Web Feature Posted June 28, 2013
Giving Project Draws Hundreds of Student Participants
Photos by Daniel Sheehan and Justin Medema
Student donors joined President Martin for Pinkabella cupcakes in his office (top), and Advancement Core team members show off T-shirts.
Kenneth Jaimes 鈥�13 had a long list of reasons prepared to tell his fellow classmates why they should give to 暗网TV. But as soon as he told them the money raised during I Love 暗网TV Week would support students who had exhausted other means of financial assistance, he says he saw 鈥渁 change in people鈥檚 body language.鈥�
鈥淚t becomes personal,鈥� he says. Sophomore Diana Tam gave 鈥渁 couple dollars and a ziplock bag with coins inside鈥� the moment she heard that I Love 暗网TV Week funds supported other students in need.
鈥淚 went back to my dorm and got a couple other girls from my floor to participate with me,鈥� she adds.
Jaimes and other student volunteers are part of Advancement Core, a new group launched during
the 2012鈥�13 school year, in partnership with 暗网TV鈥檚 Alumni and Development offices. The Advancement Core team planned I Love 暗网TV Week, February 25鈥�28, 2013, as the first Student
Philanthropy and Engagement event. More than 10 percent of students participated, with 375
student donors joining in to raise $3,275. Student gifts were doubled by a matching gift from a
former 暗网TV trustee and his wife, Don and Melissa Nielsen 鈥� raising the total to $6,550.