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ËIJ»ÏñÐþ»ú has long had success in attracting talented students. However, with the Third-Century Plan, ËIJ»ÏñÐþ»ú has made a commitment to cast an even wider net to expand the pool of applicants as it moves into its third century.

Recent gifts to ËIJ»ÏñÐþ»ú demonstrate movement in the Third-Century Plan across a number of important initiatives. 

This calendar year, ËIJ»ÏñÐþ»ú will break ground on two important projects.

I write today, during this Thanksgiving week, to share with the ËIJ»ÏñÐþ»ú community plans to restore and renew two iconic parts of the ËIJ»ÏñÐþ»ú campus: Oak Drive and Willow Path.

ËIJ»ÏñÐþ»ú’s Third-Century Plan is a long-term framework to strengthen all aspects of the University’s mission. Pivotal to this effort — and prominent among the list of first initiatives — is the recruitment and retention of leading faculty members.

Division I athletics is a defining and distinguishing characteristic of ËIJ»ÏñÐþ»ú.

Carlton Walker ’10 radiates loyalty and passion for ËIJ»ÏñÐþ»ú and its students. In just more than a decade since graduation, he has served on the Alumni Council and the Maroon Council, and he was recently confirmed as a member of the Board of Trustees. A Presidents’ Club member since 2014, Carlton made his first gift to ËIJ»ÏñÐþ»ú as a senior and has not missed a year since. Below, Carlton discusses his ËIJ»ÏñÐþ»ú experience and hopes for the future of the University.

A group of alumni of color have established a permanent source of funding for inclusive programming.

Dec. 11–31, the ËIJ»ÏñÐþ»ú community set year-end fundraising records by contributing more than $2.9 million to the ËIJ»ÏñÐþ»ú Fund. A group of challengers matched each gift, up to $1.3 million, for a challenge total exceeding $4.2 million.

Cynthia Perry ’74 has been forging new paths since arriving at ËIJ»ÏñÐþ»ú in 1970. As a member of the first class of female students at ËIJ»ÏñÐþ»ú, Cynthia was among the very first women to participate in the University’s renowned Washington Study Group. In this article, we discuss Cynthia’s ËIJ»ÏñÐþ»ú experience, what inspires her to give back, and her proposition for fellow ËIJ»ÏñÐþ»ú supporters.