Our Investment. Our Community. Our College.

Our Investment. Our Community. Our College.
2012 ANNUAL REPORT
The Mountwest Foundation was established in 2009, following the 2008 separation of
Mountwest Community & Technical College from Marshall University as a result of
West Virginia House Bill 3215. The Foundation started with a three-member Board of
Directors and four endowed scholarships. Today, the Board of Directors is 14 members
strong, and the Foundation manages more than a dozen scholarships.
The mission of the
Vision Statement
The Mountwest Foundation is committed to financially supporting
Mountwest Community & Technical College as it seeks to provide open
Mountwest Foundation is
to provide financial support
access to education and assist students and employers in meeting
to Mountwest Community
workforce demands.
& Technical College that
will enhance the quality of
It is our intent to:
education in order to further
•
the careers of Mountwest
Solicit private funding for scholarships, equipment, endowments, facilities and
worthwhile program support.
•
Community & Technical
Promote the mission of Mountwest Community & Technical College to the business
and surrounding communities as a key component of economic and workforce
development.
•
Develop giving programs that suit all levels of giving and offer a variety of
opportunities that meet both the desires of donors and needs of the College.
•
Act as a good steward so that the financial resources entrusted to us are strategically
and responsibly used to achieve the mission and goals of Mountwest Community &
Technical College.
•
Support the long-term growth and success of Mountwest Community & Technical
College through quality partnerships with alumni, employees, businesses,
organizations and our surrounding community as a whole.
- Jamie, Class of 2011
College students.
MESSAGES FROM MOUNTWEST LEADERSHIP
BOB CHILDERS
President | Mountwest Foundation
The last few years have been the journey of a
lifetime. We have been part of an educational
transformation within our community that will,
undoubtedly, benefit our children, grandchildren and
generations to come.
As a local businessman, I appreciate the quality and skill level of students
graduating from Mountwest Community & Technical College. I am
certainly not alone when it comes to the number of local businesses and
corporations reaping the benefits of a more qualified applicant pool thanks
to the training students receive at Mountwest.
That makes now the ideal time to invest in the future of Mountwest and our
local workforce. Through business and individual gifts and grants to the
Mountwest Foundation, the college is able to offer more employee training
programs, scholarships, internships and develop new programs that
produce highly skilled workers.
We are so proud of the great strides the Mountwest Foundation has made
since 2009 and are pleased to share with you our first annual report, which
includes highlights from our first two years.
KEITH COTRONEO, Ed.D.
President | Mountwest Community &
Technical College
Hello from our wonderful new campus atop the
“mount” off Fifth Street in Huntington. I am extremely
proud of this new campus and have greatly enjoyed
welcoming students and staff members to our new home.
As you can see, Mountwest Community & Technical College is a growing
institution. A move of this magnitude would not have been possible without
you, our faithful supporters. There are so many exciting benefits of our
new campus, one of which is our new, one-stop Student Services area.
We worked with consultants, students, faculty and staff to design this area
to meet the needs of all. The ability for a student to accomplish all of their
admissions, advising and financial aid tasks in one, single-stop location is a
wonderful feature of our new campus.
We are always looking for more ways to improve our institution and provide
our students with the best possible education. Our region receives a
tremendous return on investment from a Mountwest graduate and from
the Mountwest operation. The dollars that are invested in the college by
government and private donors are returned in a very short amount of time
and many times over. Invest in the future. Invest in our community. Invest in
Mountwest.
Thank you for your commitment to Mountwest.
Founding Board Members
The Mountwest
KEITH COTRONEO, Ed.D. | Mountwest Community & Technical College | Huntington, WV
Foundation owes
JEFFREY PORTER | Porter and Associates, CPAs | Huntington, WV
considerable thanks
SUSAN RICHARDSON | Proctorville, OH
to the following
2009-2012 Foundation Board of Directors
LEE OXLEY, President
Frazier & Oxley
Huntington, WV
JEFFREY PORTER, Treasurer
Porter & Associates, CPAs
Huntington, WV
JEFF FAUCETTE
Raymond James
Huntington, WV
BOB CHILDERS, Vice President
Structures Resources
Huntington, WV
SHARON AMBROSE
Huntington, WV
SUSAN RICHARDSON
Proctorville, OH
PETE PETERS, Secretary
Huntington Behavioral Health
Huntington, WV
KEITH COTRONEO, Ed.D.
Mountwest Community &
Technical College
Huntington, WV
JERRY BRIENZA
Huntington Tri-State Airport
Huntington, WV
TONY MARTIN
State Electric Supply Co.
