Through mid-January, Changing Lives: The Campaign for Old Dominion University had raised more than $72 million, nearly three-quarters of its $100 million goal. Thanks to donations from alumni, including the recent major gifts listed below, the campaign is well on its way to reaching that level.

The fund drive, only the second capital campaign in school history, seeks to raise $31 million for scholarships, $26 million for chairs and faculty, $10 million for research and programs, $8 million for facilities and $25 million for various campaign priorities, ranging from renovations to the University Theatre to an indoor tennis center.

To make a gift or for more information about the campaign, go to www.givetoODU.com or call the Office of Development at 757-683-4758.

Recent Campaign Gifts from Alumni ($25,000 and above)
n Jerry ’65 and Barbara Brown – Men’s Basketball Scholarship
n Page S. Johnson ’81 – College of Business and Public Administration
n Bruce ’73 and Sarah Bishop ’75 – College of Arts and Letters
n David Faeder ’78 – College of Business and Public Administration
n Melissa (M.B.A. ’91) and Earle Buffington – College of Business and Public Administration
n Edward Reed ’72 – Campaign Priorities
n Clayton Cheek ’89 – College of Business and Public Administration
n J. Michael ’77 (M.P.A. ’81) and Sue Pitchford ’77 (M.S. ’80) – College of Sciences Lecture Series
n Helen Bernd ’72 – College of Health Sciences
n Deborah ’80 and David Stearns ’77 – College of Business and Public Administration
n Jeff Ainslie ’83 – Center for Real Estate and Economic Development
n Richard Thurmond ’76 – College of Business and Public Administration
n Douglas ’86 and Cathy Jewell – Men’s Basketball Scholarship
n Richard Fraim ’65 – Men’s Basketball Scholarship