ANNUAL FUND

As Texas Woman's University begins its second 100 years, you can help lay a firm foundation for the future by giving to the Annual Fund.

 The Annual Fund:

• Supplements the difference between tuition dollars collected and the actual cost of an education for a Texas Woman's University student.
• Provides resources to keep up with rapidly changing technology.
• Increases professional participation by students and faculty at conferences that broadens their horizons and enhances the reputation of Texas Woman's University.

A good education makes access and opportunity possible.

An increase in the percentage of giving to the Annual Fund can translate into increased giving from local, statewide, and national foundations and corporations.  We must increase the financial support of alumni to be more effective - and more successful - in our quest for corporate and foundation financial support. 

Giving helps lay a firm foundation for the future: contribute, volunteer your time and expertise, get involved with a committee, encourage others to get involved with TWU.

You can make a difference
and increase the percentage by giving a gift.

 If a TWU college education made a difference in your life, why not help make a difference in the life of a current student? 

Good news at TWU:

• TWU's fall 2005 enrollment was 11,353, an increase of 5.6 percent over fall 2004.
• TWU has grown dramatically with a 27.9% increase between 2000 and 2004.
• TWU's total semester credit hours for fall 2005 is 109,505, an increase of 4.6 percent over fall 2004.
• Minority students make up approximately 36 percent of TWU's total enrollment.
• Graduate student enrollment: 45%
• Health Sciences Majors:  42%
• TWU produces more new nurses than any other program in Texas and is among the nation's leading providers of health care professionals.
• TWU Honors Scholars SAT Average: 1274
• TWU new freshmen SAT Average:  1014
• New state-of-the-art academic Health Science building in Houston approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordination Board - projected completion date in 2006.
• TWU has admitted men to the university since 1972.
• At TWU, approximately 60 percent of undergraduate students enter as transfer students.
• TWU's computer-to-student ratio - 1:12 - is one of the best in the state.
• TWU's housing rates and student fees are among the lowest in the state.
• TWU awards more than $1.5 million in scholarships annually.
• In Fall 2005, 71% of that semester's graduates were first generation college graduates.
• Graduate students make up almost half of TWU's total enrollment.

TWU provided the educational foundation for your life --
 now it's calling on you to provide the new foundation for its future
as an educational institution of the 21st century.