Alumni Donors | St. Francis Xavier University

Giving Back

StFX’s Annual Giving Program celebrates its many alumni and parent donors, who provide much-needed support and are so important to StFX and its students.

Alumni donor Erin MacEachern with her husband Michael

Erin MacEachern '11

Every year since she graduated with a science degree from StFX in 2011, Erin MacEachern, originally from Maitland, NS, has donated to the university’s Annual Giving Program.

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Cynthia Van VanBuskirk and her son Cecil

Cynthia VanBuskirk

Seeing their son Cecil thrive and grow in his four years at StFX, Cynthia and Kelly VanBuskirk of Rothesay, NB knew they wanted to continue to support the university well after his graduation.

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Danielle ’97 ’99 and Kirk ’95 ’97 Francis

Danielle ’97 ’99 and Kirk ’95 ’99 Francis

Danielle and Kirk Francis began giving back to StFX through its Annual Giving Program right out of school to give back to a place that gave them so much.

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The L'nu symbol. L’nu is a word the Mi’kmaq use to describe themselves, meaning “human being” or “the people.”

StFX espi-kina’matno’kuom etek Mi’kma’ki, wejkwa’taqanik Mi’kmaq maqamikewmuew mna’q iknmuetu’tik. Nalikitquniejk na Mi’kmawey wisun wjit Antigonish teluek Aklasie’w-iktuk, ‘place where branches are torn off.’

StFX is located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaw people. The Mi'kmaw name for Antigonish is Nalikitquniejk, meaning ‘place where branches are torn off.’

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Across the globe, StFX graduates are recognized by the enduring symbol of the X-Ring and the uniquely Xaverian spirit of social justice and community mindedness.