Impact Report Booklet_09.01.20

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IMPACT REPORT 2020

Once again Centre alumni, friends, and parents showed incredible dedication to the College with their generous support in the face of national and global uncertainty. This unwavering support has been vital to Centre’s ability to weather COVID-19’s unexpected costs while also responding to student and institutional needs.

THANK YOU!

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ASSOCIATES . ..

1,429

$13M+

IN TOTAL FUNDS RAISED

$2.5M+ IN ANNUAL GIVING

with support from alumni, friends, and parents

6,876 TOTAL GIFTS

411 $399

RECURRING GIFTS AVERAGE SIZE OF RECURRING GIFTS

LESS 2,557 GIFTS THAN $250

COLONELS CLUB MEMBERS

FIRST TIME DONORS

35% ALUMNI PARTICIPATION

2,538

with support from individuals, corporations, and foundations

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CENTRE FUND

4,326

DONORS IN 20192020 FISCAL YEAR

$885,711.46

IN UNRESTRICTED GIFTS, ALLOWING CENTRE THE FLEXIBILITY TO MEET STUDENT AND CAMPUS NEEDS AS THEY ARISE

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VIRTUAL FLAME RUN 5K

+ .4K $2 IN DONATIONS

119

FLAME RUNNERS

COVID-19 RELIEF FUND

$10.4K+ IN FUNDING

provided the means for direct assistance to students dealing with unexpected financial needs, relocation expenses, and aid for technology and resources needed to succeed in virtual learning

The winner for each of these challenges, based on alumni participation, receieved an additional $1,000 for their . . organization! ..

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The needs met by Centre Fund gifts can include providing scholarships for students with financial need, hiring and investing in the faculty and staff, as well as enhancing the quality of the Centre Experience - on or off campus.

CENTRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GIVING GAMES

ACADEMICS: STUDENT ORGANIZATION:

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

TRI DELTA

CENTRE NORTON CENTER EXPERIENCE: FOR THE ARTS ATHLETICS:

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MAKDA MEHARI LINCOLN SCHOLARS PROGRAM “To be completely honest, I do not think that when I received the notification that I had been selected to be a Lincoln Scholar that I had fully realized the gravity of what I had been given. I grew up in a town of less than 8,000 people, and I went to school with the same group of peers from the age of 5 to my high school graduation. I always had vague hopes for what my life would be like once I got to finally move past that part of my life - and I wanted it to be filled with challenge and adventure and to be a life I could dedicate to the betterment of others - but I never knew how to realize those goals. The Lincoln Scholars Program gave me the opportunity to live the life I had always wanted to - and has shown me that I can continue to live a life of challenge and adventure and service beyond my college years.”

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To honor the Roushes’ commitment and service to the College for 22 years, a need-based scholarship fund was created in their name.

+ .3M $1 IN DONATIONS DONORS

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RAISED FOR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS & AID

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CENTRE

020

DONORS

825

F2

CLA

SCHOLARSHIPS 406 $1,039,009

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING & ACADEMICS

INTERNSHIPS 0K+ $10 IN STIPENDS

IN GIFTS

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creating global citizens

COUNT RI

2

0K+ IN$6 DONATIONS

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While in Merida, each Friday the students would break off into smaller service groups. The groups traveled to the outskirts of Merida and spent time with children of the local communities.

46

DONOR-SPONSORED SCHOLARSHIPS

CITIE

F2

020

SHELLEY LOWNDS

MERIDA, YUCATAN, MEXICO

33

“As an intern at PAWS I gained hands-on experience rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife in Washington, so that they could be released back into the wild. I worked closely with a rehabber and assisted in the exam room, as well as practiced skills such as diet preparation, administering medications, nutritional tubings, sub-cutaneous injections and vaccines, releases, and enclosure maintenance. I also got to learn a lot about human-animal interactions, and took classes including wildlife ethics, fracture stabilization, radiology, thermoregulation, nutrition, and avian force feeding. Prior to this internship I planned on pursuing a career in wildlife rehabilitation, but I enjoyed the medical side of my internship so much that I now want to explore it deeper, and go to vet school for wildlife and conservation medicine.”

C L AS S O

STUDY ABROAD

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the CCPD awarded 44 students stipends for their internships at home & abroad.

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DONORS CREATED A PURPOSE-DRIVEN EDUCATION IN 2019-2020

LYNNWOOD, WA

CAMPUS COMMUNITY 196 $94,766

$2.5K

IN SUPPORT

of our new Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives fund

NORTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS “The Norton Center’s Arts for the Classroom Ticket Subsidy (A.C.T.S.) Program provides FREE or deeply discounted matinee tickets to K-12 public schools in Kentucky.”

“Gifts directed to this priority help fund programs to address implicit bias, build bridges between all campus communities, increase the diversity represented across campus communities, and the many other efforts led by Dr. Andrea Abrams, Associate Vice President for Diversity, and her staff in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.” ,

$11K+ FOR A.C.T.S.

with support from Norton Center patrons

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DIVERSITY & INCLUSION INITIATIVES

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DONORS IN DONATIONS

JVAC GOES SOLAR

$2.5K+

IN DONATIONS

from alumni in support of this installation

84 400

NEW PANELS

WATTS PER PANEL

AVOIDING 29 TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE/YEAR SAVING ~ $3,700/YEAR IN ELECTRICITY

CENTRE ATHLETICS GIFTS

SOCCER

“Playmaker is a cutting edge company that has made it possible for us to take player stats and anecdotal records on each of our players. The sensors, placed on their feet, have the ability to record how fast a player is running, the distance she has run, the amount of touches she has had on each foot, how many times she loses the ball, and who she passes the ball to. These notes recorded during practice wil help me monitor and compare players work rate, as well as monitor the quality of practice they are having. In short, Playmaker is another set of eyes that gives immediate feedback to the players.”

- COACH JAY HOFFMAN ’96

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898

898 GIFTS WERE MADE TO CENTRE ATHLETICS, TOTALING $339,203 IN FUNDING TO IMPROVE FACILITIES, PROVIDE TOP-NOTCH TRAINING TECHNOLOGY, AND TAKE TRIPS THAT MAKE THE CENTRE EXERIENCE ONE THAT A STUDENT ATHLETE WILL NEVER FORGET.

K+ 39 $3 IN DONATIONS to Centre Athletics

FOOTBALL

“We greatly appreciated those that were able to provide funding for players for the trip to Ireland, next summer.

We were also able to cover the cost of our HUDL account, which will monitor player growth on the field, as well as a drone for practice and film.”

- COACH ANDY FRYE

HUDL

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BASEBALL

“As a Centre alumnus who played 4 years of baseball and had the opportunity to travel abroad (Vietnam, CT 2000), I see great value in providing our players with growth and learning experiences. Our team trip to the Dominican Republic offered opportunities to serve, play, and become better global citizens.

This trip will, without a doubt, be the highlight of many Centre baseball players’ careers.”

- COACH DREW BRIESE ’00 The baseball program was able to purchase Rapsodo baseball technology, which will measure variables for batted and pitched balls furthering player development on the diamond.