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re: Note to Out of State Alums
Posted on 8/26/10 at 7:03 pm to LSUmomma
Posted on 8/26/10 at 7:03 pm to LSUmomma
This is the full copy of Martin's letter to Alumni Chapters.
To: LSU Alumni Chapters
From: Michael Martin, LSU Chancellor
Date: August 24, 2010
Re: Changes to LSU Scholarships
Dear LSU Alumni,
As some of LSU’s most loyal supporters, you are often at the forefront of promoting and advocating for our University. Through words and deeds you are always showing others what it truly means to be a Tiger and your enthusiasm often encourages young people from within your circles to attend LSU. For this, we are truly grateful and want to assist you in all such efforts to spread the word about our great University.
It is from this perspective that I am writing to inform you that there have been some recent changes in the LSU scholarship program. I want to make you aware of the changes and explain to you why they were made so that you will be well informed when speaking to prospective students and to the LSU faithful.
Undoubtedly, you are aware that LSU’s incoming freshman class gets better every year. The Fall 2009 freshman class had an average ACT score approaching a 26. Consequently, more and more students each year are qualifying for LSU scholarships and awards. While the quality of our students has improved in past years, state funding for LSU has declined. This reality has forced us to revisit our scholarship programs and initiate an 8-month detailed analysis examining the competitiveness of LSU scholarships in the marketplace.
Our findings led to a restructuring of scholarship packages at LSU to make us more competitive with our peer universities and to better serve our top applicants.
As part of this process, some of the scholarships and awards for nonresident students have changed. Perhaps the most notable change in nonresident awards is the elimination of the Bengal Legacy scholarship, which waived 75% of the nonresident fee for the children of LSU alumni who do not live in Louisiana.
While we certainly value our alumni and regret the discontinuation of the Bengal Legacy scholarship, our new scholarship offerings will provide a more consistent and financially stable program for the University. We are confident that many nonresident children of our alumni will qualify for assistance under the new structure.
In addition, by utilizing the funds that were once dedicated to the Bengal Legacy award for other scholarship programs, LSU will be able to better serve top applicants and thus will be more competitive with other flagship universities around the nation. Please note, however, that students currently attending the University on the Bengal Legacy award will not be affected; LSU will honor its commitment to these students.
The enclosed document will provide you with all of the details on our new scholarship programs for nonresident students.
Please know that we have spent a great deal of time and consideration shaping these scholarship changes, and please help us spread the word throughout your alumni chapter about the changes. Thank you again for all you do to support LSU and Geaux Tigers!
Sincerely,
Michael Martin
Chancellor
To: LSU Alumni Chapters
From: Michael Martin, LSU Chancellor
Date: August 24, 2010
Re: Changes to LSU Scholarships
Dear LSU Alumni,
As some of LSU’s most loyal supporters, you are often at the forefront of promoting and advocating for our University. Through words and deeds you are always showing others what it truly means to be a Tiger and your enthusiasm often encourages young people from within your circles to attend LSU. For this, we are truly grateful and want to assist you in all such efforts to spread the word about our great University.
It is from this perspective that I am writing to inform you that there have been some recent changes in the LSU scholarship program. I want to make you aware of the changes and explain to you why they were made so that you will be well informed when speaking to prospective students and to the LSU faithful.
Undoubtedly, you are aware that LSU’s incoming freshman class gets better every year. The Fall 2009 freshman class had an average ACT score approaching a 26. Consequently, more and more students each year are qualifying for LSU scholarships and awards. While the quality of our students has improved in past years, state funding for LSU has declined. This reality has forced us to revisit our scholarship programs and initiate an 8-month detailed analysis examining the competitiveness of LSU scholarships in the marketplace.
Our findings led to a restructuring of scholarship packages at LSU to make us more competitive with our peer universities and to better serve our top applicants.
As part of this process, some of the scholarships and awards for nonresident students have changed. Perhaps the most notable change in nonresident awards is the elimination of the Bengal Legacy scholarship, which waived 75% of the nonresident fee for the children of LSU alumni who do not live in Louisiana.
While we certainly value our alumni and regret the discontinuation of the Bengal Legacy scholarship, our new scholarship offerings will provide a more consistent and financially stable program for the University. We are confident that many nonresident children of our alumni will qualify for assistance under the new structure.
In addition, by utilizing the funds that were once dedicated to the Bengal Legacy award for other scholarship programs, LSU will be able to better serve top applicants and thus will be more competitive with other flagship universities around the nation. Please note, however, that students currently attending the University on the Bengal Legacy award will not be affected; LSU will honor its commitment to these students.
The enclosed document will provide you with all of the details on our new scholarship programs for nonresident students.
Please know that we have spent a great deal of time and consideration shaping these scholarship changes, and please help us spread the word throughout your alumni chapter about the changes. Thank you again for all you do to support LSU and Geaux Tigers!
Sincerely,
Michael Martin
Chancellor
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Posted on 8/27/10 at 3:36 am to randyb
Why would out-of-state alums be motivated to support the university when the university won't support them?
I always gave for no real reason, and two of my three were offered all but full rides (everything other than room and board) on an academic basis. Later one of those two went to the LSU Medical School and experienced Katrina. She married a fellow doc from the same class. They are both in their residencies. Does anyone think this action is going to create good-will on their part?
I'll be honest, my kids (all three now) are past going to LSU. They all went to much better academic universities than LSU, and I will still give to LSU, but I think this is an incredibly short-sighted policy on the part of the Chancellor.
I always gave for no real reason, and two of my three were offered all but full rides (everything other than room and board) on an academic basis. Later one of those two went to the LSU Medical School and experienced Katrina. She married a fellow doc from the same class. They are both in their residencies. Does anyone think this action is going to create good-will on their part?
I'll be honest, my kids (all three now) are past going to LSU. They all went to much better academic universities than LSU, and I will still give to LSU, but I think this is an incredibly short-sighted policy on the part of the Chancellor.
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