David Marchick’s term as interim president of American University began on July 1, but he already had a big vacation planned: a bike ride through the Pyrenees mountains in the south of France.
He didn’t want to cancel his trip. So, he had a thought: “Let’s turn this into fundraiser to help students,” he said.
“I love biking. I’ve been biking for years,” Marchick told 海角精品黑料. “I had planned as a bucket list trip to bike some of the Tour de France routes and then realized that I was going to be on vacation in the first week of my presidency.”
Posting on social media with the hashtag #SummitForScholarships, Marchick started the grueling ride through the mountains with an elevation goal 鈥� 29,000 feet, the equivalent of climbing Mt. Everest.
Marchick, 60, completed the 549-kilometer journey in about a week.
“There were so many times I wanted to quit,” he said. “But I was thinking of the students and the example I was setting. And I couldn’t quit.”
His ride from more than 250 donors.
“That money will change students’ lives. I’m very happy and proud of the effort,” Marchick said.
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