From the President
Posted: Wednesday, April 18, 20182018 Faculty and Staff Appeal
You probably pass them on campus every day—students who wouldn't be here without financial assistance.
Along with tuition, many of our students require help covering room and board, textbooks, and costs associated with research and other activities that round out a college education.
As we begin the 2018 Faculty and Staff Appeal, please consider students such as Saša Vann. She received both the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence and the President’s Medal for Outstanding Undergraduate Student. She spoke at Commencement in 2016.
But Saša’s path to college was not an easy one. She grew up in a neighborhood riddled with violence and drug use. Her parents both suffered major health traumas. Without the scholarships Buffalo State awarded her—the Ross B. Kenzie Family Presidential Scholarship, the Anna P. Burrell Scholarship, and the Ronald E. McNair Scholarship—she may not have attended college, much less graduated with numerous accolades. I am proud to report that Saša is now a second-year graduate student at Ball State University, studying sport and exercise psychology with a minor in rehabilitation counseling.
Begun in 1988, the Faculty and Staff Appeal has become interwoven into the Buffalo State culture of philanthropy. There are now almost 800 funds to which you can contribute (PDF,272 KB).
We have shortened the appeal this year, and hope it will encourage everyone to act sooner rather than later. I hope you will join me in supporting this essential campaign. Whether you make a one-time gift or opt for payroll deductions, please know that you are contributing to a campaign that helps myriad students thrive at Buffalo State.
For more information, please contact Mario Hicks, appeal coordinator, 878-3467.
