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Class of 2008 Leave Their Legacy
The Class of 2008 raised a total of $5,711 for The Mines Fund
through the student-organized Hand It Off campaign. With 20
percent of class members—102 donors—contributing to the gift,
the 2008 graduating seniors accomplished their goal of beating the
previous year’s participation rate of 18 percent. The Hand It Off
campaign was strengthened by a contribution from the Class of 2007
senior gift committee and generous matches from President and Mrs.
Scoggins, as well as two members of Mines’ Board of Trustees, Frank
DeFilippo ’72 and Terrance Tschatschula.
“We chose to designate our class gift to The Mines Fund because it
supports Mines’ highest-priority needs,” says Stacie LaRocque ’08, cochair
of the Hand It Off campaign. Stacie continues, “We have benefited
from the generosity of alumni who came before us, and we want to
return the favor to ensure that future students have the same valuable
experiences we had.”
“Carolyn and I have contributed to The Mines
Fund each year since my graduation in the early
1970s because Mines graduates possess the
unique skills needed not only to develop the new
technologies and industrial processes that sustain
our modern society, but also to address the
environmental consequences of those processes.
By supporting Colorado School of Mines, we
can help keep our country competitive in the global economy
and enhance the sustainable development of our planet’s natural
resources.”
~Bill Fishback BS CPR ’70, M Eng CPR ’72
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