Donor's gifts
now total $7.2 million
By SUZANNE
CHAMBERLAIN
Reporter Contributor
An
anonymous donor has given another $800,000 to the Distinguished Honors
Scholars Program, bringing to $7.2 million the donor's total gifts to
this program, and reaffirming a true commitment to educating tomorrow's
leaders.
In
1995, a $1.6 million gift from the anonymous donor initiated the program,
which has enjoyed $800,000 annual gifts from the same donor ever since.
These giftswhich pay for tuition, room, board, books, travel and
feeshave supported 119 students total, including 53 alumni and 14
students who will graduate in May.
"We
are grateful for the donor's generous gifts which, when shared with these
highly motivated students, have resulted in even greater synergy than
we had expected, integral to UB's growing reputation as a major public
research university," said Josephine A. Capuana, administrative director
for the University Honors Program. "These students are truly among UB's
gifts to the future."
After
graduating from UB, these students continue to distinguish themselves,
pursuing occupations or professional and graduate studies ranging from
mathematics to medicine, music to law, whether they choose to attend other
schools or remain at UB.
Some
have earned nationally competitive fellowships; one will use a Mellon
Fellowship to study English literature at Stanford, while two others have
won National Science Foundation Fellowshipsone to study at MIT and
the other to attend the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
The
Distinguished Honors Scholars, while a smaller select group of students,
are part of the larger University Honors Program, which offers students
special seminars and colloquia, research opportunities and faculty mentoring,
as well as financial assistance.
The
anonymous donor's gift contributes to UB's $250 million campaign, one
of the largest ever conducted by a public university in New York and New
England. Although it's the fifth major fund-raising campaign conducted
by UB, it's the first national/international, university-wide and alumni-driven
campaign with volunteer leaders from all over the country. Funds raised
will be used to enrich academic programs, support students ranging from
undergraduates to post-doctoral students and to enhance university life.
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