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McGowan Foundation Supports WVCA Scholarships Wyoming Valley Children’s Association is now accepting applications for full scholarships to its “Together We Grow” preschool program. Thirty full scholarships are available for the 2010-2011 school year for children ages four and five years who reside in Luzerne County. Funded through the generosity of the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund, all scholarships are for full day preschool sessions, five days a week and are based on financial need. Learn More @ www.wvcakids.orgAttorney Gert McGowan of the McGowan Foundation presents WVCA board of directors with a grant for 30 full scholarships for the 2010-2011 school year.
Posted Jun 14, 2010 6:28 AM by Mike Cachine
MCGOWAN FUND SELECTS GEORGETOWN'S MCDONOUGH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOR FELLOWS PROGRAM May 20, 2010Fund Partners with 10 Top MBA Programs to Award Fellowships to Emerging LeadersWashington, D.C. – The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund has selected Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business as a partner in a new fellowship program designed to support and inspire emerging leaders to make ethical and societal concerns part of their ongoing corporate ethos.The McGowan Fund is partnering with 10 top MBA programs across the United States to present a fellowship to one second-year MBA student from each school who has demonstrated academic excellence and social leadership during their first year of MBA studies. The award will cover the full cost of tuition for the second year of their studies. Additionally ...
Posted May 24, 2010 8:07 AM by Mike Cachine
McGowan Fund Partners with Hyatt Regency Hotel To Serve Night Ministry Thursday March 11, 2010. Mission Spending! The staff of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago and the trustee's and families of The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund teamed up for a joint community service project - Preparing 600 hygiene packages and cookie treats for Night Ministry, a Chicago-based homeless shelter for youth. Representatives from all organizations convened at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago on Thursday evening to lend a hand in preparing the food and Hygiene packages for youths served by Night Ministry. To learn more about Night Ministry and their mission to serve homeless youth in Greater Chicago please visit www.thenightministry.org.
Posted Mar 12, 2010 5:09 AM by Mike Cachine
Announcing: The William G. McGowan / MCI Digital Collection We are pleased to Announce The William G. McGowan / MCI Digital Collection @ The Hagley Digital Archives and "William McGowan's MCI: 1968 to 1991", a digital exhibit produced by the Hagley Library in partnership with the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund.This collection includes approximately 5000 selected pages and images from the archives of the William G. McGowan / MCI Comminications Corporation collection at the Hagley Library.William G. McGowan (1927-1992) was the driving force behind the success and innovation of MCI. He was born in the small coal mining and railroad town of Ashley, Pennsylvania. After serving in the U.S. Army, he attended Kings College in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania and then received an MBA from Harvard University. McGowan ...
Posted May 7, 2010 7:46 PM by Mike Cachine

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Center For Inspired Teaching - Chocolate Inspiration 2010 Gala Center For Inspired Teaching's Executive Director - Aleta Margolis Speech 3/4/2010.Thank you Jon, and thank you all for joining us for Chocolate Inspiration 2010. We hold this gala each year to celebrate the accomplishments of Center for Inspired Teaching and the people whose support makes our work possible. Thank you again to our corporate and foundation sponsors, our Host Committee, and our Board of Directors.Thank you to our gracious hosts in this beautiful space: Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan, Alejandra de la Paz, and Claudia Keller Lapayre. And thank you to all of the chefs and businesses who have donated their talent—and their chocolate!And of course this evening wouldn’t happen at all were it not ...
Posted May 7, 2010 7:52 PM by Mike Cachine

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Novel Program Translates Behavioral and Social Science Research Into Treatments to Reduce Obesity Rush University Medical Center collaborates with Southside Chicago community for a sustained increase in physical activity and decrease in stress in pre-menopausal womenUnder a $7.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Rush University Medical Center is developing a novel program, called WISHFIT, to help pre-menopausal women reduce visceral fat through a sustained increase in physical activity and reduction in stress. The program itself will be designed by both Rush researchers and women in two Southside Chicago communities, Beverly and Morgan Park. These communities were the subjects of studies over the past 15 years that found a link between the changing hormonal balance in the peri-menopausal years to the accumulation of visceral fat. Visceral ...
Posted Mar 10, 2010 12:39 AM by Mike Cachine

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Grantee Spotlight

Immaculate Heart Of Mary - Education Enrichment Institute (EEI) Education Enrichment Institute (EEI)In order to help sustain the growth and expansion of the Education Enrichment Institute (EEI), the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund awarded a grant to the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The EEI is a unique after school tutoring program that provides one-to-one tutoring sessions to 125 students annually from six area school districts. Twenty retired IHM Sisters give students undivided attention in specific academic areas, and are so grateful to be able to continue their ministry in education.“Students come to the EEI for one-to-one sessions [mostly] because they are behind in their studies. Where ever they are in their studies, where ...
Posted Mar 12, 2010 9:29 AM by Mike Cachine

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McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine To support efforts toward saving lives and improving the quality of life in end stage heart failure pediatric patients, The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund awarded a one-year grant to the University of Pittsburgh, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine.The focus of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine is on the development of new regenerative medicine-based therapies and the rapid translation of these emerging technologies to clinical assessment and use. This grant supports studies in the development of therapies for cardiac failure and is aimed at improving survival rates and the quality of life in patients with heart failure. The research is addressing the development of mechanical circulatory support technology for infants and children. While the success with ...
Posted Mar 12, 2010 9:22 AM by Mike Cachine

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About The Fund

A Philanthropic Family Foundation established in 1992 by William G. McGowan to promote, nurture, and fund promising programs in:

Education: Improving High School Retention and Graduation Rates

McGowan Scholars: Supporting Business School Students

Health Care and Medical Research: Cardiac Health Programs and The Development of Therapies

Community Programs: Supporting vulnerable populations to address life challenges for the elderly, victims of abuse, those with disabilities, and those who suffer from hunger, homelessness, unemployment or illness.

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Please note: As of July 18, 2009, the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund has closed the McGowan Scholars Program and is not accepting applications for the 2010-2011 academic year which are normally due by September 15.

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