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Program
Overview
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“Life’s most urgent question
is:
What are you doing for others?”
— Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. |
The MSM Student Philanthropy Program,
created in 2008, provides experience and information about fundraising,
offers interactions with alumni and donors, and helps to organize
annual Graduating Class Campaigns.
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Student Philanthropy Program Overview
>> WHAT
Join together with your fellow students and become involved in
the advancement of Manhattan School of Music in a new and ground-breaking
program.
>> WHY (only
a few reasons)
- Strengthen the School in a group and community effort.
- Learn first-hand about raising money for artistic projects
— knowledge vital to your career.
- Interact with supporters of MSM who are professionals in many
fields.
- Get early access to a network of thousands of alumni.
- Enhance the value of your Manhattan degree.
>> HOW
- Attend special workshops for students about fundraising
for your projects.
Workshops were held in the Spring 2008 semester, created specially
for students, that addressed questions about cultivating donors,
organizations, and foundations for special projects (To read about
these events,
click here.) Look for future workshop.
- Learn about what the External Affairs department does
and why. To read a message and overview of the External
Affairs Department,
click here. To read about Alumni Affairs events and activities,
click
here.
- Graduating Students: Register
early for the Alumni Online Community.
In fall 2007 the School launched its first-ever Online
Alumni Community which includes a password, protected Directory
that's completely searchable and an online Class Notes page. We
are offering graduating student the opportunity to register before
they graduate for this free service. All you need to do to take
advantage of all the community has to offer is to proceed through
the registration process to establish a User ID and password.
For instructions on registering, visit our Alumni
Directories page (after February 4).
- Graduating Students: Help
inaugurate the Campaign for the Class of 2010. Details
to come.
>> WHO
Our Leadership Team (still in formation) currently includes faculty,
current students, and alumni:
- Faculty members: President Robert Sirota, Karen Beardsley-Peters
(MSM ’81), Phillip Kawin (MSM ’85), and Maitland Peters.
- Alumni Council members: Brenda Earle (MSM ’04), Jackie
Venable (MSM ’81), and Justin Bischof (MSM ’90, ’92,
’98)
Staff contacts:
John Blanchard, Director of Alumni Affairs, jblanchard@msmnyc.edu
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