{"id":3197,"date":"2023-03-30T13:37:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T13:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3197"},"modified":"2023-03-30T13:37:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T13:37:30","slug":"siu-credit-union-donates-45k-for-siu-day-of-giving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3197","title":{"rendered":"SIU Credit Union donates $45K for SIU Day of Giving"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pictured left to right: Jennifer Phillips, Mike Lantrip, Chancellor Austin A. Lane, Sara Bond, Kim Babington, Tom Brummer, Brian Croft, Matt Kupec, John Pollitz, Mark Dynis, and Kevin Clark.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As has become tradition, the SIU Credit Union kicked off the SIU Day of Giving with a donation to multiple areas of campus.<\/p>\n

This year, the SIU Credit Union donated $45,000, which included $20,000 to SIU\u2019s New Student Programs, $15,000 to Touch of Nature Environmental Center, and $10,000 to Morris Library.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want this partnership with SIU,\u201d said Kim Babington, SIU Credit Union Vice President of Community Outreach. \u201cIt helps not only the credit union grow, but it helps SIU grow. That helps us here in our economy in Carbondale.\u201d<\/p>\n

Members of the credit union team gathered Thursday, March 23, at Anthony Hall to present Chancellor Austin Lane and other SIU representatives with the check before the Day of Giving officially started.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur students need to bridge the financial gaps, and this is one way for them to be able to do that,\u201d said Chancellor Lane.<\/p>\n

For the credit union, making such a donation reflects its mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been here my whole life, so being able to give back to the university that helped me get to where I am is a great feeling,\u201d said Mike Lantrip, SIU Credit Union President and CEO and a 1991 graduate of SIU\u2019s College of Business and Analytics.<\/p>\n

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Pictured left to right: Jennifer Phillips, Chancellor Austin A. Lane, Mike Lantrip, Kim Babington, Tena Bennett, Jennifer Jones-Hall and Mark Dynis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Student Programs facilitates the integration of students into campus and the community. These funds will enhance its ability to engage with students.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of the funds that we receive go back to the students to really enrich their experience while they\u2019re on campus,\u201d said Jennifer Phillips, director of New Student Programs.<\/p>\n

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Pictured left to right: Sara Bond, Chancellor Austin A. Lane, Mike Lantrip, Tom Brummer, Kim Babington, Tena Bennett, Brian Croft and Mark Dynis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Touch of Nature Environmental Center is a premier outdoor activity facility in the Midwest. The funds will largely go toward the Dawg Days summer camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe money that SIU Credit Union is giving us is really going to help us grow and expand,\u201d said Brian Croft, director at Touch of Nature. \u201cDawg Days is, in essence, a four-day, three-night summer camp for incoming freshmen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pictured left to right: Sara Bond, Chancellor Austin A. Lane, Mike Lantrip, Mark Dynis, Kim Babington, Kevin Clark and John Pollitz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dean of Library Affairs John Pollitz said the library\u2019s portion of the funds are earmarked for furthering their vision for the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to be using this donation to establish the Digital Scholars Commons on the first floor of the library,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The credit union\u2019s generosity was just the spark at the beginning of a record-breaking SIU Day of Giving. The SIU Foundation raised $4,037,918 through 3,702 individual gifts during the seventh annual 24-hour fundraiser. For more details, visit siuday.siu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As has become tradition, the SIU Credit Union kicked off the SIU Day of Giving with a donation to multiple areas of campus. This year, the SIU Credit Union donated $45,000, which included $20,000 to SIU\u2019s New Student Programs, $15,000 to Touch of Nature Environmental Center, and $10,000 to Morris Library. \u201cWe want this partnership … Continue reading SIU Credit Union donates $45K for SIU Day of Giving<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3202,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197\/revisions\/3202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}