Tuesday, October 2, 1984TThe Battalion/Page 5
MSC funds raised
by 12 committees
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ByCHAREAN WILLIAMS
Reporter
0 fee isp With the help of some generous
' vhll e detj Iforme udents, about $300,000 is
r especti v ^ raised each year by 12 Memorial Stu-
' are for 0 dent Center committees.
The MSC operates on a budget of
aniera C«l5 millio excluding endow-
™ments, making it one of the largest
college unions in the nation in terms
of student involvement and pro
-ams produced.
Most of the funds come from stu
dent service fees or operating reve
nue, but the remainder is raised by
the fund-raising committees, says
5ecky Noah, vice president for de-
elopment in the MSC.
“For the MSC, it (the fund raising)
all started with SCONA (MSC Stu
dent Conference on National Af-
| I fairs) 30 years ago,” she says. “They
01/ originally needed outside support
'''V/ because of conferences they wanted
to have. Then SCONA evolved into
VNa a self-supporting group.
I |u The fund-raising committees so
licit three types of donations: cor-
jorate funds, foundation grants and
individual donations, Noah says.
Most of the money comes from indi
vidual doners.
“The former students are great,’
she says. “They go out of their way
to help out. They still feel a bond
with Texas A&M.”
Pat Wood, president of the MSC,
says the fund raising is two-fold.
“It provides a learning experience
for the students,” he says. “This ex-
jerience will help them their whole
ife. Then there’s the financial side.
We have to cover what we need now
we have to have endowments to
maintain the MSC for the future.”
More than 1,600 students are in-
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volved in producing more than
1,350 programs for more than
280,000 people each year. The MSC
has provided the concerts, lectures,
seminars, movies, conventions, trips,
performances, social activities, con
ferences, games, contests and re
treats for the community, Noah says.
The MSC Council is in charge of
the money appropriations and di
recting the MSC officers and pro
gramming committees.
“There are four main things we
do,” Noah says. “We put out a news
letter which goes to the donators.
We coordinate for the committees in
their individual needs. We are in
charge of the fund raising in which
we coordinate trips to Houston, Dal
las and Austin, and we keep a file of
possible donors. We only allow a do
nor to be contacted once every six
months. The fourth thing we are in
charge of is finance.”
A MSC Enrichment Fund Board
consists of 24 successful former stu
dents who oversee the students,
Noah said.
“They take on the bigger needs,”
she said. “They let us use their of
fices, give us names of possible don
ers and set up appointments for us.”
The endowment catagories which
the MSC Council seeks to fulfill are
travel, art, leadership and speakers,
she said.
The MSC Enrichment Fund was
established to receive contributions
that support MSC programs for the
future. The tax deductible gifts
come in many forms — cash, real es
tate, stock, equipment and deferred
giving, Wood says.
In June, the Endowed Lecture Se
ries received a $500,000 gift from
James E. Wiley Sr. and A.P. Wiley Jr.
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