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| Max Schenkein '08
chats with an alumnus during a Wesleyan Fund fund-raising drive. Below, Sean
Collins '08 and Ana Lombera '09 request gifts for Wesleyan. The student
callers, along with staff in University Relations, helped raise more than
$35 million this past year. |
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| Posted 07.28.06 |
Wesleyan Breaks Fund-Raising Record, Garners Award
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 Wesleyan enters its 175th anniversary year
celebration with a tremendous gift from its alumni, friends, and other
supporters: a record-breaking $35,054,196 in cash gifts, surpassing the 2005
record by $3.7 million.
These funds will support financial aid, faculty, facilities, and programs.
Fifty-four percent of alumni participated in giving to Wesleyan in 2006,
equaling 2005's participation rate.
The official tally, announced this week by Barbara-Jan Wilson, vice
president for University Relations, marks a significant milestone for
Wesleyan.
"This generous support ensures Wesleyan's future and announces to the
worldwide Wesleyan community that our University is strong, getting
stronger, and will be here for future generations," Wilson says.
Wilson added that the Board of Trustees, President Douglas Bennet, alumni
and parent volunteers including the Development Committee and the University
Relations staff, are vital members of Wesleyan's fund-raising effort.
"This development team represents a rare convergence of talent, skill,
professionalism, dedication, and energy," Wilson says.
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) agrees with
Wilson. CASE has awarded Wesleyan the CASE-Wealth ID Award for Educational
Fund Raising: Overall Performance in the Private Liberal Arts Institutions
category. In 2002, Wealth ID, a provider of wealth screening services and
fund-raising solutions, joined CASE as a sponsor of the Educational Fund
Raising Awards.
"What is best about the CASE Award is that this honor was awarded not for
what Wesleyan received, but for what so many alumni, staff, and friends
gave," Wilson says. "The more we give, the more we receive. That defines the
Wesleyan experience."
"Wesleyan, already ranked highly for academic excellence, now demonstrates
an exemplary new standard of excellence in support of private education
through its fund-raising performance," says Mark Bailey, director of
Development Communications.
CASE, a nonprofit education association, supports educational institutions
by enhancing the effectiveness of the alumni relations, communications and
fund-raising professionals who serve it.
Other winners in the private liberal arts institution category include
Amherst College in Massachusetts; Berea College in Kentucky; Bowdoin
College in Maine; Middlebury College in Vermont; and Wellesley College in
Massachusetts. |
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| By Justin Harmon, vice
president for Public Affairs. Photos contributed by Regan Schubel. |
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