For longtime donor Jane Swicegood, “the act of giving ... has been more fulfilling than I could have imagined.”

Check out her first-person essay titled "Why I support the J-school" in this fall's Cursor magazine, which should reach the mailboxes of nearly 4,000 alums this week.

“The School of Journalism emphasizes and requires that students train in what I consider basic traits of character: integrity, ethics, respect, accuracy, diligence, creative thinking, curiosity and
determination,” Swicegood said.

Please join her in making a difference in a student journalist's life with a year-end donation to help fund high-tech equipment, investigative reporting projects and travel, and hands-on publication experience.

Mail a check, using the postage-free envelope inside the magazine, or give online through a secure UA Foundation site. Gifts made or postmarked by Dec. 31 will be eligible for 2018 tax benefits. 

This year's magazine focuses on the school's broadcast program, which has seen hundreds of graduates land jobs in the past decade. Senior Hector Ponce graces the cover in a photo taken by recent graduate Simon Asher. The cover package includes a "Where are they now?" list and a feature on the school's "Arizona Cat's Eye" program.

Also in the issue:

• Meet Carol Schwalbe, the second woman to lead the UA journalism program, and read her director's letter on innovation.

• Student news, including a feature on master's candidate Dalal Radwan of Palestine and a story on the school's new Native American seed grant scholarships.

• Faculty news, including feature stories on Michael McKisson and Celeste González de Bustamante and achievements by other professors.

• Ten pages of alumni news, notes and obituaries.

• Two photo pages on the school's Hall of Fame and top events of 2018.

Click HERE to read The Cursor magazine online. If you want a copy mailed to you, email Mike Chesnick, outreach coordinator, with your address.