Significant Fundraising Effort Announced by Earlham College

For Immediate Release:
Oct. 20, 2008

Earlham's campaign will include new buildings and renovations of facilities for the arts and sciences on campus.

RICHMOND, Ind. — Earlham College announced a $60 million campaign on Saturday, Oct. 18, during its annual Homecoming and Reunion Weekend Festivities. The College revealed that it has already raised more than $41 million toward that goal.

Called Purpose and Passion: The Campaign for Earlham, the fundraising effort will increase the impact of the Earlham Fund, the College's annual giving program that addresses its most pressing needs, to at least $1.75 million annually. The campaign also will provide funds to build a new center for the arts on the south side of campus, while renovating existing arts spaces in Runyan Center. The sciences at Earlham will benefit from the campaign through the construction of a three-story, 38,000 square-foot addition along the western face of Stanley Hall. This is the first phase in a three-phase master plan for renewing Earlham's science facilities.

Additionally, the campaign will allow the College to support the continuing education and professional development of its faculty, while providing the funds necessary for new faculty members to organize their curriculum and classrooms. Finally, the campaign will increase Earlham's ability to offer scholarship aid to talented students with financial need.

"The quality of what we do here is unbelievably high," said Earlham President Douglas C. Bennett. "We're an unusual and valuable institution. But just like everyone else, we live in the real world. To be that institution in the real world requires real resources, real money. We owe these resources to generations to come."

For more information about Purpose and Passion: The Campaign for Earlham and to see renderings of the new arts and sciences facilities, visit the campaign Web site: www.earlham.edu/campaign.

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Contact:
Ellen Blevens, development communications and stewardship coordinator
765/983-1293 — E-Mail Ellen

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