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SECONDWhat’s the best career advice you ever received? If money were no object, what would you do for a living?

When vocation and avocation come together, our workforce excels in creativity and productivity. Food is one example; in the pages ahead, you’ll see what part Reynolds is playing in RVA’s dining scene. In fact, the demand by area chefs for locally-sourced produce is bringing horticulture and culinary instruction together in new ways.

The J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Educational Foundation broadens the capacity of Reynolds to equip students for success in the workplace. When a student develops – or discovers – a talent for cooking, welding, or poetry, Reynolds hones those skills. With the support of donors who make scholarships and new programs possible, our graduates transform their interests into a career.

With gratitude,

Elizabeth S. Littlefield, CFREExecutive DirectorJ. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Educational Foundation

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LEFT: Dr. Gary Rhodes with Mrs. McCutcheon, founder of the Andrew H. McCutcheon, Jr. Memorial Scholarship.

Here I am with one of my favorite people, Mrs. Charlotte McCutcheon.

The Andrew H. McCutcheon, Jr. Memorial Scholarship, named after Charlotte’s late and very great husband Andy, was created to help Reynolds nursing students become Registered Nurses.

Over the years, I’ve made a hospital visit or two. Nearly always, a nurse will stop me with, “Hey, I know you. You shook my hand when I graduated from Reynolds.” Those Commencement moments are made possible by the Charlottes of the world, and our region benefits immensely by this generosity. Like the majority of our alumni, most nursing graduates apply their skills right here in the Richmond area.

What makes Reynolds so special? The wonderful community of supporters who care about our students and invest in their education. You’ll see in the pages ahead, the impact they – and you – make.

Gary L. Rhodes, Ed.D.President Reynolds Community College

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BELOW: Mitch Haddon (a 1980 Reynolds alum) catching up with students Clay, Daniel, and Alex at the 19th Annual Scholarship luncheon.

We have an outstanding Foundation Board president!

As CEO of ColonialWebb Contractors, Mitch Haddon (standing, left) has a reality-based perspective on workforce needs and employer expectations of our graduates.

As busy as he is, Mitch devotes much of his time to interacting with students, attending college events, and providing his leadership to the J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Educational Foundation board.

In addition, Mitch and his wife created the Mitchell F. Haddon and Sabine Neumann Scholarship to support Nursing students at Reynolds.

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“ “WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT HONORS & HORS D’OEUVRES CELEBRATING A HALF MILLION DOLLAR ENDOWMENT.

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The Richard S. Reynolds Foundation launched the Reynolds Family Honors Scholars program, providing scholarship awards to students with a keen interest in leadership and service learning.

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How do food and housing costs affect Reynolds students?

Seventy-five percent of Reynolds students work, with 48% holding down a full-time job. Still, food and housing insecurity issues are very real and have academic consequences, too. In a poll of 351 students, about 20% reported repeated episodes in the last 12 months of being hungry but not eating because there was not enough money for food.

Out of 153 students, food and housing costs forced approximately one-fourth of students to withdraw or drop from class/classes. Thirty-seven percent couldn’t purchase required textbooks, and 25% were unable to register for any classes for a semester due to lack of funds.

Sixty-two students in the Reynolds Honors Program received scholarship assistance during the 2016-17 academic year. Funding helped Sierra (above) broaden her horizons on a study abroad trip to Italy. Sociology Professor Gayle D’Andrea and student Jeremiah (left) analyze food insecurity on college campuses, including at Reynolds.

Research shows that the needs of academically gifted students may go un-addressed, putting them at risk for under-achievement. Honors programs challenge and cultivate students, often leading to higher achievement than equally capable students not enrolled in honors.

SOURCE: Homer, Meg. (2017). High-Achievers Have Needs Too: An Evaluation of the Reynolds Honors Program. The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education.

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LEFT: Ogi, DeAndre, and DeVon hustle to complete their capstone dishes.

Food is a huge economic driver for RVA. Millennials, key to a strong workforce, are heavily influenced by an area’s culinary scene when choosing where to live.

These days, local chefs are poaching more than eggs to keep up. With the scramble for prep and line cooks, sous chefs, and pastry artists, wooing away talent from one establishment to another is a growing necessity.

To fill the shortage of skilled culinary professionals and contribute to the larger economic revitalization of Richmond’s East End, Reynolds is poised to expand our Culinary Arts program with new course offerings and a move from the Downtown Campus to Church Hill.

Reynolds will partner on the revitalization project Steve and Kathie Markel, who are personally financing a real estate development at 25th and Nine Mile Road. The Culinary Institute at Reynolds is slated to hold anchor tenancy in the new development, which also features affordable residential apartments and a full-service grocery store serving a food desert.

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Students huddle to hear reviews by Culinary Arts Program Head Chef Jesse Miller and Chef Jay Cohen, Culpeper High School Dual Enrollment Instructor.

