NSB Spring 2013 - University of Nevada, Reno
NSB Spring 2013 - University of Nevada, Reno
NSB Spring 2013 - University of Nevada, Reno
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Parent Donors<br />
Parents Fund supports<br />
Career Studio and financial<br />
classes for students<br />
The Parents Fund at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nevada</strong>, <strong>Reno</strong> has provided<br />
funding for two new projects benefitting students during their time<br />
at the <strong>University</strong> and beyond: new furniture for the soon-to-beopened<br />
<strong>Nevada</strong> Career Studio, where students will have interviews<br />
and meetings with employers; and a two-year contract with ASA, an<br />
educational s<strong>of</strong>tware company that will provide free online financial<br />
responsibility and debt management classes to all <strong>Nevada</strong> students.<br />
The classes will be mandatory for all students receiving financial aid<br />
and optional for others.<br />
“Both the <strong>Nevada</strong> Career Studio and the financial responsibility<br />
classes are ways that we can prepare our students for life beyond the<br />
<strong>University</strong>,” says Shannon Ellis, vice president for student services.<br />
The Parents Fund has raised nearly $200,000 to support student<br />
programs on campus since its establishment in 2004. In 2011, the<br />
<strong>University</strong> received funding for three new passenger vans for the ASUN<br />
Campus Escort Service, a free service that provides prompt safety<br />
escorts and more than 30,000 rides to students, faculty staff and visitors<br />
The <strong>Nevada</strong> Career Studio, located in the Thompson Building, will<br />
provide a space for students to meet with prospective employers.<br />
per academic year. The vans were made possible through donations to<br />
the <strong>University</strong> Parents Fund and gifts from the Stern Family Foundation,<br />
the Bring Bri Justice Foundation, Carson Dodge Chrysler Jeep,<br />
ASUN and the Graduate Student Association.<br />
—Roseann Keegan<br />
To learn more about supporting the Parents Fund, please contact Lynda Buhlig ’84, executive director <strong>of</strong> development, at (775) 682-6013 or lbuhlig@unr.edu.<br />
Photo by Theresa Danna-Douglas<br />
NEVADA SILVER & BLUE • <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2013</strong> • Honor Roll <strong>of</strong> Donors – Jan.1-Dec. 31, 2012<br />
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