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Rudy Redmond
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The Imagine Fund
Advancing Diversity in Higher Education
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Dear Friend of the Imagine Fund,
Welcome to The Imagine Fund! You are receiving this email from a close
friend of IFund who would like to introduce you to our state-wide
organization.
As a scholarship granting non-profit, our mission is to ensure access
and increase equal opportunity in higher education. The Imagine Fund
promotes attainment of a college degree through scholarship awards to
students, particularly Black and Latino, who are academically qualified
and economically challenged and who attend Michigan's public
universities.
We invite you to learn more about us and to support our cause. Perhaps
these statistics will peak your interest in The Imagine Fund...
Did you know?
Only 24% of Michigan residents 25 years and over have completed a
bachelor's degree or higher(Lumina Foundation).
Michigan seeks to increase its college going rate from 34% to 60% by
2025 (Lumina Foundation).
Only 13% of Black and 13% of Latinos overall have a bachelor' s degrees
(U.S. Census Bureau 2000).
Comparing the graduation rates from
Michigan's 15 public universities, underrepresented
minorities experience a 20 percent lower rate than Whites
(The Education Trust, College Results
Online 2010 - Comparison chart by race and
gender of Michigan15 public universities).
One barrier to attaining a college degree is affordability. As a
statewide organization, our unique niche is providing scholarships to
students who are academically qualified but have been traditionally
disenfranchised...and are even more so due to passage of Proposal
2006-2. We are confident that IFund scholarships will change the lives
of the student recipients and move our entire state forward, one college
graduate at a time.
We will continue sharing important pieces of information about higher
education in Michigan, particularly with a diversity lens. So, please
subscribe to our communiques and forward this first issue to your
family, friends and colleagues to help spread the word about The Imagine
Fund, as we launch our first major scholarship fund raising drive.
Also, we'd be glad to hear from you at [log in to unmask]
Regards,
Nanette Lee Reynolds, Ed.D.
President & Co-Founder
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In This Issue
Thank You to Our Supporters!
IFund Scholarship Program
DONATE NOW
Benefits to Michigan
Meet Board Member Paula Cunningham
About Us
IFund in the News
Mission
Cause for concern?
The enrollment of minority students at Michigan's public universities
has already seen a documented decline since passage of Proposal 2.
(National Center for Educational Statistics - IPEDS site 2003-2008)
Thank you to our
supporters!
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
which has lent generous financial support from IFund's launch to
implementation of the scholarship process during spring 2010
DTE Energy Foundation
&
Battle Creek Community Foundation
which both shared our early vision and supported our pioneering
organization
and
AT&T (Michigan)
Capitol National Bank
Health Alliance Plan
Public Policy Associates Inc.
Steelcase Inc.
The Remington Group
and individual supporters!
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IFund Scholarship Program:
A Snapshot
During this past spring, The Imagine Fund piloted its scholarship
process and has made several awards for the 2010-11 academic year. You
will meet the recipients in our next newsletter! Acknowledgement is due
to the Detroit Health Alliance Plan, Mark & Elizabeth Murray, Laura
Trudeau, and David C. Hollister for supporting IFund with these first
awards. IFund Signature Scholarships average $5,000 and are "last
dollar" awards for students to leverage other available resources and to
preclude them from incurring private loan debt.
Steelcase, Inc., an international furniture corporation headquartered in
Grand Rapids, has established IFund's first endowed scholarship. The
Steelcase Scholars award will begin the next academic year. Steelcase
is committed to cultural acceptance; and donates time, talent and
treasure to programs which specifically focus on things the corporation
values most -- including education, community and economic development.
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Pictured (L to R) are Willard K. Walker, IFund Board Chair, Brian Cloyd,
Steelcase Vice President of Global and Community Relations, and Nanette
Reynolds, IFund President & Co-founder signing the scholarship
agreement.
DONATE NOW
The Imagine Fund invites you to join our cause - advancing diversity in
Michigan higher education. Donations can be made to:
The Imagine Fund
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222 North Chestnut Street, Suite 200
Lansing, MI 48933
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We would be pleased to discuss our other options with you, including
hosting a "house party fundraiser" for The Imagine Fund Signature
Scholarship or establishing a personal or corporate named or endowed
scholarship, which IFund will administer. We ask only that your
criteria be aligned with the IFund focus on diversity, equity and
inclusion.
The Imagine Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All donations
are tax deductible as allowable by law and at least 80 percent of all
on-line donations go directly to The Imagine Fund Signature
Scholarships.
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to Michigan
A gift to The Imagine Fund's Signature Scholarships will:
* Translate into a better quality of life for the college graduate
and his/her family
* Ensure an educated, competitive and diverse workforce for our
state
* Facilitate expanded inclusion and diversity on our Michigan
college campuses
* Help move the Michigan economy forward
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IFund Board Profile
Paula D. Cunningham is President & CEO of Capitol National Bank, having
served previously as President of Lansing Community College from
2000-2006. She served on the Lt. Governor's Commission on Higher
Education and Economic Growth ("Cherry Commission"), whose report to the
governor in December 2004 challenged our state to double the number of
postsecondary degree holders in Michigan within 10 years. As part of
this goal, Ms. Cunningham feels that IFund will raise awareness so that
"young folks of all colors will understand that they have access and
opportunities to receive a college education."
She believes, further, that lack of access to resources is the greatest
obstacle facing minority students today, in realizing their dream of a
college degree. This includes financial resources, mentoring, knowing
how to navigate the system and lack of being able to "IMAGINE" what they
can be. Ms. Cunningham is gratified that there was an immediate
response to Proposal 2, and that she served as the organization's first
board chair. Formation of The Imagine Fund was affirmation for her that
"people in Michigan have not lost their sense of educational social
justice"; and she feels confident that IFund can be a part of statewide
efforts at expanding college access and success."
About Us
IFund Board of Directors:
Kenneth Cole - Lansing
Paula D. Cunningham* - Lansing
Brenda L. Hunt - Battle Creek
Cirilo Martinez*, JD - Kalamazoo
Richard D. McLellan, JD - East Lansing
Willard K. Walker* - Lansing
Orian Worden*, PhD - Detroit
Honorary Advisor: Mark A. Murray - Grand Rapids
Former Board Members:
C. Patrick Babcock* - Lansing
David C. Hollister* - Lansing
* Founding Board Members
President and Co-Founder: Nanette Lee Reynolds, Ed.D.
Volunteer Coordinator & Newsletter Editor: Liliana Hoyos Stoneback
IFund in the News...
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State Journal article about Dr. Reynolds and The Imagine Fund.
Mission Statement
The Imagine Fund exists to ensure access and expand equal opportunity to
higher education for students based on their race, color, sex,
ethnicity, national origin and/or other cultural characteristic.
www.theimaginefund.org
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