The University of Winnipeg Foundation
Collegiate Priorities
A Message from Dr. James D. MacDonald,
Collegiate Campaign Chair
Mission Accomplished: $5 million!
I am proud to be associated with this successful Collegiate Campaign, by
far the most comprehensive fund raising initiative in The Collegiate's
138 year history. On behalf of the University of Winnipeg Foundation,
its Board and Campaign volunteers, I say a heartfelt thank you - to the
alumni, faculty and staff, parents, community and business leaders, and
other friends of The Collegiate who have helped to achieve this goal.
Together we have opened the door to a brighter future for the Collegiate
and the students it educates.
My Collegiate experience continues to shape my life everyday. The
knowledge I gained prepared me for higher education and a rewarding
career. More importantly, The Collegiate showed me that treating others
with respect and allowing them to take responsibility enables them to
succeed. I (and countless other Collegiate students in the past) have
found our unique academic path here. I trust that generations in the
future will continue to flourish in The Collegiate's atmosphere of
academic challenge and respect for diversity.
The University of Winnipeg Foundation's $5 million Collegiate
Campaign was established primarily to build a sustainable bursary fund.
Designed to support students from lower income families, bursaries offer
all aspiring students an equal chance to flourish within The
Collegiate's system of freedom and challenge, regardless of their
ability to pay.
Through opening the doors to education, we can - and will help to break the poverty cycle!
Bursary funding is essential at the University level. However, there are many students who would not make it that far, without the financial support of a bursary, which would enable them to attend The Collegiate and attain the required university entrance qualifications. (85% of the Collegiate's students that graduate from Grade 12 continue on to university. This record of achievement is far above the norm found in the public school system.)
Giving back is a theme that is gradually being introduced to all past & present students of The Collegiate. The grateful parents of many students have also been very generous in supporting the campaign. It is with the success of this new tradition that Collegiate alumni will be able to offer even greater support to their school in the future.
With this increased support The Collegiate Alumni Association will be able to offer assistance, in many ways, to attending students for the next 138 years!
Thank you once again to all of you who have made this achievement possible.
Collegiate Priorities Going Forward
Student Awards
The Collegiate has earned the distinction for being a leader in secondary education. Here, students' commitment to learning is matched with a challenging academic program and dynamic atmosphere. To maintain its reputation, it has committed to attracting and recruiting even more bright and gifted students. These students also contribute to the quality of education at The Collegiate by adding to the diversity of the student population.
Bursaries
The Dean's Bursary Fund, and other awards based on need, provide the
means many young people depend on to attend The University of Winnipeg
Collegiate. While some students do receive awards, many more need our
help.
Scholarships
Scholarships assist and encourage students to attend The Collegiate and reward them for achieving and maintaining top grades. Currently, The Collegiate currently has a limited number of entrance scholarships that support students for the first year of their studies. However, to retain students, we must increase the number of scholarships as well as provide the funding that will ensure the students can continue to receive awards in their second and third years at The Collegiate.
By rewarding outstanding achievement to students at the secondary level, The Collegiate helps to set them on a course for continued excellence and helps to set them on a path to becoming leaders in their communities and future professions.
Many donors choose to support one or more existing scholarships at
The Collegiate. Other donors prefer to establish a new scholarship. This
provides an opportunity for donors to help set the criteria for the
award as well as to name it in recognition of an individual, family,
organization or special friend of The Collegiate.
Dean's Innovation Fund
The Dean's Innovation Fund supports new initiatives and inspired projects at The Collegiate. In order to take advantage of immediate opportunities for innovation and leadership, The Collegiate must have the flexibility to move quickly. These types of initiatives are what keeps us competitive and at the forefront of academic excellence and accessibility, in an environment of critical thinking and community spirit.
Your gift to the Dean's Innovation Fund will help keep The Collegiate nimble and efficient, resulting in better student
programs and innovation excellence.
Providing Space Designed for Learning
Today's students will face future challenges like no generation before
them. The competition they will face in post-secondary education and in
the workplace is unprecedented. For students like those at The
Collegiate, getting by is simply not enough. Collegiate students are
driven to excel.
Collegiate Fundraising in this area provides support to update existing and develop new spaces that will ensure students have access to the resources they need when they need it for optimum learning.
