Annual Report - University Liggett School

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The Fund forexcellenceThank you for engagingin the “habit” that isexcellence at ULS.– Catherine G. RoggAssistant Head of SchoolDirector of Developmentand Alumni RelationsI recently spent some time in our Archives. Having such along and rich history provides us with decades of records, avariety of publications, historical fundraising programs andwonderful stories of student accomplishment. The 2007-08year had much to contribute to those same archives with aplethora of exciting advertising, the launch of the LiggettScholars program, dynamic athletic accomplishments,creative and daring artistic achievements, diverse collegeacceptances and successful new events. The year was spent intransition and self-discovery. The school received its ISACSaccreditation, the Board of Trustees led and completed anambitious strategic planning process, and our annual Fundfor Excellence goals were surpassed.At the beginning of the year, we changed the name of theAnnual Fund to the Fund for Excellence. This change camefrom efforts to create a name that embodied the purposeof the fund. Year after year we return to our faithful donorsand communicate with our new families and alumni themessage that our annual fund is the foundation of ourfundraising programs; it “bridges the gap” between theprice of tuition and the cost of educating each child. Themoney we raise annually helps us meet our promise toeducate our students in the best environment, with thebest teachers, for the best outcome. It provides supportacross all divisions and all programs—from lights in theclassrooms to field trips, from one-on-one teacher/studentsessions to classrooms rich in resources, from technologicalenhancements to library acquisitions. Our annual fundprovides the margin of excellence for which we strive on adaily basis.In the Archives, I ran across a large publication with onlyone word across its glossy cover in two inch, blue letters– “Excellence.” It was the campaign literature for GrossePointe University School’s Program of Excellence campaignin 1966. It begins, “The Grosse Pointe University Schoolhas many reasons for being, but one overrides all the rest.It is excellence.”This discovery was an affirmation that history repeatsitself, that our history is rooted in a tradition of excellence,and that our new name carries an old message, one thatdefines the efforts we make every day as trustees, faculty,administration, staff, students, parents and alumni.Artistotle in his wisdom once articulated what we seekto express. “Excellence is an art won by training andhabituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtueor excellence, but we rather have those because we haveacted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence,then, is not an act but a habit.”Thank you for your part in our past, present, and future.Thank you for engaging in the “habit” that is excellenceat ULS.16 17
2007-08Fund for ExcellenceGifts by Society18 19
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Page 8 and 9: Why give?University Liggett School
Page 12 and 13: Rivista Society - ($25,000 & Above)
Page 14 and 15: Knights Society - (Up to $499)Mr. P
Page 16 and 17: Lisa Brown Lee ’98Mrs. Judith A.
Page 18 and 19: “Whether you have been around the
Page 20 and 21: “As members of the faculty, we ar
Page 22 and 23: “Continuing to provide the best e
Page 24 and 25: Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Fisher IIIJoh
Page 26 and 27: When the Stars Come OutThis event a
Page 28 and 29: Gifts-in-Kind and Sponsorshipsedmun
Page 30 and 31: “Contributing to the Fund for Exc
Page 32 and 33: Capital and Restricted GiftsPatrons
Page 34 and 35: CLASS OF 2008Dr. Marquita S. Bedway
Page 36 and 37: CLASS OF 2017Mr. & Mrs. Ted H. Alpe
Page 38 and 39: Memorial GiftsIn Memory of James Ro
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Page 42 and 43: Mrs. Robert S. DunskyMr. & Mrs. Mas
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