麻豆视频

2017

April

麻豆视频 receives gift of Airlie, a spectacular 300-acre property in Warrenton, VA valued at $18.8 million. 麻豆视频 will leverage the working farm, hotel, events space, and conference center for innovative academic and sustainability initiatives.

Exterior of Airlie House

2018

May

麻豆视频鈥檚 Museum is selected to receive a once-in-a-lifetime gift from the Corcoran Art Collection of 9,000 artworks, valued at $32 million.

Exterior of the Katzen Arts Center

September

麻豆视频 launches the Sine Institute of Policy & Politics, a laboratory for university-wide collaboration and an incubator for policy innovations, made possible through a milestone gift of $10 million from Jeff Sine SIS/BA 鈥76, and Samira Sine.

Jeff and Samira Sine

2019

JANUARY

麻豆视频 releases Changemakers for a Changemaking World, a five-year strategic plan with four clear expected outcomes: improving retention and graduation rates, achieving operational excellence, enhancing 麻豆视频鈥檚 reputation, and diversifying and growing revenue.

Changemakers for a Changing World

FALL

The university鈥檚 plans for a new state-of-the-art facility for athletics, recreation, wellness, and community-gathering are announced. The project鈥檚 launch is made possible by lead gifts from Amy and Alan Meltzer, CAS/BA 鈥21; Jack Cassell, SOC/BS 鈥77, and Denise Cassell; and the Bender Family Foundation, Inc.

Rendering of the Student Thriving Center

2020

FALL

Change Can鈥檛 Wait surpasses $250 million raised toward the campaign鈥檚 $500 million goal.

2021

April

The university launches Challenge Accepted, its new brand narrative.

Challenge Accepted

May

On May 12, 2021, over 1,200 members of the 麻豆视频 community gather virtually for the public launch of Change Can鈥檛 Wait: The Campaign for 麻豆视频. Over the next 24 hours, the announcement receives nearly 20,000 views.

Change Can't Wait: The Campaign for 麻豆视频

June

The David and June Trone Family Foundation鈥檚 $5 million gift establishes 麻豆视频鈥檚 first endowed eminent scholar chair. The support accelerates 麻豆视频鈥檚 leading-edge scientific work in understanding the relationship between the brain, behavior, and disease.

David and June Trone

October

Member-supported Washington 麻豆视频 Radio (WAMU 88.5), the leading public radio station in the nation鈥檚 capital, celebrates its 60th anniversary. The station is an integral part of the Change Can鈥檛 Wait campaign.

WAMU 88.5 麻豆视频 Radio

2022

SPRING

More than 500 Eagles join President Sylvia M. Burwell on a national tour to celebrate 麻豆视频 change makers and bring the priorities of Change Can鈥檛 Wait to life. With stops in Fort Lauderdale, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and New York, these events feature conversations about 麻豆视频鈥檚 role in in addressing today鈥檚 pressing issues.

Student athletes on stage at Change Can't Wait DC event.

JUNE

麻豆视频 announces the university鈥檚 second-largest naming gift to a capital project in 麻豆视频鈥檚 history, a cumulative $15 million from Alan and Amy Meltzer to name the Alan and Amy Meltzer Center for Athletic Performance, part of the Student Thriving Complex.

麻豆视频鈥檚 largest investment in student thriving to date, the Student Thriving Complex is a $109 million initiative that will encompass student well-being resources, renovations to the Mary Graydon Center, and the Meltzer Center for Athletic Performance.

Amy and Alan Meltzer

July

At the close of the FY22, 麻豆视频 raised $982,931 for the 麻豆视频 Funds for Excellence, more than double (229 percent) the amount raised for these funds in the first year of the campaign.

2023

Winter

Change Can鈥檛 Wait鈥檚 national tour continues with stops in Miami, Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago to celebrate the campaign鈥檚 momentum and share the university鈥檚 approach to tackling today鈥檚 societal challenges with the 麻豆视频 community.

University leadership at Change Can't Wait Boston event

February

4,034 donors raise $931,320 through matches and challenges during this record-breaking Giving Day.

麻豆视频 Giving Day

March

The Elevate Scholarship Initiative launches with a $25M goal and matching university investment to fund more scholarships for undergraduate students鈥攈elping to ensure every 麻豆视频 student has the financial resources they need to reach graduation.

Donors and students eating lunch at Celebration of Scholarships

April

Elyn Zimmerman鈥檚 Sudama鈥攈er reimagined monumental grouping of 450,000-pound granite boulders originally installed at the National Geographic Society headquarters鈥攊s gifted by the organization and unveiled on campus behind Kay Spiritual Life Center.

