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Local support key to capital campaign’s success FOR
RELEASE SUNDAY APRIL 28, 2002
Huntington College publicly launched its comprehensive capital campaign in 2000 after more than two years of planning. According to Ned Kiser, vice president for advancement, The Campaign for Huntington College was designed to achieve four primary goals: ·
Construct a new science
and technology center and partially endow its operation · Increase the College’s endowment ($6.4 million), · Complete key campus improvements, including the renovation of the current science building into general classroom space ($3.1 million), and · Enhance unrestricted annual giving ($9 million over the course of the Campaign). By March 31 of this year, each of these financial goals had been met or exceeded, with a considerable portion of the revenue contributed from within Huntington County:
A number of local donors and campaign volunteers were recognized on Friday at a special celebration on campus. The event began with a donor recognition ceremony in the new science building’s largest lecture auditorium, named Hiner Hall in honor of Homer and Marj Hiner of Huntington, who made a significant gift to the capital campaign. “Huntington College has always been a part of our lives,” Mrs. Hiner explained in an interview with Huntington College Magazine. “Our children were always on campus, experiencing art, culture—even basketball camps. For our business, Huntington College offered educational opportunities, workshops and seminars, employee shadowing programs, and some outstanding employees that helped our business grow. Through our 32 years in business and raising our family, we've seen Huntington College grow and develop. That growth enhanced our growth as well.” “Huntington College has been a part of our past in so many ways, we felt we wanted to help today in some fashion, in order for the College to meet the challenges of tomorrow,” she said. (The full interview is online at http://www.huntington.edu/mag/HC_MAG_summer_00.pdf.) Huntington College expressed thanks to the many local volunteers who had helped raise support for the campaign at a banquet Friday evening in the Habecker Dining Commons. Key campaign leaders from the local community were updated on the overall progress of the campaign projects, and each received a small gift in recognition of their efforts on behalf of Huntington College. They included:
“The success of this campaign is God’s blessing,” President Dowden said. “But God in His infinite wisdom chooses to work with and through people. If it had not been for the diligent prayers and hard work of these volunteers, we would not be opening a new science building in the fall.”
Huntington College faculty members are eager to move into the new science building, which is still in the final stages of construction. High-tech equipment will be relocated to the new facility over the summer and classes will be held there beginning in the fall semester. Huntington College will formally dedicate the still-unnamed “Science Hall” during Homecoming festivities in early October. “We hope many in the community will come to our dedication ceremonies this fall and take a tour of the building,” said Dowden. “This new facility was very much a community project, and we are very grateful for the remarkable support of our friends and alumni in Huntington County.” # # #
Background: At the south entrance of the new Science Hall, a bas-relief sculpture depicts three figures surrounded by symbols of scientific investigations through the ages. The imagery represents the Past supporting the Present reaching toward the Future. The sculpture, created by Fred Hollis in the 1960s, appropriately represents how the new facility links Huntington College’s heritage with its plans for the future. At 91,000 square feet, the new science building is the largest facility on campus, surpassing even HC’s spacious athletic complex. It is not the tallest building, however. That honor is still reserved for the College’s landmark administration building, Becker Hall. The two facilities face each other on the Front Campus green and are linked in other symbolic ways as well. “Becker Hall is our original building and it has a remarkable history,” explained campus spokesperson John Paff. “Its cornerstone was laid in 1896 by Bishop Milton Wright of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. Milton Wright was the father of the famous flyers, Orville and Wilbur Wright. At the turn of the century, the bishop’s boys divided their time between running the family business in Dayton, continuing their aviation experiments, and helping their father with the work of the denomination here in Huntington. One hundred years ago, they modeled something that is still very much a part of our campus culture today: striking a balance between family commitments, rigorous intellectual pursuits, and Christian service.” “As we open our new Science Hall next fall, it is our hope that Huntington College students for generations to come will continue to exhibit the Wright stuff – an inquisitive, innovative, pioneering spirit springing from real Christian faith.”
Notes: Additional background on the Campaign for Huntington College may be found online at http://www.huntington.edu/advancement/campaign. Photos of the new facility (suitable for print) may be found online at http://www.huntington.edu/gallery. Huntington
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