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No. Ms. Scott believes in adding value by empowering the organizations she supports and allowing those on the front lines of challenges to spend the funds as they see fit for the benefit of others. , Ms. Scott reports that trusting grantees has increased the impact of her philanthropy. Æðµã´«Ã½ has committed to using the funds in the spirit in which they were given, emphasizing the power of higher education as “a proven pathway to opportunity.”

Building from the principles and priorities developed university-wide as part of the Æðµã´«Ã½ Strategic Plan, the President’s Cabinet worked closely with each of the university’s deans to develop recommendations on where the funds could provide the most impact for Æðµã´«Ã½ students. The university president selected projects and programs for support based on these recommendations.

Æðµã´«Ã½’s University Advancement team developed our three philanthropic priorities (Future Paths, Emerging Technologies, and Campus Modernization) in order to communicate the ways Æðµã´«Ã½ empowers our students for a lifetime of success and to catalyze philanthropic support for the university’s short- and long-term success. The three priorities arose from a year-long process drawing on insights from across university leadership.