Monterey Bay: The Magazine of CSU Monterey Bay Fall/Winter 2013, Vol. VI, No. II | Page 28

Donor Profile

Giving Time, Talents and Treasure
As a founding faculty member of Cal State Monterey
Bay, Dr. Christine Sleeter has contributed her talents to
the building of this university.
Sleeter, an expert on multicultural education and
diversity in the schools, has contributed financially as
well. Since 1995, she has made gifts to provide students
the same kind of opportunities that she once had.
“I started donating book royalties because I was struck
by the sacrifices many students were making,” said
Sleeter, a professor emerita in the College of Professional
Studies.
“When I was an undergraduate, extended family
supported me and my siblings in going to college. I
worked a few hours a week, and had a small scholarship,
but the family support meant that I could focus mainly
on my studies.
“In contrast, I saw many of my first-generation
university students holding down jobs, full-time in some
cases, taking out loans, sometimes raising children, all
while trying to also focus on their studies.”
Sleeter has helped countless students through her
gifts to the Ron Cisneros Vision Scholarship, which
supports high-achieving, first-generation, low-income,
and historically underserved students. Most recently,
Sleeter has increased her impact on the lives of students
by opening a gift annuity to benefit the Undergraduate
Research Opportunity Center (UROC).
She is proud of CSUMB’s commitment to educating
a diverse group of students, many of them seeking to
become the first in their family to earn a degree.
To them, she offers straightforward advice.
“Believe in yourself. You’re probably capable of doing
much more than you realize. Working hard on your
education is one of the best things you can do, because
you’re actually investing in yourself. “
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