OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERISM AND PHILANTHROPY AT URSINUS
MATTERS TO US
ABOUT OUR PRESIDENT
President Robyn Hannigan
President Robyn Hannigan is a distinguished scholar, entrepreneur, and visionary leader who became Ursinus’s 19th president in 2022.
Robyn’s passion for liberal education, student success, and holistic well-being has informed her strategic framework for the college, aimed at bolstering access and retention, undergraduate research endeavors, and community engagement.
Driven by a spirit of innovation, President Hannigan is an accomplished environmental scientist who founded several start-up companies alongside her students, and she remains an active, prolific researcher and mentor. Robyn is dedicated to opening doors of opportunity for her students, forging meaningful partnerships that endure over time, thereby encouraging Ursinus students to become creative leaders and problem solvers in our ever-evolving society.
Under President Robyn Hannigan’s leadership:
• Added new Bloomberg Terminals to Myrin Library, allowing students to receive and analyze real-time financial data.
• Joined the American Talent Initiative, an alliance of 135 higher education institutions dedicated to increasing college access, affordability, and success for all students.
• Added new majors, including Performing and Visual Arts Design and Technology, Music Technology, Creative Writing, Business Economics, and Health Sciences.
• Upgraded campus dining experience, including building renovations.
• Signed the Okanagan Charter as its first liberal arts college.
Interdisciplinary Academics
Students thrive when multiple interests connect and influence each other. Combining disciplines such as business and chemistry, or history and media studies, helps students gain multiple perspectives, find innovative solutions, and open the future to new possibilities.
Experiential Learning and Career Preparation
Entrepreneurial opportunities, inquiry-based courses, undergraduate research, civic engagement, and workforce experience are all built into the curriculum at Ursinus. We proactively work with our students to bridge the undergraduate experience with career placement and graduate school preparation.
WHAT MATTERS TO US WHAT MATTERS TO US
Health and Well-Being
As the first liberal arts signatory of the Okanagan Charter in the United States, Ursinus is boldly committed to ensuring health and well-being as an integrated, campus-wide priority. Our new Collaborative Commission on Well-being is designed as a national model to address the intersections of education, economics, spirituality, culture, and society on student health.
Inclusive Campus
Since its founding in 1869, Ursinus has been dedicated to making college affordable and accessible for talented students with a desire to learn. We believe that the combined strengths of our diverse backgrounds and experiences are the cornerstones of an inclusive campus.
VOLUNTEER
Whether through involvement in alumni events, volunteer groups, engaging with current students, or referring new students for admission, being a Bear for Life is about staying connected to your alma mater.
Over 60 opportunities for alumni to get involved!
ALUMNI COUNCIL
The Alumni Council is your link to Ursinus. This group of dedicated volunteers helps maintain the connection between the alumni community and Ursinus College through various engagement opportunities.
CAREER PREPARATION
Work with the office of career and professional development to host students for internships and externships, hire Ursinus graduates, and participate in on-campus networking opportunities.
REFER A STUDENT
The Alumni Referral Program gives Ursinus alumni and current students the ability to refer prospective students, including transfers to the college. Students who enroll after being referred receive a one-time $500 scholarship.
U-IMAGINE CENTER
Get involved with the U-Imagine Center through mentoring, judging entrepreneurial contests, being a podcast guest, guest speaking, and more!
Find the right opportunity for you at ursinus.edu/alumni/get-involved.
THE URSINUS FUND
The Ursinus Fund provides mission-critical budget relieving resources that support every step of a student’s journey. Your gift paves the way for students to thrive at Ursinus—and beyond—by supporting the hallmarks of an Ursinus education.
• Scholarships and financial aid open the door for students to attend Ursinus. In 2023-24, approximately 42% of the Ursinus Fund supported student access and affordability.
• Academic innovation provides hands-on learning opportunities and close research collaboration with faculty.
• Career development enables robust programs around internships, externships, and career placement, as well as one-on-one career counseling services during and after a student’s time at Ursinus.
• An engaging campus life offers our students more than 80 clubs and organizations, as well as service learning and leadership programs.
• Ursinus athletics teaches student-athletes on 26 varsity teams the value of tenacity, teamwork, and leadership.
• Health and wellness initiatives provide resources focused on well-being and supports our commitment to the Okanagan Charter.
• An idyllic campus environment establishes a backdrop to our living and learning community.
For More Information on the Ursinus Fund, visit ursinus.edu/support-uc/annual-giving.
We invite you to invest in current and future Ursinus students.
Here, students step off the path of their predetermined futures in favor of something new. Where first-generation students write their own legacies. Where a tight-knit community strives toward one common goal: to leave our campus, our region, and our world better than we find it today. Scholarships are crucial to continuing Ursinus’s long history of educating students who reflect the whole of society, not just those able to pay the full cost of tuition.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Financial Aid
99% of all Ursinus students receive some form of financial aid.
$76 MILLION Ursinus’s investment into providing financial aid for the 2023-24 school year.
$41,007 Average aid for first-year students for the 2023-24 school year.
$37,546 Average aid for transfer students for the 2023-24 school year.
Endowed Scholarships
An endowed scholarship makes college possible for ambitious, high-achieving students by providing a steady stream of financial support in perpetuity. They help Ursinus recruit the best and brightest students, regardless of socioeconomic background. When an endowed scholarship fund is established, a portion of investment income from the gift is spent each year, while the principal of the gift continues to grow.
Endowed full scholarships cover the full cost of attendance for a student. After the recipient graduates, the income from this endowment will be directed to support another student, with this process repeating indefinitely.
Endowed partial scholarships cover a portion of the total cost of attendance for a student. They help alleviate financial burden for students and their families, so they can experience an Ursinus education to its fullest.
Annual Scholarships
Donors may choose to fund an annual scholarship with a pledge of $25,000 or more, payable over five years. You will be matched with a student recipient and receive annual updates about that student’s experience. Annual scholarship donors are also invited to the annual Leadership Dinner. You may also have an opportunity to meet your student recipient throughout the year.
Any contribution to the annual scholarship fund is welcome and will directly benefit deserving students by adding to scholarship dollars received in the next academic year.
URSINUS BY THE NUMBERS
TOP 6%
Return
on Investment
Ursinus is in the top 6% of all colleges and universities for return on investment (ROI). The median long-term ROI of liberal arts colleges is more than $200,000 higher than the median for all colleges. When compared to other liberal arts colleges, Ursinus’s ROI is 29% higher. Source: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, ROI of Liberal Arts Colleges: Value Adds Up Over Time, 2022.
69%
Medical School Acceptance
In 2023, Ursinus graduates had a 69% med school admission rate, which is roughly 27% better than the national admission rate reported by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
100% Law School Acceptance
100% of students who participate in our pre-law program are accepted into law school.
98% of Students say their internships prepared them well for post-graduate work.
97% of Graduates are employed, in grad school full time, completing a fellowship, or engaged in a year of service within six months of graduating (based on the class of 2022).
90% + of Graduating Seniors felt that faculty were interested in helping students grow in more than just academic areas.
1 ST Liberal Arts College to sign The Okanagan Charter, a promise to foster more holistic well-being in the campus community.
1 OF 46 Colleges that Change Lives as cited in the acclaimed book by Loren Pope, for its ability to help students succeed.
60% + of Students are civically engaged, regularly volunteering throughout the region as proponents of what we call the common good.
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