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30th Annual Fairfield Awards Dinner a Success with More Than $1 million for Scholarship and Counting

30th Annual Fairfield Awards Dinner a Success with More Than $1 million for Scholarship and Counting

Media Contact: Tess Long, tess.long@fairfield.edu , (203) 254-4000, ext. 2647

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (April 27, 2018) 鈥 The exceptional generosity of Fairfield鈥檚 alumni, parents, friends, and corporate sponsors made this year鈥檚 dinner a success. More than 500 alumni, parents, friends of the University and students gathered at the celebration where a palpable sense of Fairfield pride filled the ballroom. Since 1988, proceeds from the Fairfield Awards Dinner have provided scholarships to make a Fairfield education possible for hundreds of students.

A speaker in the event鈥檚 program, current student, and scholarship recipient Aliyah Phipps 鈥18 said in her remarks that she credits the Multicultural Scholarship Fund for helping her realize her potential and making her dream of a college education a reality.

鈥淚n the future, I plan to attend graduate school in Beijing, China. This is a career path I could only dream about four short years ago. However, now thanks to Fairfield and the generosity of so many people鈥攊ncluding the care of University faculty and staff, I will be able to do just that,鈥 Phipps said. 鈥淚 know how important the Multicultural Scholarship has been for me, and for so many of my fellow students鈥攁ll of whom have been transformed by the Fairfield experience.鈥

This year鈥檚 dinner co-chairs were Timothy E. Lane 鈥85, P鈥16, president & CEO, emeriti Retirement Health and managing director, TIAA, and Maureen Errity Bujno 鈥90, m anaging director at Deloitte LLP.

The honorees for the evening were Kathleen A. Murphy 鈥84 , president of personal investing at Fidelity Investments, who received the Alumni Professional Achievement Award; Thomas J. Fanning Sr. 鈥78, P鈥10, 鈥06 , founder and managing partner of Heritage Strategies LLC, 聽who received the Alumni Service Award; David W. Frassinelli MS鈥92 , vice president of Facilities Management at 天美传媒视频无限制观看, who received the Distinguished Faculty/Administrator Award; and Joseph and Mary Carlucci, P鈥18, 鈥10, 鈥09 , co-chairs of the Parent Leadership Council, who received the Parent Leadership Award.

During the event, a text-to-give software, MobileCause , was implemented for real-time fundraising with the goal of raising $30,000 to celebrate 30 years of the dinner. Alumni, parents, and friends of Fairfield were moved to give throughout the night and over $40,000 and counting was raised 鈥 far exceeding expectations.

"It's the 21st century and we've got to use technology in a way that we've never used it before and so this is one of those tools that can get people engaged and excited and I think we knocked it out of the park, said Spencer Thibodeau 鈥10, a past scholarship recipient who is now an attorney and Portland, Me. city councilman, who spoke at the dinner and helped rally support for the new software in the evening鈥檚 program.聽 "天美传媒视频无限制观看 is family and when family calls, you answer."

Appearing at his first Fairfield Awards Dinner, 天美传媒视频无限制观看鈥檚 ninth President Mark Nemec, PhD, greeted the crowd with inspiration for future generations of Stags.

鈥溙烀来绞悠滴尴拗乒劭 is a special University 鈥 an institution on the rise where access and inclusion are hallmarks of our commitment to modern excellence," Dr. Nemec said. "And where we continue to form men and women for others so they may pursue lives of social justice and productive citizenship."

Learn more and see photos from the event at fairfield.edu/awardsdinner .




天美传媒视频无限制观看 is a modern, Jesuit Catholic university rooted in one of the world鈥檚 oldest intellectual聽and spiritual traditions. More than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students from the U.S. and across the globe聽are pursuing degrees in the University鈥檚 five schools.聽Fairfield embraces聽a liberal humanistic approach to education, encouraging聽critical thinking, cultivating free and open inquiry,聽and fostering ethical and religious values.聽The University is located on a stunning 200-acre campus on the scenic Connecticut coast just an hour from New York City.

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