Tag Archives: Tim Swartzendruber

Development Directors Talk About Their Work

January 13, 2016 – 10:34 am

There is no question that the people and relationships make this work worthwhile. Having done this work at the same organization for almost 20 years, the relationships are what keep me going. I have gotten to know three generations in some families, with donors in each generation. I continue to be amazed at how much ...More

Life-Shaping Cross-Culturals

July 17, 2012 – 11:29 am

Tim Swartzendruber ’95, one of Pat’s and my four children, recently recalled his cross-cultural with these words: When I compare my seven semesters on EMU’s campus to my cross-cultural semester in France and Ivory Coast, it’s like comparing coffee to espresso – both are fantastic, but the latter is doubly intense and stimulating. The intellectual, ...More