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FAU President’s Scholarship
Challenge Raises More than $100,000
‘Waves of Blue’
Inauguration Concert Proceeds Contribute More than $10,000
Toward Fund
BOCA RATON, FL (November 2, 2010) – Florida Atlantic University’s President’s Scholarship Challenge, an initiative launched by FAU President Mary Jane Saunders to recognize the importance of scholarship support to students at FAU, has raised more than $100,000 during FAU’s inauguration week.
“I am absolutely committed to FAU and its students, and I want to assist in any way possible to help them succeed,” said Saunders. “I encourage others to join in helping students attend FAU and attain their scholarly goals.”
Along
with leaders from the FAU Foundation Board of Directors, Saunders
created the initiative to match new and increased gifts to the
university designated for annual scholarship support.
Saunders pledged $50,000 to launch this initiative, hoping to
emphasize the critical role that scholarships play in whether or
not students can attend the university. Contributions
through an annual gift designated to student scholarships at FAU
will be matched dollar for dollar through this program.
More than $45,000 in donations came from FAU Foundation Board
members Bruce Allen, Barry Berg, Marleen Forkas, David Gury,
Randy Justice, Pete LoBello and his wife Kerry, Chair Michael
Kaufman, Pat McKay, Judith Teller Kaye, and Rhys Williams;
Donadio & Associates Architects; the FAU National Alumni
Association; Lay, Pitman & Associates; University Club; and
University Club President Marlis Hadeed and her husband,
Victor.
Proceeds from the “Waves of Blue” concert, which kicked-off FAU’s inaugural festivities, also benefited the President’s Scholarship Challenge Fund, raising more than $10,000 from ticket sales. In addition, money raised in excess of the inauguration expenditures will go towards the President’s Scholarship Challenge.
For more information about the FAU President’s Scholarship Challenge or to make a contribution, visit www.fau.edu/inauguration/inaug_scholarship.php or http://fauf.fau.edu/challenge.
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About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as
the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University
serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on
seven campuses and sites. Building on its rich tradition as a
teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10
colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters,
the College of Business, the College for Design and Social
Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of
Engineering & Computer Science, the Graduate College, the
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt
College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. For more
information, visit
www.fau.edu
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