Record-Breaking Giving Shows Donors Bullish on NC State

In challenging economic times, public universities need the help of alumni and friends more than ever. NC State’s supporters are meeting this challenge with an awe-inspiring level of enthusiasm. In fact, they’re downright bullish on the university, boosting charitable giving for scholarships, research, academic programs and faculty support to an all-time high.

In the 2014-15 fiscal year that ended June 30, NC State received gifts and pledges totalinga record $208.5 million, an 11 percent increase over the previous year, and a remarkable 133-percent increase since Chancellor Randy Woodson took the helm in 2010.

Of this, more than half — $106 million — was earmarked for the university’s endowment, an investment that supports NC State’s long-term growth and success. That helped the endowment grow to a record $984 million by the end of the fiscal year, an increase of 96 percent since 2010.

礼物收据是“门上的现金”的重要措施，总计1.19亿美元，标志着连续第四年收据超过1亿美元。通过大学的年度捐赠计划进行的捐款增长了10％以上，达到了创纪录的270万美元。

NC州的捐助者人数继续攀升，在过去五年中增长了15％。自2010年以来，校友会的会员人数增长了25％，帮助为150名学生提供75万美元的经济援助。自2010年以来，学生校友会的会员人数已飙升了300％。

Upward Trajectory

大学进步副校长Brian Sischo认为伍德森在捐助者参与中推动了势头。

Sischo说：“在校长的领导下，北卡罗来纳州立大学（NC State）正在建立创新强国的声誉。”“看到我们的校友和支持者，包括教职员工和学生，这真是令人兴奋和令人满意，他们如此努力地支持大学的向上轨迹。”

Donors increased their support of nearly every college and division at the university, with some units recording triple-digit percentage increases over the previous year.

Recent notable gifts include1600万美元from the Randall B. Terry Charitable Foundation to fund research, scholarships and endowed professorships in the College of Veterinary Medicine;$8.1 millionfrom Moise and Vera Khayrallah to create the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; and250万美元from Duke Energy for research in renewable energy and to attract and retain underrepresented groups in the College of Engineering.

晚安学者计划，成立于2008年，旨在支持来自中等收入家庭的学生，成为北卡罗来纳州立大学第一个达到1亿美元的捐赠基金。在2014-15财政年度做出了16项建立杰出教授职位的新承诺，上一年两倍。

Sischo说：“慈善事业是将NC州从好处到伟大的原因，使我们能够提供吸引最佳学生和世界领先教师的奖学金，计划和设施。”“反过来，这推动了创造经济，社会和知识繁荣的尖端研究和创新。”

持续的捐助者热情对大学来说是个好消息，因为它准备在NC州历史上发起最雄心勃勃的筹款活动。

Big Gains Across the Board

以下是某些大学和部门收到的礼物和新承诺的亮点，以及去年的百分比增加：

• 学术和学生事务：330万美元（+100％）
• Agriculture and Life Sciences: $57.3 million (+66%)
• Design: $2.1 million (+71%)
• Education: $1.8 million (+81%)
• Engineering: $21.7 million (+7%)
• Humanities and Social Sciences: $9.4 million (+287%)
• NCSU图书馆：250万美元（+6％）
• 普尔管理学院：570万美元（+12％）
• Sciences: $7 million (+24%)
• 纺织品：380万美元（+117％）
• Veterinary Medicine: $33 million (+64%)
• Wolfpack Club/Athletics: $32.2 million (+38%)

巨大的动力

这些筹款里程碑并不是北卡罗来纳州势头的唯一迹象。今年秋天，北卡罗来纳州欢迎成绩最高的新生课程. The university recently received several highly competitive multimillion-dollar grants to lead national research efforts addressing some of the nation’s most significant challenges. And industry and government partnerships are on the upswing, with NC State attracting $308 million in sponsored research funding last year, another all-time high.

NC State was recently lauded by PayScale.com for having the top early-career salaries and delivering the best return on investment for its graduates of all North Carolina public universities. The university also advanced in the Princeton Review’s annual guide to the nation’s top colleges and universities. And it consistently ranks among the top 5 best values in the nation as measured byU.S. News & World Reportand the Princeton Review.

田径队在里尔菲尔德体育总监杯中获得了有史以来最高的成绩，升至第27位，仅在五年前就提高了62个位置。五支大学队也因在学术上排名前10％而获得认可。