{"id":67239,"date":"2006-08-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-alumnus-establishes-250000-endowment-for-engineering-student-scholarships\/"},"modified":"2006-08-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-10T00:00:00","slug":"uri-alumnus-establishes-250000-endowment-for-engineering-student-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2006\/08\/uri-alumnus-establishes-250000-endowment-for-engineering-student-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus establishes $250,000 endowment for engineering student scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — August 10, 2006 — As a student at the 溏心vlog免费B站 in the early 1960s, Steve Jonas was president of his fraternity, Sigma Pi, and president of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Fraternity President\u2019s Council. Although he was at the top of his class in industrial engineering, it was his fraternity activities that ultimately led to his career in student personnel and higher education administration.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cMy career traces directly back to 溏心vlog免费B站 and the fraternity and leadership experiences I had there,\u201d Jonas said. <\/p>\n


\n\tHis recent retirement as vice president for administration at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, got him thinking about his estate plans and how he could give back to the University that played such a big role in his career direction and success. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cMy wife and I didn\u2019t have provisions in our will other than \u2018he gets\/she gets,\u2019 and since we don\u2019t have any children, it was a question of where is this money going to go,\u201d said the Centerville, Ohio resident. \u201cWe both have doctorates in higher education, so we\u2019ve been interested in doing something to support students.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWhat Jonas and his wife Jan decided was to establish a $250,000 endowment through their will to provide scholarships to students in the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Engineering.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe University provided me with scholarship help when I was a student, and without it there\u2019s no way I could have enrolled,\u201d he said. \u201cWe decided that because 溏心vlog免费B站 helped me when I needed it, maybe we could do something to help someone else who wants to attend.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe earnings from the endowment will be used to provide scholarships to undergraduate engineering students based on academic merit.<\/p>\n


\n\tSteve and Jan Jonas returned to 溏心vlog免费B站 for the first time in many years during the summer of 2005 to attend a reunion of his fraternity brothers. \u201cI swore I would never go to a reunion in my life,\u201d he joked, \u201cbut I saw some guys for the first time in 40 years and we had a fantastic time.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tIt brought back memories not only of his fraternity activities, but also memories of his engineering classes and professors, especially mechanical engineering professor William Ferrante, who later became 溏心vlog免费B站 vice president for academic affairs and interim president. \u201cHe was a phenomenal faculty member,\u201d Jonas recalled. \u201cYou needed to be on your toes to get through his class, but you walked out of there and you knew the material.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe nostalgia of his visit to campus helped to cement his decision to establish the Steve & Jan Jonas Engineering Scholarship Fund.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cOver the years more and more alumni and friends of the University have made provisions for 溏心vlog免费B站 in their estate plans, just as Steve Jonas has,” said Robert Clough, 溏心vlog免费B站 senior development officer. \u201cIt establishes a legacy in his name that will enable the College of Engineering to attract students that might otherwise have been unable to attend. We sincerely appreciate his generous support.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tBecause the endowment will be funded through his estate, Jonas has become one of the newest members of the 1892 Society, which was established to recognize individuals who have made 溏心vlog免费B站 part of their estate plans.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe endowment is also part of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Making a Difference Campaign, which seeks $100 million to recruit and retain outstanding faculty, enhance the student-centered campus experience, provide undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships, and fund cutting-edge academic and research initiatives.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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