Wolfson Plans & Prospects 2019

Fundraising aims and ambitions
Fundraising
Aims and ambitions for 2019–20
SUPPORTING WOLFSON
The generosity of Wolfson’s alumni
and friends has a huge impact on the
life of the College. In recent years, the
Academic Wing, the Leonard Wolfson
auditorium, the 50 DPhil scholarships
established to coincide with the
College’s fiftieth anniversary, and the
vitality of Wolfson’s academic clusters,
from the Ancient World to Quantum
Physics, are testament to the value
of all gifts, large and small, from the
College’s many supporters.
In 2018–19, your generosity was
instrumental in making several
important initiatives happen. In
this publication two years ago, we
appealed for support to provide
academics at risk with a temporary
safe place to continue their academic
work and research. Wolfsonians’
response was tremendous. Thanks
to more than 100 alumni and friends,
supplemented by a wonderful gift
of $400,000 from an anonymous
benefactor, the College will host at
least six at-risk academics and their
families over the next six years.
SUPPORTING STUDENTS
Supporting students through
scholarships and increasing the
number of fully-funded research
fellowships is at the heart of Wolfson’s
fundraising ambitions. We want to
ensure that Wolfson continues to take
the best graduate students from the
UK and around the world – and to
make education at Wolfson open to
people from all walks of life. To do so
requires more scholarships and more
support for students who encounter
unexpected hardship.
Thanks to the generosity of alumnus
Simon Harrison, who received a DPhil
in Applied Physics in 1972, the College
has been able to offer nine fullyfunded
DPhil scholarships in physics
and computer science. The Wolfson
Harrison UK Research Council Physics
Scholarship and the Wolfson Harrison
UK Research Council Quantum
Foundation Scholarship were awarded
again in 2018–19. These are two of
the many scholarships made possible
by Wolfsonians’ philanthropy.
In the current environment,
students need all the help they
can get. Hundreds of alumni
have made donations to Wolfson
College over the past decade,
some of them making gifts every
year. To help us grow the pool of
funding available for scholarships
and other student support, please
make a contribution today by
visiting:
www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/make-gift
If you are a US tax payer, visit:
www.oxfordna.org/donate
If you pay tax in Canada or any
other part of the world, visit:
www.campaign.ox.ac.uk/
wolfson-college
LEGACIES
Legacies have been vital to Wolfson
since the College’s earliest days and
are essential to its future. Across five
decades, Wolfsonians have benefitted
from the generosity of predecessors
who have helped the College flourish
by making legacy gifts.
In 2018–19 two generous legacies,
from the estates of Geoffrey Garton
and Andrew Watson, have enhanced
the College’s buildings, environment,
and cultural life. Thanks to the
generosity of Dr Garton, a former
Fellow and Bursar of Wolfson, we
have established a permanent
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