2021 Annual Report

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| 2021 ANNUAL REPORT

Megan Minoka Hill ’93

Megan Minoka Hill ’93 supports Indigenous nation building and selfdetermination throughout the United States and around the world.

“Before attending UWC-USA, my experience and knowledge was limited to American Indian nations in the U.S.,” she said. “Countless patio conversations and debates with my friends at UWC opened my eyes to both historical and contemporary Indigenous issues around the world. These experiences and the education I received at UWC has directly influenced and impacted my career.”

Since graduating from UWC-USA, Megan has gone on to work for an Indigenous governance think-tank at the Harvard Kennedy School known as the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.

As director of the program, Megan is involved in a variety of activities from research to executive education to pro bono advisory services to the administration of Honoring Nations. Founded in 1998, the national awards program spotlights tribal government programs and initiatives that are especially effective in addressing critical concerns and challenges facing the more than 570 Indian nations and their citizens.

A member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin tribe, Megan was born into a family of Native nation builders.

IMPACT STORY
Letter from the President and the Board Chair. . . . . . . 3 Matriculation List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Board of Trustees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Strategic Leadership Team. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Financial Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Operating Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 UWC-USA by the Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Philanthropic Support by Class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 In Kind, In Honor, In Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Named Endowed Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Ways to Give. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 CONTENTS

GREETINGS FROM NEW MEXICO,

This letter, along with our Annual Report, provides an opportunity for us to look back on the past year, celebrate our successes, report on our financial performance, and--as ever--look ahead to our next set of challenges.

Of course, the pandemic played an outsized role in our work at UWC-USA this past year. The simplest things became real challenges: introducing students into our community under quarantine conditions, establishing protocols for mealtimes in observance of CDC and state guidelines, holding campus traditions that involved the whole community pre-vaccine. Never mind negotiating supply chains and changing mandates. Everything was more difficult.

And yet, we provided in-person as well as online learning for those students who couldn’t make it to Montezuma. We offered our experiential education programming with an emphasis on wilderness expeditions and farm service, campus community service, and workshops and retreats through the Bartos Institute for the Constructive Engagement of Conflict. We found ways to give back to our larger community, including sharing farm produce with local families and donating books to local school children who didn’t have the opportunity to learn in person. We enjoyed outdoor performances and our “art scene” flourished with students engaged in powerful creative and political expressions. We didn’t lay off a single employee and Covid cases were kept to a minimum.

We succeeded in all we did because our employees and students found inner reserves of flexibility and goodwill to do the extra work this past year required. We succeeded because our alumni stepped up, housing our students and generously supporting them. We succeeded because local families were there when we needed them. We succeeded because of our donors, who helped us meet the financial needs we faced even as many of them faced financial uncertainty of their own. We succeeded because we pulled together, and we couldn’t be more thankful.

But we didn’t satisfy ourselves with managing Covid. We continued the hard work of capacity building to strengthen the foundation of everything we do at UWCUSA. From strengthening the foundation within our board to strengthening our programming, financial, and operating foundations, much good work was accomplished despite the challenges of the pandemic. Work that will put UWC-USA on a whole new footing as our 40th Anniversary approaches.

In addition, we did some serious planning to innovate for impact. Our focus will be to realize our promise and potential as a basecamp for the world, where people, programs, and place converge to offer students meaningful encounters with the challenges of our time--including inequality, polarization, and ecological unsustainability--and opportunities that stretch them to develop the skills they need to meet the future.

If you remember nothing else from this report, please remember this: We can’t be who we are, or strive to go beyond who we are, without your support. The world sorely needs basecamps for dreamers who would do good. We are committed to being such a basecamp, and we need you as partners to make it happen. Please, keep engaging with us as we engage the world

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD CHAIR 3

UNITED STATES

Bard College

Boston University

Brown University

Bryn Mawr College

California College of the Arts

Carnegie Mellon University

Case Western Reserve University

Central Michigan

Clark University

Colby College

College of the Atlantic

Colorado College

Columbia University

Concordia College Moorhead

Cornell University

Earlham College

Embry-Riddle

Aeronautical University

Florida Institute of Technology

Georgetown University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Haverford College

