SUNY Potsdam Recognizes and Thanks Scholarship Donors

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Betty Cole Evans ’43 (front left) was presented with the 2014 Stole of Gratitude at the SUNY Potsdam Scholarship Luncheon. For a full caption, please see the release.

POTSDAM, NY (11/26/2014)(readMedia)-- SUNY Potsdam is thankful for the generosity and constant support it has received from scholarship donors in the past year. These gifts are essential to ensuring that educational opportunities are open to the next generation of students.

Support for scholarships is one of the five priorities for Take the Lead: The Campaign for Potsdam. To date, the campaign has brought in $25.7 million toward the overall goal of raising $27 million in gifts and commitments by the College's bicentennial in 2016.

Of that total, the campaign has so far raised $5.9 million toward its $7 million goal for scholarships. The Take the Lead Campaign has also garnered 74 new endowed scholarship funds of at least $20,000 each, to date.

Last year, SUNY Potsdam awarded more than $2.6 million in scholarships to 1,067 students, including $821,000 from donor-funded scholarships, which are funded through the Potsdam College Foundation.

To see this year's list of recipients, visit potsdam.meritpages.com/achievements/SUNY-Potsdam-Awards-Scholarships-to-Undergraduate-and-Graduate-Students/31482.

The College held its annual scholarship luncheon earlier this fall, to recognize donors and honor the accomplished student recipients, along with their families. This year, approximately 250 people attended the event.

Betty Cole Evans '43 was honored with the 2014 Stole of Gratitude, which was presented, along with a bouquet of flowers, by her student scholarship recipients. Evans has established both the Betty & Merton Evans Scholarship and the Cole Family Scholarship at the College.

Photo caption: Betty Cole Evans '43 (front left) was presented with the 2014 Stole of Gratitude at the SUNY Potsdam Scholarship Luncheon. Top row: Betty's friend Ken Masters, scholarship recipients Kody Andreas and Jarrett Larson, next to Kathryn and John Brethour, parents of fellow scholarship recipient Kaitlin Brethour (front right).

For more information about how donors impact the SUNY Potsdam student experience, visit www.potsdam.edu/giving.

SUNY Potsdam offers financial aid to more than 80 percent of students, in the form of federal and state aid, as well as scholarships. For more information, visit www.potsdam.edu/financialaid.

Founded in 1816, and located on the outskirts of the beautiful Adirondack Park, The State University of New York at Potsdam is one of America's first 50 colleges. SUNY Potsdam currently enrolls approximately 4,300 undergraduate and graduate students. Home to the world-renowned Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam is known for its handcrafted education, challenging liberal arts and sciences core, excellence in teacher training and leadership in the performing and visual arts. Empowered by a culture of creativity, the campus community recently launched Take the Lead: The Campaign for Potsdam, which aims to raise $27 million by the College's bicentennial in 2016.

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