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![Lande Ajose ’87 Alumna Lande Ajose](https://campaign.oxy.edu/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_members/public/oxy-stories/lande-ajose_360x360.jpg?itok=HAeXz-8Y)
Being in an educational institution ... with a fundamental commitment to rigor, to evidence, to open-mindedness—those are really core American values that are essential for upholding our democracy.
![Edgar Cosman '72 Ed Cosman](https://campaign.oxy.edu/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_members/public/oxy-stories/ed-cosman_360x360.jpg?itok=lXkxCX97)
It’s important, regardless of the amount of money involved, to give. Building the endowment means the College can fund more scholarships.
![Sara El-Amine ’07 Alumna Sara El-Amine](https://campaign.oxy.edu/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_members/public/oxy-stories/sara-elamine_360x360.jpg?itok=TzTI04pP)
Sara El-Amine joined Obama’s first presidential election campaign at ground zero, working her way up to national director of his 2012 campaign and forging a distinguished political career training tens of thousands of organizers across the country.
![Joe Rohde ’77 Alumnus Joe Rohde](https://campaign.oxy.edu/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_members/public/oxy-stories/joe-rohde_360x360.jpg?itok=lFao-OJ5)
The intellectual training, the emotional training, even the social training that you get in a place like Oxy predicates you to believe, ‘I have something to say.’
![Barbara & Mike Gibby ’68 The Gibbys pose in Oxy's library](https://campaign.oxy.edu/sites/default/files/styles/faculty_members/public/oxy-stories/oxystory_gibbys_360x360.jpg?itok=FYJMw-km)
We wanted to hit the core of a liberal arts education. We wanted to do something that would really make a difference, and we are hoping others will go and do likewise.
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