40th Annual Gala

Thank you to everyone who supported West Chester University’s 40th Annual Presidential Scholarship Community Gala!

No matter how you showed your support – as an attendee, sponsor, Ruby Contributor, raffle or silent auction participant – your presence made an impact on the future of WCU, and the Presidential Scholarship.

As Kylie Funkhouser ’24, our student speaker and Presidential Scholar shared:

“This scholarship made attending WCU very possible for me. I felt as if my hard work was not only recognized by the university, but encouraged, and that is one of the most significant reasons I am here today.”

Read Kylie’s full remarks here >>

Thank you for helping us raise over $120,000 to benefit the Presidential Scholarship – and future Presidential Scholars like Kylie – allowing us to bring the best and brightest to WCU.

2023 Gala Committee

Elizabeth & Stephen R. Leonard ’72, M’80 (Co-Chairs)

Martha Carson Gentry ’62
Karen C. Gibson M’00
Carol L. Kashow ’77
Joseph F. Kienle, III ’72, M’74
Pamela Nickolas ’90
Patricia & James P. Shinehouse ’80