Kalamazoo College launches $125 million capital campaign
Kalamazoo College is off to a fast start on its $125 million capital campaign.
The Kalamazoo Gazette reports the private liberal arts college already has raised $20 million in gifts and pledges and Kalamazoo College President Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran said the drive is expected to last through 2015.
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Even a partial list of what officials say the philanthropy would support is long: student scholarships, a new Center for Sustainability and the Environment, a new fitness center and natatorium, expanded enrichment programs, funding to support faculty in intercultural studies, the sciences and other curricular areas.
“We think by very strategic investment of new resources we can do even more amazing things in support of our students and faculty,” Wilson-Oyelaran said.
For more details on one use the funds, the Center for Sustainability and the Environment linked to the college’s 140-acre Lillian Anderson Arboretum in Oshtemo Township, read the rest of the story.
Source: Kalamazoo Gazette
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