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Alumni association gift supports vision fund in honor of new president
The James Madison University
Alumni Association announced a major matching gift donation to JMU on Sunday,
in celebration of Jonathan R. Alger’s March 15 inauguration as the university’s
sixth president.
The association’s board of
directors, the representative body of Madison’s alumni, will invest up to
$100,000 into the Madison Forever Vision Fund.
The
Madison Forever Vision Fund provides flexible dollars for use as: seed money
for new program development; resources for retaining exceptional
talent; funds for strategic partnerships; and support for other programs
which will lead to JMU becoming the national model for the engaged university.
“Giving
is all about leverage. The alumni association’s gift to the Madison Forever
Vision Fund will allow us to match every two dollars given with one dollar from
the alumni association,” said Jamie Jones Miller (’99), alumni association
president. “We want to hold the door open for other people to take the same
path we’ve taken. That’s really important for us to continue giving our time,
talent and treasure back to the university.”
The alumni association’s
financial commitment will provide a 50-percent match to all donations to the
fund through June 1, 2013, up to a maximum of $100,000. It’s the second major
gift commitment from the association in three years, and will potentially equal
in value the $100,000 donation it made to JMU in 2011 during the association’s
100th anniversary.
Inauguration Week at JMU opened March 11 and
continues through March 16 — James Madison’s 262nd birthday. The
ceremony inaugurating President Alger is Friday, March 15 at 11:15 a.m. at the
JMU Convocation Center, with live coverage on jmu.edu via Web telecast.
