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More than 5,000 donors joined in the Campaign for Scholarships, exceeding our $75 million goal with $78 million to help provide a scholarship for every Dickinson student who needs one. These gifts helped to launch the Dickinson Promise, a landmark initiative that will allow Dickinson to offer all domestic students with a family income of $75,000 or less (Pell Grant-eligible students) financial-aid packages that will allow them to graduate with no student loans.

The new program enables Dickinson to join a small group of less than 50 schools in the country able to provide such support. But this is only the start. Over the next several years, we will partner with our donors to raise the income threshold so that the Dickinson Promise can offer a loan-free education to more and more Dickinson students.

Spurring STUDENT SUCCESS

Since its launch last fall, the Burgess Institute for the Global Economy has redefined how liberal-arts students prepare for careers in business, finance and leadership.

Thanks to the Burgess Institute, as well other donor-supported efforts through the Center for Career Development:

• Students connected with top alumni leaders during immersive site visits, including trips to companies like Morgan Stanley, Utz Brands and the National Aquarium in Baltimore.
• The executive-in-residence program brought to campus industry heavyweights like Nate Mitchell ’09 (co-founder of Oculus), Ted Kohnen ’00 (CEO and founder of Park & Battery), Susan Miller ’81 (president and CEO of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions) and Amy Nauiokas ’94 (CEO and founder of Anthemis Group and Archer Gray).
• More than 70 students gained marketable job skills through the public-speaking and investment competitions.
• 88 internship grants helped students complete career-shaping internships.

The Burgess Institute for the Global Economy

This summer, Mark Burgess ’81 decided to double down on the institute’s success, pledging to match all additional gifts to the institute dollar for dollar up to $1 million until Dec. 31, 2025.

“I’ve been deeply impressed with the momentum the institute has created in just its first year. Students are engaging in meaningful, hands-on learning that I could only dream of at their age. It’s exactly the kind of real-world preparation the next generation needs— and it’s happening right here at Dickinson.”

—MARK BURGESS '81

Supporting ACADEMIC INNOVATION

Building on last year’s record investment in academics, Dickinson donors continued to enhance the academic experience with gifts supporting everything from global study to dance.

“The breadth of the impact and intent of these gifts show that Dickinson alumni and friends of the college truly take to heart our mission of providing an interdisciplinary, innovative and useful education for the development of global citizens.”

—RENÉE CRAMER P’28, Provost & Dean of the College

• Middle East Programmatic Enhancement Fund: Established by anonymous donors, this fund supports interdisciplinary study and teaching related to the critical Middle East region.
• Robert H. Stewart Class of 1927 Fund: Diane Stewart Fearen ’52 established the Robert H. Stewart Class of 1927 Fund in memory of her father to support the art & art history department.
• Dance Professional-in-Residence Fund: Gina Palmisano P’27 established this fund to provide Dickinson dance students with opportunities to learn about diverse forms in this evolving discipline, including campus visits by dance professionals in the Northeast.
• William G. ’71 and Elke F. Durden Faculty Seminar Fund: This fund provides continuing support for the faculty seminar program, organized by the Clarke Forum, which spurs interdisciplinary exchange and scholarship at Dickinson.
• Churchill Mosaics Fund: Named in honor of Dan and Betty Churchill ’58, the Churchill Global Mosaics link classroom learning with fieldwork and immersive experiences across the country and around the world.
• Judith Rogers ’65 and Maureen Newton Hayes ’65 Distinguished Endowed Chair in Africana Studies: Funded by a gift from the Moraine Foundation under the direction of Trustee John ’78, P’06 and Susan Wyckoff Pohl ’80, P’06, the Africana studies chair was rededicated this year in honor of two trailblazing alumnae. Lynn Johnson, associate professor of Africana studies, was installed as the inaugural chair.

Fueling ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE

This year, 1,885 alumni, parents and friends gave $2.7 million to the McAndrews Fund for Athletics, improving athletics facilities, providing equipment upgrades or supporting vital team travel.

Highlights of that impact include:

• Thanks to the generosity of Tom ’78 and Judianne Hare P’22, P’25, who made the second-largest gift to athletics in the college’s history, Dickinson will unveil the Hare Family Sports Performance & Training Center. Their gift provides several new professional-grade field surfaces enhancing Dickinson athletics for today’s and tomorrow’s student-athletes.
• Led by a gift from Ted Kohnen ’00, donors enabled Dickinson to make improvements to the track at Biddle Field.
• A new, donor-funded scoreboard at Biddle Field featuring upgraded audio experience and video features that allow for player highlights and other dynamic content.
• The new Friends of Red Devils Basketball Fund for men’s and women’s basketball and the Steve Eisenhardt ’87 Men’s and Women’s Soccer Fund provide sustained support for these sports.

Lifelong CONNECTIONS

Moving Dickinson forward results from the collective action of thousands of alumni and parents who remain engaged with the college. Whether through volunteering, attending an event, guest lecturing in the classroom, hosting an internship, networking with students or making a gift to the Dickinson Fund, your sustained involvement with the college is vital to our shared future.

• More than 1,119 alumni, parents and friends of the college volunteered their time in 1,396 roles across the community, including volunteering for their class or affinity group, speaking in class, meeting with students or dozens of other ways.
• More than 4,850 alumni, parents and friends attended Dickinson events throughout the past year, connecting with each other through cultural, social and lifelong learning programs.
• 1,284 gifts were made to the Young Alumni Challenge, unlocking $50,000 toward scholarships thanks to Karen Dougherty Buchholz ’88.
• 55 Dickinsonians participated in Alumni Global Adventures programs this year.
• Over 1,400 alumni and guests attended Alumni Weekend 2025, celebrating the classes ending in 0 and 5, who could not celebrate on campus in 2020.
• 32 alumni networks gathered on and off campus this year, celebrating milestones and connecting over shared interests, identities and experiences.
• 6,277 alumni, parents and friends gave $10,517,744 to the Dickinson Fund—making this one of the highest annual giving years in the college’s history.
• Over 1,300 alumni and parents participated in virtual lifelong learning programs this year.
• 6,245 alumni celebrating reunions gave a total of $13,016,923.
• 19,698 donors gave to 705 funds, representing a record number of donors over the last five years, showing how Dickinson is finding new ways to partner with donors.
• The class of 1980 came together to donate a new outdoor kitchen at the John M. Paz ’78 Alumni & Family Center, now named the Class of 1980 Outdoor Kitchen.
• 4,078 alumni, parents, students and friends joined in the Day of Giving to give more than $1.7 million supporting Dickinson’s mission in a single day.