Dear friends,

As I reflect on the past year, I’m deeply grateful for your dedication to our shared mission of empowering the leaders of tomorrow.

In 2024–2025, our community truly showed its strength: close to 1,900 alumni made a gift to the Program; countless mentors shared their expertise; and dozens of alumni offered transformative internships and summer enrichment opportunities.

Thanks to your leadership, we achieved a remarkable 55 percent alumni participation, our ninth consecutive year above the 50 percent mark and our fifth straight year at or above 55 percent. While alumni engagement in higher ed faces headwinds, Morehead-Cain stands apart in its generosity and commitment.

We also welcomed 78 first-time donors and reconnected with 13 donors returning to support the Program after a decade away. Equally meaningful is our 85 percent donor retention rate, well above national averages and proof of the deep connections our community shares.

Our momentum was further fueled by the November Day of Giving, which saw 45 percent alumni engagement by the close of the day. That response (unheard of in our field) speaks volumes about the passion that moves our Program forward.

Your generosity made possible a second year of the Dialogue and Discourse program to help deepen critical conversations among juniors and seniors; the second class of Sophomore Selection scholars; and the third year of the Food for Thought speaker series and celebrating Impact Educators throughout the country.