2019 REPORT ON
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“ Without your support, I would not have been able to pursue my dreams. …. I hope that I can one day follow your example and support Dickinson students and the community that has already given so much to me.”—Michaela Zanis ’19
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Dear Dickinsonians, As Gandhi said: “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” And Gandhi went on to do just that. By investing in the education of a new generation, you’ve done precisely that as well. Because of your support and the support of your fellow Dickinsonians, our college is making a real impact in the world. On behalf of the college, I would like to thank you. Through this report, you’ll learn the numbers behind your investment in Dickinson—the college’s endowment performance, growth, spending and market value. You will also meet some of your fellow donors as well as students who, thanks to your generosity, are enjoying the singularly enriching educational experiences that
As Gandhi said: “Be
Dickinson provides. You’ll read about life-changing internships and
the change that you
scholarships and about some inspirational alumni
wish to see in the
who established new endowed funds and thus
world.” And Gandhi went on to do just that. By investing in the education of a new generation, you’ve done
and parents. And you’ll meet the Dickinsonians joined the momentum this past year. Your support helps Dickinson College to equip a new generation of problem-solvers and changemakers, citizen leaders with the skills to meet the enormous challenges ahead. Thank you for helping these young Dickinsonians “be the change” we all wish to see.
Sincerely,
precisely that as well. Margee M. Ensign, President
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Endowment Performance Dickinson’s pooled endowment (the portion managed by the college’s outsourced investment office, Investure LLC) closed the 2019 fiscal year at $409.1 million. That new high reflects a 4.8% increase during the last fiscal year (July 1, 2018, through
Dickinson’s total endowment closed the 2019 fiscal year at an all-time high of $491.5 million.
June 30, 2019), which builds on healthy long-term returns. The one-year return is 8.7%, and the 10-year average annual return is 9.8%. This compares favorably to our passive benchmark (8.4%) and our stated goal of spending-plusinflation (7.6%) for the same 10-year period. The endowment is managed to maximize risk-adjusted returns, net of all costs, over rolling 10-year periods. This approach enables the college to minimize the negative impacts of downturns in the economy, while positioning the endowment to recover quickly from down years.
Note: To balance present needs with future stability, Dickinson spends 5% (less fees) of the endowment’s prior 12 quarters’ average balance each year to support the budget and restricted funds. The college employs this disciplined spending strategy to ensure that the endowment meets today’s needs while continuing to provide for our future.
Endowment Growth The endowment’s steady return on investment combined with funding from new gifts has generated a robust 75% overall growth in the endowment over the last decade.
Endowment Spending FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019
The endowment provided $19.9 million in funding to Dickinson in fiscal year 2019.
Endowed Chairs and Faculty Salary Support: $2.5 million Student Life: $26,000
Student and Faculty Research and Travel: $213,000
Internship Support: $31,000
Library: $286,000
This funding supported scholarships and financial aid, academic programming, student-faculty research,
Scholarships and Financial Aid: $8.1 million
athletics, facilities
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Lectures, Fellowships, Other Academic: $2 million Other Restricted Support: $732,000
enhancements, student life initiatives and much more.
$19.9
Facilities Maintenance: $1.9 million
Other Budget Support: $4.1 million
The Value OF ENDOWMENT SUPPORT Peer Institution Comparison Total Endowment Dollars per Full-Time Student* Swarthmore $1,306,836 Bowdoin $901,531 Wellesley $870,642
The funding the endowment provides to these institutional priorities is absolutely critical. The nearly $20 million in annual budgetary and restricted fund support allows Dickinson to distinguish itself by providing highly personalized, life-changing experiences for tomorrow’s leaders and change-makers. Despite the endowment’s solid performance, as you can see from the
Hamilton $514,773
comparison list to the left, we still lag behind many of our peer institutions
Davidson $457,559
with whom we compete for students and faculty. If an institution has more
Vassar $449,121
endowment dollars per student, that means it has more money to invest
Middlebury $446,976 Colby $440,667
in creating these meaningful and enriching educational experiences for
Mt. Holyoke $343,676
each student.
