{"id":35974,"date":"2016-07-29T10:41:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T15:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=35974"},"modified":"2016-07-29T10:41:45","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T15:41:45","slug":"fundraising-effort-pushes-past-110-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/fundraising-effort-pushes-past-110-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundraising effort pushes past $110 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donors contributed nearly $29 million in the just-completed fiscal year to help strengthen the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p>The donations in 2015-\u201916 brought the total raised to $110,776,291 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/give\/\" target=\"_blank\">Made in Milwaukee, Shaping the World: The Campaign for UWM<\/a> fundraising effort.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign saw several improvements from the previous year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 26 percent increase in six- and seven-figure gifts, from 35 to 44.<\/li>\n<li>An 18 percent increase in the total number of gifts, from 10,049 to 11,838.<\/li>\n<li>A 20 percent increase in giving from UWM staff and faculty, from $701,026 to $839,148.<\/li>\n<li>A 17 percent increase in the number of donors including UWM in their wills, from 323 to 379.<\/li>\n<li>A 17 percent increase in the number of donors giving gifts of $1,000 or more, from 782 to 915.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Patricia Borger, UWM\u2019s vice chancellor for development and alumni relations, praised staff and faculty for their donations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for your generous support of this university that is so critical to the culture, health and prosperity of our region,\u201d Borger said.<\/p>\n<p>A few other highlights of the year\u2019s giving include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor Emerita Ellen K. Murphy and her husband, Timothy Murphy, made provisions in their will to establish a scholarship that will encourage nursing students to experience other countries and cultures.<\/li>\n<li>Jerome Buff donated a significant collection of rare books, first editions and artists\u2019 books to the special collections at the UWM Libraries. Buff is the father of Rachel Buff and father-in-law of Joe Austin, both of whom are associate professors in UWM\u2019s Department of History.<\/li>\n<li>Medical device company LumiThera made its first gift to UWM in support of wound healing through research at the College of Health Sciences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donors contributed nearly $29 million in the just-completed fiscal year to help strengthen the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The donations in 2015-\u201916 brought the total raised to $110,776,291 in the Made in Milwaukee, Shaping the World: The Campaign for UWM fundraising effort. 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