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Universities Associate Provost, Dr. Vasant Telang, Dr. Beatrice
Kelly Interim Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Nursing & Allied
Health Sciences and Dr. Charlene Hogan, Interim Associate Dean
of Allied Health Sciences.
The inaugural period of Caring for
Independent Learning was enacted by one of OT
Departments alumni Mrs. Delcina Bean Burrows (Class of 1989).
Mrs. Burrows established a special endowed account, the Delcina
Bean-Burrows Endowed Fund to kick-off this initiative. She
presented a check to the OT Department in the amount of
$20,000.00, and charged other alumni to give back generously.
Mrs. Burrows
vision is to amplify a point at which all alumni will give
something to support their Alma Mater and to encourage alumni &
friends to build on the foundation this gift represents. The
goal of Caring for Independent Learning is to raise
$100,000.00 annually.
This event
marked an exciting time for Howard University and the OT
Department. Alumni, friends and colleagues, gathered to
celebrate the legacy of the Department and to secure the future
of Howard University Occupational Therapy education. They also
had the pleasure of engaging in an evening of networking, food,
and entertainment.
Since Ms.
Burrows pledge, the OT Department continues to received numerous
donations and pledges from alumni & friends. Mrs. Karen
Schneebaum, class of 1994 a regular donator to the Department of
Occupational Therapy, donated 1,000.00. Wanda Banks, alumni and
President of the Black Occupational Therapy Caucus, DC Chapter
pledge 500.00, and challenged her classmates to match her
pledge. Several alumni announced at the reception that they
would matched Mrs. Banks pledge such as alumni Ivy Bishop, and
Eldorna Samuels, also Lynn Holt a 2006 MSOT candidate for
graduation.
The OT Department salutes Mrs. Borrow’s vision for the future,
and thank everyone who gave and came out to support the OT
Department at Howard University. |
