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Development Updates
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With a legacy gift to Holy Cross College you can help us to educate the scholars, citizens, leaders, and disciples of tomorrow. These kinds of planned gifts are simple to arrange and often return benefits back to you.
For example, you can:
• Make a gift today that costs you nothing during your lifetime.
• Receive guaranteed payments for life in return for a gift.
• Donate life insurance you no longer need.
• Preserve your estate for your children and deliver ongoing support to Holy Cross.
• Use a gift to reduce your estate tax exposure and eliminate capital gains.
You can make a difference by leaving a lasting legacy at Holy Cross College. When you make a planned gift to the College, you become a member of the Saint Simeon Society.
Are you interested in the Saint Simeon Society and making a planned gift?
Visit: hcc-nd.giftplans.org
Contact: JudeAnne Hastings at 574-239-8372
Email: plannedgiving@hcc-nd.edu
S OCIETY
HOLY CROSS COLLEGE at Notre Dame, Indiana
John Kuka named vice president for advancement and athletics HOLY CROSS DEVELOPMENT
“I am truly humbled by this opportunity to join the community at Holy Cross College. It is an honor to be part of such a rich tradition of Catholic higher education. I would like to thank Father Tyson for his example of stewardship and for allowing me to take part in his vision for this remarkable institution.”
– John Kuka, Vice President for Advancement and Athletics
In September 2019 the college welcomed John Kuka, as the new
vice president for advancement
and athletics. He will oversee all development efforts for the college, as well as, athletics. Kuka previously served as the associate director of athletics at Valparaiso University.
Kuka brings to Holy Cross College more than fifteen years of communications, development and marketing experience in athletics and higher education. During his time at Valparaiso University, he was responsible for the overall administration of Valparaiso’s athletics advancement efforts, including all major and annual gifts.
“I am so pleased that John has taken on this role,” said President Rev. David T. Tyson, C.S.C. “It is hard to imagine anyone better suited for these specific areas of leadership. His spirit and talents are truly befitting to our renewed mission of providing these young men and women with a transformative, intentionally Catholic liberal arts education.”
Previously, Kuka worked as the director of athletics development at DePauw University. In this role, he was responsible for the overall administration of a campaign to secure more than $70 million in commitments to support DePauw athletics, and coordinated gifts totaling more than $24 million in the first year of the campaign. He also worked at DePauw University as the director of the annual fund and executive secretary of the Washington C.DePauw Society, the university’s leadership-level giving society.
Kuka earned his bachelor’s degree in government and international studies from the University of Notre Dame. He earned his master’s at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where he also served as the school’s assistant dean for communications. Kuka served in the United States Army from 1998 until 2000. He and his wife, Katie, are parents ofJack, Maggie and Moira.
2020 PHONATHON | JANUARY 18- 30
Thank you to everyone that answered our call! You helped Holy Cross raise $57,872 in gifts and pledges from 136 alumni, current and past parents, gateway alumni, gateway parents, and friends of the college.
Thank you
WE CALLED YOU ANSWERED YOU GAVE
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