Duke Hits Its $3.25B Fundraising Goal Nearly a Year Early

Duke University has reached its fundraising goal nearly a year early, hitting the $3.25 billion mark this week.

University officials, saying there’s more work to do, emphasized that the “Duke Forward” campaign will continue until the middle of 2017, about the same time that Duke's President Richard Brodhead retires.

“We are thrilled to have achieved this important milestone, and we are grateful to our generous Duke alumni, volunteers, parents and friends,” Melissa Antaya, director of marketing for Duke’s development office, said in an email. “The campaign has made substantial progress in investing in Duke’s future, and as we look forward, we will not slow our momentum.”