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Loyal annual donors since graduation, Ben ’11 and Sarah Graves ’12 Lunka most recently made a five-year gift commitment to name a room at The Inn at ������Ƶ.

Generous support from the William E. Simon Foundation advances the future of STEM and cross-disciplinary studies as part of the ������Ƶ LEADS Campaign.

Longtime ������Ƶ supporters Bob and Barbara Byrd are including ������Ƶ in their estate plans to support the Department of Music, ������Ƶ Academy and the “It Takes a Village” Project.

The generous gift from the McMichael Family Foundation, including ������Ƶ Trustee Mac McMichael P’99, Life Trustee Gail McMichael Lane P’96 GP’23 and Flavel McMichael Godfrey, will support ������Ƶ’s new Innovation Quad, a priority of the ������Ƶ LEADS Campaign.

Through the Students First Fund, the ������Ƶ community has a new way to support students who have been affected by the economic impact of COVID-19.

Olivia Duffield ’20 gained undergraduate research opportunity and important mentorship through the ������Ƶ College Fellows program and Glen Raven Undergraduate Research Grant.

The North Carolina Local News Workshop, housed at ������Ƶ’s School of Communications, will champion new approaches to providing reliable, high-quality journalism and information for NC residents and offer a base of support for organizations and individuals working to reinvent and sustain local news.

������Ƶ alumnus and Trustee Dr. William N.P. Herbert ’68 and wife Marsha Herbert, of Charlottesville, Virginia, are among the donors making major gifts to the ������Ƶ LEADS Campaign to support the university’s planned Innovation Quad.

Martin, an ������Ƶ alumnus and parent from Tinton Falls, New Jersey, will lead the second year of the campaign’s three-year public phase.

The generous gift by John Sadler ’81 P’19 ’20 and his wife, Miriam P’19 ’20, will establish an ������Ƶ Engagement Scholarship and honor their sons and one of ������Ƶ’s most beloved staff members. Their gift is part of the ������Ƶ LEADS Campaign.