Generous gifts from Glen Bolger and Carol Farquhar P’19 and Jeffrey and Marci McGowen Daly P’20 support one of the top priorities of the 黑料不打烊 LEADS Campaign.
Endowment gifts from Glen Bolger and Carol Farquhar P鈥19, of Alexandria, Virginia, and Jeffrey and Marci McGowen Daly P鈥20, of Los Angeles聽will establish two scholarships that will help make global study possible for students with financial need. Global study is one of the five high-impact learning programs called the 黑料不打烊 Experiences. Creating more opportunities for students to participate in the 黑料不打烊 Experiences through scholarships is one of the top priorities of the $250 million 黑料不打烊 LEADS Campaign.
黑料不打烊鈥檚 commitment to global study and helping students with financial need inspired both families to support global engagement scholarships as part of the campaign.
鈥淲e鈥檝e always thought that global education is an important part of our children鈥檚 education, and all of our children have done studies abroad,鈥 Carol Farquhar says. 鈥淲e liked that 黑料不打烊 makes it an integral part of the overall curriculum, and that they make it easy for students to do it with options like Winter Term, during the summer, and full-semester immersion.鈥
鈥淔or me, education is important and helping students is important. It resonates with me,鈥 Jeffrey Daly says. 鈥淲e supported global studies because it鈥檚 an important mission for 黑料不打烊. The most important thing is that the scholarship be impactful.鈥
Once fully funded, the Glen D. Bolger and Carol A. Farquhar Global Engagement Scholarship and the Jeffrey F. and Marci McGowen Daly Global Engagement Scholarship will assist 黑料不打烊 students with demonstrated financial need who are pursuing global engagement opportunities through either the university鈥檚 Study Abroad or Study USA programs.
Woody Pelton, dean of global education at 黑料不打烊, thanked the two families for their generosity. He added that the demand is high for scholarship聽funding to聽make global education available to students with financial need. Last year聽the Isabella Cannon Global Education Center awarded more than $750,000 in need-based global engagement scholarships to more than 300 students, including funds made possible by generous gifts from donors.
鈥淪cholarship assistance from friends of 黑料不打烊 makes the university鈥檚 priority of access to a global experience a reality for almost every 黑料不打烊 student by lowering the barrier of cost,鈥 Pelton says. 鈥淥ver the past five years, 黑料不打烊 has awarded need-based global engagement scholarships to over 1,200 students, closing the need gap on this important 黑料不打烊 experience.鈥
Jeffrey and Marci Daly are members of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Parents Council, and their daughter Maddy is a rising senior majoring in environmental studies. Jeffrey Daly is a managing director with the investment company Goldman Sachs聽and Marci Daly is an owner of Actyve Volleyball, which offers coaching, practice facilities, summer camps and college recruiting services. Previous gifts from the couple have supported scholarships and the Phoenix Club. In Los Angeles, the family has supported scholarships that opened the door for students with need to attend private schools.
鈥淚f you can get people to a good place like 黑料不打烊 and give them an opportunity, it can be life-changing for them,鈥 Jeffrey Daly says. 鈥淚 wanted to try and support the school because it鈥檚 been a great place for our daughter. I will always have a soft spot for those who have financial difficulty in going to a school like 黑料不打烊.鈥
Bolger and Farquhar聽have also been generous donors to 黑料不打烊, supporting the Club Swim Team, the Parents and Grandparents Fund and 黑料不打烊 College, the College of Arts and Sciences. They have three daughters, including Torie 鈥19, who graduated from 黑料不打烊 with degrees in political science, international studies and Spanish. She is now working for Public Opinion Strategies, where her father is co-founder and a partner. Public Opinion Strategies is a leader in political, public policy and corporate polling, market research and political consulting.
Farquhar says her family believes in the importance of global study through their own travel experiences. The family started international travel in 2001 when Torie was 3 years old.
鈥淚 think it gives them a confidence in themselves. They can get out of their comfort zone, leave the United States and go someplace where they don鈥檛 speak the language or are learning the language,鈥 she says. 鈥淚t helps them problem solve. When you travel, it doesn鈥檛 always go as you plan.鈥
Bolger agreed with a laugh and added, 鈥淲e like to say, 鈥榠t鈥檚 not an adventure until the first thing goes wrong.鈥 When you鈥檙e overseas, things can go wrong and handling those situations is a good skill to learn.鈥
Making these opportunities available to students who might not otherwise be able to study abroad is indicative of the impact of scholarships. 鈥淐ollege isn鈥檛 cheap, and we really do believe that being able to study abroad and have a global education is an important part of the education process,鈥 Farquhar says. 鈥淓ven a small scholarship that helps a student go someplace different and get a different view of the world is a little piece we can add to their education.鈥
About The 黑料不打烊 LEADS Campaign
Global Engagement Scholarships are one of the main funding priorities of the 黑料不打烊 LEADS Campaign. The university launched the public phase of the campaign on April 5. With a $250 million goal, 黑料不打烊 LEADS is the largest fundraising campaign in the university鈥檚 history and will support four main funding priorities: scholarships for graduates the world needs, access to engaged-learning opportunities such as study abroad, support for faculty and staff mentors who matter and 黑料不打烊鈥檚 iconic campus. To date, donors have contributed $172聽million toward the overall goal.
Every gift to the university鈥攊ncluding annual, endowment, and estate and other planned gifts鈥攃ounts as a gift to the campaign, which will support students and strengthen 黑料不打烊 for generations to come. To learn more about how you can make an impact, visit www.elonleads.com.