Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Jean and Christopher Callahan Fund for Student Success
Jean and Christopher Callahan Fund for Student Success
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Designed for maximum flexibility and responsiveness, the Jean and Christopher Callahan Fund for Student Success supports initiatives that benefit wide swaths of the student body and enables the college to respond quickly to individual student needs as they arise. Assistance may include an emergency fund to help students in crisis; training, workshops, classes or other interventions that benefit student health and success; physical spaces to promote wellness; reporting and research projects that shed light on student mental health and wellness; and more. The fund stems from Dean Callahan's unwavering "student first" ethos. Every decision he made over his 15-year tenure was driven by a deep and singular commitment to the success of his students in their classes, extracurricular activities, careers and in their mental health and emotional well-being.
When you contribute to the Jean and Christopher Callahan Fund for Student Success, you provide students with the critical support they need today and in the future, and you honor the enormous legacy of our founding dean.
Impact of donor support
- More learners can pursue higher education. Thanks to our donors, more than 7,000 ASU students have received upwards of $32 million in scholarships with more than $39 million raised.
- More students succeed. ASU ranks #1 among the state’s public universities for its 86% first-year retention rate thanks in part to donor-funded student success initiatives.
- Important initiatives continue. More than $320 million in new gifts and commitments support ongoing initiatives at ASU.
- The spirit of generosity abounds. In the past year, more than 100,000 individual, corporate and foundation donors stepped forward to help the ASU community.
Cronkite’s founding Dean was ahead of his time as he and his wife identified the importance of addressing the challenges life can so often throw a student’s way. The Jean and Christopher Callahan Fund for Student Success is a way for the school to quickly respond in times of crisis. Jean and Chris always put the emotional well-being of students first; donating to their Fund ensures that legacy lives on at Cronkite.