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先进性领袖Lisa Cardoza回答了5个重要问题
2021年3月15日
Lisa Cardoza, 萨克拉门托 State’s vice president for Advancement, knows how philanthropic support can change a student’s life. 她记得给资助她进入斯坦福大学的奖学金的捐赠者写过感谢信。
卡多萨是一名雄心勃勃的学生，高中时曾在班级致告别辞。怀孕后，她将大学学业推迟了一年。 But she said that realizing people were willing to invest in her, a student they didn’t even know, was a “powerful message” that motivated her to graduate in four years.
“There were so many people who believed in me, and I wanted to show them that I was a worthy investment,” Cardoza said. 她继续在斯坦福大学获得研究生学位，并在德克萨斯大学格兰德谷分校获得教育学博士学位。 “I take that to heart in the work I’m doing now, to always pay it forward.”
In her role as head of the University’s fundraising arm, Cardoza is doing just that. Responsible for all of the University’s fundraising activities, including the 正在崛起 campaign, she’s working to inspire the community to “pay it forward” and invest in 囊状态’s students, faculty, staff, and the programs that serve them.
囊状态杂志: You’ve been on campus for almost five years, as the chief of staff to the president, interim vice president for Human Resources and now vice president for 大学的发展. 是什么让你对萨克州立大学充满热情？
丽莎Cardoza警官: 学生。 我在我们的学生身上看到了巨大的潜力。 我在这里看到了如此多的多样性，不仅仅是个人的多样性，还有思想的多样性。 萨克州立大学有机会成为一个典范，成为公民话语的孵化器，成为文化、思想和对话的惊人分享的孵化器，以及所有这些将如何塑造我们未来的人。
SSM：为什么我们要求人们在这个时候支持Sac州立大学？
LC: 我们需要慈善机构的支持来继续推进萨克州立大学的教育。 We’re growing, not maintaining status quo. 这包括新的项目、设施和奖学金。 We’re asking now for people to invest in 囊状态 because we’ve seen the impact and the power of philanthropy. Education is critical to our socioeconomic health and has a lasting impact on an individual student’s opportunities in life.
我们真的想确保我们正在设置Sac州立继续它的成功在未来，并为我们未来的学生。 我们的捐赠者改变了生活。
SSM: Your team is leading the 正在崛起 campaign. What does 正在崛起 mean to you?
LC: When I think of 正在崛起, I think of 囊状态’s trajectory toward something greater and grander for our students, our faculty and their research, and the way 囊状态 works with the community. We’re seeing success in retention and graduation rates for all of our students, growth in faculty hires, and increased interest for our programs in public health, education, innovation and entrepreneurship, and more. 当Sac州立大学崛起时，这意味着我们的学生将获得更好的教育，他们将成为未来的领导者。 这意味着更好的教学和研究，成为一个更强大的社区合作伙伴。 That’s what I think of when I see this shining beacon of 囊状态, and I think 正在崛起 is making it known. We’re making it loud and proud.
SSM: 囊状态 has been in the past called a “hidden gem,” but the University is now standing up and making its presence known. 你想让更广泛的社区了解这所大学的哪一件事？
LC: 我们的校园是如此的多样化。 It’s one of the things that attracted me to 囊状态 and has kept me here. 知道这里有这么多不同的人，这么多不同的观点，我们正在尽最大努力确保每一个声音都被听到和重视。 It’s a priority to ensure that our students feel not just welcomed and that they belong here, but that they feel included in decisions that are being made or conversations that are happening on campus, and they understand that they are part of something bigger here at 囊状态. 这就是建立大黄蜂自豪感的样子。 This sense of community is really something that I’d like to expand because what our students experience here sets them up to become caring and engaged citizens.
SSM：撇开为Sac州立大学筹集的资金不谈，你认为成功是什么？
LC: 伙伴关系。 What I have noticed is that – the same way I realized in my own life – I didn’t do anything alone, 囊状态 can’t do this alone. 我们需要成为社区的伙伴。 我们需要与我们的学生、员工和教职员工成为合作伙伴。 为了成功，我们需要信任我们的人。 That’s what success looks like to me.
你想和丽莎·卡多萨通话吗？ 请拨打916-278-7043和lisa.cardoza@csus.edu与她联系。
More information about supporting 萨克拉门托 State 可以在大学的网上捐赠指南上找到.
