Inside Iowa State
July 7, 2000
Capital campaign unprecedented success
Campaign Destiny: To Become the Best, the largest fund- raising initiative in Iowa State history, reached an unprecedented $458.6 million during a five-year campaign that ended June 30.
Outright and deferred gifts to the ISU Foundation's campaign exceeded the original $300 million goal by more than 150 percent. The original goal was extended to $425 million in 1998. The extended goal was surpassed at the end of 1999.
"The efforts of many individuals made Campaign Destiny an absolutely extraordinary success, and the biggest beneficiaries of this success are Iowa State's students," said President Martin Jischke. "The millions raised for scholarships increases the opportunities for students to pursue college degrees, while money for new buildings, programs and professor-ships greatly enhances the quality of undergraduate and graduate education at Iowa State."
One of the largest areas of donors' gifts was scholarships. Donors contributed almost $104 million to create 614 new undergraduate and graduate scholarship programs, including the Hixson Opportunity Awards and Presidential Scholarships for National Merit and Achievement students.
Buildings and equipment was another significant area for donors' gifts. More than 50 building projects will vastly improve Iowa State's teaching, learning and outreach environments, said ISU Foundation President Tom Mitchell.
"The campaign has financed building projects throughout the campus, from the development of Reiman Gardens to the enhancement and expansion of Jack Trice Stadium," Mitchell said. "Gifts have helped construct the Engineering Teaching and Research Complex for the College of Engineering, the Palmer Human Development and Family Studies Building for the College of Family and Consumer Sciences and Kocimski Auditorium for the College of Design."
Still ahead are the Gerdin Business Building, Honors Building, 4-H/Extension Youth Building and the Carver Co- Laboratory for the Plant Sciences Institute, he added.
In addition to scholarships, buildings and equipment, Campaign Destiny gifts have provided resources to develop new curricula for under-graduate and graduate programs through initiatives such as the Center for Entrepreneurship, the Plant Sciences Institute, and ISU's first named school, the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication. Donors' outright and deferred gifts also have funded 22 new faculty professorships and chairs.
Eight of the top 10 largest gifts ever received by Iowa State occurred during Campaign Destiny.
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