m working to provide a strong experience for students, raising money for technology, upgrades, and maintaining our quality faculty.”

In addition to pride in serving Miami, the TeleHawks students acknowledge that they enjoy their jobs because of the alumni.

“I thought that having contact with alumni would be a great opportunity, and it is!” Majoy said. “I learn so much about Miami history and how school was for the alumni I speak with.”

“Pretty much every night I hear an interesting story from an alum,” Erin Chitester `07 said. “There are so many interesting alumni and it’s great to hear their Miami experiences.”

The Miami undergraduates working the phones attend two days of training prior to their first shift making calls, and then work at least two shifts per week throughout the program.

Currently, nearly 60,000 alumni are reached annually through the phonathon program, however, this number grows each year.

. Back to the Giving Tribute Spring/Summer 2006

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COMMITMENT
UPDATE

Gifts received between January 1, 2006, and March 31, 2006.
Several major gifts and pledges were made during the last quarter to the Miami University Campaign For Love and Honor. These commitments include:
bullet $15 million from the estate of Lois Klawon `39 to benefit university-wide, need-based student scholarships through the Lois K. Klawon Scholarship Fund.
bullet $6.7 million unrestricted gift from William Mayhall `69, in a charitable remainder trust, to benefit the most pressing needs of the Richard T. Farmer School of Business.
bullet $4 million pledge from Thomas Petters to create the Jennifer Petters Chair in Asian Business in the Richard T. Farmer School of Business.
bullet$1 million unrestricted pledge from David Burr `57, to address the most imperative financial requirements of the university.