Georgia State College and Temple College have every just lately acquired landmark non-public donations, price $15 million and $10.9 million, respectively.

The presents assist nationally acknowledged packages on the two universities – danger administration and actuarial science at Georgia State, and providers for college kids with bodily disabilities at Temple.

Georgia State College

Georgia State College introduced on January 24, that it had acquired a $15 million reward for its danger teaching programs inside the Georgia State’s J. Mack Robinson School of Enterprise. The reward, the most important within the enterprise school’s historical past, shall be used to:

• Set up an honors scholarship program to recruit and assist students from throughout the nation to review danger administration, insurance coverage, or actuarial science
• Develop a cross-disciplinary program, together with endowed scholarships, for college kids throughout the college to obtain the training obligatory for getting into the insurance coverage business
• Create new bodily house to for this system that gives a contemporary studying setting for its college students

In recognition of the reward, Georgia State will rename its Division of Threat Administration & Insurance coverage the Maurice R. Greenberg Faculty of Threat Science, pending approval by the College System of Georgia’s Board of Regents. Greenberg is chairman and CEO of Starr Insurance coverage Corporations, a number one world insurance coverage and funding group.

“We’re deeply grateful to The Starr Basis for investing in one of many college’s top-performing and most prestigious departments,” stated Georgia State President M. Brian Blake. “This reward ensures our danger administration and insurance coverage packages will proceed to supply unimaginable graduates and excellent analysis, all whereas honoring a legendary insurance coverage government.”

Maurice R. Greenberg is chairman of Starr Insurance coverage Corporations, which was based by Cornelius Vander Starr. In 1969, he fashioned American Worldwide Group, Inc. (AIG) out of a former Starr subsidiary. Below Greenberg’s management, AIG grew from an preliminary worth of $300 million to $180 billion, turning into the most important insurance coverage firm on the earth. Greenberg additionally serves because the chairman of The Starr Basis, a philanthropic group initially funded by Cornelius Vander Starr’s property.

“The industrial insurance coverage business–a driving power of the worldwide economic system–should be dedicated to attracting and nurturing the perfect and brightest younger leaders. Serving to Georgia State proceed to construct one of many nation’s greatest insurance coverage packages will be certain that occurs,” stated Greenberg.

Georgia State’s Division of Threat Administration & Insurance coverage is a extremely regarded tutorial chief in danger and insurance coverage training and analysis. In accordance with the college’s launch, its undergraduate program is ranked fourth within the nation by U.S. Information & World Report, and the division is ranked second amongst all North American enterprise faculties for actuarial science analysis productiveness.

Temple College

On February 1, Temple college introduced that it has acquired a $10.9 million property reward from Jeanne Zweig, which it can use to endow a scholarship fund for college kids with bodily disabilities

The Jeanne Zweig Endowment will generate roughly $450,000 yearly for Jeanne Zweig scholarship recipients. Temple plans to start awarding the scholarship to eligible college students this fall.

Along with the scholarships, the endowment will assist pay for varied lodging resembling assistive know-how. It should additionally fund different assist providers, together with profession planning and training from JEVS Human Providers, a Philadelphia-based group whose mission is to “improve employability, independence and high quality of life for people, their households and their communities.”

“On behalf of the Temple group, we lengthen our profound gratitude to the Jeanne Zweig property and Ms. Zweig’s prolonged household for this beneficiant reward,” stated Mary Burke, vp of institutional development, in Temple’s information launch. “All through her life Jeanne supported Temple college students with disabilities who, like her, had their sights set on making an impression on the earth. We’re honored to additional advance that mission via the Jeanne Zweig Endowment.”

For a few years, Temple has been acknowledged yearly by the Charlotte W. Newcombe Basis for the providers it supplies to college students with disabilities. In 1985, the college established its Tailored Recreation and Sports activities program, which enabled college students with disabilities to take part in leisure actions. It was the primary college program of its variety.

“The variety of college students with disabilities we welcome at Temple has grown from 50 in 1977 to almost 3,500 in 2020,” stated Carrie Snyder, director of Temple’s Workplace of Incapacity Assets (DRS). “The dedication to accessibility is powerful right here at Temple, and due to the Jeanne Zweig Endowment, we are going to proceed to increase the providers and alternatives out there to our college students with disabilities.”

Jeanne Zweig, who was born with cerebral palsy, graduated from Temple’s Fox Faculty of Enterprise in 1953. She earned her MBA there the next 12 months. After working at PricewaterhouseCoopers following her commencement, she finally based her personal profitable accounting agency, Zweig, Ramick & Associates. Through the years, Zweig made different presents that supported Temple’s incapacity providers for college kids.