This year’s Alumni Phonathon was an exercise in outreach as well as fundraising.

As of December 4, $40,449 was either pledged or already given, according to Linda Calandra, director of annual giving and donor relations. Calandra and Paul Micu, director of alumni and church relations, sponsored the event. All gifts go to scholarships.

FresnoPacific University welcomes back one of its own with the addition of Paul Micu as director of alumni and church relations.

In this role, which he began March 1, Micu will build supportive relationships for the university with graduates and members of the Pacific District Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches, which operates FPU, and other congregations.