{"id":7141,"date":"2010-08-18T12:12:49","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T16:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/?p=7141"},"modified":"2016-11-22T15:11:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T20:11:33","slug":"richard-cohen-cgs67-smg69-trustee-challenge-raises-2-3-million-for-bu-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/2010\/08\/18\/richard-cohen-cgs67-smg69-trustee-challenge-raises-2-3-million-for-bu-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Trustee Challenge Raises $2.3 Million for BU Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- IMAGE 150 BEGIN  --><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7151\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/cgs\/files\/2010\/08\/cohen-richard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" title=\"cohen, richard\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7151\" alt=\"Richard Cohen\" src=\"\/cgs\/files\/2010\/08\/cohen-richard-200x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/files\/2010\/08\/cohen-richard-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/files\/2010\/08\/cohen-richard.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Cohen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When trustee Richard D. Cohen (CGS\u201967, Questrom\u201969) offered the BU community a $1 million challenge in April, alumni, parents, and friends quickly rose to meet it. In three months, more than 5,800 Cohen Challenge contributions came in, raising $1.3 million in new or increased Annual Fund gifts in support of BU students, for a total of $2.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen, who says that Boston University \u201copened his mind\u201d to the possibilities of education, has supported the University in many ways over the years. He serves on the Board of Trustees and has established a scholarship and a professorship. He was also the first donor to the challenge he made to the BU community, increasing his own Annual Find gift this year, then matching the increased amount. Thousands of others followed his lead.<\/p>\n<p>The money raised through the challenge, which ended at midnight on June 30, will go to a variety of BU initiatives. \u201cThe whole point of giving is to make a difference,\u201d says Cohen, who designated his $1 million contribution to scholarships and emergency financial aid that will give more qualified students access to a BU education.<\/p>\n<p>The BU community\u2019s collective $1.3 million Annual Fund gift will be used to support the University\u2019s immediate needs\u2014within the schools, colleges, and programs chosen by each donor\u2014including financial aid, travel and research costs for faculty and students, career services, student organizations, and improved classroom technology.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen\u2019s primary motivation in issuing his challenge was to ensure that BU students continue to receive an education similar to his eye-opening experience. \u201cThat\u2019s important to me,\u201d he says, \u201cand that\u2019s why I\u2019ve done it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>See the full roster of Cohen Challenge donors at <a href=\"..\/..\/doubleit\/donorroster.html\">bu.edu\/doubleit\/donorroster.html<\/a>. To learn more about the Annual Fund and about how BU\u2019s schools and colleges use donations, visit <a href=\"..\/..\/annualfund\">bu.edu\/annualfund<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When trustee Richard D. Cohen (CGS\u201967, Questrom\u201969) offered the BU community a $1 million challenge in April, alumni, parents, and friends quickly rose to meet it. In three months, more than 5,800 Cohen Challenge contributions came in, raising $1.3 million in new or increased Annual Fund gifts in support of BU students, for a total [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1512,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4206,340],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1512"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7141"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30801,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7141\/revisions\/30801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}