Armstrong Student Center Donor Stories

 Donor Stories

 

Merger Celebrates Wedding with Armstrong Student Center Gift When Mike Champa ’05 and Katie Freking Champa ’05 stood at the front of their wedding reception in October 2010, they wanted to make sure their guests understood why they had made the trek to Oxford, Ohio.

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Gift names student activities suite in Armstrong Student Center A $350,000 pledge from Sue Henry '73 and Carter Phillips has named the student activities suite within Miami University's new Armstrong Student Center.

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Cafaro Livingston Trust names lounge within Armstrong Student Center At the direction of Debra Cafaro and Terry Livingston of Winnetka, Ill., a $150,000 gift has been directed from the Cafaro Livingston Trust to name The Pavilion Lounge within Miami University's Armstrong Student Center.

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Ostbergs name three rooms within Armstrong Student Center Roy and Barbara Ostberg, both 1962 Miami graduates, have chosen to honor their Miami connection with gifts naming two meeting rooms and a quiet study room within the Armstrong Student Center.

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Gates ’65 and Kathy ’66 Smith Celebrate Miami Merger with Meaningful Gift For David “Gates” Smith ’65, there is not a day of his 43-year marriage to Kathryn Walter Smith ’66 that he would give back.

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Two Gifts Support Armstrong Student Center Just as the Armstrong Student Center is poised to become the heart of student life on Miami University’s campus, the Center for Student Engagement and Leadership (SEAL) is the heart of the ASC itself.

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$1 Million Gift Names The Bob '52 and Doris '52 Pulley Diner Looking back, Bob Pulley ’52 still cannot help but feel a little awkward when he recounts the story of how he came to meet and eventually ask out his bride of now 58 years.

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Joslin and Ford Families First with Armstrong Student Center Support Though a number of major gifts have added recent momentum to the campaign supporting the Armstrong Student Center, Miami University is especially grateful to a pair of prominent Miami families who provided the first major gifts supporting a new student center on Miami’s campus.

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$15 million commitment names Student Center A $15 million commitment from 1961 Miami graduates Mike and Anne Armstrong has provided the primary leadership gift for the university’s Armstrong Student Center.

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$1.5 million gift from Shade Family Names Shade Family Room A gift from the Shade Family Foundation has named the Shade Family Room within the forthcoming Student Center.

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