Hofstra University

Hood College

Johns Hopkins University

Lake Forest College

Lewis and Clark College

Macalester College

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Middlebury College

Minerva University

Mount Holyoke College

New York University

Northeastern University

Northwestern University

Oberlin College

Queens Univ Charlotte

Rutgers University

St. John's College

St. Lawrence University

St. Olaf College

Stanford University

Syracuse University

The College of Idaho

The George Washington University

The New School

Trinity College

Tufts University

UC Berkeley

UC San Diego

UCLA

University of Texas-Austin

University of Detroit Mercy

University of Florida

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Oklahoma

University of Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh

University of Richmond

University of Rochester

Vanderbilt University

Wake Forest University

Warren Wilson College

Wellesley College

Whitman College

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Yale University

Yeshiva University

MATRICULATION LIST

UNITED KINGDOM

King's College London

SOAS University of London

University College London

University of Bristol

University of Leeds

University of Nottingham

University of Sussex

University of the Arts London

CANADA

McGill University

University of British Columbia

OTHER SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD

Bard College Berlin

Carnegie Mellon University Qatar

Delft University

Duke Kunshan University

Erasmus University

College Rotterdam

Esmod Paris

Sciences Po

St George's University

Temple University Japan

Trinity College Dublin

University College Amsterdam

University College Maastricht

University of Amsterdam

University of the West Indies

Yale-NUS

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES:

Steven F. Dichter, Chairman

Geeta Anand

Bill Banowsky

Marc P. Blum

Manolo Espinosa '87

Benjamin F. Jones AC ’91

Marybeth Kravets

Kuo-Chuan (KC) Kung ’87

Justin Lee ‘95

Marisa Leon ‘87

Thomas Schwingeler ’86

Subitha Subramaniam ’88

Tyler C. Tingley

Jona Nilsson ‘90

Jonathan Schneider

Klaus Desmet ‘88

Melanie Weston ’86

Peter Alderman ‘91 AC

Victoria J. Mora

STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP TEAM:

Victoria J. Mora, President

Naomi Swinton ‘89, Dean of Students

Alexis Mamaux, Dean of Academics

Todd Austin, Special Assistant to the President

Jonathan Ehrlich, Vice-president for Finance and Operations

Mark Hodde ‘89, Chief Advancement Officer

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP TEAM

Faten AlMukhtar ‘13

Faten AlMukhtar uses design to make people’s lives better. Specifically, working with Etisalat, an Emirati telecom company with a mission to promote “togetherness,” she was a key member of a team of designers and developers who recently created a web extension browser for people on the autism spectrum. The result is Etisalat Wider Web, which is a browser extension approved by Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Firefox for use in their web browsers.

“This technology scrubs through web pages on most any web browser and alters the code to make the web experience autistic friendly,” Faten said. “The colors and fonts change and the extension alters the images so they don’t trigger the kinds of reactions that overload the senses of people with autism. We combined technology and an art platform to help people with autism be more comfortable and productive on the web.”

After graduating from UWC-USA, Faten went on to study at the Savannah College of Art and Design and now works full time as an art director at Impact BBDO, an agency in Dubai. This groundbreaking development for those with neurodivergent disabilities was the product of a team that worked across continents, languages, and ways of seeing the world. “The big challenge,” she explained, “was to create a design that was not for our brains but for brains that are a little different.”

Faten credits her ability to succeed on a project of this scale with the kinds of collaborations she worked on while a student at UWC-USA. “My UWC experience informs my everyday life. There’s nothing that I do that wasn’t influenced in some way by my two years in Montezuma. I refer back to it all the time. The biggest two things I learned were collaboration and initiative. When we see a problem we don’t stand by — we get a group of people together to start solving it.”

Roughly 1% of children are diagnosed with autism each year. Faten’s dedication and her collaboration with her team has created a useful tool that can help them going forward. “I learned quickly that at UWC-USA we are leaders and collaborators. That’s the UWC spirit I like to bring to my work every day.”

