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Each year, the University of Windsor
celebrates the alumni, partners and friends
whose donations make an important
contribution to the success of our students.
Given the economic insecurity in 2008,
the list of donors on the following pages is
especially encouraging.
Our donors realize that their
investments in knowledge yield real returns
in a renewed economy, a sustainable
environment and a more healthy
community. At a time when the need has
never been greater, these donors enable
students to take responsibility for the future
– their own future and the future of their
community.
Making a difference. Taking
responsibility. Thinking forward. Being
influential. These are phrases heard and
seen a great deal at the University of
Windsor these days. These phrases all
originated with our students, who come to
university full of optimism and ambition.
Students today see their years of study and
discovery at university as a launching pad
into a future of opportunity.
Some of the donors listed in this issue
of
View
have created new scholarships or
bursaries to support deserving students.
These financial awards demonstrate the
confidence we have in our students and
have a motivational as well as a practical
impact on their success.
Donations and matching dollars
totalling almost $2.2 million boosted
scholarships in 2008. Needs-based
scholarships were eligible for the dollar-
for-dollar match from the Ontario Trust for
Student Support. Total cash donations of
$3.2 million were gratefully received from
approximately 5,500 donors.
In the past year, donations of all sizes
have endorsed the initiative that produced
the Medical Education Building on our
campus. We have celebrated gifts to both
the capital project and an increase in
support for talented students in pre-med
programs who include local students
from pre-med studies at the University of
Windsor accepted to the Schulich School
of Medicine and Dentistry – Windsor
Program. We are indeed thrilled and proud
of their accomplishments. They will be the
first-ever to have received a high school
diploma, university degree and medical
education all together in this area.
This is an outcome of a project that
began with community support and,
with further commitment, will see the
expansion of health and medical education
opportunities for our young people.
The future of our community is right
here on our campus. You can see it in the
medical education building, in the plans for
the new Centre for Engineering Innovation,
in the science labs, classrooms and study
halls. You can feel it in the enthusiasm,
optimism and achievements of our
students.
For students today, higher education is
truly about thinking forward. Through their
generosity, our alumni and friends listed in
the pages that follow share in the success of
these students.
University of Windsor students make thousands
of calls to potential donors each fall.
To Greater Heights
2008 Stewardship Report
Annual Giving Program
Levels of Giving
Executors
$2,000,000 +
Founders
$1,000,000 +
Pillars
$500,000 +
Builders
$100,000 +
Principals
$50,000 +
Benefactors
$20,000 +
Circles
Leadership
$10,000 +
Chancellor’s
$5,000 +
President’s
$2,500 +
Governors’
$1,000 +
Clubs
Ambassadors’
$500 +
Dillon
$250 +
Century
$100 +
Stewards’
up to $99
Page Reference for
Giving Categories
Alumni & Friends
13
Legacy Circle
24
Corporate Donations
25
Gifts-in-Kind
26
Please note: This report includes only those
gifts received before January 1, 2009.
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