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UA Little Rock raised $266.5 million, beating its $250 million campaign goal
The Today in Little Rock team
UA Little Rock raised $266,532,569 in its seven-year Centennial Campaign, beating the $250 million goal. The university announced the total Thursday at a celebration for donors, alumni and community partners, and it's a university record.
UA Little Rock's Centennial Campaign beat its $250 million goal
- $266.5 million
- raised over seven years
- 22,762
- donors gave
- 211
- new endowments created
- 192%
- growth in the university's endowment
Sources: FOX16.com, Arkansas Business
Chancellor Christina Drale said, “Seven years ago, a $250 million campaign for UA Little Rock might have seemed out of reach.” Private gifts launched two programs to make school more affordable: the Half-Off Scholarship for incoming freshmen and the Trojan Guarantee, which covers remaining tuition for qualifying students with a Pell Grant and the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship.
- Enduring Opportunity Scholarship: $7.5 million Windgate Foundation gift
- Classrooms and labs renovated: 22
- Trojan Way: promenade from 28th Street to University Drive
- Shellam Flake Planetarium: slated to open in December
The biggest slice of giving, 42%, went to the university overall. Athletics took 14.5%.
Campuswide gifts drew the largest share of campaign money
Source: Arkansas Money & Politics
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| UA Little Rock overall | 42% |
| Humanities, Arts, Soc. Sci., Educ. | 21.5% |
| Athletics | 14.5% |
| Science, Technology, Engineering, Math | 7.2% |
| Business, Health and Human Services | 5.9% |
| Little Rock Public Radio | 5.8% |
| Bowen School of Law | 2.9% |
Sources: FOX16.com, Arkansas Money & Politics, Arkansas Business