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CU celebrates completion of $35 million Centennial Campaign 17 months early Helping make it possible were members of the CU Board of Trustees, Kentucky Baptist churches, friends, foundations and government, corporations, alumni, faculty and staff, and others By Joan C. McKinney, director of university communications CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. It was a time for celebrating as Campbellsville University president Michael V. Carter announced the successful completion of the universitys $35 million Centennial Campaign and announced a $15 million expansion to the campaign at a dinner celebrating the Centennial Campaign completion April 24 in the Winters Dining Hall. About 200 people attended the celebratory dinner. The $35 million campaign was finished 17 months ahead of schedule, Carter said, and the universitys Board of Trustees has authorized an extension of $15 million to be completed by June 30, 2009. Carter said the following constituent groups and their contributions helped make the $35 million campaign successful: members of the CU Board of Trustees, $8,384,603; Kentucky Baptist churches, $6,943,862; friends, $5,114,369; foundations and government, $3,831,370; corporations, $3,776,768; others, $2,223,188; alumni, $1,170,042; and faculty and staff, $766,288. James M. Achterhof, chairman of the board of the Richard Van Lunen Foundation, presented a check for $250,000 during the School of Nursing dedication the following day. The check is a portion of $750,000 which is to be given by the Van Lunen Foundation and is to be used for the new School of Nursing building which was dedicated following the Board of Trustees meeting the day following the centennial dinner. The Van Lunen Foundation has previously awarded CU $300,000 to establish the Summer Educational Experience (SEE) Program, and the Van Lunen Foundation commitments to Campbellsville University are over $1 million. The Foundation supports primary and secondary Christian higher education and ministry organizations. We are a foundation dedicated to Christian education, Achterhof said. He said foundation members decide to whom to give money based on whether the institution is thoroughly Christian, which he said CU is, what impact the institution will have on lives and whether it will make a difference in others lives. We are excited about CUs vision, he said. Campbellsville University has made great strides, and we want to see it expand. You cant walk around campus and not get excited, said Carter, who is serving in his seventh year as president. There is a sweet spirit on campus, he said. Carter said CU didnt get to its prominence today without the successful leadership of her former presidents, including the two other living presidents who were both present at the celebratory dinner. Dr. W.R. Davenport, who lives in Campbellsville, served CU as president from 1969 to 1988, and Dr. Kenneth W. Winters followed Davenport from 1988 to 1999. Also present at the dinner was Lenora Carter, widow of Dr. John Carter, who served as CU president from 1948 to 1968. Our job is not done, and our mission continues, said Carter. We will continue to place Christ first and continue to educate the body, mind and souls of our students. Campbellsville University has not seen her best days. Campbellsville University is strong and healthy as we approach her 100th year birthday. Dr. Alan G. Medders, vice president for development, who presided at the meeting, recapped that the campaign was begun Sept. 19, 2004 and was completed 17 months ahead of schedule. The campaign was originally set to end June 30, 2007. To date, $36,195,346 has been raised. Its individuals like you who helped make that a possibility, he said. We thank you for your service to CU. Medders said the $15 million extension is earmarked for $5 million for capital, $5 million for annual and $5 for endowment. A total of $1,195,325 has already been raised toward the $15 million extension. The $15 million extension includes the following projects: $5 million for capital, including completing the Ransdell Chapel, constructing the new School of Education, the new auxiliary gymnasium, a new School of Business, the third building in the Heilman Student Complex, additional residence halls and field turf and lights on Tiger Stadium; An additional $5 million for the annual fund which includes an increase in student scholarships and faculty salaries and the implementation of new and sustaining current academic programs; and the additional $5 million for endowment will secure an increase in endowed scholarships, professorships and facility maintenance. Dr. David Morris of Warsaw, Ky., chair of the CU Board of Trustees, said CUs leaders have practicality and vision, and leaders will continue to lead where character and faith ensure a new generation is transformed. CUs Centennial Campaign theme is Campbellsville University Transforming a New Generation A Journey of Faith. Tonight we celebrate the future, Morris said. Dr. E. Bruce Heilman, a 1949 alumnus of Campbellsville University who is serving as honorary chair of the campaign, and for whom the new E. Bruce Heilman Student Complex is named, complimented co-chairs Larry Noe, who attended CU in 71, and Jerry Bennett, a 1963 CU graduate, both of Campbellsville, Jay Conner of Brentwood, Tenn. and Morris for their hard work. Proclamations of these five mens help with the campaign were given at the board of trustee meeting the following day. The Lord has blessed us with resources, and those who have given need to replenish those gifts, Heilman, who served as president and now is chancellor of the University of Richmond, said. Heilman described the recent accomplishments of CUs development efforts which include the new School of Nursing academic building and program, the new Ransdell Chapel which is being built on campus, a new School of Education and School of Business buildings which are in the fund-raising phases, a new auxiliary gym, named after donors Donnie and Anna Gosser of Elizabethtown, and other projects. Arent you glad we are all part of the exciting adventure at CU? We can and must do more, he said. Larry Bowen of Campbellsville, chair of the CU Board of Alumni, said a CU degree and education is second to none. He said CU graduates write well, speak well and their thoughts are of high order. Bowen, who graduated in 1987, said he sees a totally different campus than what he experienced as a student. Bowen, who is a frequent visitor on campus said, I get an injection of youth when I visit the campus. Jenna Lines, a junior from Imperial, Neb., is a Student Ambassador on campus, and this group of young people gives tours to prospective students and their families. Lines led the audience on a tour as she described the incredible changes she has seen in her two years on campus. She said the center of campus had changed with the addition of the new E. Bruce Heilman Student Complex. She said the complex, especially the student lounge in the Davenport Student Commons, affords all students, in particular commuters, a chance to hang out. She said the new Winters Dining Hall offers a variety of food and more space for students and visions. The Ransdell Chapel is a great dream and will be a great place to study and worship, she said. Campbellsville University is my second home, she said. I thank everyone for their financial resources and prayers. We are extremely blessed. Dr. Frieda Gebert and Nevalyn Moore, associate professors of music at Campbellsville University, provided special music for the dinner. Dr. W.R. Davenport, president emeritus, gave the invocation, and the Rev. J. Alvin Hardy, dean of academic support, and pastor of Good Hope Baptist Church gave the benediction. For more information about the Centennial Capital Campaign, contact Medders at (270) 789-5211 or agmedders@campbellsville.edu. Campbellsville University, founded in 1906, is a private, comprehensive institution located in South Central Kentucky. Affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention, Campbellsville has an enrollment of 2,197 students who represent 100 Kentucky counties, 32 states and 28 foreign nations. Listed in U.S. News & World Reports Americas Best Colleges 13 consecutive years as one of the leading Southern masters colleges and universities, Campbellsville University is located 82 miles southwest of Lexington, Ky., and 80 miles southeast of Louisville, Ky. Dr. Michael V. Carter is in his seventh year as president. This story was posted on 2006-05-05 11:26:41
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