Canisius Receives $1 Million From Wendt Foundation
Gift to support the renovation and purchase of equipment for Science Hall
Buffalo, NY – John J. Hurley, executive vice president and vice president for college relations at Canisius College, announced today that The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation has committed $1 million to A Legacy of Leadership: The Campaign for Canisius College. The gift will support the renovation and purchase of equipment for Science Hall, the college’s planned interdisciplinary science center.
In September 2007, Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J., president of Canisius College, announced the college’s $90 million fund-raising effort, A Legacy of Leadership: The Campaign for Canisius College. The largest fund-raising initiative in the college’s 137-year history, it aims to raise funds for capital improvements and the college’s endowment. To date, Canisius has received commitments of nearly $57 million to the campaign.
“Canisius is very grateful to The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation, which has been a valued supporter of the college for many years,” said Hurley. “Their commitment to the interdisciplinary science center constitutes an invaluable endorsement of this strategic initiative that will move Canisius in important new directions in the sciences.”
The interdisciplinary science center at Canisius College will be developed in the former HealthNow building and parking pavilion at 1901 Main Street in the heart of the campus. The building is best known as the site of the former Sears Roebuck store, which operated there from 1920 – 1980. It consists of a four-story building with 237,000 total square feet (170,000 net usable square feet) set on three and a half acres. It includes a three-level parking ramp with a total of 1,350 spaces. The center will bring together in one location the college’s biology, chemistry, biochemistry, bioinformatics, environmental science, physics, psychology, computer science and mathematics programs and allow the college to develop new interdisciplinary programs in areas such as bioinformatics, quantitative science, cellular molecular biology, analytical chemistry and neuroscience.
The anticipated cost of the project is $47 million. In addition to gifts from alumni and friends of the college, Canisius is also seeking support from federal and state sources, and national and regional foundations and corporations. The college has acquired the building and is in the design development stage, which is expected to take several months to complete.
Canisius has been ranked by several national foundations as having a science program that has an impact at the national level. Canisius ranks among the best comprehensive universities in the country in terms of the number of its graduates who have gone on to obtain doctoral degrees in science and math.
The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation is a private philanthropic organization dedicated to the support of not-for-profit organizations in Western New York.
To learn more about A Legacy of Leadership: The Campaign for Canisius College, click here.
For more information, contact the Office of Public Relations at (716) 888-2790.
Canisius College is one of 28 Jesuit colleges in the nation and the premier private college in Western New York. Canisius prepares leaders - intelligent, caring, faithful individuals able to pursue and promote excellence in their professions, their communities and their service to humanity.
In September 2007, Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J., president of Canisius College, announced the college’s $90 million fund-raising effort, A Legacy of Leadership: The Campaign for Canisius College. The largest fund-raising initiative in the college’s 137-year history, it aims to raise funds for capital improvements and the college’s endowment. To date, Canisius has received commitments of nearly $57 million to the campaign.
“Canisius is very grateful to The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation, which has been a valued supporter of the college for many years,” said Hurley. “Their commitment to the interdisciplinary science center constitutes an invaluable endorsement of this strategic initiative that will move Canisius in important new directions in the sciences.”
The interdisciplinary science center at Canisius College will be developed in the former HealthNow building and parking pavilion at 1901 Main Street in the heart of the campus. The building is best known as the site of the former Sears Roebuck store, which operated there from 1920 – 1980. It consists of a four-story building with 237,000 total square feet (170,000 net usable square feet) set on three and a half acres. It includes a three-level parking ramp with a total of 1,350 spaces. The center will bring together in one location the college’s biology, chemistry, biochemistry, bioinformatics, environmental science, physics, psychology, computer science and mathematics programs and allow the college to develop new interdisciplinary programs in areas such as bioinformatics, quantitative science, cellular molecular biology, analytical chemistry and neuroscience.
The anticipated cost of the project is $47 million. In addition to gifts from alumni and friends of the college, Canisius is also seeking support from federal and state sources, and national and regional foundations and corporations. The college has acquired the building and is in the design development stage, which is expected to take several months to complete.
Canisius has been ranked by several national foundations as having a science program that has an impact at the national level. Canisius ranks among the best comprehensive universities in the country in terms of the number of its graduates who have gone on to obtain doctoral degrees in science and math.
The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation is a private philanthropic organization dedicated to the support of not-for-profit organizations in Western New York.
To learn more about A Legacy of Leadership: The Campaign for Canisius College, click here.
For more information, contact the Office of Public Relations at (716) 888-2790.
Canisius College is one of 28 Jesuit colleges in the nation and the premier private college in Western New York. Canisius prepares leaders - intelligent, caring, faithful individuals able to pursue and promote excellence in their professions, their communities and their service to humanity.
Date released: 2/14/2008