Colgate $324,931 Wesleyan $317,830
To keep up with and surpass these institutions and secure Dickinson’s place
Kenyon $244,312
as a leader in impact-driven liberal-arts education for the 21st century and
Dickinson $182,531 Connecticut $173,580
beyond, we must more aggressively grow the endowment. Though our sound
F&M $157,412
investment strategy promises future steady returns, the only way to grow the
Skidmore $141,517
endowment at a faster pace is continued and increased philanthropy.
St. Lawrence $130,358 Wheaton $129,038 Gettysburg $125,682 Muhlenberg $121,529 Hobart & William Smith $102,662
The reality is we need more dedicated donors like you, willing to make a permanent investment in the college and in our students and our faculty. Thank you for your commitment to Dickinson. Your support is vital to
*Data gathered from NACUBO surveys on fiscal year 2018 endowments
our mission, to the future we hope to shape together with you and to the
Note: Dickinson’s endowment is composed of the pooled endowment, which is managed as part of a consortium of colleges and universities by Investure LLC, and the nonpooled endowment, which consists of funds held in trust for the college, endowed pledges and other assets. The pooled endowment makes up roughly 80% of the total endowment, while the nonpooled assets make up the remaining 20%. Throughout this report, information about the endowment’s investment returns refer solely to the pooled endowment, while information about the endowment’s total value refers to the pooled endowment and the nonpooled assets. For more information, visit dickinson.edu/ financialoperations.
Total Endowment Market Value
students and faculty whose excellent work you make possible.
Dickinson’s total endowment closed the fiscal year at an all-time high of $491.5 million.
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OPENING
Opportunities ERNEST JONES ’66 CREATES ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP TO PROVIDE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT PROVIDED FOR HIM
“As a poor African American youth from North Philadelphia, I would not have had the opportunity to attend such a marvelous institution as Dickinson College if it were not for the financial support I received from Dickinson and others. Participating in the Annual Scholarship Fund is simply a way of repaying, in a small way, the help I received.”
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Coming into Dickinson in the early 1960s, Ernest Jones ’66 was well prepared academically, but the social
landscape took some getting used to. Back home in Philadelphia, nearly all of his neighbors and classmates were African Americans and Latinos. Now, at this small-town, overwhelmingly majority-white college, he not only had to contend with the new digs, rhythms and responsibilities of campus life, but he also had to make his way in a community where very few people looked like him and where most of his classmates enjoyed far more advantages. Jones hit the ground running, participating in ROTC and the football team and finding time to join Theta Chi and the Glee Club. He majored in economics, a field he chose because of its promising job prospects, but it was his Spanish classes with Professor Enrique Martinez that made the deepest impression, opening his eyes to the great wide world beyond the U.S. “What I gained most from my experience at Dickinson is an appreciation for differences in cultures, customs, and actions of other racial and ethnic groups,” he says. “I think, this, more than any other lesson learned, has benefitted me throughout my career.” The difficult road to that lesson came into sharp focus during Jones’ junior year, when he and some fraternity brothers got involved in a racially charged fight with several Carlisle residents, in a downtown bar. One of the town residents was seriously injured in the scuffle, and the Theta Chi members were arrested and ultimately charged with disorderly conduct. Jones was initially expelled but was permitted to return to college after several weeks. “This memorable experience taught me that in each racial or ethnic group, there are people who may or may not like you, but that one should not judge the entire group by the actions of a few,” he says. That incident arrived just a few years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a preview of his “I Have a Dream” speech on Dickinson’s campus, and a few years before King’s assassination. The civil rights era was in full flower. Political tensions were high across the U.S., as America entered the Vietnam War—halfway through Jones’ career in Dickinson’s ROTC. Nine months after graduation, Jones entered the Army as planned. During his two years of active duty—including service as company commander—he decided to enter law school, and he graduated from Temple Law School two years after returning home from the war. He served as Philadelphia’s assistant district attorney for two years, right out of the gate.
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SEIZING
Opportunities “I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to study health in different cultural contexts around the world, and I can’t wait to apply what I learned to my future medical career.” —Brigette Stickney ’20, biochemistry & molecular biology major, who studied breast cancer treatment while studying abroad in India and also completed health-related ethnographic research in Tanzania.
