Clark alumna leaves school $6M to support music education
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Clark University
Clark University in Worcester has received a $6-million bequest from alumna Tina Sweeney, who graduated with a master’s degree from the school in 1949, President David Fithian announced on Tuesday.
The funds are designated for an array of music education programs in and around the school.
Among them are an endowed chair in music, a scholarship for undergraduate students majoring in or planning to major in music, a neighborhood children’s music fund to support activities and programs that promote music education and exposure for children in Worcester’s Main South neighborhood, and an eponymous music concert series for the Clark community.
“She often expressed her gratitude for receiving a financial package that allowed her to attend Clark and sparked a deep and abiding appreciation for the university and its mission,” President Fithian wrote in a statement announcing the gift. “I know you join me in extending gratitude and appreciation to Tina Sweeney, posthumously, for this wonderfully generous gift to Clark, which will have a very positive impact on our students and on youth in our neighborhood.”
Sweeney also designated retroactive funds toward the school’s Jennie and Arthur Razzo Hall, named for her parents.
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