2023 - CeCe Winans
Join
Union University
for the 25th Annual Scholarship Banquet Tuesday, October 24, 2023.
Featuring the best-selling and most-awarded female gospel artist of all time, CeCe Winans, the banquet will celebrate the generous donors who have made a Christ-centered education at Union possible for so many students.
Balcony seats and table sponsorships are now available.
- 5:45 p.m. – Doors Open for Dinner Guests
- 6:00 p.m. – Dinner Starts
- 6:15 p.m. – Balcony Opens
- 6:45 p.m. – Program Starts
Table sponsorships are closed. Contact us at 731-661-5050 with any quesitons.
Biography
*Faculty/staff/students still need to call 661-5050 to get the discounted balcony tickets. Groups of 10 or more can also get a discounted balcony price of $5 off per ticket (applied at checkout).
Co-Lead Sponsors
Sponsorship Levels
PREMIER SPONSORSHIP
($10,000 +)
Tax-deductible amount $9,500
- Invitation for two to president's dinner
- Priority seating for buffet dinner for eight additional guests
- Five passes to photo opportunity with CeCe Winans
- Autographed copy of CeCe Winan's book, Believe for It: Passing on Faith to the Next Generation
- Recognition as lead/premier sponsor during promotion of the event
- Special recognition during the event
- Ten tickets for balcony seating
- Recognition in printed program for event
- VIP parking for one vehicle
PLATINUM SPONSORSHIP
($5,000 +)
Tax-deductible amount $4,600
- Priority seating for buffet dinner for eight
- Two passes to photo opportunity with CeCe Winans
- Autographed copy of CeCe Winan's book, Believe for It: Passing on Faith to the Next Generation
- Recognition in the printed program
- Five tickets for balcony seating
- Preferred parking near Carl Perkins Civic Center entrance
GOLD SPONSORSHIP
($3,000 +)
Tax-deductible amount $2,600
- Priority seating for buffet dinner for eight
- One pass to photo opportunity with CeCe Winans
- Autographed copy of CeCe Winan's book, Believe for It: Passing on Faith to the Next Generation
- Recognition in the printed program
- Preferred parking near Carl Perkins Civic Center entrance
SILVER PLUS SPONSORSHIP
($2,000 +)
Tax-deductible amount $1,600
- Buffet dinner seating for eight
- Recognition in the printed program
- Preferred parking near Carl Perkins Civic Center entrance
SILVER SPONSORSHIP
($1,500 +)
Tax-deductible amount $1,100
- Buffet dinner seating for eight
- Recognition in the printed program
Bios
The best-selling and most-awarded female gospel artist of all time, CeCe Winans has long since cemented her status as one of the most accomplished and celebrated women in modern music history. It'd be easy to look back and rest on such illustrious laurels, but Winans has always had her eyes fixed firmly on the future, so it should come as little surprise that she jumped at the opportunity when her son, Alvin Love III, proposed she record the generation-bridging new album 'Let Them Fall In Love.' Her first in nearly a decade, the record finds Winans returning to the studio with gusto, working for roughly three years to craft her most confident, adventurous collection yet.
Recording and performing as both a solo artist and as a duo with her brother BeBe, CeCe has influenced a generation of gospel and secular vocalists over the course of her astonishing career. Her mantel today holds a staggering 12 GRAMMY Awards, 20 Dove Awards, and 7 Stellar Awards. She's been inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the Nashville Music City Walk of Fame, in addition to being named a Trailblazer of Soul by BMI and garnering multiple NAACP Image Awards, Soul Train Awards, Essence Awards, and more. She's sold in excess of 5 million albums in the US, topping the Gospel charts repeatedly while crossing over with smashes like "Count On Me," her stunning duet with Whitney Houston from the multi-platinum 'Waiting To Exhale' soundtrack, which sold 2 million copies and cracked the Top 10 on the Pop, R&B, and Adult Contemporary charts. She touched millions more with inspirational performances everywhere from Oprah to The White House, and even showed off her acting chops on television series like '7th Heaven' and 'Doc.'