Marquette University fundraising campaign raises more than $800 million

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Marquette Universityโ€˜s Time to Rise campaign has raised $801.7 million, the university announced Thursday.

The campaign, which spanned eight years as the largest comprehensive campaign in Marquette Universityโ€™s history, surpassed its original goal of $750 million. More than 71,000 people donated, and the final year of the campaign saw โ€œthe most alumni gifts ever in a single fiscal year,โ€ according to the universityโ€™s news release.

There were 149 donors who contributed at least $1 million, according to the news release.

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Expanding opportunities for students, supporting teacher-scholars, fostering innovation at the university and transforming the campus environment were the four focuses of the campaign, according to the news release.

โ€œTime to Rise began as a rightfully bold plan, turned into a philanthropic movement and has helped to create a sustainable culture of giving at Marquette,โ€ said Tim McMahon, vice president for university advancement, in the news release. โ€œTogether, benefactors have opened doors for our students, supported our world-class faculty, bolstered academic and athletics programs alike, and transformed our campus.โ€

The Time to Rise Campaign helped to create 436 new scholarships due to the $313 million in scholarship contributions, according to the news release.

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The campaign raised $185 million for Marquetteโ€™s teacher-scholars. This helped to create 118 โ€œfaculty-focused funds, which supported research, graduate assistants, โ€œand drove innovation in areas such as real estate, literacy, psychology, restorative justice, neuro recovery, biomedical engineering, leadership development and others,โ€ according to the news release.

In January, Michael Lovell, the universityโ€™s former president who passed away in June, had challenged the Marquette community to โ€œput an eight in front of the final number,โ€ according to the news release.

โ€œThis is yet another remarkable tribute to Dr. Lovellโ€™s leadership and his ability to boldly inspire our Marquette community around the world,โ€ acting president Kimo Ah Yun said in the news release. โ€œWe are incredibly grateful to our alumni, parents and friends for their passionate support to drive our Catholic, Jesuit mission forward, and for fulfilling our promise to be the difference.โ€

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The university will be opening three new facilities on campus this upcoming school year: the remodeled nursing school building, the Lemonis Center for Student Success and the Wellness + Helfaer Recreation Center.

โ€œAs we look ahead, we will continue to drive progress knowing that weโ€™ve collectively built on our strong foundation and helped Marquette rise in profound ways,โ€ Ah Yun said in the news release.

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