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Loyal annual donors since graduation, Ben ’11 and Sarah Graves ’12 Lunka most recently made a five-year gift commitment to name a room at The Inn at Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

Generous support from the William E. Simon Foundation advances the future of STEM and cross-disciplinary studies as part of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ LEADS Campaign.

The generous gift from the McMichael Family Foundation, including Â鶹ÊÓƵ Trustee Mac McMichael P’99, Life Trustee Gail McMichael Lane P’96 GP’23 and Flavel McMichael Godfrey, will support Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s new Innovation Quad, a priority of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ LEADS Campaign.

Through the Students First Fund, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ community has a new way to support students who have been affected by the economic impact of COVID-19.

Olivia Duffield ’20 gained undergraduate research opportunity and important mentorship through the Â鶹ÊÓƵ College Fellows program and Glen Raven Undergraduate Research Grant.

The North Carolina Local News Workshop, housed at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s School of Communications, will champion new approaches to providing reliable, high-quality journalism and information for NC residents and offer a base of support for organizations and individuals working to reinvent and sustain local news.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumnus and Trustee Dr. William N.P. Herbert ’68 and wife Marsha Herbert, of Charlottesville, Virginia, are among the donors making major gifts to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ LEADS Campaign to support the university’s planned Innovation Quad.

Martin, an Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumnus and parent from Tinton Falls, New Jersey, will lead the second year of the campaign’s three-year public phase.

The generous gift by John Sadler ’81 P’19 ’20 and his wife, Miriam P’19 ’20, will establish an Â鶹ÊÓƵ Engagement Scholarship and honor their sons and one of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s most beloved staff members. Their gift is part of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ LEADS Campaign.

A $100,000 gift from Sam Hunt IV and Krista Hunt supports the first phase of a bold project that will advance the university’s engineering and STEM programs. This gift is part of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ LEADS Campaign.