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ASCEND: The Campaign for the University of Denver concluded on June 30, 2014, as the most successful fundraising campaign in the university’s 150-year history. The generosity of more than 47,000 alumni and friends who gave nearly $490 million has enhanced the educational experience for students and strengthened the university for the long term.
Donors’ generosity created nearly 600 new scholarships, almost doubling the endowed scholarships in the university’s previous 142 years. Anderson Academic Commons, a library for modern learning made possible through the generosity of more than 5,000 donors, offers extended learning opportunities and library functions in addition to being the hub of campus intellectual and social life. Gifts to the campaign reached all aspects of the university, including innovative centers in international studies and in law, professorships in painting and Italian culture, faculty and programs in education, programs in pre-med research and in finance, and many others. The campus transformation continues with a new home for Morgridge College of Education, student art studios and a LEED Gold-rated residence hall, to name just a few. The next few years will bring a new international relations complex for the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, as well as a new home for the Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science. For more about the impact of the campaign, visit www.du.edu/ascend.
