I read it in the Alumni magazine

12/28/2006 1:45:58 PM

I think that happened a while back... aren't they going for $2B now?

12/28/2006 1:49:16 PM

is that our endowment?

12/28/2006 1:50:00 PM

i'm well endowed

12/28/2006 1:52:58 PM

The write-up in the magazine (sorry for no link) put it at around $1,000,009,380 right now...and said that it was 18 months ahead of schedule.

I guess the only thing better than $1Billion is 2 Billion!

They also specified where the money would go:

1) Corporate/Partnership Research facilities (Centennial Campus buildup)

2) Old campus facilities,

3) Athletics


Oh, and there is a current bid to make the NCSU hockey team a Varsity NCAA sport and plans for a 5,000 seat hockey rink on Centenial Campus!

12/28/2006 1:59:24 PM

^ I'm pretty sure most everything planned for Centennial Campus (resort, golf course, etc.) has been canned. Or at least post-poned indef. so it'll be interesting to see how that goes.

12/28/2006 2:04:43 PM

^^link on the hockey thing

^i read in the faculty/staff bulletin that the golf course should begin soon. and that they were gonna seek a donation from a modular home manufacturer for a temporary clubhouse.

12/28/2006 3:17:15 PM

haha, the golf team will be in a trailer....

12/28/2006 11:59:56 PM

i'd like to see the hockey team go varsity

12/29/2006 8:41:52 AM

Quote :

"is that our endowment?"

ha ha ha, you wish.

12/29/2006 9:04:18 AM

Yep, they passed the billion mark like a month ago, 18 months earlier than planned. Frankly, I'm surprised they found people to give that much.

12/29/2006 9:48:41 AM

If they had gotten Bill Cowher as football coach, that would be 2B$ RIGHT NOW.

Yes, our Alumni are like that.

12/29/2006 10:30:35 AM

However, UNC's is around 5 billion...

12/29/2006 11:47:46 AM

^who gives a fuck? All of their money goes to politcal campaigns anyways...

12/30/2006 4:05:57 PM

sorry kids, hockey team is nowhere near going NCAA D1.

among the many reasons why: Lack of facilities, alumni apathy towards hockey, and Title IX. but that would be something i'd love to see happen.

12/30/2006 4:43:05 PM

if we could just get Varsity Foxy Boxing you could have your hockey squad

12/30/2006 4:55:32 PM

I'd go to that.

12/30/2006 5:17:21 PM

or roller derby!

12/30/2006 7:00:52 PM

Breakdown of funding:
Facilities: 33.0%
Research: 27.5%
Students: 19.2%
Outreach: 8.0%
Faculty: 7.8%
Unrestricted: 3.7%

gg NC State. A lot of things to be proud of but not enough PR for awhile to show it off.

12/31/2006 7:28:44 AM