Ian Oulton, President of RKO Steel Limited, has volunteered to chair the Athletic Endowment Campaign. (Abriel Photo) | ||
Currently we offer our student athletes modest scholarships - most valued between $1000 and $2000. Changes in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) regulations now allow universities to offer full tuition to potential athletes. To maintain a competitive recruitment advantage, Â鶹´«Ã½ must do the same. "The ability to provide the best and brightest with financial assistance will help Â鶹´«Ã½ to attract the country's top athletic talent," says Oulton, who also played varsity football for Dal in the 1960's.
As a leader in gender equality, Â鶹´«Ã½ fields men's and women's teams in seven sports - soccer, cross country, track and field, swimming, basketball, volleyball and hockey - and will adopt the same commitment to distributing the endowment's scholarships equitably between sport and gender.
Operational guidance for this $3 million campaign will be provided by Linda Crockett, Director of Global Gifts, Office of External Relations. Please contact Linda at 494-6861 for more information about this exciting new initiative.