Campaign Scholarship Initiative Tops $29 Million!

11/12/2007

Signing Ceremony for Singer Family Scholarship

Increasing Ithaca’s scholarship endowment is urgent enough that we made it the second-highest fund-raising goal in the Campaign for Ithaca College. Learn more about this important priority on the new scholarship website.

To date, we’ve raised $29.8 million toward our $30 million goal for scholarship aid – an extraordinary accomplishment! With approximately $200,000 left to raise, we still face a significant challenge, but we’re excited by the progress we’ve made:

• For example, Rob ’83 and Pam ’84 Singer recently established a $25,000 endowed scholarship to benefit business and communications students. The Singers are committed IC alumni whose daughter Heather is a freshman in the Park School. Rob and Pam are also enthusiastic campaign volunteers working in the New York metro region. Read more about the Singers and find profiles of other dedicated Ithaca College supporters in the Difference Makers section of the campaign website.
• Another important scholarship effort is the Faculty/Staff Campaign now in progress on campus. IC staff and faculty are combining personal contributions to establish the Faculty/Staff Endowed Scholarship as their collective gift to the Campaign for Ithaca College.

As we head into the campaign’s final months, we are making great progress – both toward our overall campaign goal and toward our top campaign priorities, including scholarships. To learn more about the largest comprehensive campaign in IC history, visit the campaign website. And, as mentioned above, to learn more about the opportunities, winning stories, and positive impact of Ithaca’s scholarship program, please visit the new website, Scholarships – Giving Back. 

Photo: (Front) Shelley Semmler, vice president for institutional advancement. (Back, left to right) Diane Frankle Storck ’70, chair of the scholarship initiative; Pam Singer ’84; Rob Singer ’83; and Elayne Nicholas, director of special gifts.