Meredith Delaney is the new Director of Development at UC Clermont College.

The Director of Development is responsible for all of the many fund-raising activities held on the campus throughout the year. Delaney said that it will be her charge to re-examine what the college needs to do to be known in the community as a fund-raising institution.

“I am most looking forward to finding ways to engage the community with the college,” Delaney said in her new office Jan. 9. “We provide exceptional services to students whether they be right out of high school or to folks who are just re-joining their academic experience. I feel like it is so important for the community to realize that the investments that we are putting in individuals are only going to help better our community in the long run.”

For that reason, Delaney, working closely with Interim Dean Jim McDonough, will be focusing on fund-raising opportunities, something that she said has dwindled over the past couple of years.