Foundation Office
It's been a busy spring for the CSU Pueblo Foundation staff and trustees!
On March 15 the we announced that we were taking our comprehensive campaign - Drive - into OverDrive, expanding our fundraising goal from $100 million to $135 million by 2028, making it the largest fundraising campaign in the history of CSU Pueblo. The Foundation’s commitment to an additional $35 million will support access and affordability for CSU Pueblo students and prospective students. ach year, CSU Pueblo distributes nearly $2.5 million in scholarships to CSU Pueblo students and supports other university financial aid programs like Colorado promise and transfer initiatives. This additional funding over the next six years will enable the Foundation to assist the university with its objective to add 1,200 new students. To learn more, please visit www.drivecsupueblo.com
Our Director of Foundation Scholarships, Sandy, has been busy working with committees to review more than 600 scholarship applications received on March 1st! Scholarships are allocated according to donor desires - merit, need, major, etc. Our commitment to CSU Pueblo students is evidenced by the more than $2.5 million in scholarship funds allocated each year thanks to our generous donors.
Each year the Foundation works with our Alumni Association to honor the Distinguished Young Alumni from each college. This year's application is due on May 1 - to learn more or to nominate someone, click here.
Lots of exciting events are on the horizon too - on May 3 we'll celebrate the first graduating cohort of Reisher Scholars and on May 5, the Kane Family Foundation will welcome the new 2022 scholars and recognize the graduating class of Kane scholars. The Foundation is excited to recognize CSU Pueblo professor of mathematics and physics, Rick Kreminski as part of the 2022 President’s Blue and Red Gala on Saturday, May 21, alongside his wife, Anne Casey, alumna from the class of ’70, Judy Hildner, Black Hills Energy, and the educators of Pueblo School Districts 60 and 70.
These are but a few of the projects we're working on to make CSU Pueblo stronger. Before you know it, we'll be welcoming new students to campus and preparing for another great Pack football season. As always, go Pack!
Todd Kelly
President/CEO
CSU Pueblo Foundation
