Donor Spotlights
Why I Give
For Stephen Reiff β10, itβs hard to know if the most valuable part of his ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ experience was the caring faculty and staff who gave him a feeling of empowerment or the lifelong friendships that he built as a first-year student.
βΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ made me feel like the world was my oyster and that helped encourage me to dream big β taking me everywhere: from the front lines of a presidential campaign to a refugee camp in Uganda and on to advising senior leaders in the business world,β Stephen said of the faculty and staff who cared about him personally.
βOr perhaps,β he pondered, βthe friendships formed were the most valuable part of my ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ experience. I didn't get married until I was 33 and the two best men in my wedding were my two best friends at ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ - both of whom I met within my first week at school!β
Today, Stephen donates to ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ as a way to show strength in numbers for alumni donor support, a statistic that influences how the university is ranked in publications like US News & World Report College Rankings.
βWhen I give to ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅,β he said. βI am helping empower the next generation of leaders and strengthening the brand of ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ to the world.β