How Your Gift Helps
Here are just some of the many ways a gift to the university has a lasting impact.

Jane Keller Herzig '81
Jane Keller Herzig knows what it’s like to be a young artist struggling to learn her craft. She’s a 1981 graduate of the Hartford Art School with a Master’s degree in art education, and today is a practicing artist. Jane’s parents, Richard and Marion Keller, were advocates for people with disabilities and Richard became the university’s ombudsman for the handicapped. So when Jane and her family wanted to honor the Kellers, they decided to establish the Marion and Richard Keller Financial Assistance Fund. The impact on photography student Rita Garvin ’05, its first recipient, was immediate. The scholarship helped make her studies at the Art School possible. Jane Keller Herzig had the chance to meet Rita Garvin. And she now knows first-hand how her scholarship is helping to support the dreams of students and the future.

The Kent McCray Television Studio
In September 2005, the university television studio was officially named for Hollywood producer and Hartt alumnus Kent McCray ’51. McCray, a television industry pioneer and producer of such popular shows as Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie, has donated and pledged a total of $100,000 to the television studio. The money will be used to purchase state-of-the-art field equipment and to begin converting the studio to high-definition standards. McCray and his wife, Susan, have been longstanding and generous supporter of the University of Hartford.

Francine and Robert Goldfarb
Frankie and Bob Goldfarb possess both a love of music and a commitment to The Hartt School, and the result has been an enduring partnership between the couple and the university's performing arts school. The Goldfarbs have supported music education at every level within Hartt, from creating scholarships for young Community Division students to providing key funding for the Miami String Quartet, the university's renowned quartet-in-residence. This year, the Goldfarbs stepped forward with a gift that will have an impact on Hartt students for years to come: a significant capital campaign contribution for the school's new Performing Arts Center.



For more information on the Campaign, contact Don Rizzo, at 860.768.2403 or drizzo@hartford.edu