SYRACUSE — The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) is describing it as the “most ambitious fundraising initiative in the College’s history.” The Campaign for ESF seeks to raise $40 million, a figure that is double the goal of the college’s last capital campaign. The effort has already secured $35 million in commitments, […]
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SYRACUSE — The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) is describing it as the “most ambitious fundraising initiative in the College’s history.”
The Campaign for ESF seeks to raise $40 million, a figure that is double the goal of the college’s last capital campaign. The effort has already secured $35 million in commitments, ESF said in its May 21 announcement.
ESF officials announced the campaign during an event held at Palladian Hall in Syracuse.
The fundraising effort focuses on three key priorities: expanding student access and success, transforming campus learning environments, and advancing critical research.
“As we embark on this campaign, I am incredibly grateful for the network of ESF alumni, advocates, and close friends who help to ensure we can best support our students — and our faculty and staff — so they can be successful,” ESF President Joanie Mahoney said in the announcement. “Our work has never been more important. Our students have never been more valuable upon graduation. And our research has never been more needed.”
To date, ESF has raised more than $15 million to support academic-research programs and nearly $6 million to increase student support through scholarships and other initiatives. More than $7 million has been committed through planned gifts, with an additional $2 million in unrestricted support for the Annual Fund.
Nearly $5 million in other commitments brings the campaign’s total to date to $35 million, ESF said.
Speaking at the launch event, donor Andy Breuer, president of Hueber-Breuer Construction Co., Inc. and an ESF College Foundation board member said the school has “relevance on both a global and local scale.”
“I know that when we support ESF, we’re investing in passionate young people who are engaged in the fight against climate change and other global environmental issues,” Breuer said in the ESF announcement. “We’re also investing in a practical, well-equipped workforce, as evidenced by the outstanding ESF graduates who work for Hueber-Breuer. By supporting ESF, we’re providing opportunity for students to take advantage of all this great institution offers — enabling them to define their personal relevance and to graduate with a transferable and practical skillset. For me, ESF represents legacy, practicality, relevance, problem solving, value and opportunity.”
More information about the campaign is available on its website (https://www.esf.edu/bemighty).