“Dickinson opened my eyes to perspectives I had never thought of before. I realize that I would not be here if it weren’t for many people who have helped me along the way.” —Liam Stenson Ortiz ’19, biochemistry & molecular biology major currently preparing for medical school with the intent of using his language skills in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese to practice medicine internationally for an organization such as Doctors Without Borders.
“My time at Dickinson has been incredible. I am engaging so many valuable experiences that my friends at home never dreamed. Dickinson has helped me discover my passions and has given me all the tools necessary to make an impact in the world.” —Nichole Tamvaka ’20, neuroscience and mathematics double major, who recently interned in the Mayo Clinic’s neuro-genetics lab to help prepare for a career researching treatments for neurodegenerative disorders. 6
Opening Opportunities Continued from page 5
Dickinson Fund scholarship gifts like Jones’ make a lasting impact by not only changing students’ lives but also by creating a ripple effect that goes far beyond campus. Because scholarship students make the most of their opportunities and prepare to become difference-makers, scholarship support also makes a lasting impact on the wider world.
“Dickinson changed my life, and I wouldn’t be here without scholarship support. I am here because people created an avenue for me to succeed.” —Kevin Ssonko ’20, political science major who earned Dickinson’s George Shuman Jr. prize for superior academic performance and outstanding contributions to the extracurricular life of the college and community.
In the decades that followed, Jones built a career working on behalf of the economically disadvantaged, as the first general counsel to the Temple legal aid office, deputy director and executive director of Community Legal Services and as president of the Greater Philadelphia Greater Urban Affairs Coalition and the Private Industry Council (later, the Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation). After his retirement in 2010, Jones founded EJones Consulting, which provides consulting and management services to nonprofits in the Philadelphia area. Over the years, Jones also has given back as chair of the Philadelphia Housing Authority and as a volunteer and/or board member for numerous civic, business, academic and community-based organizations, including the Philadelphia School Board, the African American Museum, Wachovia Regional Foundation, Center City District, Thomas Jefferson University and the William Penn Foundation. He remains on the boards of the Center City District, Hispanic Association of Contractors & Enterprises, Philadelphia Contributionship, Vector Security and the Urban Research Park Advisory Committee. Jones married fellow lawyer Denise Rae Scott-Jones in 1981, and he has two grown sons by a previous marriage. He’s kept in touch with Dickinson alumni, including fellow Philadelphian Rosalyn “Roz” Robinson ’68, and in 1990 he visited campus to accept the Athletics Hall of Fame Award, as a member of the 1965 football team. Complementing his longstanding work to support youth in his home city, Jones has established the Ernest E. Jones and Rae Scott Jones Scholarship at Dickinson to benefit deserving students in need. “As a poor African American youth from North Philadelphia, I would not have had the opportunity to attend such a marvelous institution as Dickinson College if it were not for the financial support I received from Dickinson and others,” he says. “Participating in the Annual Scholarship Fund is simply a way of repaying, in a small way, the help I received.” 7
Caring For
COMMUNITY
WENDY MOFFAT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH WENDY MOFFAT ENDOWS SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN MEMORY OF HER FATHER
After retiring from stage and screen, acclaimed character actor Donald Moffat traveled to Dickinson many times to visit his daughter, Wendy, who’s been teaching English at Dickinson since 1983. When his granddaughter and Wendy’s niece Sydney ’14 was a theatre student on campus, he visited more often to see her perform.
After his passing, Wendy and her husband, Donald Kaufman, established the Donald Moffat Scholarship Fund to benefit students with financial need who demonstrate an interest in the literary or dramatic arts, whether through coursework or on-campus activities, such as the Mermaid Players. The new scholarship honors a life of exceptional accomplishment and family connection to a vibrant academic community.
Donald went on to appear in 18 additional shows, sharing the stage with Vivien Leigh in Duel of Angels and Jason Robards in The Iceman Cometh. In 1967, he was nominated for a best actor Tony Award for two different roles, and in 1983, he earned an Obie. His first film credit was Rachel, Rachel (1968), starring and directed by Paul Newman. Other memorable silver-screen appearances are The Right Stuff, in which he portrayed Lyndon B. Johnson; Cookie’s Fortune; The Thing (he was the last person to die); and Clear and Present Danger, in which he played the U.S. president, opposite Harrison Ford. On television, he was Dr. Marcus Polk in One Life to Live, Rem in Logan’s Run and the lover of a transgender woman in Tales of the City.
