It's hard to believe it has been 35 years since we walked through the Sallyport and went on to life "Beyond the Hedges". In November 2013 we will celebrate our reunion during homecoming and present a class gift to the Rice Annual Fund. General Information: The Rice Annual Fund is Rice University’s most powerful giving program. Ninety percent of the charitable gifts made to Rice are contributed thr
ough the Annual Fund. Last year, 35 percent of Rice alumni showed their support of the university by making a contribution. With over 200 alumni and parent volunteers and nearly 10,000 gifts each year, the Annual Fund is a driving force behind Rice University’s Centennial Campaign, the $1 billion campus wide fundraising effort. At the core of the Centennial Campaign is a deeply rooted, century-long commitment to undergraduate and graduate education. From the beginning, Rice’s founding president Edgar Odell Lovett understood that for our students to become extraordinary leaders, we must continuously build a multifaceted educational experience that speaks as much to students’ intelligence as to their hearts, as much to intellectual discovery as to the spirit of friendship. Today, the Rice Annual Fund is the university’s most powerful means of reaffirming and sustaining Lovett’s vision for educating the whole student. The Annual Fund’s unrestricted, immediate-use funds will ensure the success of the campaign through a time of significant transformation and enhancements. These funds essentially serve as a bridge between what will be accomplished at the culmination of the Centennial Campaign, an eight-year effort, and what needs to be funded today.