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81.6% of total support for UWC-USA comes from philanthropic gifts

FINANCIAL REPORT
OPERATING ACTIVITIES 9 REVENUESFYE 2020FYE 2021 n Contributions and gifts 1,171,024 4,542,240 n Contributions from related parties2,075,000— n Tuition and fees, net of scholarships2,925,5773,450,560 n Ancillary and other income 361,77355,118 n Other revenue107,12054,050 n Revenue released from restriction7,854,9554,886,035 TOTAL REVENUES AND OTHER SUPPORT14,495,449 12,988,003 EXPENSESFYE 2020FYE 2021 n Educational8,768,2029,835,064 Supporting services: n General and administrative2,613,8972,179,739 n Other1,569,963418,374 n Fundraising890,6021,022,621 Total support services5,074,4623,620,734 TOTAL EXPENSES13,842,66413,455,798 REVENUE FYE 2021 EXPENSES FYE 2021 Note: the FY2020 numbers have been amended to conform to the FY2021 presentation.

Rick Rowley ‘94

Director and writer Rick Rowley ‘94 won an Emmy Award for best Investigative Documentary for 16 Shots, a film that tells the story of a coverup following the police shooting of Laquan McDonald in Chicago in 2014.

Rowley spoke with UWC-USA students and alumni recently about the challenges of telling stories about charged issues such as police shootings and covert wars. He credits his storytelling skill in part with his experience at UWC-USA, where he had to learn to understand the concerns and perspectives of people from very different backgrounds.

As a documentarian, Rick tries to tell the stories of people whose stories are not otherwise being told – or that are being told incompletely.

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We are enormously grateful to our alumni who gave back to UWC-USA during 2020-2021 and thrilled to report a participation rate of 28%. Alumni support al lows us to ensure the same transformational experience for today's students and generations of UWCers to come.

We also thank the many alumni who assist the school, especially our Annual Fund volunteers, Reunion Committee members, internship providers, National Committee volunteers, events organizers and hosts, campus speakers, Alumni-In-Residence Fellows, and others who give of their time and talent to enrich UWC-USA.

TOP 5 CLASSES FOR % PARTICIPATION

TOP 5 CLASSES FOR % INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION FROM 2019-20 TO 2020-21

PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT BY CLASS 1986 65% 1988 57% 1987 57% 2004 54% 1989 54%
1994 19% 1995 15% 2005 15% 1985 14% 1991 11%
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Jessica Horn ‘97

Jessica Horn ’97, Fiji, lives the UWC mission by advocating for women’s rights and gender equality with clients as varied as the Ford Foundation and the United Nations.

Working on women's rights since receiving her master’s 20 years ago, she recently served as director of programs for the African Women's Development Fund – the continent’s first and largest women's fund. Jessica oversaw a four-fold increase in grantmaking and established new initiatives around African feminist futures and on activist well-being.

She credits part of her su ccess to her time at UWC-USA because it showed the possibility of living in a community that places respect for diversity and a passionate embrace of human rights and ethics at its heart.

“We really gave all of our creative and emotional energies to creating ways to live together as diverse as we were, to listen to each other, to make friends, and to be of service to community,” Jessica said.

“This has been invaluable in so many ways, grounding me in the possibility of working in a multi-disciplinary way, bringing the many skill sets and interests that I have to the work of advancing feminist transformation, and also working with organizations and activist communities across the globe to support this work of change.”

IMPACT STORY

IN HONOR OF

The Class of 1984

Agneta Eikelenboom '84

The Class of 1985

Tony & Bonnie (Horie) Bennett '85

Agneta Eikelenboom '84

The Class of 1986

Tim Long MD '86

The Class of 1988

Jennifer Baggett Barna MD '88

The Class of 1990

Tal Oron Cohen '90

Becki Pearson '90

The Class of 1992

Michael Fuchs '92

The Class of 1995

Dario Betti '95

The Class of 2004

Carmen Alexander '04

Aubrey Bodden '04 & Dan Stuber '05

The Class of 2005

Aubrey Bodden '04 & Dan Stuber '05

Zahraa Al-Janabi '09

Lena & John Elzufon

Gwen Albers (E)

Christie & Douglas Baskett

Elena Amarillo

Carolina Ramirez

Giovanni Bacareza '89

Yemi Aguda '89

Kayris Anna Baggett SEA'20

Hillary & Terry Baggett (P)

DJ Bav Bass

Jason Morgan '91

Charlotte Benishek '11

Mary DeJone-Benishek & Robert Benishek (P)

