{"id":38212,"date":"2021-09-17T16:21:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T16:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/alumni-news-media\/?p=38212"},"modified":"2022-07-18T17:59:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T17:59:25","slug":"university-establishes-its-global-emergency-response-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/alumni-news-media\/2021\/09\/17\/university-establishes-its-global-emergency-response-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"University establishes its Global Emergency Response Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

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University establishes its Global Emergency Response Fund<\/h1>\n

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A gift from the University\u2019s Board of Trustees chair, Rich Handler \u201983, and his company, the Jefferies Group, makes the fund possible<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_empty_space height=”25px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]The\u00a0Ä¢¹½´«Ã½<\/a>\u00a0has established its\u00a0Global Emergency Response Fund<\/a>, made possible through its Board of Trustees chair, Rich Handler \u201983, and his company, the Jefferies Group. The Jefferies Group recently\u00a0raised $6M for 45 charities<\/a>\u00a0to help Afghan refugees, military heroes, and victims of the Haiti disaster, and this generosity extended to the University. All new gifts made to this fund will be matched in a dollar-for-dollar Jefferies Challenge, up to $150,000.<\/p>\n

The Global Emergency Response Fund will have broad utility and will support students, faculty, scholars, and others in the University community who are dealing with an international crisis. For instance, the University will draw on the fund to help those who face hardship due to conflict, political destabilization, and other geopolitical risks; human or natural disasters; or health crises or travel disruptions in or to their home countries or territories including emergency situations affecting UR travelers abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmergencies vary\u2014as we\u2019ve seen so much of this past year\u2014but they all have one thing in common: they all need to be addressed quickly, in real time,\u201d says Jane Gatewood, vice provost for Global Engagement. \u201cThis fund provides us a mechanism to do this. Because of it, we will be better resourced to respond to urgent needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gatewood notes that the fund has true global application. \u201cWe will use it to help get our University students, scholars, and faculty home if they are stuck abroad during an emergency situation; to support them financially if their homeland is in a crisis that affects their education, their research, and even their immigration status,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t imagine what it is like for our students and those in our University community who are dealing with a crisis situation,\u201d she says. \u201cThere are real costs associated with these emergencies, including what\u2019s needed to support our students\u2019 emotional, academic, and daily needs. I encourage everyone to get involved and give what they can to this fund. Doing so will make a tremendous difference.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_empty_space height=”50px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” background_color=”#e9e5d7″ css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”5px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]Support the University\u2019s Global Emergency Response Fund. Gifts to the fund will be doubled through the Jefferies Challenge. Any amount will make a difference.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text]

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