Jane Shade Link (CFS '67)

Pooled Income, Scholarships and Endowments,
College of Consumer and Family Science

Growing up, Jane Shade Link remembers her father encouraging her to get as much education as she could.  His own education had been interrupted by World War II and he never finished his degree.  He probably never guessed to what extent his daughter would take his advice.

Currently, Jane is director of academic advising and recruiting in the Center for Adult and Part-time Students at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.  The center serves the nontraditional student population at the university – those students who are 22 years and older.  Most between the ages of 28 and 38 years old.  As director, Jane advises these students and is involved in recruitment efforts.  “The students I see, many of them have families, and they never had the opportunity to get a degree…”

According to Jane, scholarship funding is almost nonexistent for these older students.  Because Jane works with these students daily she knows the unique financial challenges they face. 

While growing up, Jane was taught to "give back to the community”. In following through on this lesson Jane and her husband Jim, have given a gift of Pooled Income Fund. Jane has stated that, "the gift options available at Purdue made the decision to give an easy one.  Jim retired in 2000 from Procter and Gamble and I expect to retire in 2007.  The way in which we made our gift’s have allowed us to receive quarterly dividends that will supplement our retirement income.”  Jane says “there is a warm place in my heart for Purdue, my time there was magical.  I was very involved in CFS and we all knew each other.  Seniors knew the freshmen.  It was a close-knit feeling even though I was at big place.”