An only child from a small rural town in Devonshire, England, Donald attended the Royal Academy of
In all, Donald appeared in about 80 U.S. stage plays, 60 television productions and 70 Hollywood movies.
“He said, ‘You know, it’s an extraordinary thing to be a part of a community that is longstanding,’ ” Wendy recalls, “because his projects usually lasted only for the run, typically, at most, a few months.
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Dramatic Arts on scholarship, making his premiere with London’s venerable Old Vic company soon after. He and his young family moved across the Atlantic in 1956, the same year Donald made his Broadway debut in Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood (1956).
“People care about this place for a lot of reasons, and he cared about Dickinson vicariously, through family, and he appreciated being able to be a part of it. He also In the 70s-80s, he commonly did several plays, a halfdozen television appearances and one or two movies every year. After retirement, Donald often donned his Dickinson baseball cap, and he came to Dickinson regularly, memorably attending a ceremony installing Wendy as the second John J. Curley ’60 and Ann Conser Curley ’63 Faculty Chair in Global Education and the graduation of granddaughter Sydney ’14. He died last December at home, surrounded by children and grandchildren.
never forgot that the pursuit of his dream was enabled by the generosity of others. So honoring him with a Dickinson scholarship feels right.”
When Wendy learned that her father left his Actor’s Guild benefits to her, she and husband Donald decided to build on it to establish a Dickinson scholarship in his honor. “People care about this place for a lot of reasons, and he cared about Dickinson vicariously, through family, and he appreciated being able to be a part of it,” says Wendy. “He also never forgot that the pursuit of his dream was enabled by the generosity of others. So honoring him with a Dickinson scholarship feels right.”
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“Dickinson really looks out for the whole person, and that support is consistent ... it’s hard not to put your shoulder behind an organization like that and give it a hand.”
A TRUE
Home
CANNING FAMILY LEAD ALUMNI AND PARENTS IN ESTABLISHING NEW 5K COURSE FOR RED DEVIL RUNNERS
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Sofia Canning ’18 was brand new to running when she joined Head Coach
they now consider a close family friend.
So when a call went out from Dickinson’s athletics department to fund a new 5K course, her family stepped up, helping to ensure that future studentathletes also have opportunities to shine.
Now, Sofia’s working in Boston, and her family’s connection to the college remains strong. In addition to maintaining a friendship with Nichter, Keith hosted an intern at his business last summer. More recently, the Canning family became the principal donor to fund Dickinson’s 5K course, with support from the men’s 1981 running team and fellow alumni and parents.
Don Nichter’s team as a Dickinson first-year. By graduation, she’d transformed from a novice to a major team contributor, and the confidence she gained through that experience now serves her well, as she works up the ranks in her field.
Their Dickinson family story begins during Sofia’s senior year of high school. Sofia and her parents, Keith and Maria, had already toured a dozen schools when they arrived for their campus tour of Dickinson, and when they found the right fit, they knew right away. “All the other schools had good facilities and academics too, but there was a spirit and energy at Dickinson that was palpable,” Keith remembers. “It’s a caring place, and it was clear that everyone was invested in the students’ success.” A soccer and lacrosse player in high school, Sofia applied Early Decision and, during an open house for prospective students, met with Dickinson coaches for both sports. Noticing Sofia’s speed on the field, the soccer coach asked if she’d ever considered running. So for the rest of her senior year, Sofia went to work, training to qualify for Dickinson’s cross country and track and field teams. “It took some time and the trials and tribulations of training before she hit her stride, but once she got up to speed, she was a force for us. She had numerous national-level qualifying experiences,” Nichter remembers, noting that in addition to having many outstanding conference and regional performances, Sofia also became a record holder in track and field and cross country. “She’s a wonderful example of a Dickinsonian embracing the student-athlete model for success.” Living in Maine, Keith and Maria couldn’t make it to every competition, but they made the trek south as often as they could—about 10 times per season by Sofia’s senior year. Along the way, they befriended fellow Red Devil parents and Coach Nichter, whom
“He brought out the best in every student,” says Keith, who shares outdoor hobbies with Nichter and gets together with the coach about once a year, “and if you’re able to cultivate a high level of confidence, trust and camaraderie, you can do some impressive things.”
