NSB Spring 2013 - University of Nevada, Reno

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