Clark: Seniors, and soon to be fellow alumni, congratulations on graduating from Sarah Lawrence College! We accomplished something incredible this year that will have a lasting impact on Sarah Lawrence.
Alesha: Our willingness to support our senior class gift shows, as a class, how much we value our experience and our time here. We want to make certain that future students have avenues to life changing academic opportunities, like the ones we received during our time here. Three out of every four students receive financial aid that enables them to attend Sarah Lawrence. This is made possible through the generous support of alumni, parents, friends, and students like us.
Clark: If you haven’t participated yet, but would still like to, gifts to our Senior Class Gift effort can be made through May 31st! Ensuring that the doors to transformative student experiences remain open is what the senior class gift is all about. As alumni, we may now continue the momentum from this year’s endeavors and, dollar by dollar, make it possible for students to attend Sarah Lawrence who wouldn’t otherwise have access to the College. If we stay engaged, we can continue to positively impact the future of Sarah Lawrence and our fellow Gryphons.
Alesha: Thank you firstly to President Cristle Collins Judd for graciously, wholeheartedly matching every senior’s gift this year with a symbolic 22 dollars representative of our class year. Thank you to the generous donors who provided giving challenges throughout the year to encourage donations! And finally, thank you to the class of 2022 for supporting the College and future students! Congratulations again for your achievements and we can’t wait to see the extraordinary ways you create change in your communities and in the world.
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