Mads Benishek RCN'09

Mary DeJone-Benishek & Robert Benishek (P)

Glenn Bernardo

Cary & John McKiernan '86

Isabelle Burns '20

Syndii & Jeff McCreary

Sequoyah Coan

Seth Coan '96

Claire Grace Cockerham RB'16

Janice & John Cockerham (P)

The Curtis Family

Ken & Mara (Steinbach) Sparks '88

Gale & Shelby Davis

Barbara Woll Jones (P)

Carl & Nancy Kreitler

Ines Davis '02

Nancy Colalillo

Steve Dichter (T)

Arlyn and Fred Nathan (P)

Jason Dinger '93

Renee Martin

William Guy Dobyns '06

Keith & Kristen Dobyns (P)

Anne Farrell

Wilmer Steven Montilla Morantes '18

Allison Frank

Fay Abrams

Free Venezuela

Cesar Castillo '89

Hannah Freedman '12

Joan Freedman & Richard Lamson (P)

Ben Gillock (E)

Chris Gillock

Nicole Paulet Piedra '09 & Peter Smith '10

Chris Solso & Bob Huber (P)

Abdulrahman Hamdan '23

Ola & Bashar Hamdan '96

Amy Hanson (E)

Christie & Douglas Baskett

Lauren Ho '18

Kathryn & John Gurley

Carolyn Hunt '96

Arthur Hunt (P)

Ivik HCW Johansen '16

Anonymous

Rachel Marie Jones AC'90

Yale Jones

Aditya Joshi '91

Rachel Mordecai & Michael Brown PhD '90

Lucy & David Kidwell

Ana Karina Lizárraga MD & Ruben Ayala MD '92

Doreen Kirabo '98

Nancy Colalillo

Cristina T. Kovalik IJ'19

Isabel & Eugene Kovalik PhD (P)

Aleka Kroitzsh '18

Gregory Kroitzsh (P) &

Geeta Anand (P) (T)

DONORS: IN HONOR, IN KIND, IN MEMORY
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Tom Lamberth

Nicole Paulet Piedra '09 & Peter Smith '10

Andras Szollar '04

Isabella Larsen '19

Penny Gordon-Larsen & Robert Larsen (P)

Kabo Mbaakanyi '95

Tlotlo Mooketsi

Aleyda Gonzalez

McKiernan PhD (P)

Aldona Kapacinskaite '09

Eileen McKiernan González PhD '88

Victoria Mora PhD (P) (T) (E)

Joy Davis

Barbara Woll Jones (P)

Ravi Parashar

Chao Lu '04

Past, Present & Future UWCers

Hayley Faba-Sack

Sabina Rivero '21

Milena Rivero

Anna Rogers '03

Janet & Michael Rogers (P)

Petrine Aviaja

Rotvig Rowedder '20

Syndii & Jeff McCreary

Judi Ruprecht (E)

Christie & Douglas Baskett

IN HONOR OF

Zosia Sandweiss '20

Syndii & Jeff McCreary

Rajni Sarin

Gayatri Sarin

William Sarni

William Sarni

Hannah Saulters '12

Elizabeth & Michael Foose (P)

Intesar Shukhi (P)

Antinea Ascione '08

Olga Shuper

Winnie Kwan '93

Ariel Silver '18

Deborah Springhorn & Stephen Silver (P)

Terence Steinberg

Amanda Anderson

Rich Courson

Andrew Meeker

Kip Sumner

Conchi Villar & Klaus Desmet PhD '88 (P) (T)

Chandra Swanson '11

Leia Swanson

Emily Swartz '13

Christina O’Brien

Shana Tinkle '07

Amy & Marshall Tinkle (P)

Xochitl Torres Small

Elisa Cundiff

Justin Turkus '04

Alison Ramarge

Hannah Tyson

Anna Harvey '05

Sal Lavallo '09

Neil Rau MD & Margaret Drent '86

The UWC-USA Faculty

Daniela (Beran) Bar-Am '91 & Eran Bar-Am '91

Natalia Bernal '05

Anja Weiss AC'87 & Martin Weiss '86

Thinh T Vo

Sandra Harris (P)

