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. By comparison, the amount raised in those first 12 months exceeds the total sum raised -- $352 million -- during the entirety of the University's first comprehensive campaign, which ran from 1984 to 1990. University President Graham Spanier noted that 150,140 donors made commitments during the 2007 calendar year.
Bruce R. Miller and Dean D. LaVigne have endowed a Trustee Scholarship to assist Penn State undergraduates who have financial need. The donors have directed that first consideration be given to students who advocate for or contribute to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and ally (LGBTA) community. "We wanted to extend a helping hand to capable students who might not otherwise be able to afford to come to our great university, and we are able to accomplish this through the Trustee Matching Scholarship Program," said Miller, a 1971 Penn State graduate in political science.
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. By comparison, the amount raised in those first 12 months exceeds the total sum raised -- $352 million -- during the entirety of the University's first comprehensive campaign, which ran from 1984 to 1990. University President Graham Spanier noted that 150,140 donors made commitments during the 2007 calendar year.
Bruce R. Miller and Dean D. LaVigne have endowed a Trustee Scholarship to assist Penn State undergraduates who have financial need. The donors have directed that first consideration be given to students who advocate for or contribute to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and ally (LGBTA) community. "We wanted to extend a helping hand to capable students who might not otherwise be able to afford to come to our great university, and we are able to accomplish this through the Trustee Matching Scholarship Program," said Miller, a 1971 Penn State graduate in political science.
