New Vision of Excellence
exceeds goals in all priority areas

Thank you…
Yes, that is right…Thank YOU to each and every one of you who made the New Vision of Excellence campaign a success in CMU’s College of Business Administration! As many of you know, CMU embarked on this ambitious capital campaign several years ago to raise funds for programming, scholarships, faculty support, and capital expenditures. This past September, the university celebrated the closing of the campaign with resounding success. Your support has made CMU’s first comprehensive capital campaign a success. And because of you, more resources are being devoted to CMU’s faculty, staff, and students.

The College of Business Administration set a lofty goal of $6.8 million dollars. Thanks to the thousands of alumni, friends, and stakeholders who supported the College of Business Administration, the campaign exceeded the goal in the four key priority areas, raising a total of more than $10 million. The university-wide campaign also exceeded its $50 million goal with a resounding $78 million raised from more than 70,000 donors.

The impact of the campaign is already being felt among students and faculty members. As a result, more scholarships are being offered to students, additional programs are allowing for more diverse opportunities of study, and faculty development is allowing for increased national prominence in the areas of research and scholarly and creative activity.

I would like to thank everyone who participated in the campaign. I would specifically like to thank the College of Business Administration Capital Campaign Committee. They are:

• Sid Smith ’65 – Campaign Chair
• Mike Bowen ‘92
• Lee Dow ‘76
• Bob Easterle ‘68
• Jim Fabiano II ‘89
• Jackie Goforth ‘82
• Bart LaBelle ‘64
• Remos Lenio ‘82
• Jack Poindexter ‘85
• Mike Sappington ‘90
• Michelle Szymczak ‘91
• Mike Tierney ‘77

Maintaining momentum
While we continue to celebrate the recent success of the campaign, the momentum it generated also is driving existing and future fundraising efforts by the College of Business Administration. Most recently, the college added another development officer to focus on special and annual giving. The college also is proceeding with the development of a comprehensive postcampaign needs assessment. The new case statement will be ready by calendar year end, and it will further detail the priorities of continued funding needs across the college as well as in each respective department. With our new dean, Mike Fields, leading this initiative, I look for great things to continually escalate the College of Business Administration.

Again, thank you for your continued support. If you would like to become more involved in the college through volunteer efforts or supporting the college financially, please contact me at merch1jd@cmich.edu or (989) 774-1732.

Joshua Merchant
Senior Director of Developement