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Feb 17, 2021 • Caitlin Burns
Arcadia University is proud to announce that its Division of University Advancement earned prestigious recognition from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), winning gold and bronze District II Accolade Awards relating to the Jones Poundstone Society (JPS). The JPS...
Jan 5, 2021 • Caitlin Burns
This feature story appeared in the 2020 Winter Arcadia magazine supplement, "Why We Give: The Impact of Philanthropy," and showcases the importance of endowed scholarships on student success. Kevin G. Shollenberger ’88 (left) discovered his passion for Psychobiology and...
Nov 2, 2020 • Caitlin Burns
Loyalty, gratitude, responsibility, scholarship. These are just a few of the words our Jones Poundstone Society (JPS) donors shared when asked to provide one word that describes their reason for giving during Arcadia’s second annual leadership donor recognition event, Celebrate! The Joy of Giving...
Sep 17, 2020 • Erin McLaughlin
Following her successful year as the inaugural 2020 Chair of the Jones Poundstone Society, Susan Smyth Shenker '69 will team with long-time donor and dedicated alumna, Lynn Darling Hendershot '66, to serve as Co-Chairs for 2021. Together they will lead the annual giving effort as exemplars in...
May 15, 2020 • Andrea Walls
Arcadia University is proud to announce its biennial “40 Under 40” for 2020. This is the second class of extraordinary professionals under the age of 40 who are making strides in their careers to shape the future of the industries they serve, to bring change to their local and global communities,...
Mar 26, 2020 • Erin McLaughlin
Aliyah Pulley ’23, an aspiring teacher, captivated the crowd on Thursday, March 5, when she shared her personal story of adversity, perseverance, triumph, and gratitude with scholarship supporters, fellow students, and University leadership during Arcadia’s Celebration of Scholarship event, held in...
Oct 4, 2019 • Jen Retter
This year, the University appointed five individuals to leadership positions at Arcadia, solidifying the chief academic, development and alumni engagement, information technology, and finance roles, as well as a new position for strategic initiatives. Dr. Jeff Rutenbeck, provost and senior vice...
May 23, 2019 • Caitlin Burns
Arcadia University is proud to announce that Brigette A. Bryant, a fundraising executive with nearly three decades of development experience in higher education, has been appointed vice president for Development and Alumni Relations. Bryant begins her tenure at Arcadia on June 3. “Throughout her...
Brigette A. Bryant, a fundraising executive with nearly three decades of development experience in higher education, joined Arcadia University as vice president for Development and Alumni Engagement on June 3, 2019. At Arcadia, Brigette sets annual and multi-year fundraising goals in partnership with senior leadership, academic officials, and trustees, and develops and executes strategies to increase individual, foundation, corporate, grant, and other philanthropic support. During her first year at Arcadia, Brigette led her team in surpassing the fundraising goal, created a new endowed scholarship matching gift program, and modernized
the Arcadia University Alumni Association.
Throughout her impressive career, Brigette has demonstrated a level of expertise that has increased fundraising and surpassed giving goals at the institutions she has served. Brigette’s professional values have made her effective at building relationships and development teams that have exceeded expectations.
Before joining Arcadia, most recently Brigette served as founding vice chancellor for University Advancement at the City University of New York, where she was responsible for leading fundraising expansion for the 25-campus university system. Among her highlights are the integration of a faculty and staff giving program with a more successful Giving Tuesday effort, resulting in nearly $1 million in Fiscal Year 2019; drafting principal gift level agreements in support of campus fundraising; and helping to secure several major gifts, including $1 million transfer scholarship for CUNY’s most vulnerable students and a $20 million gift to name the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.
Prior to her work at CUNY, Brigette was associate vice president for development at Seton Hall University, where she led a 25-member team. In addition, she has held chief development roles at Tufts University and Case Western Reserve University, and senior major gift roles at Columbia University, Stony Brook University, and New Jersey Institute of Technology.