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SUNY Oswego has reached its $17 million goal for Inspiring
Horizons: The Campaign for Oswego eight months
ahead of schedule. The Oswego College Foundation Board
of Directors has voted to extend the campaign by one
year from the original end date, to June 30, 2008, and
to increase the goal by $6 million to $23 million.
“We are absolutely thrilled to have reached this
milestone so early,” said Oswego President Deborah
F. Stanley. “The success of this campaign illustrates
the powerful support the college inspires in our alumni,
friends and community members.”
The goal was reached Oct. 20, the day the convocation
center/ice arena in the college’s Campus Center
— a key component of the campaign — opened
its doors to the public. At the close of business that
day, campaign giving totaled $17,013,838.
The campaign was a three-pronged effort to raise $4
million in endowment funds, providing income every year
for scholarships, department and school excellence funds,
faculty positions, book funds and other program support;
$8 million for the Fund
for Oswego, providing dollars that go to work
right away to fund such things as financial aid, faculty
support and books for the library; and $5 million for
facilities and equipment, of which $4 million was for
the Campus Center and $1 million for the renovation
of Rich Hall.
“Reaching our $17 million goal for Inspiring
Horizons with time to spare shows just how much
Oswego’s alumni and friends love the college,”
said Campaign Honorary Co-chair Al
Roker '76. “Extending this campaign will
allow even more alumni to connect with our alma mater
in a meaningful way and show our support for the future
of the college.”
The Foundation board met Oct. 21 and approved the plan
to extend the campaign. “We are excited that we
have met our goal early,” said Oswego College
Foundation Board of Directors Chair M.
Catherine Richardson ’63. “The response
has been so much more than we anticipated — and
we were very optimistic. People have been extremely
generous.” She added that extending the goal gives
the college “the opportunity to stretch.”
The college has engaged so many alumni throughout the
first four years of the campaign, extending it gives
the opportunity to connect with many more, whether through
events, in a volunteer capacity, or by their financial
support, said Associate Vice President for Development
and Alumni Relations Kerry Casey
Dorsey ’81.
The campaign has three co-chairs: Mae
Squier-Dow ’83, Bernie Henderson and Harold
Morse ’61.
Squier-Dow said, “One of the best things about
this campaign has been the way it brought alumni, faculty
and staff and community members together with one common
goal – to help the college. It will be great to
continue that outreach and include even more people
into the fold of active participants in the life of
the college.”
The campaign exceeded its goals for endowment and The
Fund for Oswego, Dorsey reported. She pointed
out that The Fund for Oswego
was greatly boosted this year by the $50,000 challenge
initiated by fund chair Mark
Baum ’87. Baum matched new or increased
gift club level donations.
“The celebratory nature of the Campus Center opening
this fall will increase people’s appreciation
and support of the capital portion of the campaign,”
said Henderson. He added that last month’s opening
of the convocation space/arena was only part of the
picture, and that completion of the remaining part of
the complex, housing student services, clubs and organizations
and a lecture hall, is anticipated for fall 2007. “With
one more part of this central project to complete, it
is even more important to support the campaign,”
he added.
Morse noted that the campaign has created a powerful
legacy for future generations of Oswegonians. “We
who have had the benefit of an Oswego education are
now making it possible to continue the quality of the
Oswego experience for students who come after us. That
is the lasting legacy of this campaign.” |
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