Cleveland State University recently received a $10 million gift from The Parker Hannifin Foundation and Donald and Pamela Washkewicz.
"We tremendously grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Washkewicz and the Parker Hannifin Foundation for their exceptional generosity," Berkman said in an email.
The university announced the donation in an email two days ago, on Nov. 19. Donald Washkewicz, a Cleveland State graduate, is Chairman of the Board, CEO and president of Parker Hannifin.
To recognize the $10 million donation, the Cleveland State board of trustees voted to rename the Fenn College of Engineering at Cleveland State. They're going to change the name to the the Washkewicz College of Engineering.Stillwell Hall, the engineering building, will change its name to Fenn Hall.
In the email release, the president's office said that they intend to use the money from the donation for renovations and improvements to Stillwell Hall (soon to be Fenn Hall).
Among other things, the University will build a new entrance, add classroom space and open two new laboratories in the College of Engineering.
The release also said that the gift will allow Cleveland State to award more scholarships.
My comments:
*We didn't have a lot of time to pursue this story, this issue. I think there will be more in-depth information in the next issue of the Stater.
*The title of the web page has already changed to Washkewicz College of Engineering, but the headers and most of the other pages on the engineering website (example) still say "Fenn College of Engineering." This is as of Nov. 21, 2013.
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