CAMPAIGN
for ACADIA
By Rachel Cooper (’89)
Campaign surpasses ambitious goal, positions Acadia for bright future IN OCTOBER 2018, ACADIA LAUNCHED the public phase of its most ambitious fundraising goal ever: to raise $75 million. Campaign for Acadia was a call to action – to sustain Acadia now and build for the future by finding vital programs and priorities across Acadia’s faculties under four Campaign themes: Transform, Inspire, Discover, and Build. Since the public phase launch, the Office of Advancement has hosted more than 200 Campaign-related events, and the response from Acadia’s alumni and friends was enthusiastic and generous.
Helping to push us over the top in recent months were friends and allies like BMO, John T. Clark, Nadja and Paul Corkum, David Davidson among many others. • BMO is donating $1.25 million in support of BMO Entrance Scholarships ($850,000), BMO Athletics Awards ($150,000), and the BMO Partnership Fund ($250,000). • John T. Clark (’52,’10 DCL) is giving $800,000 for the endowed Wilma H. Clark Music Therapy Awards. • Nadja (’66) and Paul Corkum (’65) are making a generous gift to establish the Corkum Scholarships in Physics.
Despite the challenging circumstances of the pandemic that brought much of the world to a halt in March 2020, donors continued to find great value in giving to the University and its faculty, the campus and, most of all, its students. Acadia is happy to announce that the Campaign has now exceeded its $75-million goal, and will continue to count new gifts and pledges until the end of December. The success of the Campaign reflects the strong and loyal support of thousands of donors, many of whom have been recognized and celebrated in previous issues of the Bulletin and on the Campaign for Acadia website: campaign.acadiau.ca.
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Paul (’65) and Nadja Corkum (’66).
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• David Davidson (’71, ’74) and wife Gina are giving more than $500,000 to fund two annual awards for female students majoring in Economics and annual programming support for the Centre for Student Success.