REYNOLDS ELBY WINNERSRichmond’s premier restaurant community award for shining stars

Stephanie Boehles | 2013Holly Mitchell | 2014Celeste Eisinger | 2015Nick Shipman | 2016Renee Comstock | 2017

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Public and private investments for the new Culinary Institute at Reynolds are underway. Launched with a gift of $1 million from the Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation, followed by another lead gift of $1 million from The Lipman Foundation, challenge grants by the Mary Morton Parsons Foundation and Cabell Foundation, and funding from Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods, the Marietta McNeill Morgan & Samuel Tate Morgan, Jr. Trust and others, the Institute will spur critical workforce development in Richmond’s East End.

With the planned 25,000 square foot facility, enrollment capacity will more than double from 300 to 700-750, expanding the college’s pipeline of skilled culinary and hospitality professionals. The institute will feature a greenhouse for sustainable urban gardening, a market café providing

RIGHT: Architectural rendering of the new Culinary Institute at Reynolds, which will be located at 25th and Nine Mile Road.

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With 3,000 culinary job openings projected annually, the Culinary Institute at Reynolds will serve as a beacon for the region and beyond for great food and premiere culinary instruction.

As of September 1, nearly $3 million has been raised for this awesome project.

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At Farm-to-Fork, Culinary Arts students prepared dishes featuring herbs sustainably grown by Horticulture Technology students at the Goochland Campus.

Ayer Chamberlin was an avid gardener and alum of Reynolds’ Horticulture program. She included in her estate plans financial support for horticulture instruction and programmatic needs. Program Head David Seward is seated on a utility vehicle, made possible through Ayer’s legacy gift, used for hauling materials and traversing 100 acres of the Goochland Campus. Through her planned gift, Ayer’s passion and influence continue to bloom.

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The Culinary Institute at Reynolds will bring greater college access and job opportunities to Richmond’s East End, which is home to one-third of current culinary students.

The close vicinity of the institute may encourage other residents to pursue a career in culinary arts. As Reynolds implements its Center for Urban Initiatives, the facility will provide East End residents an avenue to Reynolds’ Middle College and other

academic and training programs onsite or a short distance away at the Downtown Campus, accessible by public transportation and the college’s free shuttle service for students.

TOP LEFT: Scholarship benefactor Craig Waters samples a dish.

TOP RIGHT: College Board member Dr. Brenda Drew, with husband Charles, are among the green thumbs buying plants for their home gardens.

BOTTOM LEFT: Many Culinary Arts students already hold jobs in RVA’s hospitality industry as prep cooks and other entry-level positions. Pictured: DeVon, Tameka, Kathleen Cossaboon (Instructor), and Trevor.

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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Instructor Barbara Williams, Program Head Michelle Sartelle, and students Shelby, Chris, Bernadette, and Ronda.

You can’t see the other 18 students – and future Medical Record Coders – in Barbara Williams’ class, because they’re attending online. We owe a huge thanks to the Richmond Memorial Health Foundation for their grant to launch Health Information Management (HIM) at Reynolds.

The program provides a pathway for students interested in medical records coding and health information to earn credentials leading to an associate degree. An aging population and electronic medical records are driving the need for more skilled technicians to manage this data.

Why is this young man smiling? Because, as a STEM major, Khalil is honing his skills in Math Central, a free walk-in tutoring resource for students at the Downtown and Parham Road campuses. We thank Altria and Universal Leaf Foundations for their amazing help transforming math-phobic students into math-confident graduates.

“ “I GAINED MORE CONFIDENCE AFTER MATH CENTRAL TUTORING.

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The number of visits to Math Central made by Reynolds students in the 2016-17 academic year.6,573

Has the opioid crisis changed nursing instruction at Reynolds?

Absolutely. At the Spring Nursing Luncheon, students demonstrate the Commonwealth of Virginia’s REVIVE! training to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose emergency.

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RIGHT: Philanthropy built the Simulation Laboratory housed at the Downtown Campus, and the realistic clinical experiences it facilitates makes Reynolds nursing graduates highly sought after by hospitals and doctors’ offices in the Richmond area.

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LEFT: Bettie, Ken, and Chris Perry are longtime and generous donors to Reynolds. In 1999, the Perrys created the VAMAC Endowed Scholarship Fund to help students become the future entre-preneurs and business owners of our region. Not only does VAMAC provide for tuition and books, the scholarship assistance provides a paid internship at the company. And, when an

entry-level job becomes available at the company, VAMAC notifies our students and graduates of the opportunity.

The Perrys are pictured here with Chancellor Glenn DuBois (far left) at the 2017 Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy.

