Senior Gift Committee Releases Video

The senior gift committee recently released a video featuring University President Drew G. Faust, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons '67, and other faculty members in order to remind seniors of the importance of the senior gift program.

This video marks the start of the senior gift campaign, which urges graduating seniors to continue to support Harvard financially after they graduate. The donated funds are primarily used for the financial aid program, which Fitzsimmons explains is particularly important on a campus where over 70 percent of the students are on some form of financial aid.

If anything, the purpose of this video is to remind the class of 2011 why the Harvard experience is unique, and to ask for their help in ensuring that future classes enjoy the same privilege.

"This campaign is to get people to start thinking about giving back financially, maybe not now, maybe later. But we want them to reflect on the time that they spent here and the resources they had access to," said Alexandre J.C. Terrian '11, one of the senior gift co-chairs.