The Greenville Tech Foundation’s Champions for Student Success event (formerly the Workforce Development Salute) is one of the premier events in our community.
2024 Champions for Student Success
This annual signature fundraising event honors and recognizes community businesses, individuals, and partners for their significant support of the education and student success efforts of Greenville Technical College. Proceeds from this event provide unrestricted resources in support of the Greenville Tech Foundation mission.
Honorees:
The Daniel-Mickel Foundation has been a committed partner and investor in the Greenville Tech Foundation and Greenville Technical College since 2001. Charles E. Daniel and his nephew, Buck Mickel, were pioneers in workforce development and industrial growth in the Upstate of South Carolina.The Daniel-Mickel Foundation has maintained the vision of its founders and has demonstrated a continued commitment to improving the lives of community members by contributing generously to education, arts and culture, health and human services, and the environment. Students at Greenville Technical College have benefited from gifts valued at over $333,000, which include the establishment of the Buck Mickel Endowed Scholarship for Career Development as well as gifts to Corporate and Continuing Education in Information Technology, naming a classroom at the Truist Culinary and Hospitality Innovation Center, and supporting both the African American Male Scholars Initiative, and the Student Emergency Needs program. Their continued commitment to education has helped transform students’ lives and has contributed to the economic vitality of our region. The Daniel-Mickel Foundation has left a lasting legacy in the Upstate of South Carolina and is a true champion for student success.
The F. W. Symmes Foundation has been one of Greenville Technical College’s and the Greenville Tech Foundation’s most ardent and generous supporters since 1998. With a commitment to making a positive impact on the lives of students in Greenville County, the F. W. Symmes Foundation’s support of over $375,000 has been instrumental in the success of our students. Through their creation of the GED Endowed Scholarship and Quick Jobs Scholarships, the naming of the Library and Learning Resources at Aviation Maintenance Technology, and their most recent naming of four large classrooms and one small classroom in our new PRISMA Health Center for Health & Life Sciences, the F. W. Symmes Foundation has helped provide Greenville Technical College students with exceptional opportunities to learn, grow, and meet the workforce demands of our community. Fred W. Symmes, namesake of the Foundation, was born and raised in Greenville, attended Furman University and spent his life building the textile industry in the Upstate of South Carolina. Mr. Symmes managed and organized the Nuckasee Manufacturing Co., later a subsidiary of United Merchants and Manufacturers and Piedmont Plush Mills. He was active in the Greenville community and served as chairman of the library board and as a member of the Public Works Commission. Mr. Symmes believed “Where your treasure is, there will be your heart also.” The F. W. Symmes Foundation embodies this philosophy as they continue to strengthen our community by championing Greenville Technical College students as well as other literacy and education initiatives in our area.
Sponsors
Presenting Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Media Sponsor
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
ASCM Industrial Crescent Chapter | Carolina Holdings, Inc | City of Greenville |First Horizon Foundation | Greenville Convention Center | Greenville Drive | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. | Huntington National Bank | Jackson Family Legacy Foundation | JTEKT North America | Piedmont Natural Gas | Pinnacle Financial Partners | The Woodlands at Furman | T&S Brass and Bronze Works, Inc. | Truliant Federal Credit Union | United Community | University Center of Greenville