Gift to Appalachian State’s art center honors retired faculty member
The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University has received a $500,000 gift, given in honor of a retiring history professor who serves as the center’s advisory board chairman.
The unrestricted gift, given by two alumni who asked the university not to release their names, is made in honor of Dr. Peter Petschauer.
“I am extremely grateful and humbled by this gift,” he said. “The funds are a tremendous boost to the Turchin Center, in that this gift affirms all the previous gifts and allows us to enhance our already widely acclaimed programming. Read full story
