Reception to Honor Business & Industry Commitment
Fairmont State University, Fairmont State Community & Technical College and the Fairmont
State Foundation, Inc., will hold a recognition reception for special business and
industry partners on Thursday, Oct. 20, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Erickson Alumni Center.
The following investors in innovation and influence: Business and Industry for Fairmont
State will be honored: The Datha Gene Foundation; Pepsi Bottling Company, Inc.; Fairmont
State Alumni Association; George W. Bowers Family Charitable Trust; Aladdin Food Management
Services, Inc.; WesBanco, Fairmont; BB&T, Morgantown; Thrasher Engineering; Coca-Cola
Bottling Company; Gary Bennett, CPA; Consol Energy, Inc.; LabCorp; Association for
Industrial Development of Harrison County; Fairmont State Alumni Lettermen’s Association;
Marion County Board of Education; Exxon Mobil Foundation; Claude Worthington Benedum
Foundation; Wyant Scholarship Trust; Monongahela Valley Bank; Noss Enterprises, Inc.;
BB&T West Virginia Foundation; Dominion Foundation; Red Dot Pharmacy; D & G Machine
Company, Inc.; Frank, Mangano Foundation; Marion County Commission; Mont Levine, Inc.;
Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, Inc.; Mantech Corporate Headquarters; McCabe Land Company,
LP; Bergstrom Foundation; Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department; James F. and Gretchen
V. Welsh Charitable Trust; Morgantown Pulmonary Associates, P.C.; Rose, Padden & Petty
LC; Three Suns Development Company; City of Pleasant Valley; Town of Whitehall; UPS
Foundation; Bond Insurance Agency, Inc.; West Virginia High Technology Consortium
Foundation; Conley CPA Group, PLLC; Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Council; United Way of
Marion County; H. L. Heaster, Inc.; Cecchinelli Rental; Community Newspaper Holdings,
Inc.; Quota Club of Fairmont, Inc.; Ernst & Young Foundation; The Hart Family Foundation;
BB&T, Clarksburg; R & E Industries, Inc.; First Exchange Bank, Fairmont; Beverage
Distributors, Inc.; Higinbotham & Higinbotham; Troyer Potato Products, Inc.; Xerox;
Apple Valley Country Club; B. B. Maurer Charitable Trust; Charleston Rockets Team
Foundation; D.N. American, Inc.; Ferris, Baker Watts, Inc.; Quantum Construction Services,
Inc.; The New York Community Trust; Fantasia Broadcasting, Inc.; TMC Technologies,
Inc.; U. S. Machine, Inc.; March-Westin Company, Inc.; Barnes & Noble College Bookstores,
Inc.; Marion County Medical Society; Wilson Ford, Inc.; Wishing Well Health Center;
Elliott Land Development, Inc.; Morgantown Physical Therapy Associates, Inc.; Morgan
Auto Parts, Inc.; Wishing Well Manor, Inc.; State Farm Companies Foundation; Wings
& Things, Inc.; Friendly Furniture Galleries; Dan Cava’s Toyota World; Gwynn Tire
Service, Inc.; Wholesale Carpet Outlet; Bank One Corporation; State Electric Supply
Company; PEO Chapter R Sisterhood; Jennings Excavating, Inc.; Martin M. Arcure & Associates;
Alasky’s; Ford Funeral Home, Inc.; Adams Office Supply & Novelty Co.; American Public
Human Services Association; Chatta Enterprises, Inc.; Chic ‘N’ Bones; Delta Kappa
Gamma Society; DMR Developers; Fairmont State Student Nurses Association; First Exchange
Bank; Mantech Advanced Technology Systems; Nepa Pasa Pucha Amerikaya; Pfizer Foundation
Matching Gifts Program; The Arthur J. Gallagher Foundation; and Wal-Mart Foundation.
“These investors have made an annual commitment to Fairmont State in excess of $500,”
said K. Jean Ahwesh, Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Executive Director
of the Fairmont State Foundation, Inc.
“Many have made substantial endowment commitments to support programming and scholarship
at Fairmont State. They all recognize the deep connection between excellence in higher
education and increased economic opportunity and development. We are honored that
each organization has committed valuable resources to the betterment of our community
to the continued vision and mission of Daniel Bradley and Blair Montgomery.”
innovation and influence partners will receive charter membership in Fairmont State’s
new Column Society and as partners in education will receive priority access to the
full support and service of Fairmont State’s Center for Workforce Education.
Fairmont State will also recognize Delbert “Butch” Phillips, Chair, innovation and
influence: Business and Industry for Fairmont State, for securing the initial leadership
gift of this campaign as well as facilitating mutually advantageous partnerships within
the business community.
The mission of the Fairmont State Foundation, Inc., is to support, through ethical
stewardship, the mission of Fairmont State University and Fairmont State Community
& Technical College. The Foundation identifies, establishes and cultivates meaningful
relationships with Fairmont State alumni and potential and existing funding constituencies
to meet contributor needs while securing funds and supporters for priority objectives
identified by its Board of Directors.
It is not too late to become a Fairmont State Business and Industry partner. To join
your peers in this important mission, contact K. Jean Ahwesh, Executive Director,
Fairmont State Foundation, Inc., at (866) 372-2586.