The building is being named Francis A. Wilcox Hall in honor of the late electrical engineer and decorated U.S. veteran Francis A. Wilcox, who named the MVCC Foundation in his will when he died in 2011. His generous gift of $3 million creates even more opportunity for local students and allows MVCC to continue its mission of providing accessible, high-quality education for all students.
Of the $3 million, $2,500,000 is allocated for the Wilcox Memorial Endowed Fund, which will support two full-tuition scholarship funds: The Presidential Scholarship and Exceptional Student Scholarship — merit-based awards that benefit more than 70 high school graduates each year and are renewable for their four semesters at the College. The remaining $500,000 will be split: $250,000 will be used to establish the new Francis A. Wilcox Memorial Adult Student Scholarship for students age 25 and older who live in New York State and show financial need, which will be endowed, and the rest will be used to create the Keehle Family Fund, to be used for MVCC’s areas of greatest need to help the College maintain its dynamism and impact.
Event speakers will include: MVCC President Randall J. VanWagoner, Vice President for Community Development and Executive Director of MVCC Foundation Frank B. DuRoss, and Board of Trustees Vice Chair Tony Colòn; Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr., and Kevin Keehle, family member and executor of the Wilcox estate.
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