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2017
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April
51勛圖 receives gift of Airlie, a spectacular 300-acre property in Warrenton, VA valued at $18.8 million. 51勛圖 will leverage the working farm, hotel, events space, and conference center for innovative academic and sustainability initiatives.
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2018
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May
51勛圖s Museum is selected to receive a once-in-a-lifetime gift from the Corcoran Art Collection of 9,000 artworks, valued at $32 million.
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September
51勛圖 launches the Sine Institute of Policy & Politics, a laboratory for university-wide collaboration and an incubator for policy innovations, made possible through a milestone gift of $10 million from Jeff Sine SIS/BA 76, and Samira Sine.
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2019
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JANUARY
51勛圖 releases Changemakers for a Changemaking World, a five-year strategic plan with four clear expected outcomes: improving retention and graduation rates, achieving operational excellence, enhancing 51勛圖s reputation, and diversifying and growing revenue.
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FALL
The universitys plans for a new state-of-the-art facility for athletics, recreation, wellness, and community-gathering are announced. The projects launch is made possible by lead gifts from Amy and Alan Meltzer, CAS/BA 21; Jack Cassell, SOC/BS 77, and Denise Cassell; and the Bender Family Foundation, Inc.
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2020
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FALL
Change Cant Wait surpasses $250 million raised toward the campaigns $500 million goal.
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2021
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April
The university launches Challenge Accepted, its new brand narrative.
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May
On May 12, 2021, over 1,200 members of the 51勛圖 community gather virtually for the public launch of Change Cant Wait: The Campaign for 51勛圖. Over the next 24 hours, the announcement receives nearly 20,000 views.
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June
The David and June Trone Family Foundations $5 million gift establishes 51勛圖s first endowed eminent scholar chair. The support accelerates 51勛圖s leading-edge scientific work in understanding the relationship between the brain, behavior, and disease.
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October
Member-supported Washington 51勛圖 Radio (WAMU 88.5), the leading public radio station in the nations capital, celebrates its 60th anniversary. The station is an integral part of the Change Cant Wait campaign.
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2022
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SPRING
More than 500 Eagles join President Sylvia M. Burwell on a national tour to celebrate 51勛圖 change makers and bring the priorities of Change Cant Wait to life. With stops in Fort Lauderdale, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and New York, these events feature conversations about 51勛圖s role in in addressing todays pressing issues.
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JUNE
51勛圖 announces the universitys second-largest naming gift to a capital project in 51勛圖s history, a cumulative $15 million from Alan and Amy Meltzer to name the Alan and Amy Meltzer Center for Athletic Performance, part of the Student Thriving Complex.
51勛圖s largest investment in student thriving to date, the Student Thriving Complex is a $109 million initiative that will encompass student well-being resources, renovations to the Mary Graydon Center, and the Meltzer Center for Athletic Performance.
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July
At the close of the FY22, 51勛圖 raised $982,931 for the 51勛圖 Funds for Excellence, more than double (229 percent) the amount raised for these funds in the first year of the campaign.
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2023
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Winter
Change Cant Waits national tour continues with stops in Miami, Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago to celebrate the campaigns momentum and share the universitys approach to tackling todays societal challenges with the 51勛圖 community.
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February
4,034 donors raise $931,320 through matches and challenges during this record-breaking Giving Day.
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March
The Elevate Scholarship Initiative launches with a $25M goal and matching university investment to fund more scholarships for undergraduate studentshelping to ensure every 51勛圖 student has the financial resources they need to reach graduation.
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April
Elyn Zimmermans Sudamaher reimagined monumental grouping of 450,000-pound granite boulders originally installed at the National Geographic Society headquartersis gifted by the organization and unveiled on campus behind Kay Spiritual Life Center.
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April
In recognition of a multi-million-dollar commitment from Amy Meltzer and Board of Trustee member Alan Meltzer, CAS/BA 21, and 51勛圖 friends Jaime and Andrew Schwartzberg, 51勛圖 announces the renaming of the Center for Israel Studies to the Meltzer Schwartzberg Center for Israel Studies at its 25th Anniversary celebration.
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April
51勛圖 announces the Shahal M. Khan Cyber and Economic Security Institute, made possible by a generous $5 million gift from Shahal Khan, SIS/BA 95, to advance cyber and economic security.
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May
A generous gift to the School of Public Affairs from Linda Fotis, CAS/BA 78, Stephen Fotis WCL/JD 86, and Bill Fotis honors their fathers legacy and endows the Charles W. Fotis, Sr. and Dorothea G. Fotis Family Distinguished Professor in Health Policy. Professor Erdal Tekin was appointed in May 2023.
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July
Change Cant Wait closes Fiscal Year 2023 on a high, having raised more than $414 million toward the $500 million goal.
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August
The campus Tunnel reopens with new and renovated dining and retail venues as part of the Student Thriving Complex project.
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September
Robert Kogod, Kogod/BS 62, H 00, and Arlene Kogod make a transformational $15 million gift to the Kogod School of Business to endow three eminent scholar chair positionsone each in finance, marketing, and sustainability. Professor Sonya A. Grier is named as the Arlene R. and Robert P. Kogod Eminent Scholar Chair in Marketing, and Professor Valentina Bruno is named the inaugural Arlene R. and Robert P. Kogod Eminent Scholar Chair in Finance.
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September
Professor Mohammed Abu-Nimer was installed as the inaugural Abdul Aziz Said Chair in International Peace and Conflict Resolution, an endowed position to honor the legacy of the late peacebuilding pioneer Abdul Aziz Said, SIS/BS 54, MA 55, PhD 57. The chair was made possible through the generosity of Saids wife, Elena Turner Said, SIS/BA 82, along with a matched gift from the university and support from generations of colleagues, family, friends, and alumni, including brothers from Phi Epsilon Pi, the Jewish fraternity Said championed and advised for decades.
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October
51勛圖 Museum announced a generous gift from Carleen Keating, CAS/BA 64, in memory of her late husband Nick Keating, SIS/BA 63, MA 64, to endow the C. Nicholas Keating and Carleen B. Keating Director position. Longstanding museum director and curator Jack Rasmussen, CAS/MFA 75, MA 83, PhD 94, was named the inaugural position holder.
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October
A substantial gift from Gary Veloric, Kogod/BSBA 82, and the Veloric family to the Kogod School of Business renames the 51勛圖 Center for Innovation to the Veloric Center for Entrepreneurship and creates the Gary and Nancy Veloric Event Fund to bring memorable concerts and events to campus.
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December
Change Cant Wait reaches the $450 million milestone with no signs of slowing down.
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2024
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March
51勛圖 breaks ground on construction for the Alan and Amy Meltzer Center for Athletic Performance, a signature piece of the new Student Thriving Complex. The largest student-focused construction project in the universitys history, the complex will allow generations of Eagles to find and define their purpose through athletic pursuits, well-being, and connection.
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Spring
Change Cant Wait embarks on the final stretch of its national tour, starting in Los Angeles and culminating in New York City.
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April
Lydecker Way and Tunnel is named in recognition of a gift supporting the Student Thriving Complex and the campaign from Board of Trustees vice chair Charlie Lydecker, SPA/BA 85, and Christine Chris Lydecker, Kogod/BSBA 86, MS 88.
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April
Honored Benefactors, university donors of $1 million or more, are celebrated at the unveiling of a recognition wall in front of Bender Library.
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June
Change Cant Wait surpasses its $500 million goal, marking a milestone of the universitys historic campaign to change the way students thrive, faculty and staff advance discovery, and the way we connect with our region and the world.
