Texas Woman’s University celebrated the recent launch of the public phase of Dream Big, the university’s $125 million comprehensive fundraising campaign, with a special program and luncheon held at the TWU T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences – Dallas Center on October 3. To kick off the event, Chancellor and President Carine M. Feyten provided an overview of the campaign’s three pathways or calls to action—open doors, fuel innovation and cultivate grit—and explained how the university will invest designated gifts for these pathways in scholarships and experiential learning opportunities, research, new academic programs, leadership development and an array of other initiatives benefiting TWU students and Texas residents. Chancellor Feyten also revealed that more than $103 million has already been raised during the campaign’s quiet phase. Guest speakers at the Dallas campus celebration included Ellen Amirkhan, member of the TWU System Board of Regents and TWU alumna; Neva Cochran, TWU alumna and nutrition author and communications consultant; Steve Love, longtime TWU supporter and president and CEO of the DFW Hospital Council; and TWU students Alicia Becker, Patricia Lobos-Valle and David Pugh, each of whom shared personal experiences and insights related to the campaign’s pathways. Lisa Rampy, Interim Vice President of University Advancement, introduced the program with a video produced by TWU students and staff. Photos by: Texas Woman’s University |
