Tower-Winter-2018

10 TOWER | WINTER 2018 NEW DEAN OF STUDENTS COMES TO KU Dr. Donavan D. McCargo has been named assistant vice president and dean of students at Kutztown University. Previously, McCargo was the dean of students at the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) since 2014. McCargo replaces Bob Watrous who retired in the spring after more than 30 years with the university. Prior to his work at CCP, McCargo spent eight years at Rowan University, at both the Glassboro and Camden, NJ, campuses. He began his career as an assistant director of the Educational Opportunity Fund Program in 2006. He served as the associate dean for student life at Rowan from 2012 – 2014. McCargo holds a doctorate degree in education from Rowan University, where he also earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing. He has a master’s degree in higher education from Iowa State University. Dr. Donavan D. McCargo Alex Ogeka has been promoted to executive director of the Kutztown University Foundation and Ed Richmond has been promoted to associate executive director and chief financial officer of the foundation. Ogeka and Richmond served as co-interim executive directors of the foundation during the search. Prior to that, Ogeka held several leadership roles with the foundation and university, dating back to 2006. Richmond has been the foundation’s chief financial officer since 2009. Ogeka most recently served as the foundation’s senior director of Development and Alumni Relations, a position he was promoted to in 2014. He was responsible for providing strategic direction and oversight to successfully engage alumni, faculty, staff, friends and parents to build a robust program of philanthropy to support KU students. Richmond has extensive expertise in serving not-for-profit organizations and institutions of higher education from both an internal and external perspective. He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in accounting fromMuhlenberg College. The KU Foundation has been raising funds to support the students, faculty, programs and capital needs of Kutztown University since 1983. With the generous support of KU alumni and friends of the university, the foundation raises millions of dollars for student scholarships, endowment, building projects, academic programs, athletics and more. The foundation is a private non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and all gifts to the foundation are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. The KU Foundation also includes Alumni Relations, whose purpose is to improve the KU alumni experience. OGEKA, RICHMOND PROMOTED AT KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION Alex Ogeka Ed Richmond Kutztown University and ChildPromise, Inc., Philadelphia, have entered into a four-year agreement to create a Providing Resources and Opportunities to Future Standouts (PROFS) program to assist young adults who age out of the foster care system. PROFS provides college access programs, college prep and financial literacy workshops for high school students in the foster care system and also retention programs for KU students transitioning from the foster care system. Retention programs for KU students include academic and personal coaching, financial literacy workshops, and peer mentoring services. PROFS students will also be connected to on-campus jobs many of which include work hours over semester breaks, as year round housing for students will be provided as well. ChildPromise has approved nearly a half million dollars by the end of the agreement in August 2021. Many current KU students from the foster care system desire the support a parent would normally provide. In collaboration with ChildPromise, care packages can now be sent to these students. A care package can consist of, among other things, non-perishable foods, notes of encouragement, towels/wash clothes, as well as toiletries such as toothpaste, deodorant, etc. Care packages can also be obtained by making a donation to ChildPromise, which will send a package to a student. For more information or to obtain a care package visit www.sharethecare.net . KU SUPPORTS FORMER FOSTER CARE YOUTH