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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
UD’s Lekan named director at Wright State
Regis J. Lekan, a former University of Dayton director of development, has been named as director of planned giving at Wright State University.
Wright State announced Lekan’s appointment Tuesday, Feb. 23. In his new role, Lekan will visit alumni and friends of Wright State to discuss deferred giving programs.
Lekan’s position is newly created at Wright State, said Richard Doty, a university spokesman.
At UD, Lekan served as the director of development for gift planning, academic affairs and chapel renovation. He retired this month, according to Cilla Shindell, a UD spokeswoman.
“We are looking forward to welcoming Regis to our organization,” said Bryan Rowland, Wright State’s vice president for advancement. “He brings with him a great depth of knowledge and relationships. We will be fortunate to be the beneficiary of his vast experience in planned giving.”
Lekan, a Centerville resident, earned his bachelor’s degree from UD and a master’s in education from Cleveland State University.
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Filmmaker to share Haiti video, stories at UD
Independent filmmaker Gerry Straub will share images of Haiti before and after last month’s devastating earthquake on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at the University of Dayton.
Straub, president and chief executive of the San Damiano Foundation, creates videos to shed light on the impact of poverty and to raise money for Christian charities that aid the world’s poor.
In December, he spent a week in Haiti filming at Cite Soleil (City of the Sun), an impoverished village. Straub spent much of his time there with the Rev. Tom Hagan, a former chaplain at Princeton University, who has served the people of Haiti for nearly 20 years.
Straub had planned to return in February to continue filming, but then disaster struck on Jan. 12. One week after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake, Straub returned to Haiti with a group of pediatric surgeons to film the aftermath and recovery efforts.
Straub will share his videos and the stories of what he experienced in a presentation called “Putting the Power of Film at the Service of the Poor,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Kennedy Union Boll Theatre on the UD campus. The event is free and open to the public.
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