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Cornell Club of Oregon Scholarship supports any student with need

The Cornell Club of Oregon and Southwest Washington (CCORSW) established a scholarship in 1980 to help students from Oregon meet the costs of higher education. Over the past 43 years, the CCORSW scholarship has grown to a market value of $3 million, the largest endowment of any Cornell Club in the country. The payout from … Read the full story

By Linda Copman November 28, 2023

🥇🔓 Record unlocked: Cornellians raise more than $13M in just 24 hours

Cornell’s ninth Giving Day brought together 18,296 donors to raise more than $13 million in just 24 hours, shattering records from previous years.

By Kaitlyn Danielle Ruhf March 20, 2023

My heart told me the time was now: Alan Zhou ’03 shares his giving story

Last fall, in honor of his upcoming 20th Reunion, Alan Zhou ’03 took advantage of Cornell’s affordability challenge and made a gift to establish the Alan and Chelsea Zhou Family Scholarship. The fund will provide financial assistance to undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need, with a preference for students from the states of Maine, Oklahoma, … Read the full story

By Linda Copman March 2, 2023

Cornell Women’s Leadership Challenge: Giving back, paying it forward

The Cornell Women's Leadership Challenge aims to inspire 600 donors to give $1,000 or more to annual funds on Giving Day.

By Jennifer Wholey March 2, 2023

Her turn to give: Rebecca Lee ’02 shares the inspiration behind her affordability scholarship gift

Since they were young, Inhee Rebecca “Becky” Lee ’02 recalls following her older sister, Jinhee Michell Lee ’01, around. Wanting to do everything Michell did was part of Becky’s initial motivation for applying to Cornell. In her senior year of high school, Michell applied to and was accepted by the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell (now … Read the full story

By Linda Copman November 15, 2022

Devoting time to do the most good

For Adam Shelepak ’17, financial aid afforded the possibility of meaningful exploration and service to the Cornell community.

By Kaitlyn Danielle Ruhf September 15, 2022

Three new scholarships focus on first-generation students

A gift from Mark DeAngelis ’91, MPA ’92 and Carmen Molinos ’94 will establish three endowed undergraduate scholarship funds intended to support first-generation students in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, the College of Human Ecology, and the ILR School. Their gift will also establish an endowed graduate scholarship fund to support … Read the full story

By Starr Todd August 29, 2022

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Cornell Club of Oregon Scholarship supports any student with need

🥇🔓 Record unlocked: Cornellians raise more than $13M in just 24 hours

My heart told me the time was now: Alan Zhou ’03 shares his giving story

Cornell Women’s Leadership Challenge: Giving back, paying it forward

Her turn to give: Rebecca Lee ’02 shares the inspiration behind her affordability scholarship gift

Devoting time to do the most good

Three new scholarships focus on first-generation students

Affordability challenge match amplifies Reunion gifts

Anne Vitullo ’77 and Jonathan Poe ’82: inspiring Cornellians to give

Engineering ideas that do the most good

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