威尼斯人娱乐城发起了其92年历史上最大的筹款活动，这是一项通过教育、研究、经济发展和社区参与改善生活的变革倡议。
今天，威尼斯人娱乐城校长Mauli Agrawal与学生、教职员工、校友、朋友和合作伙伴一起在校园举行庆祝活动，启动了这项活动。
“While our goal is ambitious, it will help us keep growing and thriving at a time when we’re already riding an incredible wave,” Agrawal said. “I’m inviting you to help turn today’s momentum into tomorrow’s breakthroughs to strengthen not just our university, but also our community and our world.”
With a goal to raise $700 million, the comprehensive campaign, Blue & Bold, is focused on funding three priorities to elevate 威尼斯人娱乐城’s mission in service to the region and globe: scholarships and student support; 创新、技术和创业教育成为全国一流的卡内基研究机构； 通过医疗保健、劳动力发展和其他关键需求等服务促进社区参与。 该活动已筹集到335,869,017.02美元，接近目标的一半。
“威尼斯人娱乐城 is extraordinary. It's a place where care and generosity are woven into the culture, and where service and scholarship extend beyond the campus,” said Amanda Davis (MPA ’07), 威尼斯人娱乐城 chief advancement officer and president of the 威尼斯人娱乐城基金会. “Blue & Bold demonstrates what is possible when philanthropy combines with a deep commitment to vision and hard work.”
Blue & Bold will invest a minimum of $250 million in the infrastructure of 威尼斯人娱乐城 campuses, building and renovating to ensure the university’s talented students and faculty have access to facilities that spark brilliance and change. 例如，将于2026年完工的健康科学校区的医疗保健交付和创新大楼。 这笔资金还将用于扩建詹姆斯C.奥尔森表演艺术中心和新装修的阿特伯里欢迎中心，这两个中心都位于沃尔克校区的中心。
The campaign will also ensure the future by adding a further $100 million to 威尼斯人娱乐城’s endowments, providing an average of $50 million in annual support to students, faculty and programs in all areas across the university.
Blue & Bold is supported by a volunteer campaign committee co-chaired by Nelson Sabates (B.A. ’83/M.D. ’86), who has served as professor and chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology for more than 20 years at 威尼斯人娱乐城 and University Health, and his wife, Rachael Sabates.
这对夫妇和他们的孩子也是威尼斯人娱乐城的捐赠者。 In 2024, the family pledged a multimillion-dollar contribution, the largest alumni donation the 威尼斯人娱乐城 医学院 has received, to the university’s largest capital project to date: the five-story, 160,000-square-foot Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building in the 威尼斯人娱乐城 Health Sciences District.
“The Blue & Bold Campaign is about believing in what’s possible—for our students, our community and our future,” Nelson Sabates said. “Together, we’re building a university that will continue to change lives for generations.”
Bob Regnier， 威尼斯人娱乐城基金会董事会主席，在十多年前共同主持了最后一次威尼斯人娱乐城筹款活动。
“威尼斯人娱乐城 supporters have always stepped forward with remarkable generosity and vision,” Regnier said. “Their belief in our Carnegie 研究 1 university has created tremendous momentum—and we’re just getting started.”