Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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CONTENTS 14 48 68 104 126 206 274 340

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TABLE OF EVENTS A DAY IN THE LIFE STUDENT LIFE ACADEMICS SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS SENIORS INDEX ■ I

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Campaign for Creighton By Tina Diedrichsen Campaign for Creighton is a five year capital fund-raising program which started efforts to raise $70 million in October 1985. In the spring semester of that same academic year, the program had reached $44.7 million, 63 percent of its goal. Nine members make up the Leadership Gifts Committee, headed by Robert Daugherty, chair- man of Valmont Industries. The committee is really the key group in helping to solicit support for Creighton, said the Rev. James E. Hoff, S.J., president of Creighton University foundation. The five year plan allocated funds for various campus improvement projects as well as funds especially directed to endowment priorities. Student aid tops the list of fund allocations with $13.5 million going toward scholarships, grants, loans and student employment. Another important program is the endowed professorships which will hopefully generate more interest from incom- ing students as well as faculty members. The faculty endowment program will enable the university to attract distinguished outside scholars. The endowed professor- ship program will receive $5 million from the total goal of the campaign. The campaign also included in its plan significant funds for the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Dentistry. Funds will also be channeled into such academic pro- grams as Cardiology, the Cancer Center, Gerontology Center, Com- munity Health Care, the Center for Service to the Church and ILAC. Money will also be allocated to the campus libraries and the Creighton Law Review. The most evident use of the money will be seen on campus. A significant portion of the funds will be used to renovate existing campus buildings and to build new facilities to accom- modate the growing computer center and a center to house the Fine and Performing Arts. Two major projects which will greatly benefit the students are a proposed Student Center and athletic playing fields on campus. The $70 million campaign is the most ambitious in Creighton ' s history, said Hoff, inasmuch as all $70 million is being sought from private donors. In past development campaigns, 60 percent of the goal has been from federal sources. The overall goal of the campaign, according to Hoff, is to keep educa- tion affordable and as accessible as possible. Nearly two-thirds of the en- dowed funds are for student assistance, faculty development and professorships. The purpose of the campaign for Creighton is to improve the quality of education provided by Creighton, Hoff said. Also to keep tuition as low as possible and to help those students who want to attend Creighton. How the site of the proposed student center looks today.