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November 30, 2009
The OSU Monthly Campaign Update tracks progress toward our $625 million campaign goal, celebrates successes along the way, and, above all, showcases the impact philanthropy makes on OSU students, the state of Oregon, and our world.
Monthly Highlights
Some $5.8 million was added to The Campaign for OSU in November, bringing the total to $546 million by the end of the month. Learn more about campaign progress.
The Campaign Steering Committee met December 10 in Portland, led by co-chair Pat Reser. Joined by consultant Martin Grenzebach, the group discussed the campaign timeline and progress, facility projects, and efforts to engage new donors.
The Foundation is especially encouraging year-end gifts to support the President's Fund for Excellence (which allows for strategic investments in programs with the greatest need, and greatest promise), the University Venture Development Fund (which directly supports research and economic development in our state), and scholarships (which are so important to recruiting and retaining the very best students, regardless of their financial circumstances).
To date more than one in five alumni have made a gift to The Campaign for OSU, passing on the gift of a great Oregon State University education to today's students and students to come. This month's update highlights three November gifts that show the impact alumni are making:
- For students: Dr. Renuka R. Sethi '69 established an endowed fund to create research opportunities for graduate students in Fisheries Science (College of Agricultural Sciences) and Human Development (College of Health and Human Sciences).
- For Oregon: John '76 and Sue Thompson '77 made a generous commitment to OSU's Accounting Development Fund (College of Business).
- For the world: Donna Bartels Gould '65 and David Gould '66 created the College of Science Disease Mechanism and Prevention Fund in support of research on Lou Gehrig's disease.
