Realizing Potential - Celebrating Faculty and Staff Members' Campaign Giving

REALIZING POTENTIAL Celebration | FACULTY AND STAFF MEMBERS — Campaign Giving | 13 REALIZING POTENTIAL: PARENTAL WISDOM Some of Kevin Dibert’s family trips started as typical vacations. But family members slept in disaster relief volunteer bunkers. And teen outings included stripping wet carpet from hurricane-damaged homes. “As a family, we would do all the fun tours. Other days, we worked with Habitat for Humanity or at a soup kitchen,” Dibert said. “My parents wanted to show us different states and expose us to all the great things our country has to offer.” Doing so helped us realize that every destination offers chances to contribute, he added. Dibert’s Florida trips inspired him to seek a position with NSU University School (USchool). He could earn a master’s degree in education at NSU. He could teach high school mathematics. And he could mentor members of service clubs like WIND—World In Distress. Dibert shies away from discussing his own efforts, focusing instead on how much he and his students enjoy living NSU’s core value of community service. He credits one alumnus for an annual Earth Day celebration. Each year, students plant 200 Moringa seeds to supply trees for Haiti. He lauds two female students for using photo-shoot proceeds to aid Filipino typhoon survivors. A year-end locker cleanup two brothers started provides school essentials to children in Haiti and Jamaica. Dibert’s most recent gift celebrates this commitment while honoring his parents, too. “Both of my parents passed away in the past few years,” Dibert explains. “A lot of their will went to different charities where they had volunteered. Even though they’re now gone, they continue to support the ministries that they were passionate about.” Dibert says his gift is “unrestricted.” But he hopes it provides access to “life-changing experiences.” “I’d love for every student to grow and realize their potential to improve the world,” Dibert added. “The neatest thing is that when I can no longer give in person, those options can persist.” FACULTY AND STAFF MEMBER GIVING Kevin Dibert, M.S. ’08 Legacy gift NSU University School