What Reynolds Means To Me. By Beth Reid

As I stood there, mesmerized by the young woman on the other side of the glass barrier who was painstakingly reassembling an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus, I realized, “This is it. This is what I want to do for the rest of my life.” Art Conservation. I would have to attend a graduate program in art history and prove my substantial experience and education in studio art, history, art history, anthropology, and chemistry. Through my BFA from VCU and my recent museum occupations, I have the first

four categories thoroughly covered, but chemistry? Not so much.

In order to have any hope of attending a school like NYU or the Getty Institute, I’d have to take at least four college-level chemistry courses.

Enter Reynolds. A friend of mine was a current student there and had nothing but praise whenever he talked about it. He pushed me to apply for the Honors Program, and I can’t thank him enough. Having the additional scholarship funding is a huge relief for someone trying to pay for tuition out of pocket. I can actually even afford to take one day a week off to

go to an internship working with a conservator at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, a luxury I did not anticipate on having.

Many of the people attending class with me are working professionals, and often have families, so taking the time to go to college is a huge sacrifice for them and they do not squander the time set aside for school. I know for certain that Reynolds has many experiences to offer other than just fulfilling my application requirements that will prepare me to be a rock star museum professional. So look out, Smithsonian, ready or not, here I come!

RIGHT: Beth at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources with Mike Barber, State Archaeologist.

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Source: Virginia Education Wizard Cost Calculator, June 2017†Based on a 15-credit semester and current tuition rate

REYNOLDS TUITION COMPARISON

COLLEGEYEARLYTUITION & FEES

Reynolds $4,886†

Average Public 4-Year Institutions $12,166

Yearly Savings $7,280

Reynolds $4,886†

Average Private 4-Year Institutions

$21,902

Yearly Savings $17,016

Tuition.Reynolds in-state tuition is currently $162.85* per credit. For example, a three-credit class costs $488.55. For a student taking a full-time schedule (15 credits), the cost is $2,442.75 for the semester, which is less than half the cost at an average four-year public college in Virginia.

*For the most current tuition rates, visit reynolds.edu/tuition.

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LEFT: Josephine has an awesome alumni success story. After transferring from Reynolds, she graduated from UVA, entered her chosen career path as a behavioral clinician, and she’s even written a children’s book. At the 19th Annual Scholarship Luncheon, Josephine met donors

who made her education possible: Dr. Stuart Medlin, benefactor of the Stuart B. Medlin Liberal Arts Endowed Scholarship, and Maggie Georgiadis (pictured), benefactor of the Dimitri and Maggie Georgiadis Endowed Scholarship.

Scholarships.Reynolds has more than 100 scholarships available. Some are for specific programs of study, while others are general scholarships that generous benefactors have made possible.

In the 2016-17 academic year, Reynolds awarded nearly $628,000 in scholarship dollars to 303 students.

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meet Leah (center), a graduate of Louisa County High School and new Reynolds student benefiting from the Sharon and Jack Manzari Endowed Scholarship.

Dr. John “Jack” Manzari and wife Sharon show a lot of love for Louisa County, creating the Sharon and Jack Manzari Endowed Scholarship to help residents attend Reynolds. A retired pulmonologist from New York, Jack’s specialty was lung disease. When more respiratory therapists were urgently needed, the local community college stepped up to provide the training. Jack’s interest grew from there and he now serves on the Reynolds College Board. He says, “I have a viewpoint on service. You first maximize service to yourself through good health practic-es and getting the best education you can. The next thing you do is support your family. Then, share your blessings with the community.”

Among those gratefully receiving this help is Leah (center), a graduate of Louisa County High School and new Reynolds student.

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The plans we make for the future should focus on our passions. Bequests are a great way to take care of your family and the causes dear to your heart. Heard about planned giving, but not sure it’s for you? Read on, as we debunk 5 common myths.

MYTH 1You have to be wealthy.Not true. All of us have assets of some kind – a bank account, retirement account, life insurance. Planned giving is popular because it’s flexible. If funding your passion is financially out of reach right now, a planned gift could be perfect.

MYTH 2Your kids will resent you.A planned gift lets you take care of your family first. You designate what and how much to give to your kids and grandkids.

The Educational Foundation receives the remainder determined by you. Heirs typically enjoy knowing their parents’ influence will continue.

MYTH 3I’m too young to think about it now. What age is too early to plan for your future? That number doesn’t exist. Visit www.reynoldsgiftplanning.org for tips and videos on giving options and how to write your will.

MYTH 4The process is complicated.It’s really not. Want super simple? Name us in your will. If an income stream is a priority in your investments, a charitable gift annuity is a good choice. You’ve got options!

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MYTH 5It’s all about taxes. There can certainly be tax advantages, but most people include an organization in their estate plans because the mission speaks to them and they want to continue supporting it. If you believe in protecting college access and affordability, let’s schedule a time to talk – and, thank you for the wonderful support you give to Reynolds students!