Huntington, WV.
JEFF FAUCETTE, Vice President
Raymond James
Huntington, WV
KEITH COTRONEO, Ed.D.
Mountwest Community & Technical
College
Huntington, WV
JASON MOSES
Moses AutoMall of Huntington
Huntington, WV
SUSAN RICHARDSON, Treasurer
Retired CPA
Proctorville, OH
LOU AKERS
LJA Consulting
Huntington, WV
VICKI MARSHALL
VDM Management Group
Barboursville, WV
served and led the
organization from its
through 2012.
BOB CHILDERS, President
Structures Resources, Inc.
Huntington, WV
MITCH FARRAR
BB&T
Huntington, WV
who faithfully
conception in 2009
2012-2013 Foundation Board of Directors
MICHAEL EMERSON, Secretary
Huntington Steel & Supply Co.
Huntington, WV
board members
TIM ROBERTS
Alcon Laboratories
Huntington, WV
DIANE STRONG
Manpower
Charleston, WV
DANNY VANCE
Service Pump and Supply Co.
Huntington, WV
SCHOLARSHIPS & PROGRAM SUPPORT
Student Scholarships
In 2010, the Mountwest Foundation developed a new scholarship program for private scholarships and worked with Mountwest Community
& Technical College and the Office of Financial Aid to create a disbursement program for private scholarships. Now, scholarship selection occurs
biannually and is conducted by a group of faculty and staff.
Each year, the number of scholarships and number of awards continues to grow. In addition to the scholarships awarded in 2010-2011 and 2011-2012,
donors also established a number of other annual scholarships for the 2012-2013 academic year during that time. Annual named scholarships require a
gift of $1,000 or more. Scholarships become fully endowed when a minimum $15,000 gift is made.
In 2011-2012, the Mountwest Foundation also offered donors the added incentive of West Virginia state tax credits through the Neighborhood Investment
Program for scholarship gifts of $500 or more.
2010-2012 Scholarships
Advanced Technical Solutions Excellence in IT Scholarship
CK Civic League Scholarship*
Culinary Arts Scholarship
Desiree L. Franklin*
Enterprise Holdings Foundation Scholarship for Veterans
Grainger Tools for Tomorrow® Scholarship
Lisa Smith Kroening Scholarship*
Mary Lou Sullivan Physical Therapist Assistant Scholarship
Nell Elizabeth Cook Rutherford Memorial Scholarship*
William L. and Marie E. Redd Scholarship*
*indicates fully endowed scholarships
2010-2012 Scholarship Recipients
Elizabeth Bennett*
Sarah Brame*
James Brydie
Kimberly Cyrus
Clinton Effingham
Amy Farley*
James Ford*
John Graham
Charlene Honaker*
Jeremy Johnson
Nikki Kopsolias*
Savannah Marr*
Brandon Messer*
Brittany Perry
Roy Pratt
David Rutherford
John Settles*
Mary Sharp
Jeremy Shingleton
Andrea Thornton*
Patrick Winters
*indicates students who have
graduated with an associate
degree and/or certificate as of
May 2012
The Mountwest Foundation hosted its inaugural Scholarship Brunch in April 2011. The event gave donors the
opportunity to meet scholarship recipients and their families.
The inaugural brunch was such a success that the Foundation hosted the 2nd Annual Scholarship Brunch in
April 2012 with an even greater number of donors and student scholarship recipients than the year before.
Academic & Student Support Programs
In addition to scholarships, private donors help support current and future academic initiatives of the College. These
gifts provide matching funds for state grants and help ensure that our students are learning on state-of-the-art
equipment, especially in highly technical fields.
Mountwest Community & Technical College has also focused its attention on retention, namely through the college’s
Beacon Project. This initiative, funded through a three-year, $5 million U.S. Department of Labor grant to the
college, offers students a three-tiered internal support structure consisting of a peer coach, caseload counselor and
faculty mentor and alters traditional delivery methods for developmental education. By improving student retention,
Mountwest will produce more qualified graduates for our local workforce.
As the college collects valuable data during this initial phase, it plans to grow the imprint of the Beacon Project on the
college. Private funding ensures sustainability of Mountwest’s proven plan for student success.
Capital Improvements
In fall 2012, Mountwest Community & Technical College moved to its new campus on Fifth Street Hill in Huntington.
The campus features a newly renovated 115,000-square-foot academic building with five floors of classroom,
laboratory, meeting and office space. The 28-acre campus also offers the College ample room for future growth.
As the College settles into its new home, private dollars will help Mountwest continue to enhance its facilities to meet
changing student and workforce needs.
