# @provcollege on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CYZdzp6MHgy
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/17728139-provcollege-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-01-06T18:00:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Providence College (@provcollege) — https://gondola.cc/provcollege

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The Providentia Endowed Fund — an initiative to celebrate #WomenOfPC50, 50 years of undergraduate women at Providence College — has amassed gifts of more than $1.67 million in just six months. Fundraising has come almost entirely from leadership donors who are women alumni, a first for the college.

Providentia will fund projects that are sponsored and directed by women, including undergraduate research, student leadership development, and regional and interest-based programming that brings PC alumni together.

Susan Esper ’91, vice chair of the PC Board of Trustees, is the Providentia Fund’s lead donor. An audit partner at Deloitte with leadership responsibility for many teams and clients, Esper is passionate about paying forward the opportunities she had as a student and an alumnus. In particular, she recalls the impact of PCbizschool accountancy professors Carol Hartley, the late Ann Galligan Kelley ’78, and Patricia Evangelista in helping jumpstart her career. Esper wants similar opportunities for her daughters, Victoria Esper ’19 and Olivia Esper ’22, and their friends and classmates.

“Part of celebrating the 50th anniversary of women at Providence College involves looking ahead. Every woman who comes through the college should someday be able to say, ‘I had amazing mentors and teachers’ — and so many other opportunities I am able to attribute to my college experience,” Esper said. “I knew this was something I had to be part of in a very important way.”

Esper’s leadership gift to the fund is intended to reflect her own commitment and to inspire others. She has pledged $250,000 to match 25 gifts of $10,000. Forty-one benefactors have become charter members of the Providentia Society, a designation for those who donate $10,000 before the conclusion of the 50th anniversary in June. Those who give at a level of $50,000 or more are invited to be a part of the Providentia Leadership Committee and will participate in planning for the distribution of funds.

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