Kalamazoo College is off to a fast start on its $125 million capital campaign.
The
Kalamazoo Gazette reports the private liberal arts college already has
raised $20 million in gifts and pledges and Kalamazoo College President Eileen
Wilson-Oyelaran said the drive is expected
to last through 2015.
Excerpt:
Even a partial list of what
officials say the philanthropy would support is long: student
scholarships, a new Center for Sustainability and the Environment, a
new fitness center and natatorium, expanded enrichment programs,
funding to support faculty in intercultural studies, the sciences and
other curricular areas.
"We think by very strategic investment
of new resources we can do even more amazing things in support of our
students and faculty," Wilson-Oyelaran said.
For more details on
one use the funds, the Center for Sustainability and the Environment linked to the college's 140-acre Lillian Anderson Arboretum in Oshtemo
Township, read the
rest of the story.
Source: Kalamazoo Gazette
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