{"id":110537,"date":"2022-11-27T00:37:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T05:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=110537"},"modified":"2023-11-18T22:38:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T03:38:25","slug":"success-story-public-phase-of-35-million-campaign-opens-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=110537","title":{"rendered":"Success Story: Public phase of $35 million campaign opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>October 9, 2019<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Be What's Possible campaign logo\" class=\"AlignImageRight\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/b11359d60a0a00b86f0655451e3d3605success-story-trio-be-whats-possible-logo-2.jpg\" width=\"265\" \/>NMC today kicked off the public phase of the most ambitious fundraising initiative in its history. Be What&#8217;s Possible, the Campaign for NMC, has a goal of raising $35 million in four priority areas.<\/p>\n<p>Eighty percent, or $28 million, has already been raised through leadership gifts. The priority areas are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Fund for NMC &#8211; Flexible funding to help the college meet its highest priorities and greatest needs.<\/li>\n<li>Innovative Facilities &#8211; To create places where students and the community can connect to resources and with each other. Focused on the Timothy J. Nelson Innovation Center and the expansion of the Dennos Museum, gifts for other facilities are also welcome.<\/li>\n<li>Strong Programs &#8211; To stay at the forefront of educational innovation and drive economic growth through top-notch learning opportunities in all areas, from language arts to engineering technology.<\/li>\n<li>Scholarships &#8211; To guarantee access for motivated learners in our community. This campaign seeks to increase the number and breadth of scholarships available to students as well as increasing funding for existing scholarships.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Be What's Possible campaign co-chair Susie Janis\" class=\"AlignImageRight\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/b10ee1dd0a0a00b86f06554509884a56susie-janis-2.jpg\" width=\"255\" \/> <span class=\"AlignCaptionRight\">Be What&#8217;s Possible campaign co-chair Susie Janis<\/span>The $35 million goal is more than ten times higher than the college&#8217;s most ambitious prior campaign, $3 million for the Great Lakes campus, which opened in 2003-04. Since 2016 the college has been the recipient of ten gifts of $1 million or more, designated in support of programs, scholarships, and facilities, which established the evidence of support for the $35 million goal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe that the response shown by the community so far is clear evidence of the appreciation and support that the college has in our community,&#8221; said campaign co-chair <strong>Susie Janis<\/strong>. &#8220;We are very grateful to the donors who have already stepped forward to be the leaders of this important endeavor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President <strong>Timothy J. Nelson<\/strong> said, &#8220;NMC has always been the community&#8217;s college. This campaign is reflective of this legacy of commitment, and the college and community will reach a new level of achievement together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To give to Be What&#8217;s Possible, visit nmc.edu\/give or call (231) 995-1021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 9, 2019 NMC today kicked off the public phase of the most ambitious fundraising initiative in its history. Be What&#8217;s Possible, the Campaign for NMC, has a goal of raising $35 million in four priority areas. Eighty percent, or $28 million, has already been raised through leadership gifts. 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