The new course provides a valuable asset to a highachieving program. Dickinson’s cross country teams are consistently among the country’s best. The women’s team is currently ranked 13th in the nation, and the men’s team is currently ranked 30th. For the first time the teams now have a home course for the 5,000-, 6,000- and 8,000-meter races. Additionally, the new course provides a valuable soft-surface training area, where the team can practice away from roadways and traffic. After giving the new course a test run with Nichter, Keith joined Sofia in a Homecoming & Family Weekend ribbon-cutting ceremony for the athletics department’s newest feature. Speaking during the ceremony, President Margee Ensign noted that the new course represents “a true home” for the cross country and track and field teams, while also giving a home-field advantage for Dickinson runners for the very first time. Keith says that for his family, the decision to support this campus enhancement was easy. “Dickinson really looks out for the whole person, and that support is consistent—from coaches to the support people and trainers to deans and other administrators and professors,” he said. “And because Dickinson is not gifted with a huge endowment, and it works hard to cultivate a culture where everyone helps everyone, it’s hard not to put your shoulder behind an organization like that and give it a hand.” 11
“I’ve always given something to Dickinson, but I wanted to also support the study of Japan in a more direct way. I knew that if I supported the East Asian studies department, I could make a big impact.”
At Dickinson, Sean Rhoads ’07 traveled to Asia for the first time and immersed himself in a culture that had fascinated him since early childhood. Today, he’s a scholar, real estate lawyer, educator and author of a work that echoes his senior thesis research at Dickinson. He’s also helping students with similar interests benefit from the same sorts of rich educational experiences he enjoyed. A native of Reading, Pennsylvania, Rhoads decided to attend Dickinson because he was drawn to the college’s focus on global studies and environmentalism. While he hadn’t traveled much, he’d become interested in global cultures as a young kid–gobbling down Godzilla movie reruns that painted a very different world for him, while also introducing the faint outlines of environmental issues—and later, as a member of his high school Model U.N. club. During a five-week internationalstudies summer program, he learned the basics of Japanese, and when it came time to select a language requirement, he decided to continue in that vein. After sampling Japanese language classes at Dickinson, it wasn’t long before Rhoads declared a double major in history and East Asian studies. He loved the small class sizes; with only about eight East Asian studies majors in his class year, 12
he was part of a very close-knit, focused and committed group. He also enjoyed getting to know his professors and was part of a student committee that took prospective new hires to lunch and offered feedback to the hiring committee. A big moment arrived when he studied abroad in China and Japan. Drinking in the sights and experiences he’d only read about, Rhoads’ interest in Japan only grew, and after his return, he cohosted a radio program on WDCV, featuring music by a Japanese band he’d met while abroad. For his senior thesis in East Asian studies, Rhoads returned to the early life experiences that sparked it all, by focusing on environmental issues in Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster. A senior seminar overnight trip to the National Archives in Washington, D.C., funded by Kellie Newton ’81, provided useful research materials and a chance to meet the donor during a group dinner. “That made a big impression on me,” he says. “Without her, we’d never have had the opportunity to make that trip.” After graduation, Rhoads earned a master’s degree in East Asian languages and civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from Drexel University. He founded a real estate investment firm and discovered a love of teaching,
INVESTING
In Impact
SEAN RHOADS ’07 ESTABLISHES STUDENT FACULTY RESEARCH FUND
as an adjunct professor of history and East Asian studies at Alvernia University and Philadelphia University. Rhoads is now pursuing a Ph.D. in English, with a focus on English-language science fiction and film, at Queen’s University, in Ontario. He continues to enjoy teaching. Last year, Rhoads co-published a book about Japanese monster movies, with musicologist Brooke McCorkle. Japan’s Green Monsters: Environmental Commentary in Kaiju Cinema (McFarland & Company, 2018) takes a rare scholarly look at the genre and draws directly from Rhoads’ senior thesis. Less than a year after its publication, Rhoads established a fund at Dickinson inspired by the senior-thesis class trip he made to the Library of Congress more than a decade ago. The Sean Rhoads ’07 Japanese Studies Fund provides support for worthy student-faculty research teams, with first preference going to projects involving teams conducting research related to Japan. “I’ve always given something to Dickinson, but I wanted to also support the study of Japan in a more direct way,” he says. “I knew that if I supported the East Asian studies department, I could make a big impact, because it’s such a small department, so
