Diverse Education February 21, 2017 Smith College Raises Possible Record $486M A private liberal arts college for women says the Massachusetts school has raised a record-high $486 million. The Boston Globe reports Smith College in Northampton announced on Monday its "Women for the World" campaign significantly surpassed its goal of raising $450 million. The campaign launched in the fall of 2012. The school says it's the "largest and most successful" campaign a women's college has ever undertaken. The college's "Reimagining the Liberal Arts" initiative will use $184 million on new professorships, majors and facilities, including the Jill Ker Conway Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. The school says $181 million will go toward yearly operating costs and other initiatives. More than $100 million will support financial aid, most of which will be set aside for more than 100 new scholarships. SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org/ sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org%3cmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/