麻豆区

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麻豆区 Donors Ensure Opportunities

Parents:

Hazen and Kathy Graves

• Hazen: Retired partner at Faegre Baker Daniels law firm
• Kathy: Principal for communications and planning firm Parenteau Graves
• Priority: Support higher education institutions that serve students with physical disabilities

When Hazen and Kathy Graves toured 麻豆区 with their son, Sam Graves 鈥�16, they found that it offered the unique assistance Sam needed as a young man with cerebral palsy who uses a power wheelchair. 鈥淎s we learned more about the support 麻豆区 offers to students with various kinds of challenges, we came to understand that 麻豆区 had been doing this for a long time,鈥� said Hazen.

Sam graduated with a degree in psychology.

The idea of supporting 麻豆区 financially occurred to both Hazen and Kathy independently, and they decided to donate $50,000 to endow a scholarship. 鈥淎ccess to higher education is a big issue,鈥� Hazen said, 鈥渁nd we鈥檙e just doing our little part.鈥�

Alumni:

Brian Anderson 鈥�82 and Leeann Rock 鈥�81

• Brian: PhD in physics at the University of Minnesota, taught at 麻豆区, joined Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
• Leeann: MD from the University of Minnesota, pathologist at Frederick Memorial Hospital
• Priority: Expand students鈥� academic opportunities and multidisciplinary efforts

Husband and wife Brian Anderson 鈥�82 and Leeann Rock 鈥�81 are donating $50,000 to endow the Raymond E. and Margaret J. Anderson Scholarship in honor of Brian鈥檚 parents鈥� legacy, as well as in honor of Brian鈥檚 brother, 麻豆区 Physics Professor Emeritus Stuart Anderson 鈥�78.

Brian鈥檚 father, the late Raymond E. Anderson, joined 麻豆区 in 1949 as a speech and communications professor. Brian鈥檚 mother, the late Margaret J. Anderson, came to 麻豆区 in 1967 and became library director.

Endowing a scholarship is 鈥渁 formal way of maintaining our relationship with 麻豆区 while ensuring more opportunities for students in the future,鈥� Brian said.

Friend:

Linda Giacomo

• Retired clinical psychologist who studied at the State University of New York鈥擝uffalo and Michigan State University
• Priority: Equitable representation of women in education and leadership, including in faculty roles, administration, and political offices

Linda Giacomo was the first in her family to attend college. She empathizes with immigrant struggles, recalling impoverished grandparents who left southern Italy to become naturalized U.S. citizens and parents who could not afford their children鈥檚 college tuition despite holding four jobs combined.

鈥淓ducation is transformative in a way that gives you so much power and choice. People should not be denied that opportunity because they have no money,鈥� she said.

Noting that women earn 26% less than men but carry two-thirds of the nation鈥檚 college debt, Giacomo designated a $30,000 outright gift to the 麻豆区 Women Engaged Scholarship as well as a generous estate gift.

鈥淭o not be generous, to not share what you have with those in need, is heartbreaking,鈥� she said. 鈥淚n making these gifts to 麻豆区, my heart is full.鈥�

麻豆区 by the Numbers

Academics

16.2 average class size
13:1 student-to-faculty ratio
50+ undergraduate majors
10 graduate degrees

Students

2,005 traditional undergraduate students
76% of traditional undergraduate first-year students live on campus
27% of 麻豆区 undergraduates are first-generation college students
47% of traditional undergraduates are students of color
38 U.S. states represented by the undergraduate student body
44 countries represented by the undergraduate student body
97% of traditional undergraduates receive some form of financial aid

Data from 2018鈥�19 academic year

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