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J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Educational Foundation, Inc.

Statement of Financial Position | June 30, 2017

ASSETSCash & Cash Equivalents $ 507,705Investments $ 10,883,529Unconditional Promises to Give $ 2,569,338Other Receivables and Prepaid Expenses $ 33,507Net Investment in Property $ 35,947

TOTAL ASSETS $ 14,030,026

LIABILITIES & NET ASSETSTotal Liabilities $ 100,629Net Assets: Unrestricted $ 1,120,260 Temporarily Restricted $ 4,179,491 Permanently Restricted $ 8,629,646

TOTAL NET ASSETS $ 13,929,397

TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS $ 14,030,026

TOTAL $ 2,732,335

 Community Groups $ 55,242 Individuals* $ 276,965 Corporations $ 272,075 Foundations $ 2,125,053

*Includes realized bequests

TOTAL $ 2,732,335

 Unrestricted $ 91,895 Scholarships $ 1,146,903 Programs $ 1,493,937

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J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Educational Foundation, Inc.2017-2018 Board of Directors

President | Mitchell F. Haddon

Vice President | Patrick W. Farrell

Secretary | Theresa K. Noë

Treasurer | William E. Hardy

Assistant Treasurer | Amelia M. Bradshaw

Past President | E. Massie Valentine, Jr.

Stephen E. Baril Kaplan Voekler Cunningham & Frank PLC

Nancy R. Belleman Community Volunteer

Amelia M. Bradshaw Reynolds Community College

Katherine E. Busser Community Volunteer

Lawrence Doyle Capital One

Patrick W. Farrell Community Volunteer

J. Douglas Freeman, Sr. Tucker Pavilion (Retired)

Maggie Georgiadis Community Volunteer

Julie H. Gustavsson Keiter CPA’s

Mitchell F. Haddon ColonialWebb Contractors

William E. Hardy Harris, Hardy & Johnstone, P.C.

Thomas N. Hollins, Jr. Reynolds Community College

Jean P. HolmanVirginia Credit Union (Retired)

Neil S. Kessler Troutman Sanders

William L. Murray Dominion Energy

Theresa K. Nöe Patient First

J. Sargeant Reynolds, Jr. Reynolds Development

The Honorable Anne J. G. Rhodes Richmond, Virginia

Gary L. Rhodes Reynolds Community College

Patricia L. Robertson Bon Secours Virginia

Kimberly H. Trentham Altria Client Services LLC

E. Massie Valentine, Jr. Davenport & Company LLC

Benjamin J. Warner Henrico Doctors’ Hospital

Directors Emeriti

Dimitri B. Georgiadis (1927–2012)

L. H. Ginn III

Lucylle F. Gordon (1920–2005)

Jeanette S. Lipman (1914–2017)

J. Sargeant Reynolds, Jr.

Patricia L. Robertson

Special Advisor

R. Roland Reynolds Industry Little Hawk LLC

We welcome Nancy Belleman, Maggie Georgiadis, Patricia Robertson, and Kimberly Trentham to the Board.

We thank Dorothy Reynolds Brotherton, David Loope, and Lyn McDermid for their service.

To learn more about the J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Educational Foundation, please contact:

Executive Director | Bess Littlefield blittlefield@reynolds.edu | 804-523-5812

Director of Development | Marianne McGhee mmcghee@reynolds.edu | 804-523-5810

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Educational Foundation, Inc.

1651 East Parham Road Post Office Box 26924 Richmond, Virginia 23261-6924

(804) 523-5181 phone (804) 523-5107 fax

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LEFT: Not an alum yet – but, if we’re lucky, Kenley will follow in her father Shane Olson’s footsteps and choose Reynolds. Now an engineer at Dominion, Shane is a loyal supporter of the Fred McConnell Engineering Scholarship which gives current Reynolds students a chance to tinker with the world and make it better.

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RIGHT: George H. Flowers IIIWe dedicate this Impact Report to George H. Flowers III, a longtime Engineering professor and friend at Reynolds who passed away in March of this year. George was a rock star! The fondness and loyalty of his former students is the stuff of legend. George and his lovely wife Alice established three scholarship funds: the George H. Flowers, Jr. and James Bauer Funkhouser memorial endowed scholarships, and the George H. Flowers III Scholarship.

LEFT: Alice and George never missed an opportunity to connect with their recipients and are responsible for dozens of students (including Sofia pictured here) graduating from Reynolds and continuing their studies at the four-year level.

“ “WE HAD A LOT OF HELP WITH OUR OWN EDUCATION, AND WE WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BACK.

DEDICATED to George H. Flowers III

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LEFT: Johanna, a Reynolds Engineering major and scholarship recipient, working under the guidance of Reynolds Professor Sylvia Clay.