LETTER FROM THE ALUMNI PRESIDENT
SO MANY REASONS
If you need a reason to give back to UC San Diego , I can give you 10,175 of them .
That ’ s how many of your fellow alumni chose to give back this past year . They chose to support our students — young minds like you once were — students who are here now working to carve out the kind of lives we now enjoy as Tritons .
Maybe you ’ re young alumni , just starting out on that life . Maybe you ’ ve only recently graduated , and the future is uncertain . But you can start with a gesture — any amount you see fit , because what really matters is that you ’ re willing .
“ If you need a reason to give back to UC San Diego , I can give you 10,175 of them .”
Or maybe your starting to feel good in that life . Your education is giving you the means to advance your career , maybe raise a family , and you ’ re gaining a broader perspective , seeing the difference you can make in matters you care about . But while some causes come and go , this university , and your place in it , will remain .
But maybe you ’ re like me . No , not old — let ’ s say established . I give back because I know I couldn ’ t have achieved professional success without the UC San Diego experience and education . And back when I was student , the financial burden was far less — with less than seven percent of funding coming from the state of California , it is time for those of us who paid much lower fees ( we didn ’ t call it tuition then ) to help fill the gap and be a part of the Campaign for UC San Diego , supporting the next generation of Tritons .
Speaking of tuition , here are another 2,431 reasons : the number of students who found the generosity to give back even while they attend classes . I look at a number like that , and I think of the " 1 " right there at the end . How easily it could have been one fewer , except for one person who chose to be a part of something bigger .
There can always be one more . And that one is you . With Triton pride ,
Robert Brownlie ' 85 President , UC San Diego Alumni
56 TRITON | WINTER 2018