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12.15.05 CAMPAIGN PASSES $214 MILLION MARK, STANDS AT 86% OF GOAL
The Campaign for the University of Vermont has passed the $214 million mark on the way to its $250 million goal. The total stood at $214,365,254 as of the end of November with just eighteen months remaining in the six-year campaign timeline.
Student support in the form of undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships is the top Campaign priority, with $59,442,077 of a $105 million goal in that category raised, or 56 percent. Faculty support is the second priority and has exceeded its $90 million goal, with $116,450,703 committed to faculty teaching and research.
"This is another significant milestone for the Campaign that puts us within sight of our overall goal," said a statement from Campaign co-chairs Joan and Eugene Kalkin '50. "It has been immensely gratifying to be a part of an effort so important to the future of an institution in which we so earnestly believe."
Co-chairs Meghan '91 and Robert Cioffi '90 expressed their appreciation for the many alumni, parents, and friends whose generosity has kept the Campaign moving forward. "Over the remaining eighteen months of this historic Campaign, we need to generate the broadest possible support from our alumni, parents, and friends to get us to our goal, particularly for the top priority on scholarships for deserving students," they said. "Every gift is important."
This is only the second major fundraising campaign undertaken by the University of Vermont. The first campaign, launched in 1989 with a $100 million goal, concluded in 1993, having raised $108 million toward endowment, programs, and facilities.