UNT Endowment growth among best in 2006-07
A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education drew attention to UNT’s outstanding endowment growth in the 2006-07 fiscal year.
The Chronicle prints survey results from the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). Of 785 colleges and universities that provided information in the survey, UNT posted the 29th-highest growth percentage in 2006-07 – 34.9 percent. The average for all schools was 17.2 percent. The university’s endowment is combined with the UNT Foundation endowment for the study.
UNT also was ranked in the top half of all the schools in total endowment, with $92.6 million at the end of the fiscal year.
Since 2002, UNT’s total endowment has grown almost 250 percent.
Foundation settles into new location
UNT Foundation controller Wes Davis and accounting clerk Elessa Sanchez outside the Foundation’s new offices on the Gateway Center’s first floor.
The UNT Foundation moved into its new location on the Gateway Center’s first floor around the first of the year. The Foundation and UNT’s Office of Development shared the second floor, but both have added staff positions and some rearranging was necessary.
The Foundation is now conveniently located just inside the doors under the Gateway arch, across from the North Texas Exes Alumni Association center. Foundation phone numbers are unchanged.
Foundation welcomes new staff
Lisa Sanchez joined the Foundation staff this year as general accounting clerk. She will assist the Foundation with record-keeping and provide general support for all Foundation staff under the direction of controller Wes Davis.
Finding lost alumni
Wes Davis is one of seven UNT faculty, staff and students who are featured in an upcoming campaign to reconnect with UNT alumni and friends. Dallas-based Pursuant Group is working with the university on the “Six Degrees” program, which uses e-mail to seek contact information for those who have had a relationship with UNT but might have lost touch.
The Foundation and other offices will use new information to keep alumni and friends up to date with what’s happening at UNT.
Emerald Ball Went Texan
Foundation board members again stepped up in 2008 to lead sponsorship for the Emerald Ball at UNT. This year’s event, under the theme the “Emerald Ball Goes Texan,” featured boot-scooting music from Asleep at the Wheel and a Trappings of the Texas West fundraising auction. The event raised more than $200,000 and an additional challenge grant from the Greater Texas Foundation for UNT’s Emerald Eagle Scholars program.
