新澳彩开奖结果

President Herbst offers clear vision for need-blind future

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Last Saturday, September 17, President Jeffrey Herbst made an announcement that will change the landscape of admission and financial aid at 新澳彩开奖结果.

鈥淥ur ultimate aspiration is to be need-blind, to admit the students we want, without finances playing into the equation.鈥

The news was delivered at Gotham Hall in New York City to an audience of alumni, parents, and friends 鈥 philanthropists who have helped to increase 新澳彩开奖结果鈥檚 financial aid resources by $87.5 million since the launch of Passion for the Climb: The Campaign for 新澳彩开奖结果 in March 2007. They were seated next to current undergraduates who have received that generosity and used it to build an academic foundation for future success.

The crowd was joined, in spirit, by a series of students who weren鈥檛 as fortunate. Every year, the university declines admission to numerous individuals who are academically qualified. 鈥淭hese are outstanding students who had the credentials to be admitted,鈥 said Herbst. 鈥淭hey came to our doorstep, but we could not admit them because we could not afford them all.鈥

40fortheclimb1.JPGPresident Herbst has made scholarship support a top priority at 新澳彩开奖结果, where approximately 40 percent of the student body currently receives financial aid.

The process of achieving need-blind admission will be founded on early campaign gains and on a new challenge leveled by members of the 新澳彩开奖结果 community. Nearly 100, including Herbst and his wife, Sharon Polansky, have already stepped forward with a $20 million investment. They are asking their friends and classmates to match those dollars, raise the tally to $40 million, and make the total campaign contribution to financial aid an impressive $127.5 million.

鈥淲e will not get there tomorrow,鈥 Herbst warned the crowd. 鈥淏ut get there we will. And long before we reach need-blind status, we will have aided dozens and hundreds and thousands of additional students 鈥 all of whom will make tremendous contributions to our school and our society.鈥

Denying admission based on financial qualifications has a profound influence on 新澳彩开奖结果 and on the world outside its gates, said Herbst. 鈥淭he best way to ensure our health as an institution for decades to come is to make sure we can admit the outstanding students who are already applying to us,鈥 he said. 鈥淕iven the challenges we face today, I think our society needs those 新澳彩开奖结果-educated students.鈥

To make the theoretical point real, Herbst introduced Leigh Anne Tuohy, whose family was profiled in the Oscar-winning film The Blind Side. She and her husband, Sean, adopted Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Michael Oher when he was a high school student in Memphis in 2004.

She spoke passionately about her own commitment to bettering the world through charitable giving and encouraged the 新澳彩开奖结果 community to follow suit. 鈥淲e believe with every fiber in our being that the kids who will find the cure for cancer 鈥 living in inner-city New York, inner-city Detroit, you name the city 鈥 they just need opportunity,鈥 she said. 鈥淭hat is what 新澳彩开奖结果 is doing: they鈥檙e trying to provide opportunities.鈥

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新澳彩开奖结果 thanks the following alumni, parents, and friends for launching this financial aid challenge:

Robert E. Aberlin 鈥66
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Brion B. Applegate 鈥76
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Armstrong 鈥52
Dewey J. Awad 鈥90
Nancy L. Baker 鈥80
Robert Baker 鈥79
Michael J. Batza Jr. 鈥63
Donald A. Belgrad 鈥61
Mr. & Mrs. James N. Benedict P鈥09
E. Garrett Bewkes Jr. 鈥48 H鈥91
Jonathan 鈥75 & Patricia Birenbaum
J. Kent Jr. 鈥61 & Prudence Blair
Lawrence A. Bossidy 鈥57
Gail Boulton 鈥83
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond W. Boushie 鈥61 P鈥84
Stephen B. 鈥80 & Gretchen H. 鈥81 Burke P鈥12
James A. Cacioppo 鈥84
Paul B. Carberry Jr. 鈥94
Kenny Cheng P鈥11
Jonathan Huntington Clark 鈥77 P鈥14
Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Clifford 鈥67 P鈥93
Eric A. 鈥93 & Rachel Cole
Jean-Pierre L. Conte 鈥85
Michael R. Costa 鈥80
Patrick C. Cunningham 鈥95
Mr. & Mrs. Scott V. Donahue 鈥76 P鈥14
Mr. & Mrs. Gary B. Eichhorn 鈥75 P鈥05
Stephen J. Errico 鈥85
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Fager 鈥77 P鈥06
Phillip C. 鈥82 & Jeanne C. 鈥82 Foussard
Christopher J. 鈥84 & Jennifer Gavigan
Robert L. Gold 鈥80 P鈥15
Donna O. Golkin 鈥74
Robin I. Gottesman 鈥78 & Richard Levine P鈥05
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Hawley P鈥14
Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Hellstern 鈥61
Mr. & Mrs. Reuben S. Hendell 鈥82
Jeffrey Herbst & Sharon Polansky
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Hickling 鈥77 P鈥07鈥12
Adam L.鈥87 & Denise Hoeflich
  Jack 鈥61 & Sue Homestead
Sandra W. Jackson 鈥81
C. Lloyd Jr. 鈥64 & Patricia L. Johnson
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Amy Freedman Jurkowitz 鈥85
Margaret Simonetti Kelly 鈥80
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Kirkpatrick 鈥61 P鈥89鈥92
Judith 鈥82 & Olav Kollevoll
Eric Kollevoll
Kris Kollevoll
Ann Molino Kurtz 鈥77
Harry H. Lang Jr. 鈥48
William R. Jr. 鈥60 & Helen Markram Large
Kurt F. Loesch 鈥48
Peter L. 鈥93 & Gretchen Jordan 鈥93 Menzies
Creighton Michael & Leslie D. Cecil P鈥14
Amr M. Nosseir 鈥76
Mark D. Nozette 鈥71
Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Parshley 鈥72 P鈥01鈥08
The Perkin Fund (Thorne L. Perkin 鈥97)
Mr. & Mrs. Barrett Petty 鈥63
Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Potter 鈥52 P鈥82
Dr. & Mrs. Clinton L. Rappole 鈥62 笔鈥91
David L. 鈥82 & Jennifer 鈥82 Rea
Allison J. Rosen 鈥82
Donald A. 鈥46 & Renate Schaefer
Lisa Oppenheim Schultz 鈥85 & Robert D. Schultz P鈥15
Gabriel T. 鈥00 & Jolie Schwartz
James O. Shaver Jr. 鈥86 & Christine Chao 鈥86
Patrick J. C. 鈥92 & Finley 鈥95 Shaw
Kent Sheng
Turner C. Smith 鈥77
Kerry LeBlanc Strong 鈥85 & Jeffrey Strong
Tighe 鈥83 & Callie Sullivan
Andrew W. Sweet 鈥93
Edward E. Vaill 鈥62
Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Van Cleave III 鈥58
Jeffrey T. 鈥87 & Kimberly 鈥89 Veber
Thomas 鈥69 & Sue Weidemeyer
Kenneth S. 鈥87 & Karen Ziman