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Exceeds
Goal, Totals $132.2 million as of December 31, 2002
On January 20, 2003, President Daniel F. Sullivan, Campaign Chair Bruce
W.
Benedict '60 and trustee Chair Lawrence J. Winston '60 issued the following
announcement:
We are greatly pleased-indeed, privileged-to announce today that on
December 31, 2002, exceeded its goal with $132,175,669 in gifts received
and pledges made, payable by the end of 2005. We express deepest thanks
to our trustee colleagues and the alumni, parents, friends, foundations
and corporations who contributed to the most successful fund raising
effort in the University's history.
With a master plan of academic, co-curricular and facilities initiatives
to guide our conversations with prospective donors, we explained our
needs, and literally thousands of donors responded with historic generosity.
Our goal, as you may remember, was $130 million, established three years
ago after we achieved our initial goal of $75 million one year early.
The Campaign includes most gifts to the University given July 1, 1994
through December 31, 2002. Additionally, it includes a few lead gifts
committed before 1994.
Of the $132.2 million in the Campaign total, $88.8 million has been
received and put to use-to support the operating budget, fund special
programs, add to our endowment, and to support the facilities renovation
and construction program on which we have embarked. Another $27.9 million
is made up of life income gifts and irrevocable bequests. The University
will receive the majority of these gifts through the donors' estates.
An additional $15.5 million is pledged for payment by the end of 2005.
It is due to the generosity of many that we have reached our goal. Here
is a breakdown by source of gifts: $88.6 million from alumni, $13.5 million
from current parents and parents of alumni; $15 million from friends
of the University; $2.5 million from corporations; $11.1 million from
foundations; and, $1.5 million from organizations. Of special note is
the strong level of philanthropy from our fellow trustees and trustees
emeriti (most of whom are alumni but also include parents and friends).
From within the totals above, these University leaders donated $35,640,800
to .
The Campaign includes gifts and pledges totaling $21.1 million in support
of facilities, and $38.3 million in support of the endowment, in addition
to unrestricted and restricted gifts for other purposes.
Gifts to the Campaign touch every aspect of our mission. In the academic
area we are grateful for gifts that have endowed six professorships;
have enabled us to renovate Owen D. Young Library and the Launders Science
Library and Computing Center; and have established programs such as the
University Fellowships for student/faculty summer research, the Integrated
Science Education Initiative (ISEI), and the global studies major. Complementing
the academic mission, gifts to student life programs, and for renovation
and construction of residential and athletic facilities enhance our students'
education as well. And of course, hundreds of students attend St. Lawrence
on scholarships because of gifts to . Much has been accomplished through
the Campaign and more will still be done with these funds.
When the campaign was initiated, St. Lawrence chose to follow the Council
for Advancement and Support of Education's Management and Reporting standards
for campaign counting. It's important to note that we count only private,
not public, support in our totals. We are, of course, deeply grateful
that in addition to the private support cited above, which is only what
we have counted in the campaign, we have received in excess of $8.5 million
in public grants and commitments in large part due to the efforts of
University Trustee and former New York State Senator Ronald B. Stafford
'57. We once again acknowledge his leadership.
In April, we will publish the final edition of the New Light Campaign
newsletter, sharing the full array of gifts and grants that comprise
.
At a time like this, we think about the collective efforts of so many
people who share our vision, who have worked with energy, creativity
and passion to make our vision a reality, and who have made meaningful
commitments to St. Lawrence. Thank you!
Among the highlights of the Campaign to date are:
- With grant support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, faculty
launched Technology for Teaching, a program supporting projects that
incorporate the use of technology to enhance teaching in new and creative
ways.
A 2001 grant from the Mellon Foundation has funded the new Center for
Teaching and Learning, which will support faculty initiatives to improve
classroom technques.
- The University Fellows program, launched with five student-faculty teams
during summer 1999, served as a model for collaborative academic efforts
upon which the University plans to expand. Twenty students participated in
the University Fellows program during the summer of 2002.