Katie Wiebke '10

Amy & Mark Wiebke (P)

Eleanor Wilson '22

Ashley & John Wilson (P)

Anika Wistar Jones

Dana Candek

Helen Wright

Therese Quinn

Alethea Wright

Siu Fung Yau '98

Nancy Colalillo

Ashley Yip '18

Kathryn & John Gurley

IN KIND DONORS

Sandra Gastañaduy-Collison '90 & David Collison '90

DONORS: IN HONOR, IN KIND, IN MEMORY (continued)
International Orthodox Christian
Charities

Ivan Alves '87

Ron & Carla (Castellanos) Bass '87

Lilly Fu & Manolo Espinosa '87 (P) (T)

Suzanne Allen Valdivia '86 & Raphael Valdivia PhD '87

Aaron Anderson '00

Valerie Gerber '99

Felice Angemi

Angie & John Christodouleas '94

Ronald & Aloha Baumgarten

Reed Baumgarten '89 (E)

Beatriz y Jose

Thomas Cooper

Patti Bose

Uros Cvetkovic '18

Benedetta, Paola, Francesco, & Giovanni Morari

Classmates who passed on during this pandemic

Taki Rapulane-Lyle '87

Classmates who lost loved ones during this pandemic

Taki Rapulane-Lyle '87

Martin & Trudy Coan

Seth Coan '96

Imogen Curnew '04

Monica Palmeira & Crister Brady '04

Andi Cheney '05

Christina Dragon '05

Stuart Hylton '04

Rachel Markowitz '04

Asad Panjwani '05

Brecht & Wendy Vandaele '04

Allison West '04

Paul D'Agostino

Daniele Vidoni '97

Ake Densert '87

Anonymous '87

Ron & Carla (Castellanos) Bass '87

Lilly Fu & Manolo Espinosa '87 (P) (T)

Suzanne Allen Valdivia '86 & Raphael Valdivia PhD '87

Eino Oernfeldt & Anna Wieslander '87

IN MEMORY OF

Ivel Dixon Rose

Anonymous '84

Louise Drieghe '12

Adela Briansó Junquera '13

Nicolas Montano '13

Louise Drlik

Pamela & Doyle Daves

Eleonora

Agnes Bezeczky

Kyle Faas '95

Anonymous '94

Corey & Sarah Sellers Mayle '95

Jenifer Flynn Walker & Bela August Walker '95

FEW

Anonymous

Lucas Finnegan '98

Jennifer Foerster '98

David Hardel & Hannah Grene '98

Carla Tennenbaum '97

Pablo Flores '97

Yanina Aubrey-Gimenez

Beatriz Diaz Acosta '97 & Jon Larssen PhD '97

Raveena-Flor Lalwani '19

Nicola Mai '97

Steve Kim & Afua Sanders Kim '97

Allison Saunders

UWC Committee Paraguay Family

Friday

Molly Schaaf

Anne Fullerton

Sarah Manges

Reese Fullerton, Jr.

Stuart Bluestone & Judy Naumburg

Georgia Sims Carson & Bill Carson

Kate Ferlic

Sarah Manges

The Simon Charitable FoundationStein & Brockmann

Kimberly Visser-Weinmann

Gloria Hocking

Sam Hocking

Bar Houli '07

Kristin Alveng '07

Jasper Lauderdale '08

Anne Marie Wildt-Andersen '07

J.

Stefano Greco

Ghassan Jaradat '09

Gareth Smit '09

Roger Kenna '85

Sareeta & Bjorn Bjerke '85

Mariam Klait

Volkan Doda

Stephan Klasen '85

The Class of 1985

Anonymous '85 (3)

