“It’s the gift that keeps giving.” This is how Jessica Patterson, the outgoing ASUU Vice President of Student Relations, describes a $25,000 donation to the ASUU Child Care Endowment Fund overseen by herself and other outgoing ASUU administrations.
Previous donations on behalf of outgoing ASUU administrations have been gifts specifically for the senior class. This year’s donation, however, is the gift that Patterson said will benefit the student body as a whole.
“Usually the Senior Class Gift would be some kind of legacy or mark of the senior class,” Patterson said. “However, the University Gift is more of something that will benefit the student body for years to come.