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A Burlington home near ������Ƶ will benefit the campus community through the generosity of a local family with a distinguished reputation in North Carolina’s legal and business communities. 

Members of the more than 50 families who supported the project were joined by university leaders on Saturday to formally dedicate the 80-room hotel that opened in January 2020.

The race, now in its seventh year at ������Ƶ, was held virtually from Sept. 18 through Oct. 10.

President Connie Ledoux Book announced alumni Priscilla Awkard ’95, Christian Wiggins ’03, Maity Interiano ’07 and Jack McMackin ’08 as the new co-chairs of the ������Ƶ LEADS Campaign, sending a powerful message about the importance of alumni leading ������Ƶ’s future.

Josh Norris '11 and his father, Robert, have created an endowment to provide scholarship assistance to make internships possible for students in ������Ƶ's School of Communications.

The longtime ������Ƶ leader and benefactor passed away Aug. 21.

The generous commitment brings fundraising for phase one of the project to more than $1.5 million as part of the ������Ƶ LEADS Campaign. The renovations will transform ������Ƶ’s baseball facility and one of the university’s most successful athletics programs.

The James P. Elder Lecture series was first endowed by former students of the popular professor and mentor who has now ensured that the series named for him will endure for future generations.

The largest endowment gift in ������Ƶ’s history will name the university’s School of Education in honor of Vice President Emerita Jo Watts Williams ’55.

The generous gift from Christian Wiggins ’03 will provide scholarships for students from his hometown of western North Carolina as part of A Will to Lead, a special initiative of the ������Ƶ LEADS Campaign to inspire donors to include ������Ƶ in their estate plans.