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NMU Day of Giving
Northern holds its seventh annual NMU Day of Giving on Tuesday, November 28. Alumni and friends from across the globe come together to help increase academic resources and expand critical access and aid for NMU students. NMU Day of Giving is the opportunity to keep the natural spirit that supports NMU alive and well.
In 2021, for the first time ever, the Student Leader Fellowship Program was featured on NMU’s Day of Giving. This was exciting for our program as it is an amazing opportunity for us to help get even closer to having the program fully financially supported for the foreseeable future.
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30 Years of Service to our Communities
Impact of the SLFP
Since its creation in 1991, the 1,362 graduates of the SLFP have logged 146,003 volunteer and community leadership hours at 590 different sites in the Marquette community and across the world. In addition, over 900 individual community members have served as leadership mentors and role models for SLFP members. The synergy between student leaders, community members and nonprofit/volunteer organizations has made a positive impact on countless lives.
How You Can Make a Difference
Every gift helps provide SLFP students with mentor relationships, community internships, the Fall Retreat, a graduation ceremony and everything in between.
There are two ways you can direct support to our program. Annual gifts designated to the SLFP fund provide immediately available financial resources to expand the SLFP experience. A gift directed to the David L. Bonsall Endowment adds to an ongoing source of income that enhances stability and allows for future program growth.
Both options are significant to funding SLFP’s current and future needs and we thank you for giving to this exceptional NMU tradition.
How Giving Supports the SLFP
Giving directly to the SLFP helps fund essential program components like the annual Fall Retreat, internship planning meetings, networking, and social events, support for the Skill Builder! workshop series and the graduation ceremony.
Giving to the David L. Bonsall Endowment Fund will help ensure that the SLFP can continue its commitment to developing competent, ethical and community-centered leaders well into the future. The goal of the fund is to eventually make the SLFP a self-sustaining program and guarantee that the SLFP will be a fixture of the NMU student experience.
The endowment fund was renamed to honor a key contributor and role model of the SLFP - Dave Bonsall. Dave was instrumental in creating the SLFP. He helped write the initial grant that started the program and was involved with coordinating and sustaining the program for 22 years. Dave is still involved with the SLFP in a number of ways. Perhaps most important of all, Dave lives his life in a way that exemplifies the vision and goals of this tremendous program. For these reasons and more, the SLFP endowment will forever bear his name.
Program Donors
2022-2023 Financial Donors
$500+ Student Fellow Sponsors
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Daniel & Kristen Blood Dave & Sandy Bonsall Dr. and Mrs. Robert Kulisheck |
Eric Bolduc & Dr. Daniella Vasquez Dr. Christine & Kreg Greer Dr. Alexis Eckard |
Dr. James & Kathleen Keplinger Cindy Paavola
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$250+ Student Fellow Sponsors
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David Buick Heidi Ernst Roger & Michelle Todzy II |
Mary Kellermann Amy Schulz
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Rachel and John Harris Brenden and Sara Franklin
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$100+ Friends of the Student Leader Fellowship Program
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James Anderson & Vicki Wurzburg Allison Bowles James Boileau Merry Jo Brandimore Peter & Wanita Comensoli Kelly & Brett Brende Alysa Diebolt Dr. Judith & Brendon Bailey
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Amanda Hawkins Thomas Humphrey Kara Henehan Kenneth & Debbie Jones Mary Kellermann Lisa & Paul Kotz Dency Lippert J'Aimee & David Lippert
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Elizabeth Luce Robert & Carolyn Myers, Jr. Edward & Sara Niemi Jill Phillips Angela Rickard Amy Uecke Nicole Weber Victoria Leonhardt
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Friends of the Student Leader Fellowship Program
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Brianne Steele Joan Carmichael Kevin & Jessica Corkin Yvonne Bonsall Courtney Brown Karen Dubow Barbara & Andrew Gooch Eric Wilson
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Nichole & Jon Sandoval Gretchen Reis & Gary Weber Dr. Gina Frank Amanda Lynch Daniel Lee Gregory & Renee Goetz Gavin & Sara Telfer Exxon Mobile Foundation
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Erin Sikkema & Darryn Adams Ryan Watling Connie & Faye Williams Alexander Wolfe Timothy & Dianne Bennett Lynn & Steven Gosian Victoria Steinbrunner
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