Shortly after I started the position I had the opportunity to help coordinate a visit by a major donor, the Kresge Foundation. Kresge has donated over $1 million to ASU, and this visit was to give them a tour of the Phoenix and Tempe campuses as well as to present them with some other programs and initiatives that they might invest in sometime down the road. I helped by creating folders for the Kresge gift officers with program information as well as personal bios of all the people that they would meet throughout their visit. I also helped with the lunch catering order and got to have lunch with the officers and sit in on some of the presentations. The highlight was definitely the presentation that took place in ASU’s Decision Theatre, which I had never seen before. If you ever get the chance to check it out, I recommend it – very impressive, and it definitely “wowed” the Kresge Foudation. Overall, the visit was a good experience as it gave me a chance to see how me maintain and foster relationships with other foundations.
Agreed the DT is really great. SPA has a faculty memeber that is involved with DT and I think there is some really interesting stuff happening there.
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