What is Lourdes for Life?

Lourdes for Life is an initiative established to encourage students to develop a lifelong relationship with Lourdes by educating the student body about Lourdes' history and tradition and the benefits of remaining connected to the institution beyond graduation. Through this initiative, students have an opportunity to learn about Lourdes institutional strengths and challenges, support areas of growth opportunities and interact with alumni within the institution which will benefit future generations of students. Students will have an opportunity to raise and distribute funds for valuable institutional projects through a specially designed grant funding process.

Why
The programming is designed to:

• Teach students about Lourdes history and traditions
• Foster tradition and pride
• Create opportunities for direct student alumni contact
• Educate students about Lourdes institutional strengths and challenges
• Prepare students for their roles as alumni
• Keep young alumni engaged after graduation
• Establish philanthropic support of Lourdes

Who
Programs are delivered with the support of the President's Office by Development and Alumni Relations staff together with students, including the Lourdes for Life Pack Leaders, Lourdes faculty and staff, and alumni.

Core Messages
The core messages of Lourdes for Life are:

• Establishing a lifelong relationship with Lourdes
• Supporting Lourdes with time, talent and financial resources in the future
• Learning and maintaining Lourdes’ student traditions
• Understanding the financing of education at Lourdes
• Maintaining the value of your Lourdes degree
• Preserving the Lourdes experience for future students
• Helping Lourdes meet its challenges as an institution
• Learning the history of Lourdes
• Sustaining Lourdes’ excellence

Events & Programming
Lourdes for Life will host or participate in various events throughout the academic year to promote the program and engage students including:

• Move-in Day
• Welcome Week
• Athletic Events
• GradBash
• Stressbusters
• Alumni Annual Dinner
• Lourdes for Life Pack Leaders activities

Traditions
Some current traditions of Lourdes are:

• Convocation
• St. Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio
• Commencement
• Baccalaureate
• Ice Cream Socials
• Sisters of Saint Francis
• Lourdes songs
• The Gray Wolf

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