“This comprehensive campaign, the largest in the history of the university, will create new opportunities, expand strategic partnerships, and improve our campus infrastructure to benefit all our students and faculty,' said UTSA President Taylor Eighmy.
University of Texas at San Antonio President Taylor Eighmy speaks at an event in March. The university launched a public fundraising campaign with a goal of raising $500 million to fund growth and innovation.The University of Texas at San Antonio has launched the public phase of its capital campaign,Until Thursday, the half-billion-dollar campaign had been in a quiet phase, during which leadership laid out the foundation and resources to put together a successful campaign.
UTSA Provost and Chief Academic Officer Kimberly Andrews Espy said the capital campaign is built around the university’s strategic plan, which has three prongs: to be a model for student success, to be a great public research university and to be an exemplar for strategic growth and innovation. This is the second capital campaign in the university’s 53-year history. The inaugural campaign launched in 2009 and was completed in 2016. UTSA received $202 million in gifts and pledges from nearly 33,000 donors.
According to UTSA, 116,000 gifts and pledges of all sizes have been pledged during the quiet phase. In 2021 alone, the university received three transformational gifts: UTSA also received $20 million from former Valero CEO and Chairman of the Board Bill Klesse and his wife Margie. That funding has created pathways for women and students of color to enter science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, fields.
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