Nazareth names Rochester business Wellington Steele & Associates and founder Ed Leva as the University’s Centennial presenting sponsor
Nazareth University is proud to name Wellington Steele & Associates and the Leva Family as its Centennial presenting sponsor thanks to a generous gift of $100,000 to support Nazareth’s two-year Centennial celebration — A Century of Uniting Education and Action.
Ed Leva, president and co-founder of the Rochester-based professional recruiting and staffing company Wellington Steele & Associates, has a special reason for the sponsorship. “Our family’s gift honors my late mother, Beverly Lucity Leva, because she truly loved her time here at Nazareth,” said Leva. “She attended Nazareth in the late 1950s and she would be thrilled to know that her family is celebrating this once-in-a-lifetime milestone with the school that meant so much to her.” Leva ‘91, is also a Nazareth alumnus and a member of Nazareth’s board of trustees.
Nazareth will use the sponsorship funds to support an array of Centennial-specific events and activities that includes a series of Centennial Summits that will bring experts from Nazareth and the nation to campus, a commemorative centennial history book, campus enhancements, centennial themed food and beverage collaborations, and partnerships with local organizations. The pinnacle of the centennial celebrations will take place at Naz Weekend, September 20-22, 2024, just before Nazareth’s actual 100th anniversary – September 24, 2024.
“When Nazareth has waited 100 years for a milestone as exciting as this, it’s worth making the most of this important moment,” said Darrell Bell, vice president for advancement at Nazareth. “The University thanks Ed, the Leva family, and Wellington Steele & Associates for seizing the opportunity and allowing Nazareth to use the Centennial as a springboard for another 100 years of educating changemakers.”
About Nazareth University's Centennial Celebration: A Century of Uniting Education and Action
During the year leading up to and following the 100th anniversary of Nazareth’s founding on September 24, 1924, Nazareth is marking its Centennial Celebration under the theme of A Century of Uniting Education and Action.
Nazareth’s Centennial Celebration is both a time to celebrate and to remember what Nazareth University has been, what it is now, and what it will continue to be as a University. A place of learning, born in a time of social revolution and action inside and outside of the classroom, with a commitment to continuing Nazareth’s tradition of transformative education through action for social justice, preparing and inspiring students who will be courageous changemakers in their life's work.
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Nazareth University is an inclusive community of inspired learners, educators, and changemakers who for nearly 100 years have been driven by a bold commitment to action, empathy, equity, and leading innovation for the common good. Impact experiences are at the heart of a Nazareth education, preparing each student to discover within themselves the potential to cultivate positive change in their life's work, in any career field, and in a world that is constantly evolving and infinitely interconnected.
Our broad academic offerings present a range of study options typical of larger universities, yet achieved in our supportive campus culture. Nearly 2,100 undergrad and 600 graduate students enroll in degree and certificate programs and engage in collaborative, transformative learning experiences, preparing for the professions and society of today and tomorrow. In a learning community that purposefully integrates liberal arts and professional programs, Nazareth University graduates are able to launch a lifetime of impactful leadership in communities and workplaces near and far.
