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april 21, 2010
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Animal instincts Researcher’s work with gorillas helps her discover her Asperger’s. Page 3
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Good call More readers support SU’s commencement speaker. Page 5
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Play that funky music DJ Big Sugar Daddy B, the Guy from Across the Pond, among others, host Tuesday night’s WERW radio show, “Funk Love.” Page 9
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The man behind the curtain Kevin Donahue is one of the best-kept secrets in collegiate lacrosse. There’s a lifetime worth of reasons why he is so valuable to the Syracuse program. Page 20
Making change
1000 0000 00 A history of The Campaign for Syracuse University:
2004
Last campaign ends
2005
The Campaign for Syracuse University begins
2006
Campaign remains in nucleus period with a goal of $400 million
2007
2008
2009
2010
Campaign goes public with $509 million already donated
By the end of the year, more than $620 million was raised
More than $700 million raised since 2005
Goal of $800 million by end of 2010
SU’s billion-dollar campaign on track despite potential setbacks
2011 Goal of $900 million by end of 2011
By Beckie Strum
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Asst. News Editor
ith less than $300 million left to fundraise, The Campaign for Syracuse University is on track to reach its billion-dollar goal by 2012, said Thomas Walsh, the executive vice president for advancement and external affairs. The billion-dollar campaign, which went public in 2007, is a capital fundraiser in which all monetary gifts to any part of the university are counted. Despite the recession, which brought heavy losses to
2012 Expected end of campaign
SU’s endowment, donations to the university have remained steady, reaching more than $718 million by the beginning of April. But the campaign is entering a more difficult phase in its ability to raise money, Walsh said, which is necessary to build and complete many campaign initiatives. “If we can maintain that $100 million a year in the next three years, we can finish the campaign on time,” Walsh said. The university began counting money toward the billion-dollar campaign in July 2005 but didn’t announce the campaign until July 2007.
The two quiet years, from 2005 to 2007, saw an unanticipated number of gifts to the university, totaling more than $500 million by the time the campaign went public, said Brian Sischo, SU’s vice president for development. “The basic psychology is to have at least 40 percent of the goal before you go into a public phase,” Walsh said. “$400 million would have been fine to launch at, so the $500 million served us well when the going got rough.” Beginning the campaign $100 million ahead of schedule helped in fall 2008, when the
market plummeted and many prospective donors began tightening their purses, Walsh said. Before the market fell, the campaign was averaging $120 million a year. That number dropped down to about $100 million during the 2009 fiscal year. “The $100 million was very good considering that year saw the greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression,” Walsh said. The goal by the end of December 2010 is to be at $800 million, Sischo said. “It doesn’t mean we’re out see campaign page 6
Stimulus bill helps create jobs at SU By Jon Harris
Contributing Writer\
Grants from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 have created more than 55 jobs at Syracuse University so far, according to the U.S. government’s official Recovery Act website. These jobs are just a small portion of the 2.2 million to 2.8 million jobs that have been created following 2010’s first quarter, according to the latest stimulus report from President Obama’s chief economic adviser, Lawrence Summers. SU received seven grants from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, totaling more than $10 million, according to the Recovery Act website. The money was granted to SU to create research jobs and Work-Study, all which went into effect this academic year. SU received $10 million of the $787 billion granted
see stimulus page 4
universit y college
Dean Gonzalez on sabbatical until mid-August By Kathleen Ronayne Asst. News Editor
Bethaida Gonzalez, dean of University College at Syracuse University, went on sabbatical April 14 and will be returning to the university in midAugust, said Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs. “Dean Gonzalez requested a sabbatical after a set of intense, challenging assignments and activities during the past year,” Quinn said in an e-mail. Gonzalez could not be reached for comment as of Tuesday night. Roberta Jones, assistant provost for interdisciplinary programs, will fill the position as acting dean of University College until Gonzalez returns, Quinn said. Gonzalez served as interim dean of University College from 2004 to 2007. She was officially named to the position of dean on June 22, 2007, and took over the position on July 1 of that
see gonzalez page 6