Preservation and restoration of automobiles

SENIOR CAR SPECIALIST JAKOB GREISEN AND AUCTION MANAGER AND LUMINARY CAROLINE CASSINI TO JOIN BROAD ARROW GROUP

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
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Jakob will join as Senior Car Specialist focusing on live auctions while Caroline will serve as Auction Manager and Head of Business Development for Hagerty Marketplace online auctions.

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  • Jakob will join as Senior Car Specialist focusing on live auctions while Caroline will serve as Auction Manager and Head of Business Development for Hagerty Marketplace online auctions.
  • Jakob Greisen comes to Broad Arrow with more than two decades of auction experience and is unequivocally one of the most well-respected and formidable car specialists in the industry.
  • Caroline Cassini joins the Broad Arrow team as an Auction Manager and as Head of Business Development for Hagerty Marketplace.
  • Kenneth Ahn, President, Hagerty Marketplace comments, “I am tremendously excited to welcome both Caroline Cassini and Jakob Greisen to the Broad Arrow team.

Rob and Melani Walton Foundation Provide Student Scholarship Grant to McPherson College

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
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The Rob Walton Scholarship Fund will focus on attracting and retaining the best students in the colleges unique automotive restoration program.

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  • The Rob Walton Scholarship Fund will focus on attracting and retaining the best students in the colleges unique automotive restoration program.
  • The $1 million gift from the Rob and Melani Walton Foundation will be supplemented by the two-for-one donor match announced by the college in November, resulting in $3 million for the McPherson College endowment.
  • This grant helps us fulfill our mission of being the center of excellence for students serious about automotive restoration, said McPherson College President Michael Schneider.
  • Scholarships, like the Rob Walton Scholarship Fund, work in tandem with the Student Debt Project to help minimize the need for student and family educational loans.

McPherson College Announces Transformative $500 Million Commitment, Largest Gift to a Small Liberal Arts College in U.S. History

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Friday, November 4, 2022
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McPherson College, a Kansas liberal arts college known for its one-of-a-kind Automotive Restoration Technology degree program, announced today it has received the largest single commitment to a small liberal arts college in the United States.

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  • McPherson College, a Kansas liberal arts college known for its one-of-a-kind Automotive Restoration Technology degree program, announced today it has received the largest single commitment to a small liberal arts college in the United States.
  • If the goal of raising $250 million is met, the donor will contribute $500 million, resulting in a total of $750 million into McPherson Colleges endowment.
  • This is an unprecedented show of support not just for McPherson College but also for Americas small, liberal arts colleges, said Schneider.
  • At the press conference, Melanie Lundquist announced an additional $25 million gift to McPherson College, bringing their total commitment to $50 million.