The Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication has officially launched its $100 million “Centennial Campaign for Grady: Democracy’s Next Generation.”
Announced at the college’s Centennial Gala late last year, the goal of the campaign is to secure investments and assets totaling $100 million in value by 2015, the 100th anniversary of the college’s founding.
“The Centennial Campaign will do for Grady’s next 100 years what generations of alumni, faculty and students have done to bring the college to its present stature among the best journalism and mass communication programs in the nation,” said Dean E. Culpepper Clark. “The campaign will match resources with ambition, positioning the college for a future that honors its remarkable history and alumni.”
Campaign priorities include building endowments for Grady’s renowned faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, acclaimed centers, institutes and programs, and developing an enterprise zone for the teaching, research and production resources made possible through the recently acquired WNEG-TV television license.
A distinctive feature of the campaign is that it will leverage private gifts with entrepreneurial activities through the creation of a Center for Media Democracy, of which WNEG-TV will serve as the cornerstone, according to Clark.
Co-chairs of the Centennial Campaign for Grady are UGA alumni Maxine Clark (1971), founder and CEO, Build-a-Bear Workshop, St. Louis; Betty Hudson (1971), executive vice president of communications, The National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.; Donald A. Perry (1974), vice president of public relations, Chick-fil-A Inc., Atlanta; and Terry College graduate Henry Grady III (1984), managing director, Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey, Atlanta.
“Grady College is a tradition and a trust, from the McGill program to the Peabody Awards, to our students who are truly democracy’s next generation,” said Clark. “The power of media for social and public good unites us all. We begin this historic campaign to build endowment and opportunity for faculty, staff, students and alumni at Grady.”
Campaign highlights, coverage of the Centennial Gala and information are available at www.grady.uga.edu/centennial. Gifts to the Centennial Campaign may be made online at www.grady.uga.edu or at the Office of the Dean, (706) 542-4989.
