My word for Willamette is...
- Community--WU provided me with many opportunities to be involved in worthwhile and fulfilling community projects. For example, I enjoyed helping other students as a member of residence hall government. Student government also allowed me to participate in significant projects that helped people outside of Willamette.
- —Vincent Pontier '01, M'03
- Balancing--Regardless of the set of skills and lacks one owns when arriving at Willamette, the balance with which a graduate departs, and the tools to re-balance as needed in the face of accelerating change, are a unique gift of the WU experience.
- —Steven Fullmer '78
- Continuation--Great education, inspiring and continuing into later life. Continuing into marriage with a WU athlete (later to become a NY Yankee minor leaguer). Continuing with son's marriage to another WU student. Son to continue as a college prof and Dr. of Criminology--author and scholar. So the WU tradition continues!
- —Esther Manning '36
The Willamette Fund
A gift to the Willamette Fund provides unrestricted support to help the University’s most pressing needs. Your contributions are crucial. In order to maintain the exceptional experience that is a Willamette education, students and faculty depend on your support of the Willamette Fund.
Previous gifts to the Willamette Fund helped provide:
Financial Assistance to more than 92 percent of our students;
Opportunities for faculty growth and enrichment, with funding for guest speakers, conference travel, research funding and more;
Campus maintenance and improvements, including carpeting and paint for classrooms and residential housing, emergency equipment purchases, athletics facility maintenance and more.
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