{"id":11292,"date":"2023-06-14T14:38:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T14:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=11292"},"modified":"2025-04-02T19:49:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T19:49:38","slug":"great-returns-campaign-exceeds-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/14\/great-returns-campaign-exceeds-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Returns Campaign Exceeds Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/GreatReturnsSocialMedia-05.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10893 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/GreatReturnsSocialMedia-05-300x172.png\" alt=\"White text on maroon background reads &quot;Great Returns,&quot; with smaller orange text beneath that reads, &quot;We're All In&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/GreatReturnsSocialMedia-05-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/GreatReturnsSocialMedia-05-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/GreatReturnsSocialMedia-05-1024x587.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/GreatReturnsSocialMedia-05.png 1640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Today Augsburg University announced the close of its <em>Great Returns: We\u2019re All In<\/em> comprehensive fundraising campaign. The largest campaign in Augsburg\u2019s history, <em>Great Returns<\/em> raised over $128.8 million, surpassing the campaign goal of $125 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have had the privilege of meeting many Auggies during my time as chair of this campaign and it\u2019s evident how much people love Augsburg,\u201d said Regent Emeritus and campaign chair Paul Mueller \u201984, MD. \u201cThe investments made by <em>Great Returns<\/em> benefactors will yield transformational results for Augsburg students and faculty for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 15,000 alumni and friends of the university made more than 55,000 gifts over the course of the campaign. Campaign priorities included endowed funds for scholarships, teaching and programs; campus improvements; athletics; and unrestricted operating support to provide flexibility in responding to students\u2019 needs in an ever-evolving higher education landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Campaign highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/13\/augsburg-university-announces-john-n-schwartz-67-school-of-the-arts\/\">John N. Schwartz \u201967 School of the Arts<\/a>, an interdisciplinary hub for the visual and performing arts<\/li>\n<li>More than 150 gifts of $25,000 and above to endowed scholarships<\/li>\n<li>Six new endowed professorships and chairs in music, interfaith studies, business, entrepreneurial studies, and sociology<\/li>\n<li>Improvements to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2023\/03\/15\/renovated-athletics-facilities-dedicated-to-beloved-auggies\/\">athletics facilities<\/a>, including the Donny Wichmann \u201989 Weight Room and Patricia Piepenburg \u201969 Women\u2019s Locker Room<\/li>\n<li>Gifts totaling over $10 million to endow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/college-recovery-program\/\">StepUP\u00ae collegiate recovery program<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$6.1 million raised to support diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives<\/li>\n<li>$1.6 million raised for the President\u2019s Strategic Fund<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe are humbled and grateful for the extraordinary show of support for Augsburg\u2019s mission and vision from the thousands of alumni and friends who participated in the campaign,\u201d said Augsburg President Paul C. Pribbenow. \u201cThese investments will transform the lives of our students, who go on to lead and serve in their communities and throughout the world. From all of us at Augsburg: thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today Augsburg University announced the close of its Great Returns: We\u2019re All In comprehensive fundraising campaign. The largest campaign in Augsburg\u2019s history, Great Returns raised over $128.8 million, surpassing the campaign goal of $125 million. \u201cI have had the privilege of meeting many Auggies during my time as chair of this campaign and it\u2019s evident &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":499,"featured_media":10893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,3231,1],"tags":[4013,3989],"class_list":["post-11292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-donors","category-media-advisories","category-uncategorized","tag-comprehensive-campaign","tag-great-returns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/499"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11292"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11736,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11292\/revisions\/11736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}