Celebrating Denison's Historic Campaign
Campaign Achievements
Financial Scholarships:
- $47 million raised
Career Exploration:
- More than $33 million raised
- Award-winning Knowlton Center launched Spring 2016
- Endowment for internships stipends, career exploration
Academic Innovation:
- More than $20 million raised
- 9 academic programs launched: Data Analytics, Denison Seminars, Financial Economics, Global Commerce, Global Health, Health Exercise & Sport Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Narrative Journalism, Politics and Public Affairs
- Doane Library and Douthit Hall renovation and restoration
Arts:
- Michael D. Eisner Center for the Performing Arts launched Fall 2019
Student Life:
- Red Frame Lab for Entrepreneurship and Design-thinking launched Fall 2017
- Silverstein Hall opened Fall 2020
- Funding for forthcoming new Wellness Center, including funding for the Polk Family Director of Student Health and Wellness.
- Initiated funding for forthcoming new Wellness Center
- Knetzer Family Institute for Development Through Sport launched Fall 2019
Annual Fund:
- $39 million raised to meet current unexpected needs of students and campus
Making an impact, thanks to you.
Amount Raised
$243,722,870
Total Goal
$225,000,000
Leadership Gift Promotes Wellness
Bobbi and Stephen Polk ’78 are giving a leadership gift to the Whisler Center for Student Wellness.
Why We Give: Gary and Suzanne Baker
A gift from two faculty members honors their departments, their careers, and their students.
Geologic History Intersects the Modern Era
A geology student with a talent for narrative journalism uncovers the recent past through WWII letters between a professor and his wife.