Dartmouth Faculty and Staff Celebrate The Call to Lead

More than 500 pack Alumni Hall to celebrate the launch of Dartmouth's $3 billion campaign.

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More than 500 faculty and staff celebrated The Call to Lead, Dartmouth’s $3 billion fundraising campaign, at a campus ceremony on April 30. The event followed a celebration on April 27 in New York City. A third campaign event was held on May 2 in San Francisco.

“Today is about us taking a huge leap forward to advance Dartmouth’s distinctive educational model to its fullest potential,” President Phil Hanlon ’77 told the standing-room-only crowd in Alumni Hall. Another 150 faculty and staff members watched by video in Dartmouth Hall.

“We’ll see historic levels of investment in support of all of you—our faculty and staff—as you seek to be outstanding educators and committed scholars,” he said.

More than half of the $3 billion campaign goal was raised during the run-up to the April 27 public launch of the campaign. On April 30, President Hanlon announced some key gifts to and goals for The Call to Lead, including:

Frank Guarini in naval uniform in the 1940s

Frank J. Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies

One of the largest gifts in Dartmouth's history, a commitment from loyal supporter Frank Guarini ’46 to support and name the graduate school of arts and sciences.

Karen and James Frank posing on a bridge in Spain.

Undergraduate Foreign Study Scholarships

A $5 million gift and a $2.5 million challenge, from Karen and James Frank ’65 and their sons to support every student’s ability to participate in foreign study programs.

Eliminating Loans from Financial Aid Packages

$20 million raised in the past three days from five Dartmouth families toward a target of $80 million over the next four years to eliminate loans from financial aid awards.

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$100 million from 100 Women

A goal for 100 Dartmouth women to give $1 million each during the campaign; 50 women have already met the challenge.

The facade of Dartmouth Hall, an iconic campus building

Funds to Renovate Dartmouth Hall

Another goal to raise $25 million from alumnae and widows of alumni to help fund renovation of Dartmouth Hall.

250 Centennial Circle Members by 2019

The Centennial Circle giving society for alumnae giving $100,000+ to annual funds will have 250 members by Dartmouth's 250th anniversary.

Making Dartmouth Unstoppable

“The ambitious initiatives supported by this campaign will pull together the full intellectual assets of our community, across disciplines, across cultures, across generations, across residential and academic life, and will make Dartmouth unstoppable,” said Hanlon. “Every dollar raised through The Call to Lead is a tremendous vote of confidence, both in our vision for the future and in the work you do every day to make this institution great.”

Hanlon, members of the campaign committee, and school deans met with student government representatives from each of Dartmouth’s schools on Monday morning to brief them on the campaign.

Opening remarks by Hanlon and Laurel Richie ’81, chair of the board of trustees and a campaign co-chair, were followed by comments from Dartmouth’s six deans, who spoke about what the campaign means for their schools and divisions.

Click through the slideshow to read about what Richie and the deans said.

Board Chair Laurel Richie talks about The Call to Lead campaign.

Dean Smith talks about The Call to Lead and its support of Dartmouth's mission.

Dean Biron talks about The Call to Lead and its effect on student experience at Dartmouth.

Dean Compton talks about Geisel's future and The Call to Lead campaign.

Dean Helble talks about how The Call to Lead will impact the Thayer School of Engineering.

Dean Matthew Slaughter talks about Tuck's role in Dartmouth's Call to Lead campaign.

Dean Jon Kull addresses an audience about the Guarini School for Graduate Studies.

(All photos by Eli Burakian '01)

Susan Boutwell can be reached at susan.j.boutwell@dartmouth.edu.

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