Walk, Run & WIN: Waubonsee Foundation 5K/10K and Golf Outing

3rd Annual Trail Race

2023 Foundation 5K/10K Trail Race

Along with the 5K, this year's event introduced a 10K option, and featured a performance by the Waubonsee student jazz band, and a touch-a-truck event for kids.  A record 265 participants came out to Walk, Run and WIN with Waubonsee on June 3, 2023

35th Annual Golf Outing

2022 Waubonsee Foundation Annual Golf Outing

The Foundation's 35th annual golf outing on September 26, 2022 was filled to capacity and raised nearly $62,000.

A Record Year for the Foundation

Fundraising is but one function of the Waubonsee Community College Foundation, and the distribution of student scholarships saw equally impressive gains this year. The Foundation received 567 scholarship applications in FY2023 and provided 364 scholarship awards totaling nearly $363,000.

Fact

During the 2022-2023 academic year, the Waubonsee Community College Foundation provided scholarship awards totaling nearly $363,000 to 364 recipients.

2022-2023 New Waubonsee Foundation Scholarships

  • Iverson Family Scholarship
  • Luz Y Maravilla De La Esperanza Scholarship
  • Mozelle Kempiak Women's Basketball Scholarship
  • Rotary Club of Batavia Roland Treiber Memorial Scholarship
  • Worth Hill Endowed Scholarship

Make a Difference!

Help Waubonsee students continue their education and realize their dreams.

Foundation Board

The Waubonsee Community College Foundation was chartered in 1978 as a 501(c)3 tax exempt, nonprofit organization to advance the educational and charitable purposes of Waubonsee Community College. The mission of the Waubonsee Community College Foundation is to cultivate philanthropic donors, to responsibly steward its assets and to equitably award scholarships to students to help them achieve their educational goals. The Waubonsee Community College Foundation raised $850,880 in FY2023, an astounding 202% increase from FY2022. This impressive leap was due in large part to receipt of the Foundation's largest single donation to date.

Officers

Edward Keating
Edward Keating

President

Michael Williams
Michael Williams

Vice President

W. Richard Hoster III
Richard Hoster

Secretary/Treasurer

Directors

  • Jimi Allen
  • Marcia Ayala
  • Dale Berman
  • Carl Dekker
  • Matthew Dennison
  • Brian Dolan
  • James Eccher
  • Stan Free
  • Theodia Gillespie
  • Behati Hart
  • Diane Homan, M.D.
  • Thomas Huberty, M.D.
  • Angelo Kleronomos
  • Kaleshia Page
  • Kevin Pennington
  • Wamecca Rodriguez
  • Colette Rozanski
  • Gina Santori, D.P.M., M.D.
  • Tim Tremain
  • Kristi Wano
  • Matthew Winkle

Stacey Ries, BSN, JD, CHC, Board of Trustees Liaison
Brian Knetl, Ed.D., College President
Melinda Tejada, Ed.D., Vice President of Student Development and Executive Director of the Foundation
Douglas Minter, Vice President of Finance and Administration
John Bryant, Assistant Vice President of Finance and Foundation Executive Treasurer of the Foundation