- A new Global Studies program has been launched, to provide a broader context
for efforts to internationalize the curriculum and research. Three new international
study programs, Australia, China and Trinidad & Tobago, have increased
international study options to 14.
- Owen D. Young Library underwent a $5.8 million renovation to provide for
the latest technology, collection growth, improved access to services and
refreshed interior décor.
- A grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has launched the
Pluralism and Unity Project, bridging academic initiatives in intercultural
studies with day-to-day real lives of students and faculty.
- The position of director of outdoor studies was created in 1999 to coordinate
the many aspects of outdoor education on campus. In addition, a new outdoor
studies minor became available and in 2000, the University launched a new
Adirondack Semester, modeled after international study programs, near the
Massawepie wilderness area.
- We created the Jack and Sylvia Burry, Jr., Chair in Statistics and appointed
Professor Robin Lock to the post.
- In honor of Chairman Emeritus Al Viebranz '42, friends established the
Alfred C. Viebranz Endowment for Creative Writing, allowing us to host a
visiting writer for a full year.
- Faculty established the Integrated Science Education Initiative (ISEI)
and the University will construct a field laboratory on the Little River,
thanks to a gift from the Wachmeister Family.
- Assistant Professor Erika Barthelmess was appointed to the first Grace
J. Fippinger Junior Professorship, thanks to a gift from the estate of alumna
Grace Fippinger '48.
- Lynn '68 and Terry Burns '69 Birdsong established the Birdsong Fund for
Visiting Music Faculty and the Birdsong Faculty Endowment for the Arts. Ultimately,
the fund will fully endow a faculty chair in one of St. Lawrence's arts departments:
music, fine arts or speech and theatre.
- Intercultural House, with spatial and programmatic links to International
House, was created in Sykes Residence Hall.
- Dana Dining Hall was totally renovated and Brewer Bookstore opened in
a new facility.
- Seven new teams (softball, men's and women's crew, men's and women's squash
and men's and women's golf) launched their first competitive seasons in 1999-2000;
construction has been completed on the all-weather artificial turf North
Country Field, renovated Weeks Field and the new nine-lane Merrick-Pinkard
Track. The fitness center in Augsbury Physical Education Center has been
expanded; six new squash courts have been built; 29 coaches' offices have
been reconstructed in the building. Renovations to Appleton Arena,
including men's and women's locker and training rooms, have been completed,
as has a new softball field. Leckonby Stadium opened in fall 2000.
- The Newell Field House, with adjacent fitness center and the Munro Family
Climbing Wall, was completed in fall 2001, as was Sandy MacAllaster Soccer
Stadium. The Thomas M. Fay Baseball Field was dedicated in fall 2002 and
th Robie Squash Center was dedicated January 2003. The Charles W. Appleton
II Hockey Coach position has been established, with Coach Joe Marsh holding
the inaugural appointment.
- A new Student Center is under construction and will open spring 2004.
- Creasy Commencement Commons and Creasy Way, two campus landscaping projects,
have created new, beautiful gathering spaces. Creasy Way takes the place
of the decommissioned Leigh Street, in the middle of the recreration and
athletics complex.
- The Emerson Foundation offered a challenge grant to encourage gifts to
the Advantage Saints program in support of recreation and athletics.
- MacAllaster House, the president's home, has been renovated to encourage
intellectual, cultural and social programming hosted by St. Lawrence leaders
for campus, alumni and regional community members.
- Improvements have been made to the area of Canton's Park Street that goes
through campus, including new lighting and signage, crosswalks, a speed-activated
traffic light, bicycle lanes and trees.
- Gifts to the St. Lawrence Fund now total over $28 million since fiscal
year 1995 (the first date at which gifts to the St. Lawrence Fund counted
in Campaign totals).
Questions can be directed to Thomas
R. Pynchon, Associate Vice President for Development
0r
Call the Development Office at (315) 229-5582
© St. Lawrence University
Questions or Comments: mprahl@stlawu.edu
Last Update: February 20, 2003
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