Thank You for Moving Fisher Forward
With your support, we’ve continued our steady growth, broadened our impact, and secured our future.
Our Success
June 12, 2019
Our Success
June 12, 2019
Because of the generosity of our alumni, friends, and community, we exceeded our $100 million campaign goal.
Campaign Total
$130,000,000+
Total Donors
12,000+
Together
We Moved Fisher Forward
BECAUSE OF GENEROSITY
Rushawn Middleton ’27
“I am deeply grateful for your generous support and investment in my education through my scholarship. This allows me to focus wholeheartedly on academics and personal growth without the stress of financial challenges.”
WHY WE GIVE
“We love giving back. Fisher meant so much to us. It gave us so many opportunities, and we want others to have the same.”
— Dr. Aaron ’13 and Kari ’08 Spacher
WHY WE GIVE
“My education at Fisher was transformational and continues to be in my career. The quality of the education, development of lifelong relationships, and ability to impact lives in my work that was influenced by my Fisher experience, brings me joy.”
— David ’83 and Robin PritchardEnhancing our Campus. Investing in Students.
Through your generosity and partnership, we are modernizing the Lavery Library to create a bold new environment for exploration and learning.
With your investment, we’ve continued on a journey of tremendous growth. The revitalized, high-tech learning commons at Lavery Library is just one example of how we’re preparing students for the most advanced workplaces.
Stay tuned for a full campaign report coming soon.
News
Collegium Magazine explores the Transformative Power of Fisher’s Cardinal Experience
A new $600,000 gift to the Wegmans School of Pharmacy will continue to support scholarships and technology for incoming students to the Doctor of Pharmacy program.
This year, 1,013 donors raised more than $720,000 during the sixth annual I Heart Fisher Giving Day. Held on Thursday, March 20, the celebration of philanthropy supports students and programs at St. John Fisher University.
Throughout the spring, alumni have gathered at a series of regional receptions in Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Florida.
Three gifts to St. John Fisher University totaling more than $700,000 will enrich Fisher’s Urban Scholarship. Launched in 2020, the $40,000 scholarship is available to students enrolling in the University who resides in the City of Rochester. Since its inception, the Urban Scholars Program has helped to increase the number of students from the city of Rochester benefiting from a Fisher education.
A $1 million gift from Jack ’73 and Donna DePeters will create an interactive space designed specifically for education majors in the newly modernized Lavery Library, expected to be complete in summer 2025.
During a ceremony held on Saturday, Oct. 19, members of the St. John Fisher University community gathered to celebrate 25 years of Dugan Yard, cut the ribbon on the newly opened Player Development Center, and recognize Kevin ’70 and Peggy Dugan, whose decades of philanthropy turned the area from a single baseball field in the early 2000s to the world-class complex it has become today.