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Employee Campaign encourages faculty, staff members to give back By ALEX PAUL news@thedepauw.com
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DePauw launched the Employee Campaign, a new fund raising program that targets faculty and staff on Sunday. The campaign asks for all faculty and staff members, current and retired, to donate money to the university to go toward the DePauw Annual Fund, need-based scholarships, the School of Music, Tiger Club — which supports DePauw athletics, or an academic department of choice. A donor gets to choose which p r o gram they
would like to fund. “The university has many needs and we wanted to give the faculty and staff the same opportunities that the alumni have,” said Marcia Sloan Latta, the vice president for advancement at DePauw. Other private schools like DePauw around the country have similar campaigns. The Employee Campaign will be an annual fund raising event that includes everyone from tenured professors to work- ers in the Hub. “We would be remiss if we didn’t give everyone the same opportunity,” Sloan Latta said. The campaign already has fifty volunteers, two of which are retired faculty, to help spread the word about the project. A brochure was handed out to help further spread the goals of the fund raising. “I’m delighted we have fifty volunteers this year. It speaks well to the commitment of faculty and staff to our mission,” Sloan Latta said. The Employee Campaign is still in the beginning stages. Sloan Latta admitted that gaining support for the campaign in the first year would
be a bigger goal than actually raising a large sum of money, though she said, “fourteen percent [of staff] last year donated without organization,” and is optimistic about the future. “Individual amount doesn’t matter as much as showing support,” said Barbara Steinson, a professor in the history department. The program opens a new door for potential donors. An anonymous donor pledged to give $1,750 when employee participation reaches 15 percent, an additional $1,750 at 20 percent and 25 percent, a final gift of $3,500 when participation reaches 30 percent. Donations to the Employee Campaign are completely voluntary and there is no suggested starting amount for donations. “It’s not the administration saying give to this,” Sloan Latta said. The money to fund programs outside of President Casey’s 2020 plan should benefit campus for both the faculty and students. “[The Employee Campaign] is pivoting to target a new potential donor base. I don’t think it’s a bad thing. Professors are a part of the community too,” said Danny Cetina, a senior from Wheaton Ill. DePauw has a long tradition of philanthropy, as the school was founded by a gift from the people of Greencastle in 1837, and later by Washington C. DePauw. Sloan Latta hopes the program will help continue this tradition. “Key philanthropy moments in DePauw’s history were all made possible by non-alumni,” Sloan Latta said. Helping out the university is something many feel the urge to do and many view the Employee Campaign as another way to do so. “I would make a donation absolutely,” Cetina said.
DSG campaign begins for next week’s election By BECCA STANEK news@thedepauw.com
With candidates’ platforms in place, signatures received and candidate support teams rallied, student government elections are in full swing. After going filling out the application, ensuring that the student is in good standing with the university, and the respective student getting the necessary number of signatures from peers — 200 signatures for president and vice president candidates and 100 signatures for candidates running for other positions — the 2012 candidate slate is finalized. There are four candidate pairs running for the president and vice president positions and several students competing for other spots.
“I think this election is going to be interesting,” said Roy Leaf, senior parlementarian. “In previous years candidates ran uncontested for president, and this year there are four candidates running.” Elections begin at 12:01 a.m. on April 19 and run through April 21. Students can vote by logging onto e-services and scrolling down on the left-hand side to ‘voting booth’ under the ‘Campus Life’ heading. There will be a laptop in the Hub for students to use to vote. “As far as what the student body is looking for in a candidate, I think that its obviously someone who shows dedication, is motivated, and who cares about DePauw,” Leaf said.
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