Campaign Secures $364.2 Million in First Year

Penn State alumni and friends gave or pledged $364.2 million during the first year of the University's new fundraising effort, For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students. The campaign began on Jan. 1, 2007, and is in its early leadership gifts phase. >>more

Tombros $10 Million Leadership Gift

Less than a year into his position as volunteer chair of Penn State's new capital campaign, Peter Tombros and his wife, Ann Tombros, have announced they've made a $10 million commitment to the campaign.

For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students began January 1, 2007, and is now in its early leadership gifts phase. A dollar goal will be determined at a later date. >>more

Over the next 7.5 years, the University and volunteer leaders will raise private support keep a Penn State education affordable for all families.

In order to achieve this goal, the University has identified 6 initiatives:

• Ensuring Student Opportunity
  Students with the ability and ambition to attend the University will have this opportunity through scholarship support.
• Enhancing Honors Education
  Students of exceptional ability will experience the best honors education in the nation.
• Enriching the Student Experience
  Students will thrive in a stimulating atmosphere that fosters global involvement, community service, creative expression, and personal growth.
• Building Faculty Strength and Capacity
  Students will study with the finest teachers and researchers.
• Fostering Discovery and Creativity
  Students and faculty members will come together within and across disciplines to pioneer new frontiers of knowledge.
• Sustaining a Tradition of Quality
  Students will continue to work and study with faculty whose scholarship is enhanced by continuing philanthropic support.
  

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