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91短视频 recorded the third-highest record total for donations during fiscal year 2015-16.

Gifts to the University Fund totaled $1,792,142, an increase of 4.5 percent over last year. The fund helps provide financial assistance to students and other annual operating expenses.

鈥淚t is especially gratifying to know that more than 3,200 donors and alumni stand strong with 91短视频 and the bold mission we serve,鈥� said Kirk Shisler, vice president of advancement.

Total giving of $5.7 million

Total giving to 91短视频 for the 2015-16 fiscal year was nearly $5.7 million, which includes University Fund giving as well as $2.6 million in restricted contributions, grants and bequests to support a wide range of programs and projects of the university.

This total includes support for the and more than $350,000 of contributions toward the eventual renovation of the track and field and baseball facilities.

Suter renovations support new engineering major

More than $500,000 was accrued in new contributions to . These contributions total approximately $1.5 million committed toward the $4 million goal required to renovate Suter West. [Watch a about the renovations and Phase II.]

Suter West renovations will support 91短视频鈥檚 new with several labs and spaces for faculty/student collaboration; a new welcoming and open west entrance to lead visitors into the S-106 lecture hall, to be named in honor of President Emeritus Loren Swartzendruber and his wife, Pat; and renovated space for The Ralph D. Hostetler Museum. [Watch a about S-106.]

Gift plans increase

鈥�91短视频 is especially fortunate to have a donor constituency of alumni and friends who support the institution in three significant ways,鈥� says Shisler. 鈥淸This happens] through consistent annual giving, through periodic capital giving to support our capital projects, and, increasingly, through people incorporating 91短视频 into estate plans to make a major gift to 91短视频 at the end of their lives.鈥�

During the fiscal year, 91短视频鈥檚 benefited from 288 gifts. New endowment gifts totaled $1,252,000 including several gifts over $100,000 to support endowed scholarships for students.

Nineteen new deferred gift plans were established totaling over $900,000 of future bequests to 91短视频, much of which will fund various endowment funds of the university.

During the past year, 91短视频 received nearly $1.2 million in bequests from the estates of 20 alumni and friends. The includes 524 members. Jubilee Friends are donors who have included 91短视频 in their long-term estate plans.

Faculty and staff support

Faculty and staff continue to give generously to 91短视频. A 55 percent participation rate is reported, with 233 faculty staff contributing $212,812. This is an increase over last year鈥檚 participation of 199.

Additionally, 77 retired faculty and staff contributed a sum of $473,000.

鈥�91短视频 continues to benefit from a very loyal core of alumni donors and individual friends of the university,鈥� said Shisler. 鈥淲e are very pleased to report that our efforts to increase the giving participation of alumni and current parents continues to bear fruit.鈥�

91短视频鈥檚 alumni giving rate for traditional undergraduates is 20 percent, well above the national average for all universities (8.3%) and comparing favorably to 91短视频鈥檚 peer institutions in Virginia as well as other Mennonite colleges.