July 14, 2009
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., July 10, 2009, Associated Press — The University of Alabama's seven-year fundraising campaign has ended after taking in more than $612 million, which surpasses its original goal.
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July 10, 2009
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Associated Press — The Penn State Nittany Lions' workout schedule Friday includes lifting weights and pull-ups, followed by an odd assortment of drills like pulling sleds and pushing around giant tractor-trailer tires in front of hundreds of fans.
July 8, 2009
July 7, 2009 — Today, Western Governors University, one of the nation's leading online colleges, announced a $1.2 million investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to examine how its flexible, competency-based degree programs can help improve the nation's low graduation rates among low-income and minority students ages 18-26.
July 1, 2009
June 30, 2009, OnCampus — Ohio State Professor Gifford Weary has donated $2 million from her family’s foundation to Ohio State’s Department of Psychology to create the endowed Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Chair in social psychology.
June 30, 2009
June 29, 2009, Memphis Commercial Appeal — A bad economy and the departure of basketball coach John Calipari didn't slow down the University of Memphis' athletic fundraising efforts during the last fiscal year.
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2009, The Wall Street Journal — The markets finally found a way to stump the Ivy League.
June 25, 2009
June 24, 2009 — The Helen Bader Foundation has announced that it will commit at least $10 million over the next decade to create a permanent endowment for the Helen Bader Scholarship Fund, which has helped low- and middle-income families with the cost of tuition at Milwaukee-area Jewish day schools for nearly 19 years. When mature, the endowment will be administered by the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, Inc., marking the largest single gift in the Foundation's history.
June 19, 2009
LEWISBURG, Pa., June 19, 2009 — For the first time in Bucknell history, the Annual Fund is positioned to surpass $10 million in cash gifts to the University.
June 17, 2009
June 12, 2009, Los Angeles Business Journal — At graduation ceremonies on Friday, Caltech President Jean-Lou Chameau announced that Stewart and Lynda Resnick had donated $20 million toward a new sustainability center.
June 17, 2009
June 16, 2009, Fresno Bee — Fresno State athletics received a record donation Tuesday from a newcomer to philanthropy who gave few details about the source of his bounty.
