Your belief in our mission effects change in our community, in our state, and around the world. It allows the young men and women who learn and grow here to bring their laughter, creativity, and prayer to places in need of exactly these energies. Your gift changes lives. And when it is combined with thousands of other gifts, it has enormous power.
Your gift helped support the education of ten students who received prestigious Fulbright awards this year for postgraduate study overseas. Among all master's-level universities in the country, the University of Portland had the highest number of Fulbright scholars.
Your gift helped create a path for 23 graduates of this University to serve overseas in the Peace Corps -- the highest number of alumni per capita among peer institutions, again placing us first in the country.
And, your gift helped produce our highest application pool on record -- with over 12,000 applications received for 840 freshman spots.
Gifts like yours are why we launched our $175 million Rise Campaign in December with confidence and energy. You allow us to dream big, and become a place we dared not even imagine in the past. Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Rev. E. William Beauchamp, C.S.C.
