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Committed alums-to-be of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ and Agnes Scott College compared notes and traded stories this month about their work raising funds for their schools’ senior class gifts.

A meditation garden and labyrinth next to Holt Chapel was celebrated this week at College Chapel, where University Chaplain Richard McBride gave thanks to the family of an alumna whose gift in 2007 helped establish the newly completed campus feature.

About 150 ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumni and parents celebrated the launch of the Ever ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ: The Campaign for the Future of Our University at a kickoff event in Boston Nov. 13.

More than 100 ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumni and parents from the Washington, D.C. area joined President Leo M. Lambert for a regional launch of Ever ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ: The Campaign for the Future of Our University on Nov. 19.

A $2 million gift commitment from the Dalton L. McMichael Sr. Foundation will provide the largest scholarship endowment at the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law. The endowment will fund three full-tuition scholarships annually, with the first to be awarded to a member of the 2009 entering class who is chosen as a McMichael Law and Leadership Fellow.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ performing arts and music students and faculty provided entertainment in an emotional gala dinner marking the kickoff of the Ever ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Campaign on Oct. 11.

The Ever ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Campaign was launched with personal stories of transformation from five members of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ community at a gala dinner in Alumni Gym Oct. 11.