Resources & the Water Studies Institute

(L toR) Paul LaPorte, President of the Traverse City Rotary Club, and George Bearup, President of the Rotary Charities of Traverse City, present NMC President Tim Nelson with a check for $1 million for the Great Lakes Campus.

In February 2004, the Traverse City Rotaries and Rotary Charities of Traverse City granted $1 million to the Great Lakes Water Studies Institute to create an "Alliance for Great Lakes Stewardship" and begin an endowment to sustain the Institute in perpetuity. This public-private partnership, involving one of the largest Rotary organizations in the world, will accelerate the development of the Institute. A primary purpose of the "Alliance" is to support strategies and programs of nonprofit water-related organizations throughout the region.

GLWSI Director, Marguerite Cotto (center) presents Michigan Governor, Jennifer Granholm, and Michigan Dept. or Environmental Quality Director, Steven Chester, with commemorative prints by regional artist Glenn Wolff to mark the grand opening of the Great Lakes Campus.

 

"Rotary has given life to a mission and facility
which has the potential to become the worldwide center
for freshwater studies...
Thank you for helping lead the way."
Michigan Govenor, Jennifer Granholm