HSU Donors Step Up Support for Students
Press release from HSU:
Alumni and other supporters have been giving generously to support students at Humboldt State University.
Hundreds of donors have given to provide immediate assistance to students dealing with the challenges of the pandemic. And they have responded strongly to the need for scholarships, with giving to those funds on a record-setting pace through April.
Appeals for charitable support during the pandemic began in late March. The Student Adversity Fund and other donor funds had proven important in serving students during the transition to virtual instruction, and it was clear that more help would be needed.
Alumni and other supporters responded. Over the last month, more than 300 donors have given over $50,000 in support to pandemic-related efforts. They have given to the Student Adversity Fund, which provides small grants to help students with unexpected costs, the Oh SNAP! food program, a fund for unexpected medical costs called Overcoming Barriers to Health, and funds that support undocumented students.
Many other previous donors have shared that they remain committed to HSU and plan to help when they are able.
Donors have also stepped up support for scholarships this year, starting before the pandemic crisis and continuing through it.
From last July through this April, well over $1 million has been given for student scholarships. Gifts have been for new endowed scholarships, commitments to local students, additions to existing endowed and non-endowed scholarships, and more. The fundraising dinner that capped off the day of Investiture activities was a highlight, with more than $160,000 for scholarships raised.
The total giving for scholarships is more than each of the last five years, and likely to be a record for scholarship support at Humboldt State.
Find out more about supporting the University and students at the HSU Foundation website. Specific funds related to supporting students during the pandemic are highlighted on the Humboldt Connected giving site.
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HSU is teaching young adults that looking for a handout is the right way to get your needs met. I would think an institution of higher learning would be more likely to teach that hard work and diligent effort is the best way to achieve success.
Some of those young adults that you are degrading have jobs, take care of children and studying to get a Masters. Trust me I know it is true.
I can attest to the integrity of many HSU students who WERE working hard (both as wage-earners and scholars) before the shelter-in-place order. In addition to emphasizing community as a factor in individual “success”, HSU provides generous financial aid for low-income folks to further their education: a hand-up, not a hand-out. This pandemic has kept many from earning food and rent money, let alone tuition- a huge stress on top of continuing schoolwork remotely. Whatever temporary assistance students may get will be received with great relief, not entitlement.
I can attest to the fraud by HSU staff in the OH SNAP program. I received hundreds of fraudulent eligibility letters stating students met the requirements from zero integrity bleeding heart liberal handout entitlement staff. I spoke to many OH SNAP staff personally and none of them actually knew the first thing about the regulations, but were willing to lie openly to get these fraudulent benefits authorized. Management refused to do anything about it either.
I’m sure some students were affected by the layoffs, but HSU staff certainly are not the ones I would trust for distribution of any kind of aid. Donors must be blind if they are giving money without safeguards on how it issues used.