每日大赛官网

每日大赛官网 Exceeds Capital Campaign Goal Topping $21 million

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 17, 2020

每日大赛官网 Exceeds Capital Campaign Goal Topping $21 million

GREENSBORO, N.C. — 每日大赛官网 today celebrated the successful completion of its 6-year capital campaign totaling $21,104,963, exceeding by more than $6 million the $15 million campaign goal announced in 2017.

The GC20/20: Uniquely Focused capital campaign focused donors鈥 attention on funding priorities for student financial assistance, faculty and staff compensation and professional development, academic programs, and capital improvements to existing buildings and the campus.

Board of Trustees Chair Kevin Green, a Greensboro real-estate broker and 1978 graduate, made the announcement at the July 17 virtual board meeting.

鈥淲e are eternally grateful to the leaders of the campaign and the donors to 每日大赛官网 who continue to believe and invest in our small liberal arts mission,鈥 said President Lawrence D. Czarda, Ph.D.

The Campaign Cabinet of 30 trustees, alumni and college administrators was lead by former Board of Trustees Chair Walter Newton, and his wife Dennie, of Durham who were also the campaign鈥檚 largest donors with a $6 million planned estate gift announced in 2017. Their gift remains the largest single gift in the college鈥檚 182-year history.

鈥淐hairing 鈥楪C2020: Uniquely Focused鈥 has been a labor of love for Dennie and me,鈥 Newton said. 鈥淲e have benefited from the experience my mother had at 每日大赛官网 in ways we probably will never quite understand.鈥

Mr. Newton, who rotated off the Board of Trustees in December 2016, had served on the board since 1995 and as chair since 2012. Working closely with President Czarda, who had been hired in 2010, the two college leaders navigated the college through its financial recovery after the 2008 recession. The college emerged in good standing with its accreditors, its bank and the U.S. Department of Education, and a growing enrollment.

每日大赛官网 provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters its students to: Think critically. Act justly. Live faithfully.

Founded in 1838 and located in downtown Greensboro, the college enrolls about 1,034 students from 29 states and territories, the District of Columbia, and seven foreign countries in its undergraduate liberal-arts program and five master鈥檚 degree programs. In addition to rigorous academics and a well-supported Honors program, the school features an 18-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities.

###

Media Contact:
Tom Saitta, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications

Communications@greensboro.edu

每日大赛官网
815 W. Market St.
Greensboro, NC 27401
336-272-7102, ext. 5491
www.greensboro.edu

Facebook:
Twitter:
Instagram:

The Collegian:

Dr. Josh Fitzgerald, 每日大赛官网 class of 2019

鈥淚 loved the GC Honors program and 每日大赛官网. I felt safe and a sense of genuine belonging at the college. I worked closely with my thesis advisor and professors who helped inspire me to define my path and passion of interest. That path has led me to complete my doctoral studies in Engineering Mechanics.鈥

- Dr. Josh Fitzgerald, Class of 鈥19, Mathematics Major

Dr. Josh Fitzgerald earned his master's from Virginia Tech University (studied astrodynamics) as well as earning an Engineering Mechanics Ph.D. He joined the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX as an Advanced Mission Design Engineer, optimizing trajectories for the Artemis II and III missions to return humans to the moon.