Posted 12:36 pm Thursday, January 31, 2013
Send to Kindle
UT Tyler celebrates completion of Inspiring Excellence Campaign
BY EMILY GUEVARA
eguevara@tylerpaper.com
More than five years after the launch of the Inspiring Excellence Campaign, The University of Texas at Tyler is celebrating the successful completion of it.
eguevara@tylerpaper.com
More than five years after the launch of the Inspiring Excellence Campaign, The University of Texas at Tyler is celebrating the successful completion of it.
The university has surpassed its goal by raising $30.6 million as of Jan. 22. That total could increase once the final contributions are tallied. The goal was $30 million.
Almost half of that funding came in the form of student scholarships, with smaller amounts providing for faculty chairs and professors, buildings and renovations and the R. Don Cowan Center for Fine and Performing Arts, among other things.
Unlike a capital campaign which emphasizes infrastructure, this was a comprehensive campaign with a focus on student scholarships and faculty chairs and professorships.
This was the largest campaign in university history and the first comprehensive campaign for UT Tyler.
UT Tyler President Dr. Rod Mabry said he is proud of the campaign leaders who contributed of their time, effort and finances. But he also extended that pride to the community as a whole.
“I'm proudest of the philanthropic tradition of East Texans,” Mabry said. “They are just amazing as a group. There is no city or area quite like this one for its willingness to support a good cause.”
Mabry said the funds already have made a difference in helping to grow the university, particularly the scholarship funds.
“It has helped raise the standards of our students coming in,” he said. “Those honors college students are just amazing in terms of what they can do and all the many other students who benefited from scholarships.”
This was the largest campaign in university history and the first comprehensive campaign for UT Tyler.
UT Tyler President Dr. Rod Mabry said he is proud of the campaign leaders who contributed of their time, effort and finances. But he also extended that pride to the community as a whole.
“I'm proudest of the philanthropic tradition of East Texans,” Mabry said. “They are just amazing as a group. There is no city or area quite like this one for its willingness to support a good cause.”
Mabry said the funds already have made a difference in helping to grow the university, particularly the scholarship funds.
“It has helped raise the standards of our students coming in,” he said. “Those honors college students are just amazing in terms of what they can do and all the many other students who benefited from scholarships.”
