DOWAGIAC — The Southwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees accepted several gifts during its meeting Monday on the Dowagiac campus.

The Board of Trustees received the following gifts, with a resolution of thanks, from:

• Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., a $33,975.32 contribution.

• St. Denys Foundation, Dowagiac, $30,000.

• Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Co., $23,316.22.

• Pacific Life, $16,941.28.

• Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America, $10,848.08.

• Bosch Community Fund, St. Joseph, $6,000.

• Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Dean, Cassopolis, $5,500.

• Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Murphy, South Bend, Ind., $5,000.

• Shirley Dreher, Venice, Fla., $4,000.

• Stephen Dobias, Round Rock, Texas, $1,000.

• Mr. and Mrs. James Scarpone, Buchanan, $1,000.

• Helen Marhanka, Dowagiac, $502.50.

• James Judd, Dowagiac, $500.

• Mr. and Mrs. Roger Foley, South Bend, $500.

• Ernestine Raclin, South Bend, $500.

• Rachel Boyd, South Bend, $500.

• Edward Lowe Foundation, Cassopolis, $500.

• Bernice Gwilt, Dowagiac, $400.

• Mr. and Mrs. Victor Swank, Dowagiac, $250.

• Mr. and Mrs. John Yohe, Tucker, Ga., $250.

• Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reineke, South Bend, $250.

• Mr. and Mrs. Nick Stanage, Cassopolis, $250.

• Mr. and Mrs. John Percy, Midlothian, Va., $250.

• Ansari Charitable Foundation, Jacksonville, Fla., $250.

• Mr. and Mrs. Gene Smith, Ada, $200.

• Mr. and Mrs. John Hiler, South Bend, $200.

• Pamela Johnson, Granger, Ind., $200.

• Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jerdon, Dowagiac, $200.

• Thomas Fetter, Edwardsburg, $200.

• Mrs. Frances Haidler, Niles, $150.

• Connie Harmon, Eau Claire, $125.

• Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dalton, Fort Myers, Fla., $125.

• William Bradford, Westville, Ind., $125.

• Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bieneman, West Bloomfield, Ill., $100.

• Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sullivan, Chicago, $100.

• Mr. and Mrs. John Phair, South Bend, $100.

• Mary Jane Elias, South Bend, $100.

• Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Stiver, Niles, $100.

• Mr. and Mrs. Richard Singleton, Manchester, Mass., $100.

• Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wurster, Clarendon Hills, Ill., $100.

• Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sopko, Cassopolis, $100.

• Brian Regan, Granger, $100.

• Richard Dennen, South Bend, $100.

• Kathleen Beeler, Granger, $100.

• Hanno Lorenzi family, Glen Ellyn, Ill., $100.

• Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Bishop, Portage, $100.

• Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Kanczuzewski, Cassopolis, $100.

• Marjorie Federowski, Fairfax, Va., $100.

• Teesha Conley, Dowagiac, $100.

• Sharon and Daniel Wanderer, Lansing, $100.

• Mr. and Mrs. William White, Jones, $100.

• Steven Rienks, Naperville, Ill., $100.

• Donna Wilson, Dowagiac, $100.

• Joshua Jerz, Decatur, $100.

• Jack Burkett, Midland, Texas, $100.

• Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thomas, Bloomington, Minn., $100.

• Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Jones III, Cassopolis, $100.

• Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boerner, Pilot Point, Texas, $100.

• Kathy Conley, McKinney, Texas, $100.

Southwestern Michigan College is a public, residential and commuter, community college, founded in 1964. The college averages in the top 10 percent nationally for student academic success based upon the National Community College Benchmark Project.

Southwestern Michigan College strives to be the college of first choice, to provide the programs and services to meet the needs of students, and to serve the community, administrators said. The college is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of the American Association of Community Colleges.