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Black Alumni Fund Raising Campaigns

The most important fundraising campaign at this time is the naming of the alumni lounge in the new Erickson Alumni Center (EAC). The lounge will be named in honor of Nate Ruffin, thanks to a gift pledged by Black Alumni, Inc. 

For more information on this campaign, please go to this link.

Previous Black Alumni Fundraising Campaigns 

Black Alumni previously launched Campaign 2003. The objective of this campaign was to reach an even a higher goal than achieved for the successful Campaigns 2000-2002. Black Alumni desires to continue building a legacy to help our black students succeed at Marshall University and to assure the growth and vision of Black Alumni. The Campaign 2003 monies were primarily be used to establish an endowed scholarship and to help students with textbooks and tutorial assistance through the African American Students Office.  

Campaign 2000 was the beginning of Black Alumni's desire to establish a legacy to help our black students succeed at Marshall University. Money from  Campaign 2000 was used to establish a loan program to help students with textbooks through the African American Students Office. Money from subsequent Campaigns 2001 and 2002 was used to establish the Nate Ruffin Scholarship Fund. 

Scholarships will be awarded annually to Marshall University students based on the following criteria:

• Priority will be given to African American students. Recipients must be enrolled as a full-time Marshall University undergraduate or graduate student. 

• The student must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 undergraduates and 3.0 graduates.

Gifts to the Black Alumni Fund raising Campaigns are tax deductible via The Marshall University Foundation Inc.