Thinking Ahead | The Southwestern Campaign

SAVE THE DATE

Please join President Jake B. Schrum at a reception celebrating Thinking Ahead: The Southwestern Campaign. The program will be held in the following cities.

Austin, Tex. on January 11, 2007

Midland, Tex. on February 20, 2007

Dallas, Tex. on March 26, 2007

Fort Worth, Tex. on April 3, 2007

Amarillo, Tex. on May 1, 2007

For more information regarding these events, please contact Karen Frugé by email at or by phone at 1-800-960-6363 extension 1942.

SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY RECEIVES $6 MILLION GIFT PLEDGE TO RENOVATE HISTORIC CULLEN BUILDING

The most recognizable landmark on the Southwestern University campus - and one of the most historic buildings in Georgetown and Williamson County - will get a much-needed renovation thanks to a $6 million gift pledge from the Cullen Trust for Higher Education. ::more::

SOUTHWESTERN MEETS CHALLENGE GRANTS FOR NEW CENTER FOR LIFELONG LEARNING

A $2 million anonymous pledge received this month [January 2007] will enable Southwestern University to claim $3 million in challenge grants and move forward with construction of an $11 million Center for Lifelong Learning. The new building will house Southwestern's innovative Paideia® Program and bring together many key student services and programs into one location, including Academic Services, Career Services, the Cashier's Office, Counseling and Health Services, and the Registrar's Office.

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THANK YOU!

Southwestern would like to thank all of our donors whose significant contributions enhanced our community of students, faculty and staff during the 2005-06 fiscal year. Your support allows Southwestern to attract and retain the most qualified students while minimizing their debt thus continuing our tradition of providing a value education.

Over this past year, Southwestern received donations of $1,000 or more from 402 individuals and foundations, a record for President's Council membership. Of the $9.7 million raised this year, nearly 90% of that support is from our President's Council members. Gifts to the Annual Fund totaled more than $1.4 million, a large percentage of which supports student scholarship.

Nineteen new endowments were established to support students in accounting, the humanities, theatre, chemistry, the natural and physical sciences, education, computer science and history. In addition to supporting students studying in these departments, new endowments were also created to provide additional support for merit based aid, textbook purchases, graduate school education, the Paideia® program, students from Bexar County and the Brown Scholars program.

Your contributions have created tremendous momentum for Thinking Ahead: The Southwestern Campaign!

YOUNG ALUMNI CHALLENGE

In response to a 4 to 1 matching gift challenge from an anonymous alumni couple, Southwestern alumni from the classes of 2000-2005 raised participation nearly 2% points during the final six weeks of the fiscal year! Alumni from these classes made 169 gifts totaling $6,331.18, taking full advantage of the $25,000 challenge offered by the alumni couple. Thank you!

SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES $125 MILLION COMPREHENSIVE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN

Southwestern University today (March 31) launched the largest fundraising campaign in its 166-year history -- a $125 million comprehensive campaign designed to fund priorities in the university's 2010 Strategic Plan. These initiatives fall into four broad categories:

* Supporting students

* Supporting faculty

* Diversity enrichment

* Enhancing the living/learning environment on campus

Thinking Ahead: The Southwestern Campaign will run through June 30, 2009. University officials announced that they have already raised more than $53 million of the campaign goal during the "quiet phase" of the campaign, which began on July 1, 2002.

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SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY RECEIVES $1 MILLION CHALLENGE GRANT FOR NEW CENTER FOR LIFELONG LEARNING

Southwestern University has received a $1 million pledge from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, Okla. The gift will go towards construction of the University's new Charles & Elizabeth Prothro Center for Lifelong Learning.

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RESERVE YOUR COPY OF THE STORY OF SOUTHWESTERN

Our gift to you! We are offering individuals associated with Southwestern University the opportunity to reserve one complimentary copy of To Survive and Excel: The Story of Southwestern University 1840-2000 by Dr. William B. Jones, Professor Emeritus of History and Southwestern University Historian.

Reserve your copy today.

MERRIMAN MORTON NAMED CHAIR OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Merriman Morton, a longtime leader in the Texas banking industry, has been named the new chair of Southwestern University's Board of Trustees.

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DONOR FEATURES

This endowed fund is established by the family of F. Burr and Doris J. Clifford to honor the long association of their parents with Southwestern University and the example they set of lifelong learning with an emphasis on breadth and excellence of scholarship, and reflecting the Cliffords' focus on the Humanities and a Christian worldview.

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