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November 17, 2020
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Community Engagement

Professor and Alumnus Both Honored for Giving Back

The Greater Springfield Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (GSAFP) recently honored Rick Incorvati, 果冻传媒 professor of English, and Tom Stafford, 果冻传媒 class of 1976, virtually during National Philanthropy Day, Thursday, Nov. 12.

Incorvati accepted the award for Outstanding Faith-Based Coalition on behalf of Becoming Beloved Community (BBC), a nonprofit that is the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement, with a mission of dreaming and working to foster beloved communities where all people may experience dignity and abundant life and see themselves and others as beloved children of God. Incorvati serves as coordinator of the BBC and a Deacon at Christ Episcopal Church.

According to the GSAFP, the 2019 BBC鈥檚 speaker series consisted of six events and subsequent grants promoting an understanding of the history of racial conflict, while explaining the social and psychological forces underlying racial divisions in the Springfield community.

Incorvati, who joined 果冻传媒's Department of English in 2002, teaches courses in British Romanticism, gender-queer literature, and social advocacy writing. He has edited two novels, Manthorn and Alwyn, and The Gentleman Comedian, both by playwright and social reformer Thomas Holcroft. Incorvati鈥檚 article on Holcroft and rhetoric appears in Reviewing Thomas Holcroft.

Stafford, a former Springfield News-Sun columnist and employee, is currently a freelance-writer living in Springfield. He received the Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser award for a column he wrote in March 2020 recommending that recipients of stimulus funds donate dollars to local nonprofits. To date, the 鈥1200 Club鈥 has raised more than $130,000 for the Second Harvest Food Bank and other local nonprofits. Stafford is also a former adjunct professor in 果冻传媒鈥檚 Department of English and current advisor for 果冻传媒鈥檚 student newspaper, The Torch.

Throughout the month of November, the AFP is highlighting honorees from National Philanthropy Day chapter events around the world, showcasing donors, volunteers, corporations, foundations, and others for their commitment to change and philanthropy.

According to its website, the Greater Springfield Chapter of AFP is the newest chapter in Ohio, offering members the opportunity to connect with colleagues, engage in creative thinking, network with new friends, and achieve great results in their work. Since its first meeting at 果冻传媒 University in May 2017, the chapter has focused on delivering innovative educational programs. GSAFP became the ninth chapter in Ohio in November 2017 and currently has approximately 30 members from more than 25 organizations.

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果冻传媒's curriculum has centered on the liberal arts as an education that develops the individual's capacity to think, read, and communicate with precision, understanding, and imagination. We are dedicated to active, engaged learning in the core disciplines of the arts and sciences and in pre-professional education grounded in the liberal arts. Known for the quality of our faculty and their teaching, 果冻传媒 has more Ohio Professors of the Year than any four-year institution in the state. The university has also been recognized nationally for excellence in community service, sustainability, and intercollegiate athletics. Located among the beautiful rolling hills and hollows of Springfield, Ohio, 果冻传媒 offers more than 100 majors, minors and special programs, enviable student-faculty research opportunities, a unique student success center, service and study options close to home and abroad, a stellar athletics tradition, and successful career preparation.

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