Southwestern University seeks gifts for current use and endowed funds to launch new initiatives and sustain the momentum of the past three decades.

Southwestern has an established track record of careful investment and effective use of resources, and will continue this responsible stewardship as it applies gifts and grants acquired during this campaign toward the objectives of the Strategic Plan for 2010.

 

Thinking Ahead: The Southwestern Campaign

	Goal	$ 125,000,000	Progress to Date: 84.8%   As of 10/31/10:  $105,977,365

EVERY GIFT MATTERS!

See the impact of Thinking Ahead at Southwestern detailed by objective below.

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Individual Campaign Objectives

SUPPORTING STUDENTS

$20,000,000 to provide opportunities for talented and deserving students to attend Southwestern and to prepare for meaningful and productive lives.

	Scholars Program	$ 5,000,000	Progress to Date: 73.3% For Students: $14,651,405
	Paideia Scholars	$9,000,000
	Student Scholarships	$ 6,000,000

• Over $5.4 million received for need and merit-based scholarships.
• Distinctive Paideia Program launched, transcending traditional teaching and learning approaches through a holistic, student-driven and faculty-led experience.
• $2 million expansion of the Brown Scholars program enabled by the generosity of the Brown Foundation.
• Office of Civic Engagement created, resulting in Southwestern’s recognition by the Carnegie Foundation as one of only 76 colleges and universities across the country committed to community involvement. Southwestern students volunteer at twice the national average.

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SUPPORTING FACULTY

$21,000,000 to foster original research and close, scholarly relationships between faculty and students.

	Scholars, Chairs & Professorships	$16,000,000	Progress to Date: 26.4% For Faculty: $5,553,124
	Faculty Scholarship	$3,000,000
	Paideia Program	$2,000,000

• 18 tenure-track faculty positions added, expanding curricular offerings and securing interactive 10:1 student to faculty ratio.
• More than $3.4 million received in endowment and annual restricted gifts to fund faculty positions, original research and creative works.

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FOR DIVERSITY

$6,000,000 to bring varied perspectives to class discussions and campus activities.

	Dixon Scholarships Professorships	$4,000,000	Progress to Date: 22.7%   For Diversity: $1,360,819
	Diversity Enrichment Initiatives	$2,000,000

• $1.3 million added to the Dixon Scholarship program, helping historically underserved students experience Southwestern.
• Office of Intercultural Learning expands offerings, including a new Environmental Fellows Study Abroad program. More than 50% of Southwestern students study abroad.

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FOR LIVING/ LEARNING

$50,000,000 to enhance the campus environment to support a dynamic learning community.

	Cullen Building Renovation	$12,000,000	Progress to Date: 65.5% For Living/Learning: $32,760,636
	Prothro Center for Lifelong Learning	$11,000,000
	Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center Addition and Renovation	$10,000,000
	Athletic Facilities	$ 4,000,000
	Student Residential Centers	$ 4,000,000
	Technology Initiative	$ 4,000,000
	Mood-Bridwell Renovation	$ 3,000,000
	Smith Library Initiatives	$ 2,000,000

• The Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Center for Lifelong Learning, nearing completion and slated for dedication in March, centralizes student services on campus, further connecting residential life and academic facilities.
• The Wilhelmina Cullen Admission Center opened, providing a new home for visitors and for Admission efforts while securing nationally prestigious Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.
• Construction of the Dorothy Manning Lord Student Residential Center completed in addition to renovations of the Herman Brown and Moody-Shearn residence halls.
• Sarofim School of Fine Arts building renovated to refurbish the Alma Thomas Theater, adding state-of-the-art lighting, sound and stage equipment and integrating an orchestra pit. Renovations also included music rehearsal halls, a theater design studio and the expansive Walzel Lobby.

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FOR SOUTHWESTERN

$28,000,000 to support the University’s fundamental activities during this campaign and help meet the 2010 Strategic Plan objectives.

	The Southwestern Fund	$10,000,000	Progress to Date: 100% For Southwestern: $51,651,381
	Other Gifts & Grants	$ 8,000,000
	Deferred Gift Commitments	$10,000,000

• The Southwestern Fund supports priority needs on campus with special attention to student scholarships, faculty development, library resources and the advancement of technology in classrooms and laboratories.
• Operational base of the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education relocated to Southwestern’s campus. Over $4 million granted by the Mellon Foundation to support the transition and operations of NITLE.
• $7.6 million in deferred estate commitments received from Southwestern alumni and friends to sustain the momentum of current programs and develop new initiatives.