A graduate has come home from the nation’s capital to serve as director of alumni development at FPU.
Morgan Schlesselman (BA ’20) started work September 3, 2024, after spending three years with Concerned Women for America, a national evangelical Christian nonprofit “dedicated to impacting the culture for Christ trough education and public policy,” according to the organization’s website.
Schlesselman served as regional and later national director of Young Women for America, a department of CWA. Her duties included recruiting and training staff and volunteers and organizing events, expertise that will come in handy leading alumni efforts as part of the Advancement Office.
The Dinuba native and graduate of Immanuel High School, Reedley, is happy to be back in the area and at FPU. “After three years in Washington, D.C., I am ecstatic to return to the Valley and Fresno Pacific—a place that has been so formative in my life. I look forward to working in Christian higher education, deepening connections and serving the wonderful Fresno Pacific alumni,” she said.
Liz Garvin, vice president for advancement and executive director of the FPU Foundation, is just as enthusiastic to add Schlesselman to her staff. “The Advancement Office is thrilled to have Morgan back at FPU! We know she will keep our Sunbirds posted on all the FPU is up to,” she said.
While earning her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, Schlesselman worked in advancement for more than two years as events assistant. Also as a student, she received both Junior and Senior Criminal Justice Highest Honors. After graduation, she earned a Master of Arts in Public Policy from Liberty University, where she received an Outstanding Graduate Award. Among her other professional positions was as an intern and staff assistant in the office of then-Congressman Devin Nunes.
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