Er, right, I think I'm going to have to tread carefully on this one. *looks over shoulder*
Polls prior to the event showed that only 1.7 percent of DelMonte students knew that Marsh Chaumbers was the CEO of Chaumbers Linoleum Solutions and a generous donor to the College. Following the quarterly board meeting, 2.4 percent could identify the Trustee.
"We used assessment and showed almost a 50 percent increase in Trustee-related learning outcomes," said Burrows. "It's tremendous. Even better, we still have over 900 Chaumbers bobbleheads left over, so we can keep the event going for months to come!"
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