Making Carolina First, together
On Dec. 31, 2007, the Carolina First Campaign finished at $2.38 billion,
exceeding our original goal by more than $500 million. This collective achievement marked the fifth largest total among completed fund-raising
drives at that time in the history of U.S. higher education and the largest
Your support. Your leadership. They made the difference. I — and Carolina—owe you our profoundest gratitude.
You’ll see many numbers in the following pages, and you’ll read some of the personal stories behind those numbers. Through it all, remember this about Carolina First:
- More endowed professorships will enable us to recruit and retain the best faculty, and we will have more resources to fund their research and reward their efforts.
- More scholarships will attract outstanding students and give them access to a Carolina-caliber education—and broaden their college experience once they arrive in Chapel Hill.
- More tools and better facilities will fuel the discovery of new
knowledge—knowledge that will propel our efforts to improve people’s health and livelihoods farther across our state and around the globe. - More cultural resources will enrich the lives of our students and
community residents.
In every way, the Carolina First Campaign has created our margin of excellence. This campaign set out to support our vision to be the nation’s
leading public university. This campaign achieved that goal. Without Carolina
First, we would be a good university, perhaps even great. With Carolina First,
we are pre-eminent, we are leading.
And of all my memories as chancellor of this institution, none will be more cherished than the memory I will share with all of you: We made Carolina First, together.
James Moeser
A great time to get started
It’s a great time to become
the chancellor of Carolina.
James Moeser left the
University in great shape on multiple fronts —
in large part due to the success of the Carolina
First Campaign.
I join Chancellor Moeser in extending my deepest gratitude to all of you for making the campaign such a historic milestone for Carolina. I also thank Chancellor Moeser, whose extraordinary leadership guided Carolina First to heights that exceeded even our most ambitious expectations. He’s a tough act to follow, but his legacy will make my job much easier.
Coming from my post as dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences, I know firsthand the
importance of private giving—and the generosity
of Carolina supporters.
The promise of a research university—that
knowledge is shared and created by the same people —
is an audacious idea, one that many universities
aspire to. That promise is realized only when
we have a faculty that excels at both research and
teaching, and the competition for scholars with
these skills has never been higher. To secure and
enhance this rich environment—and to make it
accessible to the best students—we’ll need to
build on Carolina First’s tremendous momentum.
I look forward to all we will do together for this magnificent university.
Hark the Sound.
Holden Thorp
(Editor’s note: James Moeser served as Carolina’s chancellor from Aug. 15, 2000, to June 30, 2008. His successor, Holden Thorp, took over the post on July 1, 2008.)
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