Spring/Summer 2012 Aesculapian Magazine - University of Georgia ...

Georgia funds VMLC, but fundraising will continue
It was 14 years ago that the College administration first conceived the idea for a new Teaching
Our Goal: Hospital to replace our aging facility. We are thrilled to report that this fall we will finally break ground on
$25 Million
our Veterinary Medical Learning Center!
In early May, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed the state’s budget for FY13, which includes $52.3
million in bond funding for construction of our new hospital. Part of our ability to get funding from
the state relied on our ability to raise a minimum of $15 million in private donations toward the project.
Thanks to the on-going support from so many of you, we exceeded our goal by the time the legislature
RACTER PERSPECTIVE voted | on NORTH the budget. FACADE facing College Station Road
Everyone who supported this project in any way helped us achieve this milestone: our alumni; friends
of the College; our faculty and staff; the upper-administration at the University of Georgia; the Board
of Regents; former Gov. Sonny Perdue (DVM ’71); Gov. Nathan Deal, and the members of the Georgia
General Assembly.
Despite our celebration, our work is not done. The funding provided by the state and the private
donations received thus far will allow us to build most of the needed elements of the Learning Center. As
with many major capital projects, some areas had to be deferred due to budgetary limitations. There are a
number of deferred elements that we hope to include in the construction project if sufficient funds can be
raised over the next few months.
Our total fundraising goal is now $25 million. As of press time, we had raised $21 million in gifts and
pledges. If you wish to make a multi-year pledge or consider a naming opportunity, please contact our
Development office at 706.542.1807. For more information about the need for the VMLC, the plans for the
facility, our capital campaign, and the honor roll of donors, or to give a gift through our secured website,
visit: www.vet.uga.edu/vmlc
Thanks so much to all of you for your continued support of this project, and for helping us create
a new state-of-the-art facility that will serve our clients and patients, as well as our profession, for many
decades to come!
rinary Medicine Learning Center
1.2012
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