One generation plants the tree, the next gets the shade. Announcing the DCU Alumni Access Scholarship Endowment Fund

The DCU Alumni Association is delighted to announce the establishment of DCU’s first Alumni Scholarship Endowment Fund thanks to ongoing contributions from Alumni participation in the DCU Annual Fund and Alumni affinity programmes. Recipients of these scholarships would not attend DCU without this support. As the demand for Access places at university grows, it is becoming increasingly important for DCU to build permanently endowed scholarships that will generate a sustainable source of income for the future. With an endowed gift, the contribution is invested and a portion of earned interest is disbursed each year as a scholarship.

Like all traditions, endowed scholarships take time to grow and are built with consistent participation, but when the endowment is sufficiently funded, it will generate scholarships in perpetuity for the Access Programme. The Alumni Association and the Annual Fund are sowing the seeds with a combined total gift of €18,000 to establish the DCU Alumni Access Scholarship Endowment Fund. We will keep you up to date on how it grows each year.

Cathy Holahan (EE,85, MBA,05) from the Alumni Council said “We, the Alumni council, are delighted to be involved in something so far reaching for the future of education. The Alumni association is proud to support this initiative through its affinity programmes; we hope that all DCU Alumni will be proud of these special scholarships we have created in their name”.