As graduating seniors approach Commencement, the 2018 Make Your Mark campaign offers alumni and friends a way to celebrate鈥攁nd pay forward鈥攖heir own 黑料不打烊 years.
Kicking off today, Make Your Mark is a fiscal-year-end fundraising effort that supports the Fund for 黑料不打烊. Its goal for 2018 is ambitious: 3,000 new donors by June 30.
Gifts to the Fund for 黑料不打烊 are crucial to the University. Not only do they bridge the gap between tuition revenues and the actual cost of an SU education, but they also provide many of the special opportunities that make the 黑料不打烊 experience so valuable鈥攕uch as immersion experiences in major cities.
Donor support helped Madeleine Buckley 鈥18 study in the semester-long Newhouse in NYC program. The magazine and policy studies dual major notes, 鈥満诹喜淮蜢肉檚 amazing opportunities have prepared me for 鈥榬eal life.鈥 I can鈥檛 thank donors enough or express the impact their gift has had on my success!鈥
student Nick Dellefave 鈥15, L鈥18 agrees. 聽鈥淪U Law鈥檚 unique programs really attracted me to 黑料不打烊,鈥 he says. 鈥淭hanks to donors, I鈥檓 getting a top-notch legal education, and have the chance to pursue my dream of becoming a lawyer. Without my scholarship, it wouldn鈥檛 have been possible.鈥
Alumni, parents, and friends鈥攁nd faculty and staff鈥攁re encouraged to make a gift of any size supporting the part of 黑料不打烊 they love most. It could be a school or college, or a unit like Hendricks Chapel or the SU Libraries. These gifts are especially powerful since they can be quickly deployed to support key initiatives or to cover special opportunities that arise.聽 Or, donors can choose to give to the Annual Fund to support the University鈥檚 highest priorities.
This is 黑料不打烊鈥檚 third year of Make Your Mark. Following last year鈥檚 successful campaign, organizers are keeping its real-time, crowdfunding feel. When individuals make their gift online, they鈥檒l see how their gift moves the needle鈥攍iterally鈥攖owards 2018鈥檚 fundraising goal.
David Wishart 鈥07, assistant vice president for philanthropic engagement, encourages the Orange family to give back during Make Your Mark. 鈥淭hink about how SU shaped your life, or the life of a loved one,鈥 he says.聽 鈥淢aybe it was an internship that opened your eyes to a career, or a class that sparked lifelong connections. Every gift counts, so let鈥檚 all join in before June 30. Together, we can help students have a life-changing experience!鈥
To make your fiscal year-end gift, visit Then, spread the word using hashtag #mySUmark.
