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NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Ever Higher: The Campaign for ¾¨Ó㴫ý was so successful during its non-public phase that the Board of Trustees approved raising the campaign goal to $50 million during its Nov. 3 meeting.

¾¨Ó㴫ý launched the public phase of the most successful fundraising campaign in the independent liberal arts college's 160-year history on September 21 with a campus-wide celebration and announcement that ¾¨Ó㴫ý had already raised $36.4 million for Ever Higher: The Campaign for ¾¨Ó㴫ý.

Most colleges expect to raise about half of the campaign goal during the initial, or quiet, phase of the campaign. ¾¨Ó㴫ý reached 91 percent of Ever Higher's $40-million goal during the past two years. Ever Higher, with several years remaining in the campaign, has raised $37,241,558 and surpassed the $35 million raised by ¾¨Ó㴫ý's Heritage Campaign in the early 1990s.

"From an initial working goal of $40 million, we have had outstanding success from the generosity of alumni and friends of ¾¨Ó㴫ý," ¾¨Ó㴫ý President Dr. Richard Dorman said.  "Their generosity and belief in ¾¨Ó㴫ý's mission empowers us to increase our ambitious goal and invest in our students, faculty, facilities and programs."

The goal for the "People & Programs" component of the campaign was increased to $15 million from $9.5 million, and the goal for "Facility & Campus Improvements" increased from $16.5 to $21 million.

Ever Higher: The Campaign for ¾¨Ó㴫ý priorities:

• People & Programs -- $15 million for endowed scholarships, faculty development, academic program enhancements, and the John & Elizabeth Drinko Center for Experiential Learning
• Facility & Campus Improvements -- $21 million for Patterson Hall renovation, Hoyt Science Center renovation, construction of Berlin Village Phase II student townhouses, athletics, and campus landscaping
• The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Fund -- $8 million in annual gifts to the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Fund scholarship contributions to reduce educational expenses for all students and enhance academic, athletic, and student life programs
•  Legacy Gifts for Our Future -- $6 million in future gifts to endowment through trusts, bequests, charitable gift annuities, and other long-term arrangements to create a permanent donor legacy

"Ever Higher is all about the students and the myriad ways they will benefit from the generosity of our donors," according to Gloria Cagigas, vice president for institutional advancement. "¾¨Ó㴫ý is blessed with loyal alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the College who choose to make an investment in ¾¨Ó㴫ý's people and programs. They understand that enriching the lives of our students will pay dividends today and in the future as our students will uplift the lives of people everywhere."

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Campus-wide celebration to announce Ever Higher: The Campaign for ¾¨Ó㴫ý