The University announced in May that it was engaged in the largest fund-raising effort in the history of higher education. The Spirit of Notre Dame campaign, the most comprehensive such effort in school history, seeks $1.5 billion. About 59 percent—$887 million—had been raised toward the goal at the time of the announcement.
Campaign priorities were identified in a strategic planning process that included administrators, faculty, students and staff, and resulted in the document “Fulfilling the Promise.” Those priorities include:
$485 million for overall University objectives, including $250 million for undergraduate financial aid endowment and $40 million for graduate fellowship endowment;
$660 million for the University’s four colleges and two schools, $445 million for endowment professorships and construction of a social science building, a College of Engineering facility, a Law School addition and an executive education facility;
$60 million for University libraries;
$81 million for centers and institutes;
$130 million for student life initiatives, including $76 million for four new residence halls and $30 million for a new student activity center;
$84 million for athletics, including endowment for grants-in-aid, and renovation and construction of facilities.
The campaign will end June 30, 2011.
For more information on the campaign, go to “http://supporting.nd.edu/spirit-of-nd/":http://supporting.nd.edu/spirit-of-nd/.