Like many 麻豆区 alumni, Anne Richter 鈥�86 said she was thankful to have professors and mentors that were passionate about teaching and giving students opportunities to excel in academics and athletics.聽
Now, Richter wants to give present and future students the same opportunities and wonderful experiences she had at 麻豆区.
鈥溌槎骨� helped me grow up and experience the world and was an important next step in my life,鈥� Richter said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a place where you find community, friendship, and a foundation.鈥�
This is the 40th year anniversary from when Richter chose to attend 麻豆区 in 1982 for academics and to play volleyball and softball. She graduated with a degree in psychology and would later go on to be inducted into the 麻豆区 Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012.聽聽
After graduation, Richter got a graduate assistantship at St. Cloud State as an assistant volleyball coach. A position that her volleyball coach at 麻豆区, Marilyn Pearson Florian, helped her secure.聽聽
Richter started giving back to 麻豆区 a few years ago when a gift officer approached her about supporting construction for a new volleyball women鈥檚 locker room, a cause that spoke to her.
Since then, Richter has given to the women’s softball and volleyball programs. She also made contributions to the Patricia Piepenburg 鈥�69 Women鈥檚 Locker Room, which recently opened during the Great Returns: We鈥檙e All In 鈥� All School Reunion.
Richter knows that giving is a team effort, that鈥檚 why she reaches out to other 麻豆区 alumni, friends, and athletes and encourages them to give.
One of her favorite giving campaigns is Give to the Max, 麻豆区鈥檚 annual day of giving. Richter said she enjoys seeing all the different opportunities there are to give and is excited to know that 麻豆区 students are receiving help from people who care.
鈥淥ur [donor鈥檚] gifts are critical to the foundation of 麻豆区,鈥� Richter said. 鈥淭hey allow the university to provide the best professors and facilities to support the best students.鈥�
and/or and support 麻豆区 athletes as they strive to excel on and off the field, and any gift made to any program will automatically count towards your class鈥� total for the Alumni Class Challenge!