{"id":662772,"date":"2019-05-28T15:50:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T15:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/advancement\/?page_id=662772"},"modified":"2022-05-02T13:39:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T17:39:30","slug":"momentum-fund","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/advancement\/how-to-give\/annual-giving\/momentum-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Momentum Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image=&#8221;662802&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;150px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1649773268327{border-top-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(21,35,74,0.8) !important;*background-color: rgb(21,35,74) !important;border-top-color: #ffc70a !important;border-top-style: solid !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1559057812385{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"rev-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Help Build Momentum For Student Success<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"rev-text\" style=\"text-align: left;\">At the University of Rochester, our hope is for all students to incorporate experiential learning opportunities into their Rochester education. But for some, especially students from low-income families, finding the resources to participate in these kinds of activities can be difficult.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;150px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffc70a&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffc70a&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<a href=\"https:\/\/securelb.imodules.com\/s\/1676\/giving3\/giving3.aspx?sid=1676&#038;gid=2&#038;pgid=712&#038;cid=1541&#038;sort=1&#038;dids=733.534&#038;appealcode=19C5T\" target=\"_blank\" data-hover-background-color=#ffffff data-hover-color=#00205b  class=\"qbutton  large white icon_right\" style=\"color: #00205b; border-color: rgba(24,41,87,0.01); font-weight: 800; background-color: #ffc70a;\">Give Now<\/a>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;element_from_bottom&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221; image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Help students succeed<\/h3>\n<p>Your gift to the Momentum Fund for experiential learning opportunities will help alleviate financial pressure for students, enabling them to gain and maintain momentum, focus on their academic success, complete their studies, and pursue and achieve their highest career objectives.<\/p>\n<p>Experiential learning opportunities \u2013 such as internships, education abroad, undergraduate research, and summer courses \u2013 are particularly important for those students who are first-generation, low-income, or historically underrepresented.<\/p>\n<p>Finding the resources for students to participate in these programs \u2013 on top of tuition, housing, travel, and other personal expense costs \u2013 is an additional economic burden most families cannot afford.<\/p>\n<p>These experiences are essential to on time progression in their major, graduation, and to interdisciplinary learning, career development, cultural awareness, leadership and developing other professional and intellectual skills.<\/p>\n<p>We need your help to provide undergraduate students with the resources and opportunities they need to have an exceptional college experience, graduate on-time, and develop the skills they will need to successfully navigate the post-graduation world.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221; 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