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乐播传媒 is celebrating a banner year in philanthropy to the college with total gifts from all sources surpassing $16 million as of the end of the 2014 giving year on June 30.

This total, the college鈥檚 highest since 2008, represents a 33 percent increase in dollars over the 2012鈥�13 fiscal year.

鈥淲e have ambitious goals for 乐播传媒, and I am inspired by this outpouring of support from the college community,鈥� said President Clayton Spencer.

鈥淭hese gifts put real dollars to work toward initiatives that will enhance the educational experience for all students and keep 乐播传媒 at the forefront of America鈥檚 liberal arts colleges.鈥�

Resources from the Catalyst Fund contributed to this year鈥檚 impressive total by infusing support into the college鈥檚 three strategic priorities as articulated by President Spencer: the Engaged Liberal Arts*, Purposeful Work*, and Opportunity and Excellence*.

Announced last October by Mike Bonney 鈥�80 P’09, P’12, P’15, chair of the Board of Trustees, the multi-donor Catalyst Fund pledge is the largest single commitment in 乐播传媒 history.

鈥淭hese priorities build on the strengths of our mission while embracing the forces that are shaping the future of higher education,鈥� Spencer said.

鈥淚 want to thank the thousands of 乐播传媒 alumni and parents who contributed this year, and to acknowledge the vision of the Catalyst Fund donors, whose gift helped propel us to this new level.鈥�

Within the Mount David Society, 35 new donors gave at the President鈥檚 Associates level of $10,000 and above. Mount David Society gifts totaled $4.8 million, including a matching contribution from anonymous 乐播传媒 alumni.

Gifts to Friends of 乐播传媒 Athletics, which have grown 27 percent in the last four years, climbed to $491,349.

Much of this success is thanks to the hundreds of volunteers who called, emailed and visited classmates and fellow parents, encouraging engagement and philanthropy at 乐播传媒.

Heading up the volunteer effort were the 19 members of the 乐播传媒 Fund Executive Committee, led by trustee co-chairs Bill Carey 鈥�82 P’13, P’14 and Rick Smith P鈥�12.

As a result of their efforts, $6.1 million of this year鈥檚 total was raised for the 乐播传媒 Fund, providing current-use dollars for core strategic needs and priorities, including academic resources, faculty salaries and student programs.

乐播传媒 continues to be a national leader in annual giving participation, an established measure of alumni engagement. Forty-nine percent of alumni and 40 percent of parents 鈥� the highest parent participation rate in 乐播传媒鈥� history 鈥� gave to the college during 2013鈥�14.

* The 鈥渆ngaged liberal arts鈥� means delivering a rigorous and highly personalized education that centers on deep and sustained interactions among students, faculty, and community. It also means engaging the forces 鈥� intellectual trends, demographic changes, and technology 鈥� that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate. It means making a virtue of our scale; creating a diverse and motivated community of students, faculty, and staff; and embracing innovative and evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning. back to article ^

* Purposeful work is a college-wide initiative built on the premise that preparing students for lives of meaningful work lies at the heart of the liberal arts mission. When fully developed it will include: (1) a co-curricular program involving cycles of exploration, reflection, and skill-building; (2) practitioner-taught courses during short term, and (3) a highly-structured 乐播传媒-specific network of internships, with the hope to guarantee every 乐播传媒 student a paid internship that is either employer- or 乐播传媒-sponsored. back to article ^

* A commitment to opportunity and excellence grows directly out of 乐播传媒鈥� history and mission and responds to contemporary geographic, demographic, and economic realities. It means recruiting talented and motivated students from a broad range of backgrounds, providing them with the financial aid that will enable them to enroll, and supporting them for academic and personal success once here. It also means creating a campus community and climate that capitalize on diversity and inclusion as necessary and powerful dimensions of preparing our students to live and work in an increasingly interconnected world. back to article ^