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Binek and N.D. Rep. Earl Pomeroy during a College BINEK CONTINUES WORK IN NEW ROLE – CONTINUED
Advancement visit to his office in Washington, D.C. in 2006
During Binek’s 19 years at BSC, student scholarships increased from
Benefactor Frank Bavendick and Binek have worked $100,000 to $626,000 and grants to BSC from $20,000 to $1.6 million.
together on a number of BSC projects. The foundation’s assets grew from $4.5 million to $34 million. That asset
figure climbs to more than $40 million when including five buildings,
Bin2ek tours the National Energy Center of Excellence all built or acquired through foundation funding. Students now enjoy
learning in the four-story National Energy Center of Excellence on
during construction in 2007. campus and the Mechanical Maintenance facility in Mandan. The
foundation also financed two new student housing buildings last year
and purchased the nearby Unisys/Fredrickson & Byron property in 2014
for future campus expansion.
Binek said he is proud of the foundation’s milestones, which also include
establishing the Jack Fellowship and Title III endowment and adding a
large National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant. The annual
$25,000 Tom and Peg Jack Fellowship helps BSC employees engage in
an educational experience that ultimately benefits BSC and its students.
Title III is a foundation-matched federal grant that will soon have
$640,000 available for institutional research to enhance BSC’s ability to
use solid data for decision making. Humanities transfer programs will be
enriched with $500,000 in NEH funding and a foundation match of
$1 million.
“Our job is to make BSC stronger and those are the resources that
will help us do so,” Binek said. “I feel really good about what we have
accomplished here and knowing that the foundation is in good shape
and has an outstanding board of trustees.”
A six-fold increase in student scholarships is noteworthy, he said,
because scholarships encourage students to enroll at BSC and reward
academic accomplishments. They also reflect the values of their
benefactors by directing funding toward certain academic areas or
student characteristics.
“It has been my pleasure to arrange a number of donations and
endowments,” Binek said. “Those have to do with relationships that
stretch across a wide expanse. They are personal and professional, and
because of BSC, people want to help our students. They want to make a
difference and so do I.”
What remains for Binek is his desire for the foundation to continue to
grow, and that’s why he wants to remain part time. He and wife Paula
will do more traveling, both personally and professionally. Personal
travel will include trips to Oregon to spend time with their daughter,
son-in-law and two grandsons.
“I have enjoyed these years at BSC and am proud of the strength of the
foundation,” he said. “We have been able to provide support for BSC in
many ways, and I am confident the growth will continue.”
