Darryl Sczepanski, vice president for advancement at Kettering
University, was selected to be Eastern Michigan University's
next vice president for university advancement and the
executive director of the EMU Foundation. EMU President
John Fallon made the announcement Feb. 9.
Sczepanski fills a position vacated when Stuart Starner
left the University to accept a fundraising position in
Texas. Tom Stevick has served as interim vice president
for advancement and interim executive director since Jan.
8, 2005.
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"I am very excited to have Darryl join our staff. He has
a proven track record of success and the skills and vision
to move the University's advancement efforts forward," Fallon
said.
Sczepanski has more than 30 years of experience in capital
campaign planning and management, major gift fund raising
and alumni relations. He started his career at Sheldon
Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska, as director of college
relations and has served in a variety of advancement positions
including: news bureau director at Michigan Technological
University; director of university relations at the University
of Minnesota-Duluth; a college-based fund raiser at the
University of Colorado-Boulder; alumni and development
director at Marquette University, and associate vice president
for development at Illinois Institute of Technology.
He was named vice president for university advancement
at Kettering University (formerly General Motors Institute)
in 1998. Sczepanski is credited with helping to revitalize
a struggling $60 million capital campaign that was stalled
at $34 million and turning it into a $100 million success
story by December 2001. In recognition of this progress,
Kettering received the 2002 CASE Circle of Excellence in
Educational Fund Raising Award, Improvement Category.
"This is an exciting opportunity. I'm looking forward
to working with President Fallon, staff and faculty, the
Foundation Trustees and Board of Regents to help chart
a new development course for EMU," Sczepanski said. "I've
already begun to learn as much as I can about the rich
history and traditions of EMU and the Ypsilanti community."
Sczepanski received his bachelor's degree in journalism
and business administration from Central Michigan University
in 1972, and a master's degree in public relations from
Ball State University in 1973. He and his wife, Nancy,
have three children: Dawn, 25; Robyn, 18; and Matthew,
13.
