ALUMNI GIVING Below are just a few stories which highlight how support from our alumni community is helping to enrich diversity at the College through the Scholarship Programme, expand the reach of our environmental initiatives and enhance the learning experience for all.
S$590,361 Gifts from alumni in 2016/2017
21%
Of 2016/2017 donors are alumni
53% 21 OneºNorth December 2017
Of Reunion 2017* attendees participated in Reunion Class Giving
* Reunion 2017 celebrated the Classes of ’72, ’77, ’82, ’87, ’92, ’97 and ’07.
To support others to experience a UWC education …
To support the health of our planet …
Sisters, Nang Lang Kham ’07, Nang Kham Noung (Marlene) ’09 and Nang Mo Hom ’14, created a two-year scholarship for a student from their home country of Myanmar.
Solar for Dover is a student-led initiative, which aims to reduce the carbon emissions of the College. What began as one student’s Grade 5 Exhibition of Learning project has grown into a College-wide movement to increase our use of solar energy.
“A United World College education is a unique way of learning that prepares every student for the wider world. As students, we were not only taught a varied curriculum but also the core values of mutual respect, integrity and investing back into our community. For our family, the decision to sponsor a scholarship was an obvious choice. As it has provided us with an opportunity to pay it forward and provide a student with an invaluable education that will set them up for life.” Leon Le Mercier ’94, made a gift to the Scholarship Programme to enable more students to experience a UWC education. “Exposure at such a formative time in your life to so many cultures, beliefs and attitudes give you a different outlook on life. I believe that if you can help kids from less-privileged backgrounds to attend the College, and they then take the UWC values back to positively impact their communities, it can be a game changer. It could solve a lot of problems in the world.”
Since 2014, over 500 panels have been installed on Dover Campus through the student-led Solar for Dover programme. Having just passed the half-way point of this ambitious plan, the students are already seeing fantastic results with the panels providing enough energy to light 70 classrooms. The alumni community has been incredibly supportive of this initiative by adopting a total of 83 panels and contributing S$60,000 in donations towards Solar for Dover. Jorge Vizcaino, ’87, chose to adopt a panel. “As a former student of UWCSEA, I firmly believe in the mission and goals of UWCSEA and their support for renewable energies. The Solar for Dover project exemplifies this mission and is a valuable step in empowering our young citizens of the world. By creating a world consciousness of these renewable sources of energy, it will ultimately make a difference in the health of our planet”.
