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WM Breaks Records for DonationsBy Amber Lester Kennedy Sunday, July 24, 2011 The College of William and Mary broke another record for individual donors, receiving donations from more than 28,600 individuals during the fiscal year that ended June 30. The previous record was 27,709 in 2010. The college also broke records in alumni giving for both undergraduate and graduate donors. To engage donors, the college initiated a “Beat the Record” challenge to motivate alumni to surpass the previous record. The challenge was promoted through social media, word-of-mouth campaigns and traditional communications. A record 13,823 undergraduate alumni donors were motivated to make contributions, beating the previous record of 13,451. “Increased private support has become flatly essential to the continued success of William and Mary,” said President Taylor Reveley. “Our alumni and friends are responding to the challenge.” For the second consecutive year, the college was recognized for its fundraising efforts with the 2011 CASE Award for Educational Excellence. William and Mary was selected for the award based on the past three years of fundraising activity. For fiscal year 2008, the college raised $35.3 million; fiscal year 2009, $50.8 million; and fiscal 2010, $43.2 million. For fiscal year 2011, the college raised $41 million, which is down from the previous year, but surpassed the expectations of Sean Pieri, vice president of University Development. He said the annual volatility was created in part by the receipt of bequests. In 2010, the college received $10 million in bequests, compared to $2 million in 2011. |
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1) This local & alumnus likes the 10+ miles of trails and has hiked them often for years, especially within the past few weeks, but, for years, finds enough of the terrain unsuitable for children and healthy adults. It's quite evident that a few have NOT hiled, recently, all of our W&M trails.
2) The Lake Matoaka Trail...goes from our Rec Center across to Dupont Hall & to the Amphitheater. That trail, around the Arts Studio, is extremely DANGEROUS, with one tiny slip & a hiker tumbling DOWN the steep hill into the Lake!! I have, for years, asked for help in restoring it to safety, including the College President, with NO help or restoration in sight.
3) The Mill Neck Trail is our longest, from Compton all the way over to Mill Neck Rd., and what a great scenic area it is. EROSION has devastated some of the hilly areas, from bikes & 'cycles earlier on, with no restoration in sight!
4) The Canyon Trail, a deep canyon cut behind Berkeley, has been invaded, over the years, by groups intent upon "starting" their own many trails off from the original.
5) The Crim Dell Trail, behind and across the Lake from the Amphitheatre, is one of my faves, coming to an end at "Squirrel Point" where the outdoor plays had played a part of the dramas! Having to crawl over large downed trees, one after another, is pure "heck" for children and many adults.
6) The Bridge Trail...from Compton to the new Ed. Bldg. I do like the plastic-planked boardwalk, honest, but, what my research, courtesy of our Va. Attorney General's Office, revealed to me how the one million $$$ project was financed, I changed my enthusiasm for how things are accomplished behind closed doors. A nice chunk of that 'showcase' expense trail, out front, could have greatly helped in the restoration of all of our W&M trails FIRST, especially for the dangerous trail behind and around that Arts Studio-on-stilts!
7) I envision, now, one trail project of a meandering, narrow & rustic WOOD-treated boardwalk around that steep Lake Matoaka section of the Trail around that Arts Studio, close to OUR impressive restored Amphithreare...
The new raised trail to and from our new Ed. Bldg. is terrific but what about the rest of the "ancient" trails languishing way back in our forgotten College Woods?