Maroon News

Issue date: 1/28/05 Section: News

At Colgate, the strength of the University lies not only in its new buildings, traditions and opportunities - both in and out of the classroom - but also in the students who commit themselves to change, improvement and activism here. Now, the Senior Class Gift Committee believes that the Class of 2005 has an opportunity to support Colgate's greatest strength.

To help ensure that Colgate continues to attract a talented and involved student body, the Senior Class Gift Committee has chosen an endowed scholarship in the name of the Class of 2005 for its Senior Class Gift. This unrestricted scholarship will be awarded to deserving Colgate students for as long as Colgate exists.

The Gift Committee has set high goals for the Class of 2005 Gift Campaign. The goal this year is to raise $25,000 and to reach a record-breaking 90 percent participation. The Committee is very optimistic about the class coming together and reaching these goals.

A generous donor has offered the senior class a challenge of 90 percent participation.

"If we reach our goals, we will receive $25,000 towards our scholarship," Co-Gift Chair senior Sean Devlin said. "This means that the scholarship will become endowed and begin helping students next year. Every gift really does count! Most recent senior classes raise around $25,000. We have the opportunity to raise over $50,000. Let's make it happen."

"A lot of [my classmates] are now willing to give even $5 or $10," Delvin added. "Now, with this donor's challenge, even a simple gift is worth a lot more. This will hopefully make more people want to donate. We hope that the scholarship will be helping students next year. Every gift matters, and participation really does count."

Devlin notes that the Financial Aid Office cannot award scholarships until they are endowed at the $50,000 level. Reaching the class goals and receiving the challenge will bring the Class of 2005 Scholarship to this level.

"We hope for the same kind of success for our scholarship," Co-Gift Chair senior Ashley Schneider said. "Our goal for this year is to raise $25,000 from at least 90 percent of our classmates."

"We are very optimistic that in the near future the Class of 2005 Scholarship will be helping a deserving student," Devlin added.

Executive Gift Committee Member senior Nora McGeough stressed the importance of such a scholarship.

"It is also helping a person who might not have the opportunity to have everything we had here at Colgate," she said. "It's good to give back."

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