Ganders Lecture Endowment Fund Being student-centered means bringing the outside world to students so they can consider and debate the challenges that face them. That is the purpose of the Ganders Lecture Series, which highlights educational issues of importance to both our students and students throughout the University. This fund was established in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Student Dean Program, an initiative that, between 1931 and 1960, prepared 800 young women for leadership roles in secondary and higher education. The scholarship supports talented female graduate students in the Student Affairs Administration Program. Ways of Giving Each year thousands of donors contribute gifts to Syracuse University in a variety of forms.
Many contributions are outright gifts or pledges of cash.
Some donors prefer to make a multi-year pledge to be paid over a specific period of time. Others prefer to establish an endowment fund to support a scholarship or program in perpetuity. Annual Gifts Annual gifts provide operating support for the University and its schools and colleges on a yearly basis. Endowment Endowment gifts give forever. A gift of bonds or of stocks and mutual fund shares that have been held longer than a year gives you a deduction against income tax at the full gift value.