Building a New Civic Arts Center
Campaign includes funding for a new Civic Arts Center
According to Jason McNeal, Vice President for Advancement and Community Relations, the College has been raising money and collecting pledges during a “quiet phase” of the campaign, which began two years ago.
Guiding the fundraising has been a campaign steering committee, members of which include Nancy Cain, retired managing editor and executive vice president of Maryville-Alcoa Newspapers, Inc., and a member of the MC Board of Directors; Kevin Clayton, CEO of Clayton Homes; Sheridan H. “Dan” Greaser, 1960 alumnus, retired general manager of operations for Global Lighting Products-Eveready Battery Company and vice president of the College’s Board of Directors; Fred Lawson, chairman and founder of Bank East and member of the MC Board of Directors; Ellie Morrow, former director of development at the College; Dick Ragsdale, chairman of the Metropolitan Nashville Hospital Authority and member of the MC Board of Directors; and Mary Kay Sullivan, professor of business management and holder of the Joe D. Eakes Chair of Business.
Clayton spoke about the CAC, which is the highest-dollar component of the campaign. He was recognized during the banquet for the volunteer leadership role he took in encouraging community support of the CAC.
“I have been involved now with this project and with this campaign for over two years,” the Clayton Homes CEO said. “And I can tell you that I have never been involved with any other project that has as much promise for this College, our community and our region as the Civic Arts Center.”
To make a gift for the construction of a new civic arts center, contact contact Holly Jackson-Ludlow, interim vice president for advancement and community relations, at 865.273.8884 or holly.ludlow@maryvillecollege.edu.
