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ENT FrOzEN IN TIME
Student Senate President Kevin Randall ’08 presents a check for $20,000
from the student body to Campaign Steering Committee Chairman Gene
Henderson ’68. Henderson announced that $55 million had already been
raised toward the $80 million campaign goal, including $1.5 million from
faculty and staff.
This vision can become a
reality through a successful
Defining Moment campaign.”
Defining Moment: The
Campaign for Coe has four
primary areas of focus. Most
important among these, Coe
seeks to increase the size of its
endowment. Additionally, the
college plans to enlarge and
improve its science facilities,
expand the campus space
available for athletics and
recreation, and promote the
continuing growth of the Coe
Fund.
“All of these priorities serve
the overarching purpose
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of the Defining Moment
Campaign: to achieve a
level of academic excellence
at Coe unparalleled in the
institution’s history, and to set
Coe apart from colleges with
which it presently competes,”
concluded Phifer.
More detailed information
concerning the major
campaign elements is as
follows:
Endowment Enhancement
Goal: $45 million
Coe College has long provided
a quality of education compar-
able to academic institutions
President James Phifer was accompanied at the Defining Moment Campaign
kickoff by daughter Tamsyn, wife Linnie, and daughter Trystan O’Leary.
with endowments many times
the size of Coe’s. Now, thanks
in large measure to the Clark
gift, Coe’s financial situation
is the most stable it has been
in 155 years, and the moment
is at hand for the college to
realize its vision of achieving
a higher level of academic
excellence. To do this, Coe must
strengthen its endowment.
Simply put, endowment gifts
to Coe become investments
that are held in perpetuity,
with the money earned from
the investments used to support
the college’s many programs.
A strong endowment provides
recurring income that can
benefit all aspects of the college,
sustaining and supporting every
effort it undertakes. Such
income is a permanent source
of funding that enriches
teaching, learning and
research. Endowed funds
allow the college to hire and
retain an outstanding faculty,
provide essential scholarship
support for students, and
expand research, travel and
foreign study opportunities
for all members of the
academic community.
Gifts to the endowment offer
donors the unique and
important benefit of being
able to touch the lives of
students and faculty yet unborn.
Further, an endowment gift
honors publicly the name
of the donor — or that of
a family member, friend or
beloved professor. A large and
growing endowment is the
engine that powers an insti-
tution, and building such an
endowment at Coe is the most
important goal of the campaign.
Peterson Hall of Science
Goal: $16 million
Peterson Hall, which houses
the departments of biology,
chemistry and physics, was
built in the 1960s. As a 40-
year-old building, Peterson is
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