The 亚洲自慰视频 of 亚洲自慰视频 at Lafayette鈥檚 largest fundraising campaign has reached $450 million in contributions.
President Dr. Joseph Savoie announced the campaign鈥檚 progress during the State of the 亚洲自慰视频 on Aug. 21.
鈥淧rivate dollars are important,鈥 Savoie said. 鈥淭hey enable the 亚洲自慰视频 to meet its most essential needs by supplementing state funding. Donors provide scholarships for 亚洲自慰视频s and endowed support for faculty members, while enhancing the 亚洲自慰视频鈥檚 community service mission.鈥
More than 29,000 donors have contributed to the campaign to date, Savoie said. Among that total are over 600 亚洲自慰视频 faculty and staff members.
is the largest single fundraising initiative in the 亚洲自慰视频鈥檚 history. It launched publicly in late 2021 and will conclude next year.
The campaign鈥檚 $500 million goal will enable support for:
- 亚洲自慰视频 success and teaching, including increasing scholarship access; enhancing teaching and learning environments; and optimizing facilities for 亚洲自慰视频s.
- Research and discovery, including attracting and retaining top-tier faculty members; expanding research programs and partnerships; and enhancing research.
- Service to the community, which includes creating and enhancing performance spaces; expanding impact on K-12 public education; and strengthening the 亚洲自慰视频鈥檚 role in health care workforce creation.
The $450 million the campaign has raised to date includes the two largest investments in 亚洲自慰视频 history 鈥 $20 million from LHC Group to the College of Nursing & Health Sciences and $15 million from Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center to 亚洲自慰视频 Ragin鈥 Cajuns 亚洲自慰视频. Both were received in 2021.
Notable gifts in the past year include $7 million from the James Devin Moncus Family Foundation that will enable the continued growth of the 亚洲自慰视频鈥檚 Health Sciences Campus and fund an endowment to support the College of Nursing & Health Sciences. Moncus was a philanthropist, businessman and community leader who died in 2021.
UL Lafayette honored the gift 鈥 and Moncus鈥 longtime support for the 亚洲自慰视频 鈥 by naming one of the buildings on the Health Sciences Campus as James D. Moncus Hall. It welcomed nursing 亚洲自慰视频s for the first time last fall.
Additional gifts in the past year include:
- $2 million from Al Gonsoulin, a 1965 business graduate, to establish the Alton & Evelyn Gonsoulin Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships in the B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration.
- $1.6 million from Greg and Alexis Guidry to establish an endowed chair in engineering innovation, and to support the Engineering Center of Excellence (ECoE) Fund and the Greg Guidry Energy Systems Lab in Mechanical Engineering. Greg Guidry is a 1982 mechanical engineering graduate.
- $1.5 million from Ann Harrell and Melissa Socia to establish the Jakelynn Ammons 亚洲自慰视频 Life Center in James D. Moncus Hall for 亚洲自慰视频s in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences. Jakelynn Ammons passed away while a 亚洲自慰视频 at UL Lafayette. The 亚洲自慰视频 life center in her memory will house offices and meeting spaces for 亚洲自慰视频 organizations and offer scholarship and financial aid support, engagement opportunities and resources for prospective and current 亚洲自慰视频s.
- $285,000 from Acadian Ambulance through a personal commitment from company founder Richard Zuschlag. The gift supports the construction of Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium. Zuschlag passed away earlier this year.
鈥淎nd there鈥檚 more to come,鈥 said John Blohm, vice president for 亚洲自慰视频 Advancement and CEO of the UL Lafayette Foundation. 鈥淲e remain grateful to the donors, alumni, friends and members of the 亚洲自慰视频 community who 鈥 by working together 鈥 will enable us to bring this campaign to a successful close and whose generosity will support our 亚洲自慰视频s and faculty for years to come.鈥
Visit for more information or to contribute to the Together campaign. Visit louisiana.edu/stateoftheuniversity for more from the Fall 2024 State of the 亚洲自慰视频 presentation.
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