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Foundation Newsletter
FOUNDATION AWARD WINNER ANNOUNCED
Dr. Kristin Schroeder, Associate Professor in EFSC’s Physical Therapist
Assistant program, accepts the Vance Endowed Faculty Chair Award
from Tonya Cherry, EFSC Foundation Donor Relations Coordinator.
Foundation Endowed
Faculty Chair Award
Winner Announced
D r. Kristin Schroeder, who helped develop and leads EFSC’s Physical Therapist Assistant
program, has been named the Vance Endowed Faculty Chair in Health Sciences, an honor
that recognizes outstanding faculty who demonstrate teaching excellence.
The award includes an annual $7,500 stipend for three years, with $2,500 of each year’s award funding a project designed by Schroeder
called the Health Science Showcase, in which current health science students will be instructing various techniques that are important for
interdisciplinary care.
“We are hoping that this approach will provide a teaching opportunity for our current students, a learning opportunity for our prospective students
and a chance to show our community how we teach the importance of teamwork to prepare future clinicians for our local healthcare industry,”
said Schroeder.
The endowment is named in honor of Dr. Isabel Vance and her husband John Vance, who created several student scholarships in his wife’s memory
Bruce Haupt
when she died in 1991 after serving at the College as a professor of medical arts. John Vance also donated his home
to the Foundation through
planned giving to help fund the endowed chair.
Schroeder joined EFSC in 2014 and helps prepare students to work as assistants to a supervising physical therapist. A licensed physical therapist
herself, she earned a Bachelor of Health Science in Rehabilitation Services from the University of Florida and her Doctorate of Physical Therapy
from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences.
“When I found out that I had been honored with the Vance Endowed Faculty Chair Award, I was truly humbled,” she said. “Knowing that other
people can see my vision becoming a reality is very exciting.” The Endowed Faculty Chair Program recognizes EFSC’s commitment to attract and
retain outstanding faculty, with honorees recognized among their peers, throughout the institution and the community as leaders in college
instruction.
Community Foundation
for Brevard Tours the
Melbourne Campus
T
Theresa Grimison, CFB, experiencing the
joy of a simulated delivery at the EFSC
Health Sciences Institute.
heresa Grimison, President and CEO, and Lisa Davidson, Director of Strategy and
Communication for the Community Foundation of Brevard, toured the Melbourne Campus,
with an emphasis on exploring our Health Sciences facilities. The CFB was impressed by
the Health Sciences Institute’s high level of sophistication, which allows EFSC to provide great educations to students. Many of the CFB’s
donor-advised funds are directed to healthcare.
Grimison was even able to deliver a baby as part of a demonstration on a Health Sciences simulator. “I have always dreamed of delivering a
baby, and now it came true today,” she said.
The Community Foundation for Brevard serves as a leader, catalyst and trusted resource for philanthropic individuals and organizations
to expand, enhance and sustain Brevard’s quality of life. Last year, CFB donors gave gifts to the Mechatronics Lab. This year, the EFSC
Foundation has submitted a grant for the Dental Lab. Not only does the CFB make financial grants, but it also forges community
partnerships and educates community philanthropists and partners about organizations that align with their charitable interests.