The Advancement team has the privilege of connecting others with meaningful opportunities to support public health and the conditions for people to thrive.
Public health is vital to a robust workforce and functioning health system. It was also a key ingredient for our state to build an economic, technological and innovation powerhouse.
The simple truth that communities are stronger when they care for all their members made all of this possible and is the basic principle that led to our peerless system of public higher education and emergence as a center for innovation.
This community’s response to multiple recent public health crises is a particular point of pride. The Gillings community stepped up and shattered barriers and expectations in the process. Thanks to this commitment, the Gillings School not only met but surged past milestones in the most ambitious fundraising drive in our history, the Campaign for Carolina, which to date has raised more than $4.25 billion from across the University. In the words of our chancellor, the impact of these resources “will echo for generations to come.” The resolve of this community is heartening, and the Advancement unit is proud to play a role in this success. We are contributing to a legacy that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Through many ways, including bequests, planned gifts, endowed funds and individual gifts, donors are helping to lift us out of the COVID-19 pandemic and supporting career-defining educational experiences. Most of the public health accomplishments outlined in this impact report benefited from donor support, and we’re grateful for everything we have done, and will do, together.
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