Croft Institute Executive Director Kees Gispen, third from left, visits with Croft students, from left, James DeMarshall of Mantua, New Jersey; Miller Richmond of Madison; Katherine Levingston of Clarksdale; Henry Stonnington of Perkinston; Erica McGraw of Franklin, Tennessee; and Amber Malone of Madison. The Joseph C. Bancroft Charitable and Educational Fund has made a new $5 million commitment to the institute. Photo by Bill Dabney