{"id":50309,"date":"2017-03-14T11:33:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T11:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=50309"},"modified":"2017-03-14T11:33:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T11:33:09","slug":"uvi-launches-second-annual-fundraising-calling-program-to-support-academic-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=50309","title":{"rendered":"UVI Launches Second Annual Fundraising Calling Program To Support Academic Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of the Virgin Islands alumni and friends are asked to once again lend support to the University\u2019s annual telephone fundraising drive to support academic scholarships for students in need, the institution of higher learning announced Monday. UVI says this year\u2019s telephone fundraising is unique because the UVI Call Center has a permanent home in the Module Building next to the Writing Center on the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am both an alumna and a student of the University of the Virgin Islands, who will be graduating with a Master\u2019s in Business Administration on May 11th<\/sup> 2017,\u201d said Call Center Manager Rosan Walters-Mulley (\u201814). \u201cI am honored to be a part of the Call Center family, where other students and I will strive to meet the goals of the Call Center.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

More than 20 UVI students will organize and execute the Call Center program to solicit donations from peers, alumni and the public to support UVI student scholarships and university programs. <\/b><\/span>The Center began its efforts on Thursday, March 9, and will run through Friday, June 30.\u00a0The Center will start again on Sept. 1, and run through Sept. 30.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s challenge has something for everyone,\u201d said Linda I. Smith (\u201898, \u201803), director of annual giving and alumni affairs for UVI.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Three goals for this year are the <\/span>\u201c55 for 55\u201d: The Great Alumni Challenge, the Great Alumni Challenge\u00a0Promotion, international scholarships and the Matching Gift Challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c55 for 55\u201d: The Great Alumni Challenge!<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

The University of the Virgin Islands is celebrating the University’s Emerald Anniversary with a revolutionary philanthropic initiative. “55 for 55: The great Alumni Challenge!” encourages UVI alumni to make history by achieving a 55 percent alumni giving rate in honor of the institution’s 55th anniversary.<\/span><\/p>\n

UVI would make history to once again become the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to have an alumni giving rate of over 50 percent within a five-year period.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cIn 2013 UVI achieved an alumni giving rate of 51.73 percent, which was the highest contribution rate of any Historically Black College and University in the nation,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIn 2014 we achieved a giving rate of 52.49 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Great Alumni Challenge\u00a0Promotion<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Alumni and friends who make a contribution in the amount of $55 or greater, will automatically qualify for the UVI Alumni Challenge Promotion. Winners of the 55th anniversary promotion prize will receive:<\/span><\/p>\n