there aren’t as many alumni to support it. And I wanted to help in any way that I can.” Student-faculty research support from endowed funds like this are vital in helping Dickinson maintain one of its distinctive strengths—the capacity for Dickinsonians to actively participate in the kind of research only available to graduate students at most other institutions. In the last year alone, hundreds of Dickinson students worked side by side with professors on research into genetic algorithms, the cultural impact of Photoshop in advertising, using CRISPR to improve crop resilience, the effect of exercise on learning, the history of slavery and the Underground Railroad, and much more. “Research isn’t just about getting a grade; it’s about shaping the way you’re putting together a packet of information and then expressing and communicating it to an audience,” says Associate Professor of East Asian Studies Shawn Bender, who led a group of students into the Carlisle community and to Japan to study quality-of-life issues among the elderly. “Students haven’t just read someone else’s thoughts and spit them out on an exam. They’ve been involved in that process of data collection—they’ve seen all of the ugly, beautiful, messy aspects of that—and there’s a different level of investment.” 13
CHRIS ’05 AND EMILY WEST COCORES ’06 ESTABLISH INTERNSHIP FUND TO ENSURE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS WON’T LIMIT STUDENT’S INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
“Finances shouldn’t limit someone from having that opportunity. We are passionate about trying to help people find their path, and I think an internship is a great way to do that.”
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No Limits If someone wrote a book about the many love stories that have bloomed inside Dickinson’s limestone walls, it would likely
be as thick as those walls themselves. There is no shortage of Dickinsonian couples, but perhaps none speak more to how the bonds forged at Dickinson can open new and exciting opportunities than Chris ’05 and Emily West Cocores ’06. From their very first years at Dickinson, Chris and Emily were active in Greek life—Chris as a member of Sigma Chi and Emily as a member of Delta Nu. Chris also played two sports at Dickinson and was active in student government. By becoming involved so early in their Dickinson careers, they quickly realized the advantages that come from being a part of this close-knit community. “I tried to stay active in the college and felt like it definitely gave me an unbelievable leg up when it came to the real world,” says Chris, a history major. In addition to seeing the benefits of Dickinson’s close-knit community through student life and extracurriculars, they flourished through close mentoring relationships with faculty. As a biology major, Emily was able to take part in the kind of student-faculty research that is rarely available to undergrads. “I did an honors thesis with [Professor of Biology Tony] Pires where I went to Washington with him,” she recalls. “We were researching nitric oxide and the effects of metamorphosis of the gastropod. I
would do anything to go back there. It was the best three months ever.” As Emily was preparing to graduate and considering returning for an education certificate, Chris took to the job market, getting some welltimed insight from Dickinson’s Director of Employer Relations Heather Champion ’97, which led him to the finance sector, where he’s thrived ever since. Today, he’s the CEO and president of uFinancial Group, a financial consulting firm. After teaching honors and AP biology to high school students for several years, Emily decided to stay home to raise their three young children, Sophia, Sebastian and Theodore. When the couple was thinking about their children’s futures and considering how important internship experiences are to building success, they were inspired to establish an internship fund at Dickinson. With their generous gift, the Cocores family supports students who apply for funding for summer internships. Funds like these enable students to take advantage of career-building internships without having to worry about travel or living expenses. “Finances shouldn’t limit someone from having that opportunity,” says Emily. “We are passionate about trying to help people find their path, and I think an internship is a great way to do that.” Chris agrees: “Emily and I really hope that it will provide opportunities that otherwise wouldn’t be available.”