Brick by Brick Campaign
From 2010 to 2012, nearly 30 faculty, staff, students and friends became part of campus history by sponsoring bricks
through our Brick by Brick Campaign. In summer 2012, the bricks were installed along the front entryway of the new
academic center.
Bricks are still available for purchase and are an excellent way to
reflect a distinct network of friendships and relationships as well
as personal and family milestones.
12 x 12 concrete pavers - $250 | 4 x 8 bricks - $100
- Karen, Class of 2013
Scholarship support
is a great way to
help a Mountwest
student achieve
his or her dream of
earning a degree.
DONOR SPOTLIGHT
Mountwest Scholar Society ($5,000 and above)
Kenneth and Sharon Ambrose
Five Promises for Children Foundation
Genesis Rehabilitation Services
Susan Peyton
Tully and Brandon Roisman
David Rutherford
Unlimited Future, Inc.
President’s Circle ($1,000 to $4,999)
Advanced Technical Solutions, LLC
Lou Akers and Patty Bostic
Steven and Cheryl Brown
Bulldog Creative Services
Harold and Betty Camp
Cengage Learning
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Dean and Laura Jacks
Neighborgall Construction
Lee Oxley
Pete and Ava Peters
Jeffrey and Sharon Porter
Nancy and Tib Price
Susan K. Richardson
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Friends of the Foundation ($249 and below)
Sara Blethen
John and Billie Brooks
Charles Burcham
Hoyt Burdick
Leslee Chafin
Sara Chapman
Kevin Craig
Patricia Dickey
Sandra Doll
Megan Harrison
Hite Saunders Elementary School Staff
David Horst
Terry Jones
Daniel Konrad
Nedra Lowe
Mahue Construction Company
Eliot Parker
Carol Perry
Kimberly Preece
Meredith Rakes
Mary Riley
Rhonda Scragg
Bruce Senior
Monica Shafer
Signing Works
Jeff and Anna Smith
Christopher and Kayde Stevens
Lisa Sullivan
Terri Tomblin-Byrd
Tri-State Airport Authority
Linda Vinson
West Virginia American Water
Rebecca White
Foundation Circle ($500 to $999)
Anonymous
Jean Chappell
Community Trust Bank
Keith Cotroneo
Jeff & Christy Faucette
Jim Hale
Joshua and Sheanna Spence
Wooten Machine Co., Inc.
Dean’s List ($250 to $499)
Bastian & Harris, Architects
Richard Brown
CSX Transportation
Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce
Herbert Karlet
Marathon Petroleum
Edd McDevitt
In-Kind Gifts
West Virginia Section of
American Water Works Association
Gifts made in honor of:
Mildred Battle
Grace Cotroneo
Tessa Cotroneo
Cooper Allen Karlet
Jaxson Pete Karlet
Frank and Margaret Kotch
Nedra Lowe
Alice Kathryn Abigail Payne
Professor William L. Redd, Esq.
James Robert Logan Rose
Col. Donald J. and Maxine Smith
Robert and Beverly Vanderzalm
Linda Wilkinson
Gifts made in memory of:
Charles Byrd
Alleda Hiller
Rick S. Rakes
Charles A. Scarberry Jr.
Many thanks to our donors who have helped the
Mountwest Foundation get off to a great start. Gifts
reflect donations made during the 2010-2011 and
2011-2012 years.
Every effort has been made to ensure that all donor
names are correct. Please inform the Foundation
Office at 304.710.3271 of any corrections.
Businesses, alumni,
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
employees and
Summary as of June 30, 2012
friends come
together to make
Revenue Sources
Employee Contributions
5%
our work possible.
In-Kind Contributions
5%
Expenses
Corporate
Contributions
57%
Individual
Contributions
33%
Operations
Other
5%
3%
Special Events
8%
Travel & Meetings
5%
Scholarships, Grants
& Institutional Support
70%
- Chris, Class of 2015
Business Expenses &
Contract Services
9%
HOW TO GIVE
MOUNTWEST FOUNDATION CONNECTIONS
Thank you for your generous support of the Mountwest Foundation. We have two easy ways to
give throughout the year.
1. Online Giving - Go to www.mctc.edu/foundation and click
2. Mail in Giving - Mail your donation directly to the
Mountwest Foundation
One Mountwest Way | Suite 417B
Huntington, WV 25701
Please contact us at (304) 710-3271 or foundation@mctc.edu if you have any questions.
Sheanna Spence, Director of Development | (304) 710-3271
Ainslie McKinney, Development Assistant | (304) 710-3272
www.mctc.edu/foundation