Jacqueline Bell '85

Tony & Bonnie (Horie) Bennett '85

Sareeta & Bjorn Bjerke '85

Fiona Caldwell '85

Christina Campbell '85

Agneta Eikelenboom '84

Shawn Forbes '85

Felicity Gallagher '85

John Klein-Robbenhaar & Erika Harding '85

Irfan Hasan '85

Caro Perez Alvarado MD '85

Nicole Piche '85

Chris Price MD '85

Jaana Remes PhD '84 & Andres Resendez PhD '85

Erik Poulsen & Helle Ringgaard '85

Afke & Sven van den Hazel MD '85

Bert Legree

Eden Legree & Michael Buckley '89

Leona

Asad Panjwani '05

Joyce & Ray Litherland

Said Al-Nashashibi '01

Carrol & Bob Pearson

Mike Sawicki & Claudia Vincenzi '92

Ted Lockwood

Ann Petit & Ben Thompson '88

Fawaz Lukman '11

Ditha Ni Gusti '10 & Mike Aleman '10

Monical Tidjani & Moustapha

Amadou Tidjani Abdou '11

Pir Maleki

Anonymous '88

Harry Harjono '88

Ann Petit & Ben Thompson '88

Rubina Malkani

Nasim '04

Liza Malkoun '91

Anneke Swinehart '91

Mamiji

Asad Panjwani '05

Dorothy B. Mann

Lindsley Silagi

Nat & Dottie Mann

Duncan RyanMann PhD (P)

Dylan McFarlane '04

Monica Palmeira & Crister Brady '04

Andi Cheney '05

Stuart Hylton '04

Rachel Markowitz '04

Amanda (Monnye) Moletsane '04

Jamie Ronson '04

Allison West '04

Pedro Medina

Anne Marie Wildt-Andersen '07

Olivia Llamas '93

Dorothy & Norman Meredith

Olivia Llamas '93

Corey & Sarah Sellers Mayle '95

Jenifer Flynn Walker & Bela August Walker '95

Joe Nold

Ann Petit & Ben Thompson '88

Riaz Noor

Jehanzeb Noor '00

Janet Owens

Kevin & Dana Brandon '86

Recep Özhan

Hüseyin Özhan '99

Chris Pancoast '95

Jenifer Flynn Walker & Bela August Walker '95

Kaushalya Parashar

Patty Milligan '86

Alexandra Walter & Kathy Gould

Giulio Regeni ’07

Kristin Alveng '07

Eng Han Ng '06

Anne Marie Wildt-Andersen '07

Shen Yoong '08

IN MEMORY OF

Jorge Ricci Raggio '84

Dorota Ratusinska '84

Marvin Rosenblatt

Robert Renner

Molly Moon Samore

David Samore

Ståle Sandberg '94

Durk Boonstra & Loes Becu '94

Eleonora Schinella

Chenxin Jiang

Ole Schmidt '84

Agneta Eikelenboom '84

John & Margaret Schneider

Stacie Speed

Peggy Schneider

Patti Mullin

Kellie Nardin

Ann Schroeder '86

Ron & Carla (Castellanos) Bass '87

Marc Meneghini &

Sandra Encalada PhD '88

Ellen & Diego

Pérez-Salicrup PhD '86

Sebastien Ramseyer '87

Ana Teresa Ferrero &

Manuel Salazar Diez Canseco '86

Fernando Skerl '86

Fanny Louise Spearman Hardin Anonymous '86

Sam & Beatrice Steinberg

Julie Lipman

Jeremy Steinberg

Rick Steinberg

Anonymous

David Sutcliffe

T. Williams-Benzinger & Carl-Eric Benzinger AC '73

Lawrence Tharp

Mary & Tito Chavez

Dan Tyson

Lea Johnson PhD '92

Patty Milligan '86

Asad Panjwani '05

Steve Watkins '98

Aaron Bodwell & Shannon (Duncan) Bodwell '98

Jennifer Foerster '98

Sheila Leach '98 McKinnon '98

Hilary Woodman

Jill Longson

Ankit Yadav

Anonymous

Alexander J. Zerby

Andrew, Ken, Remei, Txell, Roger, Guim, & Nuria

DONORS: IN HONOR, IN KIND, IN MEMORY (continued)

Kimi Jackson ‘92

Although immigration has become a hot button issue debated by people who know very little about it, Kimi Jackson ‘92 comes back to a central truth: immigration is about people’s lives. “My ancestors came to this country to find a place that is safe where they could simply live and contribute,” she said. “That’s what the immigrants I work with every day want. They want to live in safety and to have opportunities.”

Kimi directs the 190 staff members working at the South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR) in Harlingen, Texas. The attorneys and other staff work with minors and adults who have been detained on the southern border to help them access the U.S. immigration system.