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“I worked at the intersection of biochemistry and green chemistry on research into optimizing transaminase reactions that form amines, which are important in the pharmaceutical industry. An internship is the best way to understand what it may be like to work in your field. You gain valuable experience, build professional connections and improve your skill set.” —Lauren Kageler ’20, who worked as a research assistant this summer in the Hastings Research Laboratory, where she explored using biochemistry to reduce waste.
LIMITLESS Possibilities Thanks to endowed internship funds like the one established by Chris ’05 and Emily West Cocores ’06, Dickinson students are able to explore limitless career possibilities with internships far and wide in fields ranging from research to nonprofits to finance and beyond.
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“My internship experience allowed me to feel more prepared for life after Dickinson. After commuting to my daily 9-to-5, living on my own in a new city and being treated with just as much respect as anyone else in my office, I feel much more qualified and confident in pursuing my passions.” —Kaylee LaChance ’20, who worked as an intern with the Environmental Protection Agency this summer, where she gained valuable experience for a career in environmental health and policy.
“This internship has showed me that working and solving real-world problems with a deadline is different than working on homework that you can always come back to. I have learned a lot about myself, my career goals and my working habits.” —Prabuddha Tuladhar ’19, who worked last summer as an analytical intern for Aladdin Product Group, a tech division of Blackrock dedicated to helping investment managers manage their assets.
“The ability to interact with professionals and academics at the very top of their specializations was amazing, and they gave me many ideas on how to use my own education in the professional and academic worlds.” —Calvin Bader ’20, who worked with hundreds of artifacts a day this summer as a research intern at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 17
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Dear Dickinsonians, You really came through for our students and faculty. Thank you for stepping forward and strengthening Dickinson with your investment in the college. Together with more than 11,000 alumni, parents and friends of the college, you funded scholarships, research projects, internships and study abroad experiences. You provided a new course that gives Dickinson a true home-field advantage for cross country races. You funded faculty development, student field studies and other enriching experiences. You helped bring thought-leaders to campus, expanded the Trout Gallery’s collection and did so much more. None of these things would have been possible without the support of our community. In short, your philanthropy has had a transformational impact across campus. And, because the students you support will graduate and use their Dickinson educations to help communities around the globe, your philanthropy has a transformational impact on
I hope that seeing the impact your philanthropy makes
the wider world.
inspires you to engage
Amid the formidable challenges facing our
even more deeply
world, that continued support is crucial. I hope that seeing the impact your philanthropy makes inspires you to engage even more deeply with the college. Thank you for helping to position Dickinson and our students for success today and in the years to come.
Sincerely,
with the college. Thank you for helping to position Dickinson and our students for success today and in the years to come.
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Dickinson celebrates these newly established funds: Baltimore-Washington Conference Spiritual Life Fund H. Glenn Bleecher Scholarship Mary Coffman Crocker ’65 and John Crocker Global Education Fund Judy Gill Development Fund for Writing Center Tutors Joseph R. Harkness Scholarship Fund Ernest E. Jones and Rae Scott Jones Scholarship Brian and Laura Kamoie Family Scholarship SA3K Annual Scholarship Marion Clay Keen Annual Scholarship Julia Leverenz Scholarship Fund Magliacano-Melchione Family Internship Fund J. Larry Mench Scholarship Donald Moffat Scholarship Fund Perseverancia Annual Internship Fund Chip ’83 and Marsha Phillips Scholarship Fund Sean Rhoads ’07 Japanese Studies Fund Salvatore Scavuzzo Annual Scholarship 1994 Schoenberg Scholars Fund 1995 Schoenberg Scholars Fund Whitmer Tumas Family Scholarship Wilson Family Internship Fund Work Family Internship Fund
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Thank you!
TO LEARN MORE about the ways your generosity enhances day-to-day life on campus and beyond, please take a moment to look through this report. To see the effects of your philanthropic giving in person, please accept our invitation to visit campus. You may reach our donor relations office at 800-543-3809 or advancement@dickinson.edu to plan a visit.
We look forward to seeing you!
“ At every intersection of life and learning that I encountered at Dickinson, I found support, collegiality and respect for the process of discovery that I was experiencing. I will always feel connected to this community, and I hope that you do, too. Thank you!” —DELANEY KOCH ’20
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