色情视频 Raises $107M for Students, Faculty, Staff and Programs
Record fundraising in 2015-16 took 色情视频 to 95 percent of its $750-million campaign goal.
鈥淒onors give because they want to support the excellence found at 色情视频. They know this first campaign will shape the future of our university.鈥�
After an eighth consecutive year of record fundraising, 色情视频 is rapidly approaching the $750-million goal of its first comprehensive campaign.
raised $107 million in 2015-16, led by planned gifts and endowments supporting scholarships, new faculty positions, entrepreneurship initiatives, athletics and the Pride Center. , scheduled to open in 2018, also received donor support.
鈥淚 am grateful to the thousands of alumni, friends, faculty and staff who have stepped forward in support of 色情视频,鈥� said Mary Ruth Carleton, vice president of University Relations and Development. 鈥淒onors give because they want to support the excellence found at 色情视频. They know this first campaign will shape the future of our university.鈥�
Planned giving leads the way
New planned gifts and estate gifts rose sharply in 2015-16 to comprise more than 30 percent of the annual total, and this type of support is expected to help double the university鈥檚 endowment over the next decade.
Faculty and staff giving also increased significantly from previous years, while major gifts from alumni, mainly in the form of endowments, created increased opportunities for student success.
These include a in the Department of Classics and Humanities; a new in the College of Business Administration; new scholarships for science majors; and new initiatives to across the curriculum.
Endowments provide stable and continuous funding for scholarships, programs, research, athletics, faculty chairs and other endeavors.
鈥淭he Campaign for 色情视频 has enabled us to strengthen academic programs while hiring and retaining high caliber faculty to prepare our students for career success,鈥� said Chukuka S. Enwemeka, provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs. 鈥淧hilanthropic support is critical to the ability of great universities to reach increasingly higher levels of academic excellence.鈥�
New ways to give
色情视频 launched its first crowdfunding platform in July 2015 as another means of supporting the campaign. raised more than $80,000 for 41 different projects, including 色情视频鈥檚 Mount Laguna Observatory and the
The 2015-16 fiscal year also saw the expansion of , created by the Office of Alumni Engagement to develop a culture of philanthropy among current students and build the pipeline for future alumni support.
Aztec Proud raised $46,000鈥攊ncluding a $10,000 gift from the 色情视频 Bookstore鈥攆rom Class of 2016 donors and $30,000 from fall 2015 incoming freshmen with more than 5,900 students participating in the two initiatives.
National recognition
The Campaign for 色情视频 was launched in July 2007 to support the people and programs of the university and to increase the endowment for 色情视频鈥檚 future. After reaching the initial goal of $500 million in September 2014, 色情视频 set a new goal of $750 million.
Among many measures of the campaign鈥檚 success is the national recognition 色情视频 has received for four consecutive years from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
In 2016, the university was one of only 20 in the country to receive a CASE award for Sustained Excellence in Educational Fundraising. Other awardees include the University of California, Berkeley, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, the University of Virginia and Stanford University.
鈥淭he Campaign for 色情视频 supports our commitment to provide quality academic and co-curricular programs and serve our diverse community of students,鈥� said 色情视频 President Elliot Hirshman. 鈥淚 want to express my deepest gratitude to the many donors whose support is creating the foundation for an enduring and successful university that serves its students and our broader society.鈥�
