January 13, 2006

Students at Community College Vote to Donate Technology Fees

By ERIN STROUT

The votes are in, and the students of Dutchess Community College have decided that they want to donate money to the institution every semester.

At a time when many community colleges are taking their first real stabs at raising private donations, fund raisers often struggle with deciding whom to single out when soliciting large gifts. Patricia Prunty, director of institutional advancement on the Dutchess campus of the State University of New York System, thought it might pay to start