10月. 24, 2023

Northwest alumna, husband helping to advance Martindale Hall renovation

的 president of the 西北基金会 of Directors and her husband have added their funding support to 网上赌博网站十大排行’s renovation of Martindale Hall.

耶 Beckemeyer Barry and her husband, 肯·巴里, 我承诺了25美元,000 in support of the renovation project, which will upgrade and modernize the building that houses the University’s 健康科学与健康学院. 用他们的礼物, they are joining the Champions of Caring, which celebrates donations to the project between $25,000美元和99美元,999.

“We truly appreciate 耶 and 肯’s support of the Martindale Hall renovation,劳里·朗, a senior gift planning officer with Northwest’s Office of University Advancement and the 西北的基础, 说. “的ir commitment to advancing the offerings of the 健康科学与健康学院 will enrich the experience of Northwest’s students for generations to come.”

耶, who joined the 西北基金会 in 2017 and is in the second of her two-year term as president, 说 the couple’s gift represents their belief in the importance of health care, particularly in rural areas such as northwest 密苏里州.

“的 importance of great health care at all levels is at our front door nearly every week,雷莎说 as she reflected on the needs of hers and 肯’s aging parents. “的 students who are coming out of Northwest with physical therapy or any kind of health care direction is helpful.”

进一步, the Barrys 说 their recent pledge toward the renovation project is an investment in the profession-based experiences Northwest offers students.

“We both believe in the value of higher education,雷莎说. “I still believe in the on-ground experience that students are having when they move away from home, have to live on their own and solve problems.”

惠灵顿人, 密苏里州, 耶 earned her bachelor’s degree in medical technology at Northwest in 1984 before completing a master’s degree in business administration and management at Rockhurst University in 1990.

She retired in 2015 as a vice president with Cerner Corporation, a leading healthcare technology company based in Kansas City, 密苏里州, after 30 years of employment with the business.

像大多数网上赌博网站十大排行校友一样, 耶’s primary connection with Martindale Hall as an undergraduate student was to fulfill physical education course credits. 今天, as the University’s 健康科学与健康学院 has evolved to better prepare students for not just recreation and physical education but health care fields, 耶 说 she understands the compelling need to renovate the 98-year-old building.

西北航空公司完成了1美元.3 million renovation of Martindale Hall’s third floor, a 4,260-square-foot section, last spring that includes academic laboratory spaces to support nursing, human services and school counseling programs as well as faculty offices.

然而, the third-floor renovation of Martindale Hall is just the first phase of long-term plans to update the entire building. 的 密苏里州 General Assembly approved $8.500万年, and Northwest is raising funds to match the state grant and fund the $17 million project total by December 2024.

“随着马丁代尔大厅的翻新, Northwest students will have enhanced project-based learning experiences that position them for a variety of health care roles,雷莎说.

Previously, the Barrys have generously provided funding toward the construction of the 农业学习中心 and the recent renovation of the Bearcat football locker room. 他们也是 1905年学会.

除了她在 西北基金会, 耶 also gave her time to the University as a member of Northwest’s presidential search committee during the 2022-23 academic year.

虽然不是网上赌博网站十大排行的校友, 肯, 退休工程师, has roots in Nodaway County as his parents grew up in the area. 耶 and 肯 have three adult children and reside in Liberty, 密苏里州.

的 西北的基础, 一家501(c)(3)非营利性公司, develops and stewards philanthropic resources for the benefit of 网上赌博网站十大排行 and its students. It is governed by a volunteer board and staffed by members of Northwest’s Office of University Advancement.

为了支持网上赌博网站十大排行, 包括Martindale Hall, 联系西北基金会，电话660.562.1248或浏览 aybvpg.gpsautotracker.net/GiveOnline.