In addition to paying tribute to our outstanding alumni, the 14th Annual Torch Awards Gala will support FIU’s First Generation Scholarship Fund and the Alumni Center Building Fund, which will serve as a central gathering space for students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends.

More than 50% of FIU undergraduate students will be the first generation in their families to earn a college degree. Philanthropic support to the First Generation Scholarship Fund is matched 100% by the State, making this Fund a critical priority for the institution.  Given the fact that 90 percent of Fund recipients are minorities, the proposed gift is a unique opportunity to enhance the university’s ability to effect transformational change in the lives of South Florida’s underserved students.

Learn more at FIUalumni.com/torch.