Creighton University launches $350 million campaign

Published: 2005-12-30

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Creighton University in Omaha launched a $350 million campaign in early December to expand the university, fund academic programs, increase the university's endowment and raise its profile. To date, the campaign has already raised $226 million in money and pledges. Jesuit Father John Schlegel, the university's president, said the initial response to the fundraising effort has been "quite surprising and very gratifying." Speaking to Catholic News Service Dec. 21, he said, "It's quite significant for a school of our size." Creighton, one of 28 Jesuit-run universities in the United States, has a student body of 6,800 full-time students. Its most recent fundraising campaign, in 1999, raised $127 million. Prior to the current campaign, Father Schlegel said the university leaders were envisioning "what we could do to reinvent the campus." As the initial contributions began coming in, he said the ideas about strengthening the university were confirmed.

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