USD Magazine Spring 2016

ALUMNI  NEWS

USD’s signature black-tie fundraising event dazzled with gourmet food, live entertainment and a unique silent and live auction.

ore than 500 people attended the 2015 Founders’ Gala on Nov. 14, 2015. Guests gave generously to ensure that the most promising undergraduate, graduate and law students could experience a USD education. More than $685,000 was raised for the Founders’ Endowed Scholarship Fund, bringing the total raised since the biennial event was established in 2009 to more than $2 million. “Tonight is about our students,” said President James T. Harris III, who attended for the first time with his wife, Mary. “It’s about their hopes, their dreams, their thirst for knowledge and their passion to be Changemakers.” The next Founders’ Gala will take place in November 2017. [ e l e g a n c e ] 2015 Founder s ’ Ga l a a g l i t ter i ng , resound i ng suc ces s CELEBRAT ING IN STYLE M

PHOTOS BY NICK ABADILLA AND LAUREN RADDACK

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