10-6-09

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Lycoming College announces the successful completion of its Campaign for a Brighter Future. The comprehensive campaign raised more than $43 million in gifts and pledges and marked the most ambitious fundraising effort ever undertaken by the College in its 197-year history. A campaign celebration is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 10, during the College’s Homecoming festivities.

The campaign was led by Arthur A. Haberberger ’59, of Reading, Pa., chair of the College’s board of trustees, and Dr. Daniel G. Fultz ’57, of Mendon, N.Y., trustee emeritus.

“Lycoming exemplifies the traditional liberal arts model of baccalaureate education, one marked by full-time faculty, small classes, excellent facilities and a vibrant residential and extracurricular community,” said Lycoming President Dr. James Douthat. “Yet, a quality liberal arts education costs far more than most students and their families can afford to pay. The funds raised by the Campaign for a Brighter Future will help make a Lycoming education available to all students who qualify for admissions. We greatly appreciate the support of our alumni and friends who made gifts to the Annual Fund, to the endowment and in support of needed facility improvements. Lycoming College is very grateful for the hard work of our campaign leaders, our development staff and others who volunteered to make this campaign such a great success.”

More than 5,000 Lycoming alumni made commitments totaling nearly $30 million during the Campaign for a Brighter Future. Approximately $22.5 million was given to endow 107 new endowed scholarships to aid students with financial need.

The campaign also supported the renovation of an 1880s historic building into the Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall and the construction of both The Commons residential facility and the Recreation Center. 

Welch Honors Hall houses the 125-seat Shangraw lecture/performance hall, a meditation chapel, the College’s Campus Ministry offices and the Community Service Center. Each year, nearly half of the College’s 1,400 students participate in a variety of service programs. Most of the 34,000 volunteer hours averaged each year take place in and around the city of Williamsport.

The Commons was designed to blend campus architecture with that of many of the homes in the nearby neighborhoods. The Recreation Center, a 54,000-square-foot building adjoining Lamade Gymnasium, more than doubled the indoor activity space on campus. The facility also hosts academic ceremonies, intramurals and various campus-sponsored activities.

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