By Andrea Pactor, M.A.‘03 When I started my master’s degree program at the Center on Philanthropy in 2001, I had no idea philanthropic studies was such a new field. The 1970s and 80s were a fertile time for experimentation in academia. By the mid-1980s, new academic programs such as women’s studies, American studies, and African… Read more »
In 2013, Thomas Glenn II, president of The Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation, established the Glenn Family Chair in Philanthropy. Since then, Dr. Dwight Burlingame, a pioneer in the study of philanthropy, has held that chair position. Here, assistant dean of fundraising and alumni relations Ann Boyd-Stewart interviews Glenn about his experiences with philanthropy… Read more »
I was a new student in the master’s degree program at the Center on Philanthropy in Indianapolis that fall. Syllabi in hand, I was already reading and trying to stay on schedule after many years’ hiatus from school. Although most of my career to that point was in the nonprofit environment, it didn’t take long… Read more »