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May-June 2005 • Vol. 31, No. 3
College and Division Campaign Exceeds Goal
As of May 15, the Bumpers College and Division of Agriculture portion of the Campaign for the Twenty-First Century had raised $82,500,000. The campaign goal was $69,350,000 by June 30, 2005.
The University-wide campaign total was $945.6 million in gifts and pledges as of May 15, which included a full match of the $300 million challenge from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation.
Chancellor John White announced April 12 that the campaign had passed its goal of $900 million, and that the goal was being reset at $1 billion.
The direct impact of the campaign is seen in 77 new scholarships and graduate fellowships, 11 new Honors Academy Scholarships, more than $8 million for support of student programs, and more than doubling of the scholarship endowment from $5 million to $10 million.
Ten classrooms, teaching labs and auditoriums have been or will be renovated or added, including auditoriums in the Plant Sciences, Home Economics and AFLS buildings, the new William L. Abernathy AgriScience and Technology Education Center and the Dorothy E. King Equine Pavilion.
A $410,000 endowment was established for classroom and auditorium maintenance and technology updates.
Endowed faculty chairs and professorships created or enhanced include the Donald “Buddy” Wray Chair in Food Safety, L.C. Carter Chair in Rice and Soybeans, Rice Industry Chair, Clyde H. Sites Endowed Professorship in International Crop Physiology, Novus International Endowed Professorship in Poultry Science, Harold Ohlendorf Professorship in Agricultural Economics, and a future endowment for the Don White Professorship in Grain Merchandising.