in the past, hoping they'll jump-start the new effort with large gifts.
"All campaigns begin quietly with meeting, consultations, dinners
and gathering, informing the closest alumni and friends that a campaign
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will be launched," says Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Jeremy R.
Knowles.
Boardman says it is important to be certain that the University has the support before embarking on a major fundraising effort.
"If we'd had bad results [at the beginning of this campaign], we might have had to scale the goal back," he says.
The University talked to about 100 of its most devoted donors, according to Boardman.
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