The most ambitious fundraising campaign in the history of the University of Vermont raised a grand total of $278,461,113 during its six-year timeline, exceeding its $250 million goal by eleven percent, President Daniel Mark Fogel announced today.

“This is an historic moment for the University,” Fogel said. “Exceeding an ambitious campaign goal as we have done not only provides a powerful influx of resources to help us accomplish the strategic goals we have set for ourselves; it also demonstrates the surging confidence the university is inspiring among an array of supporters near and far. We couldn’t be more grateful to our community of donors for helping us achieve this milestone.”

“Reaching and exceeding our campaign target in only the second campaign in the University’s history is cause for celebration,” said Robert F. Cioffi, a member of UVM’s board of trustees and co-chair of the National Campaign Steering Committee. “It’s a sign of just how far and fast we’ve traveled in the last few years and of the bright promise the future holds for UVM. On behalf of the Steering Committee, I’d like to express my deep thanks to all the donors who have made this day possible.”

A record 79,268 donors contributed to the campaign, 40,607 of them from Vermont.

The campaign total includes $146,631,311 in support of faculty teaching and research, $76,158,057 for student scholarships and fellowships, $22,729,934 for new or refurbished facilities, $4,668,017 for athletics, $3,316,035 for the Fleming Museum, $2,675,294 for the university libraries, $1,644,086 to bring distinguished visiting scholars and artists to campus, and $20,638,380 unrestricted as to its use.

Alumni of the university accounted for $97,337,305 of the total, followed by foundations ($83,900,129); corporations ($28,540,651); friends of the university ($24,597,876); organizations ($22,224,321) and parents of current and former students ($21,860,830).

Among the examples of how the campaign has begun to transform UVM:

• 400 Freeman Medical Scholars have made a commitment to return to Vermont to practice thanks to the scholarship support of the Freeman Foundation, whose total giving of nearly $24.5 makes it the largest single campaign donor.

• A $15 million commitment from Stephen '61 and Beverly Rubenstein, the largest individual gift in university history, created the first named school or college at UVM, the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources.

• 27 new chairs, professorships, and other endowed faculty positions were created during the campaign, providing a stable base of funding for the teaching, research, and creative endeavors of some of the University's most gifted scholars.

• 24 new endowed scholarships were established through the Lintilhac Foundation Challenge Gift Program, helping to keep UVM affordable and accessible to deserving students.

• A $1 million gift to athletics was the catalyst for construction of Moulton Winder Field, the new artificial turf facility for field hockey and men's and women's lacrosse.

• A $5 million gift from Leonard '51 and the late Carolyn Rosen Miller will finance part of the renovation of Billings Hall as a permanent home for the Center for Holocaust Studies, for the Center for Research on Vermont, and for the Libraries' Special Collections, and create two new professorships in Holocaust studies.

• The newly completed Dudley H. Davis Center, which received $10 million in private funding through the campaign, is beginning to transform the campus experience for students and visitors alike.

The Campaign for the University of Vermont, only the second in UVM history, officially began on July 1, 2001 and ended on June 30, 2007. UVM's first campaign was launched in 1989 with a $100 million goal and concluded in 1993 having raised $108 million toward endowment, programs, and facilities.