Scholarship Donors & Recipients Reception
An Evening of Gratitude & Connection
Generosity meets purpose at our annual Scholarship Donors and Recipients Reception. Every year, our scholarship benefactors travel from across the country and abroad to join the remarkable students they support for an evening of gratitude and networking. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to personally thank the donors who make a Fordham education possible for them, and for our scholarship donors to see the impact of their investment in Fordham firsthand.
To learn more about the Scholarship Donors and Recipients Reception or to make a gift in support of scholarships, please contact Kristina Dzwonczyk, Executive Director of Donor Relations at [email protected].
Domenic Hoxholli, ’26: 2026 Student Speaker
Enjoy this video of our student speaker, Domenic, at the 2026 Scholarship Donors and Recipients Reception.
"Giving to Fordham is really about investing in the students. It ensures that talented young people have the opportunity to succeed and to carry with them the university's mission. I am deeply grateful for all that Fordham has meant to my family and me. The education, values, and sense of community it has given us have shaped our lives in lasting ways.”
- Sheryl M. Dellapina, ’87, PAR , 2026 Donor Speaker
“Fordham is changing the trajectories of students’ lives. We want to invest in them, not as a charity, but as an investment. We know that the students can help shape what the world can be, that it can be about knowing what you are capable of with your blazing talent that the world might have squandered, and what you can achieve with that talent. We know that in you lies the possibilities of changing the world, and that you are going to go out and fix the problems we have left for you, that you're going to make the world a better place, and that in you, we find our hope. So, thank you to every donor who's paid forward the opportunity given to them at Fordham.”
- Tania Tetlow, President of Fordham University