August 4, 2020 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm UTC-6
If you missed the event, you can view it below:
Financial expert, Stacey Ackerman ’94 leads an hour of inspiring stories of giving to showcase philanthropy in action at North Dakota State University during NDSU’s Women in Philanthropy Virtual Luncheon. Panelists include Elnore Grow (’61 Chemistry), Barb Jones (’70 Pharmacy), and Ann Noble (’82 Architecture).
Hear from the following speakers:
Stacey Ackerman ’94
Event emcee
Treasurer, NDSU Foundation Trustees,
Regional Managing Director for Wells Fargo Wealth Management in Greater Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota
Ann Noble (’82 Architecture) believes giving back strengthens her own personal values of the importance of a good education and the quality of caring for others. Ann knows her NDSU education has afforded her great opportunities and feels a responsibility to support current students through scholarships. She’s gotten to know one scholarship recipient quite well and says she’s received far more than she’s given through that culturally enriching and inspiring relationship.
Barb Jones (’70 Pharmacy) has been giving back to NDSU for more than 30 years. What began as an answer to a phone call grew into funding multiple scholarships for students in the arts, pharmacy, and NDSU’s men’s and women’s golf programs. Barb says it is very fulfilling to meet the talented and gifted students supported by the scholarships and is happy to help them on their journeys at NDSU.
Elnore Grow (’61 Chemistry) grew up on a farm in Divide County, North Dakota. Her father wanted her and her sister to grow up to have choices and become independent women, so Elnore enrolled at NDSU (then NDAC) to major in chemistry. She believes chemistry is fun and has done tie dye and made ice cream in the classroom to prove it. Grateful for the support she received from her parents, Elnore gives to scholarship funds because she wants women to have options and see the world.
Margaret and her husband, Hugh Veit ’79, established the Eleanor S. Fitzgerald Memorial Graduate Student Scholarship to support NDSU students earning advanced degrees in the Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences or the Department of Human Development and Family Science.
Core areas of home economics remain part of current NDSU degree programs such as accounting; apparel, retail merchandising, and design; education; family and consumer science; financial planning; human development and family science; interior design; and nutrition science.
Home economics programs opened doors, particularly for women, to earn college degrees and pursue careers in education, Extension, state and federal government, business and industry, health care, and more. NDAC listed domestic economy as one of its courses in its founding year, 1890.
Established by Dr. Teresa Conner, dean of the NDSU College of Health and Human Sciences, and co-chaired by Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald ’83 and Col. Esther Meyers ’75, the Wisdom Keepers provide support and share their knowledge and expertise with students, faculty, staff, and leadership in the College.
The home management house at NDAC was the first facility built on a college campus specifically for home management practice. In 1954, it was named in honor of Alba Bales, the first female academic dean at NDAC.