“Unlike in our criminal justice system,” Kimi explained, “in the immigration system people do not have a right to representation if they can’t afford it. We do our best to serve these populations by providing referrals to agencies and partners, counseling them on their rights, and representing them directly.”

Kimi’s UWC-USA experience helped her see that she is a pa rt of this world - not just part of this country. “At UWC-USA I learn ed about the importance of doing work that has meaning. And joined a global community that to this day encourages me and supports me in my work.”

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We are grateful to the generous donors who set up the following named endowment funds and encourage additional gifts to any of these funds. To create a new fund (minimum gift of $50,000), please contact Mark Hodde at 505-454-4214.

African Scholarship Endowment Fund

Ari Alex Scholarship Fund

Erick Argueta International Fund

Asian Scholarship Endowment Fund

Bartos Institute for the Resolution of Conflict Fund

Brandenburg Endowment Fund

The Brown Foundation Scholarship Endowment Fund

Campus Center Principal Fund

Castle Endowment Fund

Amadou Cisse Senegalese

Student Aid Endowment Fund

Class of ’89 Endowment Fund

Davis Conflict Area Endowment

Davis Endowment Fund

Davis - Faculty/Staff Development Fund

Sebastien de Halleux Scholarship Endowment

Dwan Light Sanctuary Endowment Fund

Eastern Europe Scholarship Endowment Fund

Lucas J. Finnegan ’98 Scholarship Fund

Frances K. Tyson Endowment Fund

Franklin Endowment Fund

Geier International Scholarship Endowment Fund

Geier Plaza Endowment Fund

General Operating Endowment Fund

General Scholarship Principal Fund

Getz Beneficial Fund Principal

Greek Scholars Endowment Fund

Gulf Interstate Company Endowment Fund

Armand Hammer Memorial Endowment Fund

Helenty Homans Scholarship Endowment

Hoover Fund Principal

The Huntsman Scholarship Fund

Indian Student Scholarship Endowment Fund

Bertrand Kan Merit Scholarship Endowment

Rita and KC Kung Scholarship

Lansing Field House Endowment Fund

Latin American Scholarship Endowment Fund

Lemke Family Scholarship Fund

Lucille Lockwood Principal Fund

Ted Mann Scholarship Fund

Sally C.M. Martin Memorial Endowment Fund

Middle East Endowment Fund

Middle East Scholarship Endowment Fund

Morrie Moss Endowment Fund

Muslim Girls Scholarship Endowment Fund

Chris Pancoast Memorial Scholarship Fund

Kaushalya Parashar Endowment Fund

Anthony Portago Scholarship Endowment

Ron Prieskorn Endowment Fund

Public School Teacher Initiatives in International Education Fund

Victoria Ransom ’95 and Alain Chuard Scholarship

Rifkin Endowment Fund

Carola Warburg Rothschild Fund

Kristian Segerstråle ’96 Scholarship

Socially Aware Endowment Fund

Noam Stampfer Scholarship Endowment Fund I

Noam Stampfer Scholarship Endowment Fund II

Hilde and Fritz Tannhauser Memorial Scholarship

Technology Endowment Fund

Dan Tyson Memorial Endowment Fund

Wilson Family International Endowment Fund

Charles Wong Scholarship

NAMED ENDOWMENTS

Donors who support UWC-USA and the students recognize the importance of the UWC mission and believe in the ways our students and alumni work to make education a force to unite people around the world. The students are deeply grateful for the support we receive each year – we recognize that our community is strong because of the generosity of so many alumni and friends. If you wish to make a donation to support scholarships or any other aspect of the UWC-USA program, please go to uwc-usa.org/give.

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Donors who support UWC-USA and the students recognize the importance of the UWC mission and believe in the ways our students and alumni work to make education a force to unite people around the world. The students are deeply grateful for the support we receive each year – we recognize that our community is strong because of the generosity of so many alumni and friends. If you wish to make a donation to support scholarships or any other aspect of the UWC-USA program, please go to uwc-usa.org/give.

UWC-USA makes education a force to unite people, nations, and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.

P.O. Box 248, Montezuma, NM, 87731 USA uwc-usa.org

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