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Faculty and Staff Giving Program goes electronic this year

Your gift. Your choice.

That is this year's theme for the EMU Foundation's annual Faculty and Staff Giving Program, which will commence Nov. 1. At that time, an e-mail solicitation will be sent to campus. The e-mail will include a photo of students, the history of the giving program, a section of frequently asked questions and a reminder to give again this year.

GIVE AGAIN: This year's Faculty and Staff
Giving Program begins Nov. 1. On that
date, the EMU Foundation will send an
all-campus e-mail reminding everyone of
the program and to make a donation to the
department or scholarship of their choice.

"That (having a choice) is one of the unique things about our Faculty and Staff Giving program that makes it different from other MAC schools." said Pamela Wright, annual fund manager for the EMU Foundation. "We encourage restricted giving because faculty sees gaps or holes in their programs."

Rather than a paper form, this year's giving program will feature an online guest form, which will be updated online Nov. 1. The form will include dropdown menus to allow contributors to conveniently scroll down to various program or scholarship accounts to make their choice (s), Wright said.

The 2006-2007 giving program surpassed its goals, netting $547,322 from 1,106 faculty, staff, emeritus faculty and emeritus staff. Another $13,215 is expected in the form of payroll deduction payments by the end of December. In addition to outright gifts, there were several significant gifts-in-kind, valued at approximately $98,000. The campaign concluded June 30, 2007.