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Endowment Gifts
Dylana Lembitz Accolla ’81 Cross-Cultural Enrichment Fund Heather Moden Jones '83
John W. and Betty Butzer Brown ’44 Family Endowment Fund Carolyn Brown Wick ‘76
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Endowed Scholarship for Sisters, in honor of Margaret Brown ‘72 Margaret Brown ‘72
Equity and Expansion Scholarship Anonymous Friend of SEM Suzanne K. Freed Janice Hetzel Anne and Jon Postyn Cynthia and David Silverstein
Jenny Fredrich Franco Scholarship Fund Nussdorf Family Foundation, Inc.
Lawrence and Melanie (Franco ’67) Nussdorf
The Gacioch Family Scholarship Michael and Michelle Gacioch
General Unrestricted Endowment Fund Martha Marcy Richards ‘60
Jean M. Henrich Faculty Enrichment Fund Molly Henrich Person ‘61
Bequests
Sofia Grace Hoover and Claire E. Martoche ’91 Memorial Scholarship Catherine Clark Mary and Tony Martino Sal and Mary Dee Martoche Personius Melber, LLP Brian and Pam Melber Paul and Dorie Refling Elaine and Gasper Tirone
Mary-Lou Hopkins ’42 Fund for Scholarship The Estate of Mary-Lou Hopkins ‘42
Susan and Edwin Johnston Faculty Fund Edwin Johnston
Brian and Deborah Lipke Fund Brian and Deborah Lipke
Sarah (Sally) Jeacock Munschauer ’43 Endowed Scholarship Anonymous Barbara Fischer McQueeney '74 David and Grace (Walsh ’74) Munschauer Lyman B. Munschauer Richard W. Munschauer Rick Munschauer Thomas L. Munschauer
Emily ’05, Jenny ’08 and Tess ’13 O’Leary Endowed Scholarship Fund
Kevin and Janet O’Leary
The Estate of Margaret M. Martin ‘58 The Estate of Mildred Shurtleff Sattler ‘41
Create Your Legacy Since the very beginning, the vision of Buffalo Seminary has been to empower young women by providing an excellent learning environment. Planned gifts from SEM's graduates and friends continue to provide the financial support to realize this vision.
Legacy Opportunities
Gifts that can provide income during your lifetime Establish a Charitable Gift Annuity or a Charitable Remainder Trust to provide for a steady stream of lifetime income for you and an ultimate gift for SEM.
Gifts that yield immediate benefits Outright Gifts, Securities, Property
Gifts that sustain SEM in the future Last Will and Testament, Life Insurance, Retirement Accounts Considering a planned gift to SEM? We look forward to welcoming you to the Elm Legacy Society. Please contact Director of Institutional Advancement Molly O. Greene '98 mgreene@buffaloseminary.org
POWER BY THE NUMBERS
4SUMMER AT SEM CAMPS FOR GIRLS ENTERING GRADES 4-9 SUMMER@SEM DAY CAMP SUMMER@SEM JUNIOR SLEEPAWAY@SEM SEM TRIP CAMP BUFFALO Buffalo’s nicknames include "The Queen City," "Nickel City," and "The City of Light." A 2018 New York Times “52 Places to Go” destination! GREAT LAKE for SEM crew and SEM sailing 1 101 MILES TO TORONTO (162.5 KILOMETERS)
MINUTES TO NIAGARA FALLS BY CAR 28
1HOUR FLIGHT TO: BOSTON, CHICAGO, DC, DETROIT, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA
SEM is located in the Elmwood Village neighborhood of Buffalo, NY, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. United by the Magavern-Sutton Courtyard, residential students and faculty live in beautiful homes beside the school building.
CAMPUS
5• STUDENT & FACULTY RESIDENCES • MINUTE WALK TO LARKIN FIELD, COFFEE SHOPS, DELAWARE PARK & ART MUSEUMS • LABS - BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, • HARKNESS TABLES LAPTOPS 278 NAO ROBOTS11 FIREPLACES 10 PIANOS MAC, VIRTUAL REALITY 3
STUDENTS & FACULTY 174 STUDENTS 147 Day and 27 Boarding
16% OF SEM STUDENTS ARE REMOTE LEARNERS 77 SENDING SCHOOLS 12 AVERAGE CLASS SIZE
INTERNATIONAL 8
STUDENT HOME NATIONS:
Australia, Bahamas, Canada, China, Kenya, Mexico, S. Korea, Vietnam
8LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY FACULTY & STAFF
American Sign, Dutch, French, Hindi,
Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, Serbian,
Spanish, Telugu, Ukrainian 71%FACULTY MEMBERS WITH ADVANCED DEGREES 11 FACULTY & STAFF ARE CURRENT OR PAST SEM PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS
FACULTY & STAFF ARE SEM ALUMNAE 5
ALUMNAE 1 ALUMNAE COACH Swimming ALUMNAE LIVING & WORKING ON 3,449 4 CONTINENTS (not Antarctica) 68 ELECTIVES ACADEMICS 14 AP COURSES
4YEAR COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUM
SENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECTS 50
CLASS OF 2021 8 AP Scholars, 5 AP Scholars with Honors, 1 AP Scholar with Distinction
STUDENT CLUBS STUDENT LIFE 25+ Including Computer Programming, Glee, Model UN, Math, Mock Trial, Outdoors, Ping Pong, Science Olympiad, Ski 100%
COMMUNITY SERVICE PARTICIPATION 3,480 hours of community service volunteered in 2019-20 18 SEM-SPONSORED VOLUNTEER EVENTS
COLLEGE 2Class of 2021 NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED SCHOLARS 50 SENIORS OF THE CLASS OF 2020 WERE ACCEPTED INTO 139 COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES IN THE US, CANADA, AND EUROPE
Acceptances include: Bard, Boston College, Bryn Mawr, Canisius, Elon University, Fordham, Hobart & William Smith, IE University- Madrid, Indiana U., U. of Michigan, Northeastern, Penn State, Pratt, Reed, SUNY, Temple, University College Dublin, UCONN, U. of California, U. of Wisconsin, and Western U. (Can.)
ARTS 100% PARTS IN SEM THEATRE PRODUCTIONS PLAYED BY GIRLS
3ECMEA ALL-COUNTY MUSICIANS 2 5 NYSSMA NATIONAL ALL-STATE AUGUST MUSICIANS WILSON Violin & Viola MONOLOGUE COMPETITORS
FUN FACTS
TOP 3 FAVORITE LUNCHES: 1 Cobb Salad 2 Macaroni & Cheese 3 Souvlaki Salad
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STUDENT-SEWN MASKS FOR FACULTY
