In response to recommendations from our business, industrial and arts communities, the
Fulfilling the Promise Campaign features four initiatives that require private support. The
campaign will build on past fundraising successes, strengthen new priorities, and meet
mandated needs not addressed adequately by public funds. Our four campaign initiatives are:
QUALITY ENDOWMENT
Programs such as nursing, information and engineering technology, and applied technology must be
able to offer training compatible with standards in the current and future workplace. A quality
endowment of $1,000,000 will support technology in the classroom that produces graduates ready for the technical demands of
today's job market. The endowment would also provide permanent support for employee professional development opportunities that
are essential to maintain classroom excellence.
JIM HART, Plant Manager
Autoliv, North America
"MCC has many strengths, and being a local college, they better understand
local employers' needs, especially our changing needs. I think a quality
endowment strengthens Madisonville's ability to serve the local workforce, and
it also builds a better prepared faculty and staff."
SCHOLARSHIPS
Over the past decade, donors have displayed extraordinary generosity and commitment to MCC in helping the
college expand its scholarship programs. The college will expand its scholarship offerings to eventually assist more
than 500 students. With the costs of higher education continuing to increase, an effective scholarship program is
one of the only recurring means by which the college can offer financial alternatives to degree-seeking students.
MARY E. PENNAMAN, Madisonville, 2003 graduate
and current Murray State University education student
"I am one of five children, and my scholarship made it easier for me to attend college without worrying
about maintaining a full-time job. It was also a great opportunity since the scholarship at MCC was
for two years if I maintained good grades and stayed on track to graduate."
YVETTE WILSON, Marion, 2003 Business Technology Graduate
"If it had not been for my scholarship, I probably would not have been able to
attend college. My scholarship paid my tuition for at least two of my four
semesters, and my KEES money paid for most of the rest."
TATE BYRUM, Madisonville, 2003 Engineering Technology graduate
"After completing my engineering technology courses here, I transferred to the University of
Evansville to obtain a four-year civil engineering degree. My physics and math instructors
at MCC have given me a wonderful foundation for my career. I have a young daughter and
son at home, and my scholarship eased some of my financial stress."
ACADEMIC PROGRAM SUPPORT
Since its inception 35 years ago, MCC has been a leader in the delivery of academic programs that are both academically sound and
provide the best possible local employment opportunities. MCC is now in the development stages of new degree programs, expansion
of the nursing program, and development of course work in energyrelated classes and heating and air
conditioning curriculum. To continue to offer quality academic programs that ultimately lead to good jobs,
continuing private support will be vital.
BOBBY H. DAMPIER, CEO
Trover Foundation
"Trover Foundation and the College have had a long, successful history of trying
to create courses that are essential for our organization to operate, as well as
courses that complement all of our other healthcare programs that are a part of
this region's healthcare community."
ARTS FUNDING
The Glema Mahr Center for the Arts has attracted national recognition since opening in 1990. A major theme of the Center over the
past 34 years has been the expansion of summer programming and a renewed commitment to community theater. If the Center is to
continue to offer excellence in Center Stage events, theater, and afterschool programs, the Center's endowments will need to
increase dramatically.
KATIE KEANE, Marion
2002/2003 Arts
Academy Participant
"I've attended three of the Glema Center's summer
programs while commuting from Marion. After
being a part of the productions of The Wizard of Oz,
Bye Bye Birdie, and Once Upon a Mattress, I want
to pursue a career in acting after high school. The
arts will always be a part of my life."
NANCY RATLIFF, Music Education Teacher,
Jesse Stuart Elementary School
"The arts are not just for our entertainment -- they
give us a reason to dream and offer our children an
outlet for their creative nature. They watch a ballet
dancer or listen to an orchestra and think, that could
be me someday."
