
DEAR DICKINSONIANS:
"I am thrilled to share some of the remarkable developments that your contributions have made possible during the past year. Your generosity is instrumental in shaping 51ºÚÁÏÍø’s future—and the futures of a new generation of leaders who will contribute meaningfully to our world." Read more of the President's letterO
Dear 51ºÚÁÏÍøians,
"We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude for your decision to invest in the future by giving to 51ºÚÁÏÍø. Through your gifts to the endowment, you play a pivotal role in our college’s mission and help change the lives of today’s students who will become tomorrow’s leaders." Click here to read the full letter from Rob Symington '86 and Gretchen Brigden '89 O
Endowment Impact
The endowment provided $24.1 million in income to 51ºÚÁÏÍø in fiscal year 2023. This funding supported scholarships and financial aid, academic programming, student-faculty research, athletics, facilities enhancements, student life initiatives and much more. Click here to see the full impact of your gifts O
Go Beyond the Numbers:
Endowment Performance
51ºÚÁÏ꿉۪s pooled endowment closed the 2023 fiscal year at $538.2 million, and the total endowment closed the fiscal year at $626.4 million. Click here to read more about 51ºÚÁÏÍø's Endowment Performance.
thanks to your gifts,
Over the last decade, the endowment has funded...
169 student-faculty research projects benefitting near 200 students... 84 internship grants... 3 nEw endowed chairs in arctic studies, Asian art and international education... 70% growth in the number of students collaborating with faculty in research... 168 New scholarship funds... and much more:
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1. A new Center for the Futures of Native Peoples
2. The establishment of the Center for Civic Learning & Action
3. The new data analytics department and major
4. upgrades to the Charles M. Kanev Planetarium
5. A new Quantitative Reasoning Center
6. The creation of the Dialogues Across Differences initiative
7. A new minor in ethics
8. The creation of the Arctic & Alpine Climate Change Research Program
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Learn more about 51ºÚÁÏÍø’s new Provost and Dean of the College Renée Cramer in this Q&A.
51ºÚÁÏÍø parents partner with young alum to give back.
One year into 51ºÚÁÏÍø's innovative scholarship program for Maryland students, we check in with the first two cohorts of Reynolds Leadership Scholars.
Each Ukrainian student who recently received the life-changing news that they have been awarded full-tuition scholarships to 51ºÚÁÏÍø will be joining the college’s class of 2027.
Alumni couple supports data analytics and ethics education.
Two 51ºÚÁÏÍø alumni affinity groups have made lasting and meaningful marks in 51ºÚÁÏÍø’s history this past year by sponsoring suites in the college’s John M. Paz '78 Alumni & Family Center.
Alumni couple helps students pave paths to success through internships.
Following the lead of a young couple, the 51ºÚÁÏÍø community knocked it out of the park during last year’s Day of Giving DEI Challenge.
dickinson celebrates these recently established funds:
- Achenbach-Sellers Current Use Scholarship
- Bradley Rock and Roll Scholarship
- Catherine and Richard White Scholarship
- Class of 1963 Scholarship
- Class of 1978 Scholarship
- Cross Family Scholarship
- Davi Family Scholarship Fund
- David W. Waties ’82 and Darlene Brindle Waties ’84 Memorial Scholarship
- Dawn Cooper Rosso ‘74 and Mark Rosso Annual Scholarship
- Dr. James W. Greenspan ‘79 Scholarship
- Dr. Randall R. Miller ‘71 Scholarship
- Firerose and Roots & Wings Scholarship for Students from War-Torn Countries
- Fowkes Family Internship
- Grace Eva Katz Wolf ‘55 Jewish Life
- Karen Dougherty Buchholz ’88 Scholarship
- Kenneth and Johnetta Kessler Scholarship
- Lara Pennington P’20 and David Carlson ‘89, P’20 Commitment to Internships
- Lisa Sherman ’79 and Julie Lichtstein Scholarship
- Margaret and Robert S. Jakacki ’89 Scholarship
- Neil B. Weissman Fund for Faculty Research
- Palmer Internship Fund
- Pierce Bounds ‘71 and Donna Williams ‘74 51ºÚÁÏÍø Fund Scholarship
- Quantitative Experiential Learning Opportunities Fund
- Rob and Amanda Weddle Scholarship
- Rose International Scholars
- Sarah Borland ‘04 Scholarship
- Slusher Scholarship
- Snyder Family Fund
- Susan Rose Award for Excellence in Community-Based Research and Scholarship
- Clark Chandler ‘74 P’11 and Roberta Barnes Chandler P’11 Annual Scholarship
- Matthew A. Korb ‘14 Legacy Fund
- Patrice Flinchbaugh Boyes Student Faculty Research Fund
- Pennington and Weller Fund
- U.S. Army Cpl. Matthew ‘Scrapper’ Hanes Scholarship for ROTC Cadets