Letter from the president
Greetings to all our Sullivan Foundation family and welcome to another issue of Engage. This issue, our sixth, marks three years since we started this venture, and while we’re proud of all we’ve managed to showcase thus far, we’re primarily focused on how to improve moving forward. We have plans to produce more original content, focus on schools we haven’t...
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Sullivan Flashback: Sullivan & Cromwell Law Firm
Algernon Sydney Sullivan in 1879, the year Sullivan & Cromwell was founded After graduating from Miami University of Ohio in 1845, Algernon Sydney Sullivan immediately began the process of studying to become a lawyer under the tutelage of his father, Jeremiah. He took a break along the way to help win a campaign to bring public education to his home...
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Alumnus Letter: James Oppenheim
James Oppenheim, a 1968 graduate of Rollins College and a Sullivan Award recipient, took the time to send a letter to the Sullivan Foundation after many years without contact. Even after all those years, Mr. Oppenheim was generous enough to send the Foundation a gift for the betterment of future generations, along with his remembrances and best wishes. Monday, April...
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Did you know?
Sullivan’s newest school is also, in a way, its oldest The first chapter in the story of the Sullivan Foundation really begins in southern Indiana, in the town of Madison. It was there that Algernon Sydney Sullivan was born and spent his formative years. In fact, even today, at the corner of 2nd and Poplar Streets, sits a beautiful and...
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Volunteer internationale
Sullivan alum Nolan Moore still carrying the torch of volunteerism two years on Nolan Moore’s service projects have taken himto places as far afield as Sri Lanka, Guatemala,and Kenya to help children learn and grow In 2014, when Nolan Moore was graduating from The Citadel with a major in history, he’d already amassed quite a service resume. His efforts included...
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A transformational experience
Coker College’s Jubilee Smith earns a Sullivan Award through determination and compassion Coker College wasn’t originally a part of Jubilee Smith’s life plan. The Greenwood, South Carolina native envisioned herself going somewhere far from home—not the 150 miles to Hartsville, where Coker is located. However, it turned out to be a move that would lead to academic success, a lifelong...
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Alumni Spotlight: Julie Malloy Copeland
Julie Malloy Copeland joined the Sullivan Foundation family back in 1998, when she graduated from Wofford College with a Mary Mildred Sullivan Award. Since then, her professional life has taken off—she’s now Vice President of Talent Management & Development at HRD Strategies, Inc., a human capital management consulting firm. A look at her resume might lead you to believe that...
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Educating face-to-face
North Carolina Wesleyan’s Afterschool Tutoring Initiative is a big win for education majors and for local school children Wesleyan student Lauren Gosselin carefully checks over a student’s assignment with him The idea that service is an integral part of any solid education is at the core of the Sullivan Foundation’s mission. The Education Department at North Carolina Wesleyan shares that...
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Sustainable service
Catawba College’s Center for the Environment has put students to work for the earth for 20 years Joel Schlaudt (right) leads Catawba students using bikes from Catawba’s Share-a-Bike program Catawba College, like all schools in the Sullivan Foundation network, sees service not just an accompaniment to education but a vital part of it. Those roots run deep in this Salisbury,...
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Engage is the Sullivan Foundation’s magazine celebrating service and social entrepreneurship in the Sullivan network of partner institutions.
