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Did you know you may
target your gifts to CCIS
programs and faculty?
To learn more, please
contact:
Diann Siegel
Senior Major Gifts Officer
Alumni and Friends
Department
347 Richards Hall
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
d.siegel@neu.edu
617.373.2190
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T
he $6.5 million CCIS capital
campaign, part of Northeastern's
$200 million Leadership Cam-
paign fundraising effort, is well under-
way. Alumni and friends have been
generous in their giving and vocal in
their support of the college's recent
progress toward becoming a top teaching
and research institution.
"CCIS had made great strides in
recent years," says Dean Larry Finkel-
stein. "Our faculty, research, and student
body are now nationally and internation-
ally known. The financial support of
alumni and friends has been crucial to
these efforts. Now, as we continue to
grow in size and caliber, we need their
support more than ever."
One overarching goal is to strengthen
the research program at the undergradu-
ate, graduate, and faculty levels in order
to be recognized as one of the top fifty
computer and information sciences pro-
grams in the country.
This goal will require support in
four critical areas:
Endowed professorships--CCIS has
already attracted a number of nationally
and internationally recognized researchers.
To achieve the intellectual force needed
to catapult the college over competing
institutions, the campaign is seeking
three additional endowed professorships.
College development funds--These
funds would be used to advance key col-
lege programs, such as early-stage faculty
and student research that has high poten-
tial for attracting additional support.
Graduate fellowships--The college's
national reputation depends on the excel-
lence of its doctoral students. Graduate
fellowships attract and retain exception-
ally well-qualified PhD candidates.
Undergraduate scholarships--The
quality of the undergraduate program is
equally important to the college's national
reputation. Additional undergraduate
scholarships would allow CCIS to com-
pete successfully for the best students.
Advancing the College:
The Goals of the Leadership Campaign
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