If you haven’t made your gift to Lafayette yet, you have until June 30th to contribute for the 2012 fiscal year. A gift of any size, to the area of campus that means the most to you, will directly impact the lives of current and future Lafayette students.

You can still make an impact on “One More Leopard.” Make your gift today.

The response we’ve received from these accepted students has been amazing. The students have tons of questions and tons of enthusiasm for Lafayette. And the parents are perhaps equally excited – one mother went so far as to give the phone to her son while he was in the shower (I’m sure he’s looking forward to going away to college).

On campus, the sidewalks have been overrun with tours and classrooms are peppered with the eager faces of accepted students trying to get a sense of what life would be like at Lafayette College.

Which is why, as we enter the last week of the One More Leopard Challenge, every young alumni gift matters. These students have big plans for the next four years and your gift of even $5 or $10 can help make their dreams reality. 

Help us make Lafayette possible for One More Leopard – make your gift now!

“I am incredibly appreciative of your continual support that makes the Lafayette experience possible for many students. I myself would not be here without the support of incredible people like yourself.” – MW ’13

“I thank you from the bottom of my heart, and on behalf of the student body I thank you, for the amazing world of possibility you have assisted in giving us. I know Lafayette has given me things I would not have had the opportunity for in Missouri. Thank you.” – KC ’15

“Alumni like you make it possible for students like me to attend such a prestigious college and partake in many opportunities I would not have otherwise.” GT ’12

“Without alumni like you I would not have had the amazing opportunities to explore my own mind and the world around me.“ -TL ’13

Just in case we don’t say it enough – thank you to all our generous donors! Every gift matters, so make your gift today!

It’s these students and these opportunities that distinguish Lafayette. This is what we as young alumni always try to get across in interviews and conversations with those unlucky individuals who’ve never heard of Lafayette College: this place is awesome.

About 20% of the Class of 2016 will be offered Marquis Scholarships and these scholarships could be not only the difference between being able to afford Lafayette or not, but also the difference between amazing students like Caitlin, Chris, Monica, and Daniel choosing Lafayette as their home for the next four years or not. We need to offer prospective students the best financial aid packages possible in order to continue to attract the best and brightest. And because attracting awesome students is how we’re going to ensure that Lafayette continues to be the awesome place we know it is.

Make your gift now and be counted to help us make Lafayette possible for One More (Awesome) Leopard!

Students enjoy the Quad on 3/23/12

Today is a beautiful day here on College Hill and the Quad is packed with students throwing frisbees and testing their slacklining skills. It is a scene guaranteed to make you nostalgic for college.

Lafayette students, we all know, work hard. They balance academics, volunteering, athletics, research, artistic pursuits, and on-campus jobs. And yet they still have the opportunity, from time to time, to spend an afternoon laying out on the Quad and basking in the early arrival of beautiful weather.

Bob Beane’s hope is that we, Lafayette young alumni, can make this wonderful experience available to one more student in the Class of 2016 – a student waiting to hear not only whether she’s been accepted to Lafayette, but also whether she’ll be receiving the financial aid necessary to make Lafayette possible. You may think your gift of $5 isn’t enough to make an impact. But if 1,000 young alumni give just $5, those $5 gifts will turn into a $56,988 one.

That’s enough money to make Lafayette possible for at least one more Leopard.

As a regular donor in support of financial aid at Lafayette, I’ve had the opportunity to meet a number of Lafayette’s financial aid recipients over the years and each time I am impressed by the intelligence and drive our students possess. It would be a shame if the Lafayette community had missed out on any of these incredible students.

The financial aid that half of all Lafayette students receive is funded primarily by alumni gifts and that alumni support is a proud tradition. For example, more than 55% of my classmates have made a gift to the College in each of the last 12 years. I take great pride in that statistic; you can see below how your class stacks up so far this year. Because I want Lafayette to continue to enroll the best students and be recognized as a top college in the US, I’m challenging you to keep that tradition of alumni support alive at.

If 551 more young alumni make a gift to the College by April 12, I will donate the full cost of attending Lafayette for the next academic year ($56,988) in support of financial aid. Your gift of any size and to any program on campus could get Lafayette closer to being able to fund One More Leopard’s education.

Make your gift today! 

With Leopard Pride,

Bob Beane ’58

Your gift of even just $5 provides every Lafayette student with financial assistance and, if you make your gift now, Bob Beane’s gift of a whole year’s tuition will stretch your $5 to $56,988.

Click here to make your gift now!

A COLLEGE EDUCATION that is personal and connected has never been more important than in today’s complex global economy. Giving qualified students access to a Lafayette education-regardless of their financial means-is a high priority. And it’s a proud tradition. Thanks to the generosity of alumni over the years, more than half of our students have benefited from need-based financial aid awards and academic scholarships.

Bob Beane, Class of ’58, is challenging young alumni to keep the tradition growing. If 1,000 young alumni make a gift to the College by April 12, Bob will contribute $56,988, the full cost of attendance in 2012-13, to support financial aid.

You can help by making a gift of any size to almost any area of the College-every gift counts toward the challenge. You can support what is most important to you and help make it possible for a motivated, talented student to attend Lafayette. Your gift will also count you as a donor with your class and improve Lafayette’s alumni participation rate. An improved participation rate may help Lafayette achieve a higher standing in some colleges ranking guides which will help the College compete successfully for the best and brightest students.

Can we count on you to help meet the challenge? Please give by April 12 by:

• Visiting development.lafayette.edu or clicking the “Make a Gift Online” button on the right
• Calling 610-330-5034 to charge your gift to your credit card
• Mailing a check (payable to Lafayette College) to Lafayette Annual Fund, Box 3000, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042.

P.S. We already have commitments from 427 young alumni! Will you help us get to 1,000?