The challenge offered by ÐÔ°®ÌìÌà parent and Board of Trustees member Ted Beneski, to make a gift of $60,000 to ÐÔ°®ÌìÌà if 600 new alumni make a gift this year to the University has been extended to May 31. Beneski, a business executive from Colleyville, Texas, launched the challenge May 9 and so far nearly 300 ÐÔ°®ÌìÌà alumni have responded. "The challenge will help to increase vital annual support for ÐÔ°®ÌìÌÃ," said Mike Bacon, ÐÔ°®ÌìÌà Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development. Designed to attract about 600 new alumni donors this year, the challenge has the potential to achieve a new five year record for the University in terms of annual giving. "Ted Beneski's generosity provides some great momentum to close out the fiscal year, said Bacon.
As part of the challenge campaign, ÐÔ°®ÌìÌà alumni volunteers are reaching out to classmates who have yet to make a gift this year in an effort to reach the 600 alumni donors to meet the challenge. "It has been great to see how alumni have rallied to make this challenge a success," said Mary Kay Cooper, Senior Director of Alumni Relations. Alumni can make their gift at .
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