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Ithaca College Surpasses Campaign Goal

Congratulations are in order for my many friends at Ithaca College for surpassing by $30 the goal for the capital campaign that ended yesterday. Just a few weeks ago, it appeared Ithaca would finish at or around the $115 goal, but two large gifts in the closing days put the college well over the top. As donors to the campaign, Missy and I couldn’t be happier about this tremendous news.

Special thanks are in order for two gifts that will offer a big boost for the soon-to-be-constructed Athletics & Events Center: a $2 million gift from Edward Glazer ’92, executive vice president of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and a $25 million grant from Atlantic Philanthropies, thanks in part to Caroleen Feeney ’86.

Shelley Semmler, vice president for institutional advancement, and President Peggy Williams (pictured above) were overjoyed by the news. Carl Sgrecci, vice president for administration, told The Ithacan the campaign was the second-most important moment in the college’s history — trailed only be the move to South Hill in Ithaca.

So many people at Ithaca deserve praise for this achievement that it would be impossible to name all of them, but I’d like to congratulate in particular Marsha Eger, executive director of alumni programs, as well as Lynne Pierce and Mike McGreevey, both of whom served as liaisons for the Washington, D.C., committee. Fellow Washingtonian Larry Alleva ‘71, chair of the campaign, should be extremely proud of his alma mater and the 37,000 alumni, parents and friends who made it possible.