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New efforts aim to boost alumni giving for key aspects of a yearlong, \u2028pandemic-driven campaign.<\/span><\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
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Evans Lam \u201983, \u201984S (MBA)<\/p><\/div>\n
University Trustee Evans Lam \u201983, \u201984S (MBA) arrived in the United States with $180 and a four-year scholarship to the University. Today, he\u2019s the managing director of wealth management and senior portfolio manager at UBS Financial Services and recognizes the important role that scholarship support played in his success.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am forever grateful to the University and Simon for providing me with the foundation for my career in corporate finance and investment management,\u201d Lam says. In recognition of his success, he\u2019s challenging other Simon Business School alumni and friends to create new scholarships for the school\u2019s students. For each qualifying endowed scholarship that\u2019s established, the $500,000 Evans Lam Opportunity Scholarship Challenge will add funds to enhance the scholarship.<\/p>\n
The challenge is one of several such efforts encouraging alumni and donors to participate in the second half of the University\u2019s Together for Rochester one-year campaign. Designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the campaign has a goal of raising $100 million in the 2020\u201321 fiscal year to provide support for key University initiatives and to improve the outlook for students, faculty, staff, and alumni whose lives were disrupted during the past year. Specifically, the campaign supports several priorities: scholarships and financial aid, diversity initiatives, faculty recruitment, clinical and academic research, and career opportunities and internships.<\/p>\n
The initiative is emphasizing efforts to engage alumni and volunteers to help current students and recent graduates with internships, job and networking opportunities, and other non-financial support. In a similar fundraising challenge announced earlier this year, University Trustees Gail Lione \u201971 and Gwen Greene \u201965 are spearheading the Women\u2019s Network Challenge to provide support for women\u2019s educational initiatives, health research, athletics, student activities, and other areas. And last fall, University Trustee Naveen Nataraj \u201997 and his wife, Courtney, launched a scholarship fundraising challenge<\/a> to create new undergraduate financial aid scholarships in support of the University\u2019s diversity, equity, and inclusion goals. \u201cIt\u2019s gratifying to see our alumni leaders engage so deeply with the Together for Rochester Campaign and its initiatives,\u201d says Tom Farrell \u201988, \u201990W (MS), senior vice president for University Advancement. \u201cThe campaign was organized to give our community a platform to help each other in specific ways during these difficult times. This kind of leadership provides additional motivation for donors who want to participate in this effort.\u201d<\/p>\nIn general, for each challenge, the lead sponsors promise to add a set dollar amount to qualifying gifts as a way to build support quickly and as a way to engage the broader community in supporting the campaign. For the Lam challenge, the initiative is designed to encourage others to create new, endowed scholarships at Simon. If a donor establishes an initial $100,000 scholarship, the Lam challenge will add $50,000, for a total of $150,000. Likewise, if a new donor makes a $67,000 commitment, the challenge will add $33,000, for a value of $100,000. Lam has contributed $100,000 to an unrestricted scholarship fund to be put to use immediately.<\/p>\n
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Evans Lam \u201983, \u201984S (MBA)<\/p><\/div>\n
University Trustee Evans Lam \u201983, \u201984S (MBA) arrived in the United States with $180 and a four-year scholarship to the University. Today, he\u2019s the managing director of wealth management and senior portfolio manager at UBS Financial Services and recognizes the important role that scholarship support played in his success.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am forever grateful to the University and Simon for providing me with the foundation for my career in corporate finance and investment management,\u201d Lam says. In recognition of his success, he\u2019s challenging other Simon Business School alumni and friends to create new scholarships for the school\u2019s students. For each qualifying endowed scholarship that\u2019s established, the $500,000 Evans Lam Opportunity Scholarship Challenge will add funds to enhance the scholarship.<\/p>\n
The challenge is one of several such efforts encouraging alumni and donors to participate in the second half of the University\u2019s Together for Rochester one-year campaign. Designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the campaign has a goal of raising $100 million in the 2020\u201321 fiscal year to provide support for key University initiatives and to improve the outlook for students, faculty, staff, and alumni whose lives were disrupted during the past year. Specifically, the campaign supports several priorities: scholarships and financial aid, diversity initiatives, faculty recruitment, clinical and academic research, and career opportunities and internships.<\/p>\n
The initiative is emphasizing efforts to engage alumni and volunteers to help current students and recent graduates with internships, job and networking opportunities, and other non-financial support. In a similar fundraising challenge announced earlier this year, University Trustees Gail Lione \u201971 and Gwen Greene \u201965 are spearheading the Women\u2019s Network Challenge to provide support for women\u2019s educational initiatives, health research, athletics, student activities, and other areas. And last fall, University Trustee Naveen Nataraj \u201997 and his wife, Courtney, launched a scholarship fundraising challenge<\/a> to create new undergraduate financial aid scholarships in support of the University\u2019s diversity, equity, and inclusion goals. \u201cIt\u2019s gratifying to see our alumni leaders engage so deeply with the Together for Rochester Campaign and its initiatives,\u201d says Tom Farrell \u201988, \u201990W (MS), senior vice president for University Advancement. \u201cThe campaign was organized to give our community a platform to help each other in specific ways during these difficult times. This kind of leadership provides additional motivation for donors who want to participate in this effort.\u201d<\/p>\n In general, for each challenge, the lead sponsors promise to add a set dollar amount to qualifying gifts as a way to build support quickly and as a way to engage the broader community in supporting the campaign. For the Lam challenge, the initiative is designed to encourage others to create new, endowed scholarships at Simon. If a donor establishes an initial $100,000 scholarship, the Lam challenge will add $50,000, for a total of $150,000. Likewise, if a new donor makes a $67,000 commitment, the challenge will add $33,000, for a value of $100,000. Lam has contributed $100,000 to an unrestricted scholarship fund to be put to use immediately.<\/p>\n
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