Campus Campaign News

Purdue employees give $42 million to campaign, bar raised

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ö The bar for the on-campus portion of the Campaign for Purdue was raised this morning (Friday, April 15) to $50 million, the university announced as it celebrated $42 million in gifts from faculty, staff and retirees. Read more...

University to celebrate faculty/staff contributions

Faculty, staff and retirees have been invited to a pancake breakfast this week to celebrate the campus portion of The Campaign for Purdue.

"It starts at home" is the theme of the Campus Campaign.

"Purdue faculty and staff provide incredible professional and financial support each year to our University," says Peggy Rowe, vice provost and co-chair with William Rowe of the Campus Campaign.

"We have invited everyone to a special pancake breakfast to celebrate all of the individual efforts that come together to make this University great and to help us achieve our goals of preeminence."

All faculty, administrative and professional staff, and clerical and service staff should have received an invitation in campus mail to Thursday's breakfast and President's Forum.

The breakfast will begin at 7 a.m. in Purdue Memorial Union. The President's Forum begins at 8 a.m. and will feature an update on the progress toward Purdue's strategic goals in discovery, learning and engagement.

Those who plan to attend the breakfast should R.S.V.P. to the Office of Special Events at 49-40900 or events@purdue.edu. A shuttle service will be available to those who would like a ride to the event.

In 2003, 35 percent of all employees - 5,559 faculty and staff - contributed financial support to the University.

The Campaign for Purdue is an effort to raise $1.3 billion before June 2007 for facilities, faculty support, student scholarships and fellowships, programs and centers, and unrestricted funds. As of the end of December, $838 million had been raised toward the goal.

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Campaign for Purdue passes halfway mark,
retirees provide support in many ways

As of early January, The Campaign for Purdue had raised close to $840 million - well past the halfway mark toward its $1.3 billion goal.

The Campaign for Purdue was launched officially in the fall of 2002 and is to wrap up in June 2007. Its goals are $200 million for programs and centers; $200 million for student scholarships and fellowships; $200 million for faculty support; $600 million for facilities; and $100 million in unrestricted funds.

Retirees, faculty and staff have supported the University in many ways and are being encouraged to continue their contributions, both professionally and financially. The Campus Campaign for Purdue is an effort to inform faculty, staff and retirees about the ways in which their support can help the University reach its strategic goals in learning, discovery and engagement.

A celebration, including a pancake breakfast and President's Forum featuring a strategic plan update, was held Jan. 15 to honor faculty, staff and retirees.

In the next month, retirees will receive a mailing outlining opportunities for helping with The Campus Campaign for Purdue. Included in the mailing will be information about the President's Matching Gift Challenge, which is to encourage membership in the President's Council.

Betty Nelson and Roy Johnson are cochairs of the Campus Campaign Retiree Advisory Committee.

"No one has a better perspective than Purdue retirees of the enormous impact of the University experience on young and not-so-young people who have been students on this campus over the years," says Nelson, past president of the Purdue University Retirees Association and dean emerita of students. "We know that the investment we make in scholarships and facilities provides a legacy that is life-changing for our students, for Indiana, and the global community."

Over the past year, retirees have contributed more than $1.5 million to The Campaign for Purdue. They have given gifts of cash as well as planned gifts and trust arrangements. Gifts have been focused on various areas of the University, including for scholarships, faculty support and programming.

"It is so very exciting to see the innovations that are taking place at Purdue these days, with new construction, new faculty, new scholarships, new cutting edge research and so on," says Johnson, PURA president. "These things continue to build on the foundation our retirees helped lay during their years with the University. It was wonderful seeing the outpouring of Purdue fan support at the recent Capital One Bowl in Orlando. In a similar way, Purdue retirees are longtime, avid fans of the academic mission and the academic excellence of this great University. They can be Purdue cheerleaders and show their support for the "Purdue team" through their support for The Campaign for Purdue. What a great way to be a part of a lasting legacy of excellence for future generations of Boilermakers."

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