Paralegal Studies
Ways to Support the Paralegal Studies Program
People of all income levels can and do support university programs in a variety of ways. You can choose to make your gifts over time in amounts that fit your financial situation. Here are some options to consider:
Contribution to the Denise O'Donnell Day Scholarship
The Paralegal Studies Program scholarship is named for the late Denise O'Donnell-Day who died on December 28, 1996 at the age of 39 following a valiant fight with cancer. A graduate of Georgetown University and Marquette Law School, Denise was director of the Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program (IVLP). Through her work at IVLP, she worked successfully to pair disadvantaged persons needing legal services with those willing and able to provide those services on a pro bono basis.
Denise was also a champion of the paralegal profession. As one of the first instructors in the Paralegal Studies Program at Boise State University, she taught her students the basics of the law. Beyond that, she shared her passion for providing quality legal services to the poor, and encouraged her students to volunteer their time in that endeavor. She cared deeply about education for paralegals and always made herself available to a student with a question or one in need of more information. If she didn't know the answer to a student's question one week, she'd have the answer by the next. Her commitment to the educational process was unflagging.
Everyone who knew Denise was touched by her gentleness, compassion and desire to make the world a better place. This scholarship is named in her honor with the pledge to carry forward the commitment to quality legal services she inspired in so many and that she worked for throughout her life.
- Cash, Check or credit card gift can be delivered or sent to the Boise State Foundation in honor of Denise O'Donnell Day.
- The gift must be identified that it is for use in the Paralegal Studies student scholarship in honor of Denise O'Donnell Day.
- The Boise State University Foundation can be reached over the phone at 208-426-3276.
Outright Gifts — a donation in cash, by check, or charged to a credit card can be made at any time and in any amount
- Credit Cards — Visa/MasterCard — often transacted over the phone. University Foundation (208-426-3276).
- Cash Gifts — usually hand-delivered
- Checks — Made payable to the Boise State University Foundation with a notation that the gift is to be used for Paralegal Studies can be hand-delivered or mailed to:
2225 W. University Drive
Boise, ID 83706
Other Options in Giving
- Appreciated Property
- Gifts in Kind
- Life Insurance
- Matching Gifts
- Planned Gifts (such as designating BSU’s paralegal studies program as beneficiary in your will)
- Life Income Agreements
- Annuity Trusts
For more information regarding the other options in giving, please contact the BSU Foundation by phone at (800) 341-6150 or 208-426-3276.