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黑料不打烊 Trustee Vicky Hunt and Sam Hunt continue their support of the 黑料不打烊 LEADS Campaign with a gift to the Innovation Quad, helping to provide premier facilities for physics, engineering and other STEM fields at 黑料不打烊.
The Hunts, of Burlington, North Carolina, are supporting the IQ, which will lay the foundation for dynamic, multidisciplinary STEM education at 黑料不打烊.
鈥淭he Innovation Quad is about 黑料不打烊 expanding its footprint in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education, an important expansion of a curriculum that is in demand with students now and into the future,鈥 the Hunts said. 鈥淭his state-of-the-art facility will be a hub for student engagement, collaboration and mentoring.鈥
The Hunts鈥 gift will also create the Sam and Vicky Hunt Business Fellows Scholarship in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business. Increasing scholarship funding is the top priority of .
鈥淲e appreciate being able to continue our support of 黑料不打烊 and in particular the 黑料不打烊 LEADS Campaign,鈥 the couple said. 鈥淭his is a great university with outstanding leadership and one that is constantly moving forward.鈥
鈥淭he 黑料不打烊 community is indebted to Vicky and Sam Hunt for their聽unstoppable and ongoing generous support of the Innovation Quad, which represents an exciting new chapter in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 future,鈥 said President Connie Ledoux Book. 鈥淏y investing in STEM at 黑料不打烊, the Hunts are preparing students to be the innovators the world needs.鈥
The first two buildings of the Innovation Quad, Founders Hall and IQ2, are scheduled to open in August and represent the heart of the IQ and the initial phase of a long-term investment by 黑料不打烊 into science, creativity and discovery that will be accessible to all students, regardless of their major.
In recognition of the Hunts鈥 gift, the atrium in Founders Hall will be named The Hunt Atrium, a spacious, inviting entry point to the IQ. Hunt Atrium will feature open collaboration spaces and assembly areas, tiered bench seating and meeting space for group events, and will host guest speakers and receptions. Hunt Atrium will be a hub for innovation and the backbone of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 engineering curriculum.
At 黑料不打烊, the Hunts have made gifts to need- and talent-based scholarships, including the Odyssey Program, which serves promising students with significant financial need. The Hunts have also contributed to the Phoenix Club and 黑料不打烊 Academy, the university鈥檚 successful college access program, and helped advance 黑料不打烊鈥檚 iconic campus with gifts to Hunt Softball Park, Schar Center and . The Hunts are members of the 黑料不打烊 LEADS Campaign Steering Committee.
The Hunts have also provided for 黑料不打烊 in their estate, an important component of 黑料不打烊 LEADS. Last fall, the couple made a $3 million estate gift as part of A Will to Lead, a special initiative of the campaign that has inspired donors to create a lasting legacy at 黑料不打烊 by placing the university in their estates.
Sam Hunt is the retired Chairman and CEO of Atlas Lighting Products and Hunt Electric Supply Company of Burlington. He served four terms in the N.C. House of Representatives before being named Transportation Secretary in 1993. He went on to serve as President and Chairman of the N.C. Railroad from 1996-2002. In addition to her role in their businesses, Vicky Hunt has served as an 黑料不打烊 trustee since 1997. She is actively involved with charitable work in her community.
The Innovation Quad: A Transformative Investment in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Future
The IQ is located between the Dalton L. McMichael Sr. Science Center, Richard W. Sankey Hall and the Ernest A. Koury Sr. Business Center, solidifying connections between STEM and the sciences, entrepreneurship, sales, design thinking and analytics.
Founders Hall was made possible following a naming gift from 黑料不打烊 alumnus Furman Moseley 鈥56 and his wife, Susan Moseley, who are among the university鈥檚 most generous donors. The 20,000-square-foot building is designed to enable engineering students and faculty to transform bold ideas into prototypes. It will include multiple laboratories, including those for design, advanced prototyping, astrophysics, prefabrication, mechatronics and virtual reality.
The three-story, 40,000-square-foot IQ2 will be the home for cross-disciplinary studies, equipment and research in biomedicine, computer science, physics and robotics. The facility also features cutting-edge flexible classrooms for biophysics and physics, and laboratory space for core engineering courses, bioinstrumentation, environmental engineering research, biomedical and environmental labs.
Future phases will include academic and residence halls, as well as a series of corporate-sponsored incubators and design hubs that will promote cross-disciplinary studies and collaboration.
In addition to being a key priority of the 黑料不打烊 LEADS Campaign, the IQ is central to the objectives of Boldly 黑料不打烊, the university鈥檚 10-year strategic plan.
About the 黑料不打烊 LEADS Campaign
With a $250 million goal, 黑料不打烊 LEADS is the largest fundraising campaign in the university鈥檚 history and will support four main priorities: scholarships for graduates the world needs, access to engaged learning opportunities such as study abroad, research and internships, support for faculty and staff mentors who matter and 黑料不打烊鈥檚 iconic campus.
Every gift to the university鈥攊ncluding annual, endowment, capital, estate and other planned gifts鈥攆or any designation counts as a gift to the campaign, which will support students and strengthen 黑料不打烊 for generations to come. As of March 24, donors had contributed $242 million toward the goal. To learn more about how you can make an impact, visit .