Frances M. Belcher

"The Initiative grants allow us to support professional programs which share and promote educational resources, apply academic research and strengthen the higher education system in New Hampshire," said Frances M. Belcher, Program Director of NNEF.

Since its inception in 1998, the Initiative the program has become increasingly more competitive with over $1.5 million in grants awarded to colleges, universities and professional programs that promote efforts to share resources and address issues which confront NH higher education.

"The grants awarded this year went to projects focusing on issues regarding student recruitment and retention, international education, academic support for adult learners and service learning," said Belcher.

"Through the Teachers for New Hampshire program, we're able to help lower the debt burden and offer new educators an incentive to work in critical shortage disciplines such as foreign language, math and sciences" said NNEF Program Director Frances M. Belcher "Ultimately, it is the children of New Hampshire who benefit in the long term."

The Initiative grants allow us to not just fund programs, but move issues that are central to college access and persistence in New Hampshire," said Frances M. Belcher, Program Director of NNEF.

"Through the Teachers for New Hampshire program, we're able to help lower the debt burden of Teachers recipients and offer new educators an incentive to work in critical shortage disciplines such as foreign language, math and sciences" said NNEF Program Director Frances M. Belcher "Ultimately, it is the children of New Hampshire whom benefit in the long term."

The Initiative grants allow us to not just fund programs, but move issues that are central to college access and persistence in New Hampshire," said Frances M. Belcher, Program Director of NNEF.

The New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation's Network Educational Foundation recently named Frances Belcher program director.The foundation is a non-profit established in 2004 to administer the charitable giving of the student loan and assistance network.Belcher was previously executive director of the New Hampshire Children's Trust Fund and worked in corporate and foundation relations for Colby-Sawyer College.

"The Initiative grants allow us to support professional programs which share and promote educational resources, apply academic research and strengthen the higher education system in New Hampshire," said Frances M. Belcher, Program Director of NNEF.

Since its inception in 1998, the Initiative the program has become increasingly more competitive with over $1.5 million in grants awarded to colleges, universities and professional programs that promote efforts to share resources and address issues which confront NH higher education.

"The grants awarded this year went to projects focusing on issues regarding student recruitment and retention, international education, academic support for adult learners and service learning," said Belcher.

Concord, N.H. - The NHHEAF Network Educational Foundation (NNEF) Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Frances M. Belcher will serve as NNEF's first Program Director beginning on January 2, 2006.

"Fran will be an outstanding addition to NNEF as we begin to position ourselves as a partner with the higher education community," said Clint Hanson, NNEF Board of Trustees chairman.
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Belcher was educated from kindergarten through graduate school in Pennsylvania public schools.She received a bachelor's degree in Psychology and Organizational Behavior from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree in Education from Temple University in Philadelphia where she specialized in Secondary School Counseling and Family Systems.

Since coming to New Hampshire in 1985, Belcher was Executive Director for the NH Children's Trust Fund, a statewide charitable foundation.While with the Children's Trust Fund, much of Belcher's work centered on managing grantmaking and fundraising while serving as a policy advisor to the NH and US Legislature on developing healthy communities for New Hampshire's most vulnerable families.In addition to her work as program consultant to several public and private foundations, most recently, Belcher worked at Colby-Sawyer College in corporate and foundation relations.

She and her husband live in the Lakes Region and have two high school-aged children.

Concord, N.H. - The NHHEAF Network Educational Foundation (NNEF) Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Frances M. Belcher will serve as NNEF's first Program Director beginning on January 2, 2006.

"Fran will be an outstanding addition to NNEF as we begin to position ourselves as a partner with the higher education community," said Clint Hanson, NNEF Board of Trustees chairman.
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Belcher was educated from kindergarten through graduate school in Pennsylvania public schools.She received a bachelor's degree in Psychology and Organizational Behavior from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree in Education from Temple University in Philadelphia where she specialized in Secondary School Counseling and Family Systems.

Since coming to New Hampshire in 1985, Belcher was Executive Director for the NH Children's Trust Fund, a statewide charitable foundation.While with the Children's Trust Fund, much of Belcher's work centered on managing grantmaking and fundraising while serving as a policy advisor to the NH and US Legislature on developing healthy communities for New Hampshire's most vulnerable families.In addition to her work as program consultant to several public and private foundations, most recently, Belcher worked at Colby-Sawyer College in corporate and foundation relations.

She and her husband live in the Lakes Region and have two high school-aged children.