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Three volunteers lead intense effort to increase student aid n an era when student recruitment is increasingly com petitive, three Trinity Trustees are leading an intensified effort to increase the College's endowment funds for financial aid. Emily Bogle '79, Jeff Kelter '76, and Tim Walsh '85 are tri chairs ofTrinity's financial aid initiative. With a goal of raising $IOO million by the end of the Cornerstone Campaign, they are encouraged by progress to date. Since the campaign was launched in 2006, over $63 million in new financial aid endowments have been committed to Trinity, including received gifts of $33-8 million. However, they are quick to point out there is much to be accomplished still , and they are eager to talk with alumni and other friends of the College about this effort. Bogle, Kelter, and Walsh have learned from discussions with Trinity Admissions and Financial Aid staff that there is a direct correlation between the generous financial aid endowment gifts received to date and Trinity's ability to attract its mostqualified incoming class in the College's history. They say the bottom line is that Trinity must raise at least $36.4 million more in financial aid endowment commitments in the final nine months of the Cornerstone Campaign. When the full $100 million is in the College's hands, it will generate $5 million more in financial aid reso urces and add 150 more students to Trinity's scholarship rolls. To learn more about Trinity's focused initiative to raise financial aid endowments, or to request a copy of "Financial Aid at Trinity: Endowed with Talent," please contact Vice President for College Advancement Ron Joyce at ronald.joyce@trincoll .edu or (860) 297-2134.
"I care deeply about the quality of Trinity's academic experience, as well as how we are perceived by the outside world. Ensuring access to worthy students from all backgrounds is the biggest issue in private education. Access promotes diversity, improves the culture of the school, and advances our academic excellence." - Emily Latour Bogle '79 "Currently, we simply do not have enough endowed financial aid to attract all the students we want. While we have record numbers of students applying to Trinity, a significant percentage of the top-ranked students in our applicant pool ultimately choose other colleges that can better meet their financial needs." - Jeffrey E. Kelter '76
"I had three brothers and sisters attending college at the same time. If you added up those tuitions and set the total against my dad's salary, it didn't add up. Financial aid was incred ibly helpful. If I didn't have access to that support, I wonder if I would have been able to attend Trinity." -Timothy]. Walsh '85
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