CFCC Foundation Board Chair William Anlyan, Jr. and Vice Chair Sara Strassle are pleased to welcome seven new directors to serve on the Board of Directors. The board consists of 25 dedicated community volunteers who assist in the governance of the Foundation and serve at least one three-year term as community ambassadors for the College.

Joining the board this fall are:

Mark Alper currently serves on the boards of Elderhaus, the Lower Cape Fear Hospice and Life Care Center, and the Child Advocacy Commission. He is the owner of Southern Metals Recycling and has established a scholarship for CFCC nursing students. “I was led to join the board because I saw all the great things they were doing for the people in our community. It is a pleasure to be on the board,” says Alper.   

Jan Rowe Capps currently resides in Wrightsville Beach after relocating from Greensboro. She serves on the Lineberger Cancer Center Board, the UNC Board of Visitors, the Public Health Foundation of New Hanover County, Brigade Boys and Girls Club, and Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of NC. Prior to moving to Wilmington, she was the president of the Moses Cone Wesley Long Community Health Foundation in Greensboro and was employed with Syngenta Corporation as VP for Human Resources in North America. Capps’ family have been long-time supporters of the CFCC Foundation and Capps’ relates, “Our message is to encourage local citizens to contribute to the foundation so others can attend school with the goal of improving their lives and therefore the life of our community.”

Vicki Dull currently serves on the advisory board of the Junior League of Wilmington, the Parents association of Cape Fear Academy and is an avid church leader. She is the owner of Quick Silver Business Solutions and serves as the Executive Director of the Harrelson Center in Wilmington. She has established the McKinley Building Endowed Scholarship for students in construction management at CFCC in honor of her husband’s dedication to the construction industry. “I am proud of Cape Fear Community College.  I find the growth they have experienced in the past decade nothing short of amazing,” Dull states.

Carol Montgomery currently serves on the board of the Wilmington Ballet Company and is a member of the Vestry at the Church of the Servant. She also volunteers at the NC Aquarium and the Bureau of Land Management. Montgomery has previously been employed with Fayetteville State and Methodist Universities, as well as Richmond and Sandhills Community Colleges prior to retiring in Kure Beach. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California. She and her husband, Mac, have long been supporters of the foundation and its activities. “Cape Fear Community College and its students really set the tone of expectations of achievement- which are high and ever growing.”

Sara Reamer is a Wilmington local and attended UNC Chapel Hill as a Morehead Scholar. She is currently involved with Guardian ad Litem and Wilmington Health Access for Teens. She is an attorney with Hodges and Coxe, P.C. “As a Wilmington native, I have witnessed the extraordinary growth of Cape Fear Community College over the last 20 years and its ongoing benefit to our community. Serving on the foundation board gives me the unique opportunity to identify and reward CFCC students who are struggling to balance the demands of family, school and work in order to make their lives a little easier. I am honored to be a part of the growing CFCC family and look forward to its continued expansion and success.”

Stephen J. Tyde’s board experiences include the Ronald McDonald House in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Okmulgee (Oklahoma) Memorial Hospital and various civic and private boards. Tyde is the president and owner of P&MW Holding Company, an industrial real estate firm, and is currently a director and committee chair for ADDVantage Technologies. Tyde received a B.S. from The Ohio State University, and a M.B.A from George Washington University. He also performed graduate work in engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. “I am honored to be part of Cape Fear Community College, and I look forward to working on the CFCC Foundation Board,” comments Tyde.

Mike Wilkinson, Executive VP and Chief Information Officer and Head of Technology, Innovation and Performance at PPD serves on the board of the CIO Forum, the Wilmington Junior Golf Academy and the NC Battleship Commission. He is also involved in the Navy Seal Association. Prior to his work with PPD he was the Global Head of Internal Medicine for Quintiles in Raleigh. He has been very supportive of CFCC projects and partnerships with PPD. Two of his four children attended CFCC. Wilkinson states, “I hope to use my experience to help create new opportunities for the students, the college and the community, provide creativity and a fresh approach to connecting with local businesses, and a passion for higher education and all the benefits it brings to both the individual and the community.”

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The Cape Fear Community College Foundation works to sustain and support students, faculty, and the overall mission of the College. The Foundation secures and manages gifts, including cash contributions, deferred gifts, securities, donated services, and equipment and supplies for educational purposes. For more information regarding Cape Fear Community College scholarships, please contact Kay Warren at 910.362.7207.

A bequest in your will is also the easiest major gift you can make. Why?

It’s Simple:
A simple paragraph in your will (suggested text below) in your will or codicil (an official amendment) sets up your gift to the CFCC Foundation.

It’s Revocable:
A bequest doesn’t take effect until your death. That means that if your plans or circumstances change, you can easily revise your will.

It’s Private:
The provisions of your will are not made public until your death.

