By Sarah Schuch
Edited by Meredith Mayberry and Kelly Morse
The College of Health Profession's new director of development has the right tools to point the college in the right direction.
Darryl Sczepanski began his position as director of development of The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions April 7.
“This guy is so qualified it’s phenomenal,” said Tom Masterson, interim dean for the College of Health Professions. “It was a real no brainer.”
Sczepanski has recently served as the vice president of advancement for Eastern Michigan University where he excelled in his work. He helped secure the largest donation in the history of the school.
He has been doing this kind of work for a long time at a lot of different schools, and his experience is his greatest asset.
Sczepanski said he knows Michigan marketing very well, and since he was a CMU graduate, he also knows a fair amount about CMU.
“I’m glad to be back at Central,” he said. “It was a good time to make a move.”
And with the College of Health Professions without a director of development since the end of October, Sczepanski has a lot of work ahead of him.
Sczepanski’s main focus now is to get to know the programs at CMU.
He wants to update equipment, since a lot of what they do in the college is technical.
There will be a focus on support for students and faculty.
“Scholarships are always a priority, especially in graduate programs,” Sczepanski said. “Raising support for the faculty (is important) as well.”
Masterson said he has high hopes for Sczepanski but he wants to give him time to get a grasp on the environment at CMU. The key is to let him meet as many people as possible.
“It’s all about building long term relationships,” Masterson said. “The goal is two or three years down the way.”
Sczepanski said his job deals with a combination of corporate foundations and alumni fundraising.
“It is a very young college (with) relatively new majors,” Sczepanski said. “There is tons and tons of potential.”
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