Sponsorship Grid

About President's Challenge Scholarship

The President’s Challenge Scholarship is awarded to eighth-grade, first-generation, college-bound students upon graduation from high school. Recipients, identified by the sponsoring school district, receive guidance counseling and mentoring throughout high school and are given a two-year, tuition-free, college education at SUNY Ulster.

 

2021-2022 Sponsors of Graduating Class of 2025

 

2020-2021 Sponsors of Graduating Class of 2024

2019-2020 Sponsors of Graduating Class of 2023

“This is really going to change my life!” 

2018-2019 Sponsors of Graduating Class of 2022

Student Eligibility Requirements to Apply:

• First-generation, college-bound students
• 80% cumulative GPA in eighth grade
• 75% cumulative GPA in four core classes (English, Math, Science and Social Studies) through mid-April
• 85% or higher attendance in school
• Minimal discipline infractions
• Preference given to students with economic need.

Cost of Sponsoring a Student to Attend SUNY Ulster for 2 Years:
$7,200 with either a one-time donation of $7,200 or four annual payments of $1,800.

Contacts:

Nancy S. Clarke, President’s Challenge Scholarship Administrator, 845-688-1927, clarken@sunyulster.edu    

 

 

 Sponsor Leadership Levels

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PCS Sponsor Leadership Levels Chart

Ambassador – A PCS office held for two years during which time the Ambassador promotes the PCS Program in a specific school district or districts.

• Tim & Laurel Sweeney
• Rich & Donna Croce

Angel - A Donor who contributes $1,000,000 to benefit the President’s Challenge Scholarship Program. 

• Darlene L. Pfeiffer - The Student Experience Endowment

Benefactor – A donor who has sponsored one or more gifts in perpetuity (Endowments)

• Glenn B. Sutherland & Cynthia A. Lowe (2 endowments)

Steward – Sponsor 10 or more students ($72,000)

• Sherman & Carol E. Adin Scholarship
• Rich & Donna Croce
• Johnson Scholarship Foundation

Rainmaker – An Ambassador responsible for procuring more than 10 sponsorships to the program ($72,000)

• Tim & Laurel Sweeney
• Rich & Donna Croce

Champion – Sponsor of five or more students($36,000)

• Jean Lerner
• Viola Jansen Foundation

Sustainer – Sponsor of four or more students ($28,800)

• Floyd Lattin

Transformer – Sponsor of three or more students ($21,600)

• Braby/Blackwell Family Memorial
• Kathleen Cloonan & Bill Cloonan, Esq.
• Rudy & the late Joyce Hellenschmidt
• Frank G. Elliot Memorial
• Jay E. & Lucia De L. Klock Foundation
• The Hill Family
• New Paltz Rotary
• Olana O’Connor & Joseph O’Connor, Esq
• Dr. Alan P. Roberts
• Rondout Savings Bank
• George & Cathy Sifre
• Subak Family Foundation
• Bill & Brenda Spearman
• H. Neil Zimmerman

Promoter – Sponsor of two or more students ($14,400)

• Erika & Tim Brown 
• Hayes Clement 
• Victoria Coyne
• Patty Curry
• Scott Davis, P.E. & Patty Davis
• Joseph & Kathryn Ferraro
• Nik & Nelda Gerner
• Hudson Valley Catskill Region Multiple Listing Service
• Robert Jacobsen, Esq. and Carly Jacobsen
• Bruce Littlefield & Scott Stewart
• Daniel Malpica & Peter Oellers
• Proctor Robbins, LLC. 
• Saugerties Kiwanis Club
• Rich & Donna Siegel
• Tim & Laurel Sweeney
• Ulster County Board of REALTORS

Advocate – Sponsor of one student ($7,200)

• Go to our Sponsorship Grid for a complete listing

Friend – A donor contributing $1,000 or more to the general PCS Program

$7,500+

• Robert T. Brown

 

$5,000+

 

$2,500+

• Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation
• Follet Higher Education Group

 

$1,000+

• Viking Industries
• Wayne Bradford
• Edward Hill ($1,500 in honor of Harris Safier)
• Anita Williams Peck (In Memory of Dorothy Roberts)
• Anonymous