Robert M. “Bob” Goodfriend speaks at the Dr. Morris D. Goodfriend lecture series at Tennessee Wesleyan University.Alum Jim Mosher issues $100,000 matching challenge
- What: Jim Mosher, a member of the Tennessee Wesleyan University class of 1967, has issued a $100,000 matching gift challenge to raise money for the Mosher Center for Student Success on campus. Between now and June 30, Mosher will match gifts up to a total of $100,000.
- Benefits: The Mosher Center for Student Success will focus on helping collegians achieve academic and personal success. The center’s staff will assist TWU students in choosing a major, finding internships, job placement and career development as well as offer tutoring services.
School of Business named in honor of Goodfriends
- What: Tennessee Wesleyan University announces the official naming of the Goodfriend School of Business in honor of Bob and Wendy Goodfriend, who recently pledged $2 million to the school.
- Benefits: “We are indebted to the Goodfriend family for their transformative pledge of $2 million to the school of business,” says TWU President Harley Knowles. “This gift will allow TWU to move the school of business to a new level of excellence.”
Professor establishes endowed scholarship fund
- What: Tennessee Wesleyan University Professor Dr. Bill Watts and wife, Suzi, have established the Willard W. Watts Sr. Criminal Justice Endowed Scholarship Fund. Willard Watts served much of his life as a police officer with the Dillon Police Department in South Carolina.
- Benefits: The fund will provide scholarships to criminal justice students.