RECONNECT CHALLENGE

Wheeling Jesuit University is on a mission to reconnect with EVERY ALUM. Our hope is that alumni will reconnect with classmates and provide input and support of our three key initiatives: Strategic Plan Implementation, Campus Renovation and Athletic Infrastructure.

Reconnect Challenge
1,000 Alumni Donors by June, 30, 2012

As we reconnect with all alumni, we are challenging 1,000 of you to become donors by June 30, 2012, which will double our alumni participation. Foundations and corporations look to alumni loyalty in their funding of major initiatives. Your gift of any amount helps us obtain this crucial outside funding. Please make a gift today.

Learn more about WJU's new strategic plan, or email President Richard Beyer at president@wju.edu.

 

ANNUAL FUND

The Annual Fund is an important source of private financial support that ensures the University meets its mission to educate students for life, for leadership, and for service with and among others. Gifts support student scholarships, library books, classroom equipment, academic research and much more. The Annual Fund provides vital resources that have allowed the University to achieve and maintain its current levels of educational excellence.

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ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP CAMPAIGN

With the endorsement and approval of the University administration, WJU's athletic department has launched the Cardinal Athletic Scholarship Campaign to increase athletic scholarships. The goal is to raise $1 million over a five-year period. These endowed scholarships would be additional assistance above the annual $950,000 provided by the University, which the administration has pledged to continue at the current, or even at an increased level. Make Your Gift Online Now.

LAUT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Wheeling Jesuit University has announced the 2012 recipients of the Stephen J. Laut, S.J. Memorial Scholarship.

The four-year, full-tuition scholarships were awarded to high school seniors Anh-Dao Le of St. Clairsville, Ohio, and Elizabeth Sacco of Bentleyville, Pa.

Le and Sacco competed for the prestigious award in January, going up against a field of 18 other students from throughout the country.

"We congratulate the 2012 Laut Scholarship honorees. Their success inside and outside the classroom is representative of this distinction. I am confident they will honor the vision of our founding Jesuit fathers," said Larry Vallar, vice president of enrollment management. Read more...