Grace business school raises $1.5M for endowed chair
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Grace College announced Tuesday that its school of business has raised $1.5 million to fund the Dr. Roger Stichter Endowed Chair of Accounting. The college said the chair is designed to help recruit and retain high-quality accounting faculty.
Stichter has served as the sole full-time accounting faculty at Grace over the last 25 years, growing the accounting program from 13 to more than 75 students today, the college said. The endowed chair also provides a salary for Danielle Deal, who is now Grace’s second instructor of accounting.
“The endowed chair allows us to fully fund a professor’s salary outside of our annual budget,” said Dr. Nathan Harris, vice president of advancement at Grace. “This means that we can fund the accounting faculty position in perpetuity, advancing the ethos and ministry of Dr. Roger Stichter for many years to come.”
Grace said the endowed chair serves to preserve Stitcher’s legacy as well as expand upon the accounting program to which he has dedicated his career.
“I place a lot of my time and energy into staying connected with our students after they graduate,” said Stichter. “I want them to know that I am always available to support them in their careers, in their relationships and in their faith.”