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- Chicago Names New Business School Dean
From the Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2010: "The University of Chicago's Booth School of Business ended its months-long search for a new dean, naming Sunil Kumar--currently the senior associate dean of academic affairs at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business--to head the school...His predecessor, Mr. Snyder presided over the school for 10 years and was instrumental in garnering a $300 million donation from financier David Booth, a record donation for a business school. Mr.
- Cal Poly Pomona Receives $42-million Cash Grant, Largest in Cal State History
From the Los Angeles Times, July 27, 2010: "Cal Poly Pomona announced Monday that it has been awarded a $42-million cash gift — the largest such donation in the history of California State University — by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, whose cereal magnate founder established an Arabian horse ranch in the hills that is now part of the campus." Read more
- McGill's Principal Heather Munroe-Blum Named to Prestigious Committee on the Future of Research Universities
McGill Spotlight, July 16, 2010: "McGill University Principal and Vice-Chancellor Heather Munroe-Blum has been named to a blue-ribbon committee of academic and research leaders in the United States charged with determining key actions governments, universities and others could take in order to maintain research excellence at American universities." Read more
- Penn State Continues to Break Fundraising Records Despite Economy
From Penn State Live, July 9, 2010: "For the first time in its history, Penn State has received more than $200 million in cash gifts from alumni and friends in a single fiscal year, and a record number of donors committed their support to the University during the same period." Read more
- 2010 CASE Circle of Excellence Awards
GG+A would like to congratulate our many clients who were recipients of the 2010 Circle of Excellence Awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). These awards recognize outstanding efforts in institutional advancement at CASE member institutions worldwide. Read more
The following GG+A clients were recipients of this year’s Circle of Excellence Awards:
- Wealthy Are Making Bigger Gifts to Charitable Causes, Chronicle Tally Shows
From the Chronicle of Philanthropy, July 1, 2010: "America’s wealthiest donors are making far bigger gifts to charitable organizations in 2010 than they did a year ago—but far fewer of them are giving $1-million or more to charitable causes, a Chronicle of Philanthropy analysis has found. The continued effects of the turbulent economy can be seen in the decrease in the number of gifts of $1-million or more announced in the first six months of this year.
- University of South Carolina Lands $30 million Pledge
From the (Columbia) State, June 28, 2010: "An unidentified Florida couple has pledged $30 million to the University of South Carolina, president Harris Pastides told the school’s board of trustees Friday. The gift would be one of the largest in the history of the university, more than the gifts given in the 1990s by Wall Street financier and school trustee Darla Moore and by Houston Texans owner Bob McNair, a former USC student body president. University spokeswoman Margaret Lamb said the couple wishes to remain anonymous at this time.
- Australian Universities Jump On the Fund-Raising Bandwagon
From the Chronicle of Higher Education, June 23, 2010: "Once dismissed as an American phenomenon too crass to imitate, fund raising is being embraced by Australian universities as key to their success. While Australia's top universities have been seeking private funds for years, many universities have taken a more aggressive approach recently.
- UCSF to Get $100 Million for Hospital
From the Wall Street Journal, June 17, 2010: "Salesforce.com Inc. founder Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne will give $100 million to a new children's hospital at the University of California, San Francisco, the first gift in a philanthropic push by the billionaire to make his hometown a global center for children's medicine. In an interview, Mr. Benioff, 45 years old, says the gift reflects a major shift in his approach to philanthropy.
- America's Best Children's Hospitals
GG+A would like to congratulate our clients, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, for ranking among U.S. News & World Report's top pediatric hospitals in 2010. The complete list of children's hospital rankings is available online at www.usnews.com/childrenshospitals and will be published in the August 2010 issue of U.S. News & World Report, available on newsstands July 27.