Named Endowments

The Gifts that Keep on Giving

A gift of $50,000 or more to the Endowment Fund is a gift that grows in perpetuity. The principal of your gift is placed in a managed fund, which assures a maximum return on your important investment in the College.

A portion of the interest is used to fund scholarships for deserving students or to maintain an area of the College, while the rest of the interest is reinvested to assure the growth of the fund. Named endowments are available for both corporate and individual gifts.

Audrey Holm-Hansen, '94
Sets up a Named Endowment: The Gift that Keeps on Giving

An IBM employee, Audrey Holm-Hansen chose to attend Champlain for refresher courses and ended up earning an associate's degree in electrical technology in 1994. This was her third degree -- adding to a bachelor's from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a master's in computer science from UVM. She shares the reasons for establishing a named endowment at Champlain.

"The quality of the professors is outstanding. Dick Harter and George Bradford taught most of my classes and they were fantastic -- two of the best teachers I have ever had in my life. Champlain is a small school so I was never treated like a number.

My father died of cancer the year I turned 40. In thinking through his eulogy, I remembered how he had also put himself through college part-time after already having worked in industry for several years. He was always trying to improve himself. I had been donating to Champlain regularly to say thanks for the quality education I'd received. With my father's death at a relatively young age, I saw that life is a gift. I wanted to help others who were also trying to improve themselves, and decided to endow a scholarship to honor my father's memory.

Staying connected with Champlain has let me touch the future. I like knowing that this endowment will help others get a quality education, and I hope that they, in turn, will use that education to carry on the tradition and help others who follow to do the same."

Audrey Michaelis Holm-Hansen
Class of 1994
South Burlington, Vermont

Thank you for caring about the future of Champlain College.
If you have any questions or would like additional information about how to establish an endowment fund at Champlain please contact us at Development@champlain.edu or call us at 1-866-421-7171 (toll free) or 802-383-6620 (local).