NC State Engineering Foundation surpasses campaign goals
With the Think and Do the Extraordinary Campaign at its end, the College of Engineering raised almost $268 million over the course of five years, an incredible outpouring of generosity from our dedicated alumni and friends in support of undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships, professorships, improved facilities and the programs that make our student experiences exceptional, such as the Women and Minority Engineering Programs.
One of the concluding highlights from this campaign was the establishment of the Louis Martin-Vega Dean’s Chair Endowment through a gift from Goodnight Educational Foundation under the direction of Dr. Jim and Mrs. Ann Goodnight. The endowment is named in honor of the College’s current dean, Louis Martin-Vega.
The NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc., led efforts as the College surpassed its initial goal of $230 million a year ahead of schedule. NC State University as a whole raised more than $2.1 billion, becoming one of just 12 public universities to close a fundraising campaign at $2 billion or more.
A total of 19,805 donors supported the College through 54,591 gifts during the campaign. With your help:
- 183 scholarships and fellowships were created.
- 32 named professorships were established.
- 131 bequest expectancies were committed.
- Fitts-Woolard Hall, the largest campus-building naming in University history, opened its doors in 2020 and was dedicated on Oct. 29, 2021.
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