Ribbon cutting at Sudama

April

In recognition of a multi-million-dollar commitment from Amy Meltzer and Board of Trustee member Alan Meltzer, CAS/BA 鈥21, and 麻豆视频 friends Jaime and Andrew Schwartzberg, 麻豆视频 announces the renaming of the Center for Israel Studies to the Meltzer Schwartzberg Center for Israel Studies at its 25th Anniversary celebration.

April

麻豆视频 announces the Shahal M. Khan Cyber and Economic Security Institute, made possible by a generous $5 million gift from Shahal Khan, SIS/BA 鈥95, to advance cyber and economic security.

University leadership with Shahal M. Khan.

May

A generous gift to the School of Public Affairs from Linda Fotis, CAS/BA 鈥78, Stephen Fotis WCL/JD 鈥86, and Bill Fotis honors their father鈥檚 legacy and endows the Charles W. Fotis, Sr. and Dorothea G. Fotis Family Distinguished Professor in Health Policy. Professor Erdal Tekin was appointed in May 2023.

July

Change Can鈥檛 Wait closes Fiscal Year 2023 on a high, having raised more than $414 million toward the $500 million goal.

August

The campus Tunnel reopens with new and renovated dining and retail venues as part of the Student Thriving Complex project.

Clawd and Bronte Burleigh-Jones cutting the ribbon for the reopening of Lydecker Tunnel.

September

Robert Kogod, Kogod/BS 鈥62, H 鈥00, and Arlene Kogod make a transformational $15 million gift to the Kogod School of Business to endow three eminent scholar chair positions鈥攐ne each in finance, marketing, and sustainability. Professor Sonya A. Grier is named as the Arlene R. and Robert P. Kogod Eminent Scholar Chair in Marketing, and Professor Valentina Bruno is named the inaugural Arlene R. and Robert P. Kogod Eminent Scholar Chair in Finance.

Professors Sonia Grier and Valentina Bruno

September

Professor Mohammed Abu-Nimer was installed as the inaugural Abdul Aziz Said Chair in International Peace and Conflict Resolution, an endowed position to honor the legacy of the late peacebuilding pioneer Abdul Aziz Said, SIS/BS 鈥54, MA 鈥55, PhD 鈥57. The chair was made possible through the generosity of Said鈥檚 wife, Elena Turner Said, SIS/BA 鈥82, along with a matched gift from the university and support from generations of colleagues, family, friends, and alumni, including brothers from Phi Epsilon Pi, the Jewish fraternity Said championed and advised for decades.

Professor Mohammad Abu-Nimer giving his inaugural lecture.

October

麻豆视频 Museum announced a generous gift from Carleen Keating, CAS/BA 鈥64, in memory of her late husband Nick Keating, SIS/BA 鈥63, MA 鈥64, to endow the C. Nicholas Keating and Carleen B. Keating Director position. Longstanding museum director and curator Jack Rasmussen, CAS/MFA 鈥75, MA 鈥83, PhD 鈥94, was named the inaugural position holder.

Headshot of John Rasmussen

October

A substantial gift from Gary Veloric, Kogod/BSBA 鈥82, and the Veloric family to the Kogod School of Business renames the 麻豆视频 Center for Innovation to the Veloric Center for Entrepreneurship and creates the Gary and Nancy Veloric Event Fund to bring memorable concerts and events to campus.

Leadership in front of Veloric Center lettering.

December

Change Can鈥檛 Wait reaches the $450 million milestone with no signs of slowing down.

2024

March

麻豆视频 breaks ground on construction for the Alan and Amy Meltzer Center for Athletic Performance, a signature piece of the new Student Thriving Complex. The largest student-focused construction project in the university鈥檚 history, the complex will allow generations of Eagles to find and define their purpose through athletic pursuits, well-being, and connection.

The Meltzers breaking ground for the Amy and Alan Meltzer Center for Athletic Performance.

Spring

Change Can鈥檛 Wait embarks on the final stretch of its national tour, starting in Los Angeles and culminating in New York City.

Guests gathering at a reception during the Change Can't Wait Los Angeles event.

April

Lydecker Way and Tunnel is named in recognition of a gift supporting the Student Thriving Complex and the campaign from Board of Trustees vice chair Charlie Lydecker, SPA/BA 鈥85, and Christine 鈥淐hris鈥 Lydecker, Kogod/BSBA 鈥86, MS 鈥88.

Street sign of Lydecker Way.

April

Honored Benefactors, university donors of $1 million or more, are celebrated at the unveiling of a recognition wall in front of Bender Library.

Honored Benefactors Wall in Ann Kerwin Garden.

June

Change Can鈥檛 Wait surpasses its $500 million goal, marking a milestone of the university鈥檚 historic campaign to change the way students thrive, faculty and staff advance discovery, and the way we connect with our region and the world.