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Donald Trump will reportedly be in Stark County on Monday, though his appearance won't be a public rally or event.

The Repository reports that Jane and Tim Timken will host what's being called "an evening reception" with Trump, reportedly at a Jackson Township country club.

The reception with Trump won't be cheap - tickets will start at $2700 per person, and run as high as $50,000 per couple.

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The biggest fundraiser ever at Northeast Ohio Medical University is already on the way to its goal.

NEOMED has unveiled its "Shine On" fundraiser, which focuses on three major campaign priorities - Advancing Students, Advancing Innovation and Research, and Advancing Community Health. Through the fundraiser, the university is hoping to raise some 40-million dollars.

But NEOMED says "Shine On" has already raised over 28 million dollars in its "quiet phase".

They say their goal is more than 10 times the biggest fundraising campaign they have ever had.

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(NEOMED, news release) Northeast Ohio Medical University announced the University’s largest and most comprehensive fundraising effort ever, at a public phase event held in the NEOMED Education and Wellness (NEW) Center, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015.

Called Shine On: The Campaign for Northeast Ohio Medical University, the Campaign has a $40 million goal. With nearly 200 from the campus community in attendance, J. David Heller, CPA, board of trustees chair and co-chair of Shine On gave the board’s endorsement. (Heller and Campaign co-chairs Dr. Tom Boniface, Judith Barnes Lancaster and Charles “Chuck” Jones, also received the NEOMED Foundation’s approval in a previous meeting.)

Shine On addresses three major campaign priorities - Advancing Students, Advancing Innovation and Research, and Advancing Community Health. While many were already thrilled to know that the University future would shine brighter than ever, they were treated to a surprise as Jay A. Gershen, D.D.S., Ph.D., president of Northeast Ohio Medical University, cued students standing above the NEW Center’s atrium, to reveal (one number at time), the $28.3 million raised already during the Campaign’s quiet phase.
“NEOMED has been providing education, research and service for more than 40 years to Northeast Ohio,” noted Dr. Gershen. “So, it’s miraculous to think that we’ve never had a campaign for more than $4 million. But things are changing, and we are finding more ways to keep education affordable, to advance science and to deliver population-based health to our communities.”

Nationally, while student debt for a public school medical education shows an average increase of 3 percent, NEOMED’s first year medical student debt is down considerably, by 14.4 percent.

“It’s a testament to our campaign leadership and community of givers,” said Daniel Blain, vice president for advancement and president of the Northeast Ohio Medical University Foundation. “Reaching 70 percent of our goal before even going public is outstanding and would not have been possible without our campaign chairs and leadership team, our university board of trustees, and our foundation board.”

The brief ceremony included speakers such as Elizabeth Looney, a fourth year medicine student and 2015 Pisacano Scholar, who grew up in Cleveland’s West Park neighborhood. Looney talked passionately about why she chose to serve the underserved. As her story represented hundreds of other students who have similarly compelling reasons, it also represented the thousands in need who would benefit from the care provided by these future health care professionals.

As the last student revealed the final number to showcase the funds raised “to date,” Dr. Gershen concluded with, “this is a reason to celebrate,” prompting the Rootstown High School marching band to enter from the opposite side of the atrium and make a surprise appearance to close the ceremony with a few songs before everyone was treated to a campus-wide lunch.

For more about the Shine On, go to ShineOnNeomed.com.