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UALR Exceeds, Raises Goal to $100 million
Despite an economy that rivaled the Great Depression, UALR’s first comprehensive fundraising campaign has met its $75 million goal one-and-a-half years before the seven-year campaign ends. With 18 months to go in the $75 million campaign, UALR has raised $76.9 million.
Chancellor Joel E. Anderson, announcing the early success of the University’s first-ever comprehensive campaign Tuesday, said UALR will recalibrate the fundraising objective and raise the campaign goal to $100 million.
“The realities in our state and community require an ambitious vision,” Anderson said at the University Assembly two days before the fall semester begins. “UALR is appropriately ambitious. This new goal underscores the continued ambition UALR has for Arkansas.”
The campaign –”It’s Time for UALR” — has processed more than 75,000 gifts from 15,800 donors. The gifts were earmarked to benefit four areas of need: student support, faculty support, program support, and facility improvements.
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