The holiday season might be gone, but it’s never too late to give back to the college.
Several athletic coaches and the athletic director at Iowa State University are giving up a week’s salary to help deal with budget cuts by the state.
According to several reports, the pay-free week could save the school more than $50,000.
The Wartburg faculty and staff are already giving back to the college.
According to statistics provided by Scott Leisinger, vice president for institutional advancement at Wartburg, in the 2007-08 fiscal year, 154 out of 357 full-time faculty and staff members made a charitable gift to the college.
That is a total of 44 percent, which is the highest percentage in the past five years.
In the 2003-04 fiscal year, the number was at 27 percent and has since climbed almost 15 percent. Leisinger would like to see that figure grow to at least 50 percent in the next few years.
“The financial contributions of faculty and staff are vitally important to the college’s ability to fulfill its mission,” Leisinger said.
The college is in great shape, but it never hurts to have more Wartburg faculty and staff get in on the act, even if it is a small donation.
If it helps out the college then why not give back a little?