{"id":37440,"date":"2022-05-08T21:59:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T01:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=37440"},"modified":"2022-05-08T21:59:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T01:59:28","slug":"skidmore-college-creates-fund-to-support-creativity-entrepreneurship-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2022\/05\/skidmore-college-creates-fund-to-support-creativity-entrepreneurship-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Skidmore College Creates Fund To Support Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37441\" style=\"width: 201px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/05\/donation-to-skidmore-sands-vc-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/05\/donation-to-skidmore-sands-vc-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/05\/donation-to-skidmore-sands-vc.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rob Sands, a Skidmore graduate, is chairman of the board of directors of Constellation Brands.<br \/>Courtesy Skidmore College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Skidmore College has created a $10 million initiative in support of its longstanding commitment to a liberal arts experience rooted in creativity that prepares students for thriving professional and personal success.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Officials said a $5 million one-to-one matching pledge along with additional matching gifts created the Sands Family Foundation Initiative for Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at Skidmore College.<\/p>\n<p>A century ago, Lucy Skidmore Scribner founded Skidmore College with the vision that it would help students connect the power of their minds and their hands in a new model of liberal education, college officials said. That ambition takes a dramatic step forward with the new initiative, said college President Marc C. Conner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis extraordinary gift celebrates what Skidmore has always done\u2014nurture creativity and prepare students for life after graduation\u2014and moves us forward in our ability to offer the very model for a 21st liberal arts education,\u201d Conner said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe essence of innovation and entrepreneurship is an eagerness to be bold, take risks, look at tough problems with fresh eyes, and be unafraid to fail\u2014the hallmarks of a great liberal arts education. This gift from the Sands Family Foundation emphasizes the incredible impact that our commitment to developing exceptional creative and critical skills can have on students,\u201d said Conner.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <b><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span>Rob Sands, a Skidmore business major graduate who is executive chairman of the board of directors of Constellation Brands, explained his personal commitment to this gift.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Skidmore, I gained the fundamental knowledge to become a successful attorney and businessman along with an invaluable set of life skills,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Sands Family Foundation Initiative promises to support and grow these aspects of the education I experienced at Skidmore\u2014exactly the kind of education I believe our world needs. We are so excited to spearhead the expansion of entrepreneurial thinking for all Skidmore students, and my hope is that, through this support, students will use their talents upon graduation to create or grow new ventures from the Capital District to Rochester and beyond.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sands Family Foundation member Bill Caleo, a Skidmore business major who went on to attain his master\u2019s degree in theater and is now a member of the college\u2019s board of trustees, stressed the promise of the gift to build on Skidmore\u2019s creative, inclusive, and interdisciplinary education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so proud to be able to support my alma mater with this gift,\u201d he said. \u201cI want the world to see that a Skidmore education is truly the best preparation for the 21st century. Our gift is going to provide programmatic support for the kind of entrepreneurial thinking that is a natural and fundamental part of the college. This will literally enable students to learn how to shape their own future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>College officials said that at Skidmore, entrepreneurship is an ethos and commitment to helping students think and make with the creativity that the global marketplace demands. The college offers existing programs, such as the Entrepreneurial Artist Initiative, the Skidmore-Saratoga Consulting Partnership, and the Kenneth A. Freirich \u201990 Entrepreneurship Competition. It offers collaborative spaces for innovative practice, such as the nascent Schupf Family IdeaLab, the newly created Center for Integrated Sciences, and the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Sands Family Foundation Initiative for Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship will channel support to these programs and to similar initiatives in the coming years, further establishing Skidmore as a model liberal arts college for the skills, experiences, and abilities that will help our students thrive in the 21st century,\u201d Conner said.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1903, Skidmore College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of about 2,500 students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skidmore College has created a $10 million initiative in support of its longstanding commitment to a liberal arts experience rooted in creativity that prepares students for thriving professional and personal success.\u00a0 Officials said a $5 million one-to-one matching pledge along with additional matching gifts created the Sands Family Foundation Initiative for Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":37441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-training-personal-development"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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