And it’s appreciated!
Although your will is not made public, if you let us know you have remembered us in your will, we will welcome you into the W. Mercer Rowe Planned Giving Society at Cape Fear Community College, which recognizes our friends who make an estate-plan gift during their lifetimes. (You can also advise us not to print your name in lists of Society members).

Choose the Bequest that Best Fits Your Needs

Specific Bequest
This transfers a particular sum of money or item of property to us: (“I bequeath all of my shares of ___ Corporation to the Cape Fear Community College Foundation, a North Carolina non-profit organization located in Wilmington, NC.”) Note: if you no longer own this property when you dies, your specific bequest cannot be made.

Residual Bequest
This transfers all or a share of the amount remaining in your estate after debts and taxes have been paid. (“I bequeath twenty-five percent [25%] of the residue of my estate to the Cape Fear Community College Foundation, a North Carolina non-profit organization located in Wilmington, NC.”)  Many donors find that a residual request gives them more flexibility in their long-term planning than a specific bequest, because they are not tied to maintaining particular assets, securities, or sums of money in their portfolios.

Contingent Bequest
A very flexible arrangement, this directs a gift to us only if certain life events do not occur. (“If my daughter does not survive me, I bequeath the residue of my estate to Cape Fear Community College Foundation, a North Carolina non-profit organization located in Wilmington, NC.”)

Planning Note: Please discuss your intentions with us before bequeathing assets such as real estate, business interests, intellectual property or a specific tangible asset such as a car, boat, a collection, a piece of equipment or artwork. We’ll want to talk to you about how we can use, store and/or sell the asset.

Tell Us How to Use Your Bequest

Unrestricted Bequest
This is a gift for our general purposes. It will give us resources to meet any of the challenges and opportunities that the future will bring.

Restricted Bequest
This format specifies how we are to use your gift, such as a one-time scholarship or program funding for a specific department, or placement in a permanent endowment with the annual income applied to the scholarship or project of your choosing.

Planning Note:
Sometimes academic programs or projects evolve and change over time. To make sure that your restricted bequest is as useful as possible when we receive it, please discuss your intentions with us before you or your attorney write your will.

You May Be Asking…

What if I’ve already written my will?
There’s no need to write an entirely new will to add a bequest to us. You may have your attorney prepare a codicil, which makes the changes you want while reaffirming the remaining provisions of your existing will.

If you’ve already included CFCC in your existing will, please let us know! We will prepare a fund authority, or a document that outlines your wishes, to keep on file in our office and ensure we administer your gift according to your wishes. If you wish to be recognized, we will also induct you in the W. Mercer Rowe Planned Giving Society and include you in publications regarding the society. Or your planned gift can also remain anonymous if you wish.

Can you write a will for me?
Unfortunately, no. The role of the CFCC Foundation staff is to explain how your gift can be used to impact students for generations to come, such as providing endowed or non-endowed scholarships. We cannot provide legal advice. To find out more about bequests or other planned giving options, please contact your personal financial advisor.

If you are ready to discuss a bequest or other planned gift (such as the gift of appreciated stocks, bonds, mutual fund shares, a paid life insurance policy, real estate, or including CFCC as the beneficiary of a retirement plan) please contact us at 910.362.7207.

And remember, a bequest in your will is the easiest major gift you can ever make, it costs you nothing during your lifetime, and it can change the lives of students for generations to come.

Content adapted from PlannedGiving.Com, LLC, 2009.

PPD CIO Mike Wilkinson addresses over 600 community businesspeople about the importance of supporting community college education.

CIO of PPD delivers keynote to more than 600 guests at fund-raiser

WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Cape Fear Community College Foundation raised over $185,000 for student scholarships during its seventh annual “Changing Lives through the Gift of Education,” luncheon. This brings the CFCC Foundation’s yearly fund-raising total to more than $1.2 million.

In his keynote address, Dr. Mike Wilkinson, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of PPD, outlined the merits of community college education to an audience of more than 600 business people gathered at the Schwartz Center on Thursday, May 19.

Wilkinson, a former Navy SEAL, White House Liaison Officer and head of clinical research at PPD, urged audience members to reflect on the impact that education had on their own lives, as well as to consider helping future generations of local college students.

Attendees also had the opportunity to see presentations about various programs within the college and hear from three students who have received Foundation scholarships.

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Cape Fear Community College (CFCC) is one of the oldest and largest community colleges in North Carolina. Approximately 27,000 students take courses at the college each year. The college offers 60 technical job-training programs, a college transfer program and continuing education courses. To learn more about helping the Cape Fear Community College Foundation, call (910) 362-7207 or visit http://cfcc.edu/foundation/. ]]> http://cfcc.edu/blogs/foundation/2011/06/01/cape-fear-community-college-foundation-raises-185000-at-luncheon/feed/ 0