CONNECT: The Campaign for Harrisburg University.
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Office of University Advancement
Marcus S. Lingenfelter |
Harrisburg University’s inaugural comprehensive fundraising campaign, CONNECT: The Campaign for Harrisburg University, was publicly launched at the Groundbreaking Gala Celebration in November 2006. The University’s fundraising campaign has enjoyed widespread support from across the Capital Region. Several hundred individuals and organizations have made supporting Harrisburg University one of their top philanthropic investments, bringing the current total of commitments to approximately $31-million or 80 percent toward the overall goal of $40-million
Select Medical Corporation Select Medical Corporation, a leading provider of specialty health care with headquarters in Mechanicsburg, recently announced a $2.6-million gift to the University. The gift is the largest philanthropic investment by a corporation in the six-year history of the University, and it will establish the Select Medical Corporation Conference Center in the University’s new 16-story Academic Center under construction at 326 Market Street in Harrisburg.
The CONNECT Campaign received its first million-dollar private gifts in September 2007 when the private family foundations of Rocco A. Ortenzio and Robert A. Ortenzio committed a combined $2.65-million to the University. This is the largest private gift commitment in the institution’s six--year history. Two separate gifts of $1.325-million from both The Ortenzio Family Foundation and the Robert and Angela Ortenzio Family Foundation will establish the Ortenzio Learning Center in the University’s new Academic Center.
Private support of the magnitude is what will make the University’s campaign a success, as well as ensure the continued fast-paced rise of Harrisburg University as a prominent institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. Gifts of all levels and from all corners of the region demonstrate the sense of ownership that Central Pennsylvanians have for Harrisburg University. As such, we are truly grateful and will continue moving forward to provide the region with a return on its philanthropic investment.