Travels that

So much of the Carthage experience evokes images of light. The early morning sun rising over Lake Michigan. The flame of knowledge in the College logo. The stars and planets gleaming in the night sky that inspire our NASA-funded research. The legend behind Firebirds, our team name. The Carthage Flame and Beacon Award, whose recipients represent the thousands of alumni who illuminate their communities.

For 176 years, Carthage has switched on curious minds and passionate hearts. In turn, Carthaginians everywhere find ways to brighten their surroundings, solve problems, and cultivate hope.

In that spirit, Carthage adopted the theme “Light That Travels” for the public phase of its new comprehensive fundraising campaign. Establishing a goal of $100 million, leaders have laid out an ambitious plan to ensure that students have the resources, mentors, and programs to shine in the years to come.

Thanks to generous gifts during the campaign’s silent phase, which ran from 2017 until June 2023, the College is already approaching the halfway mark with almost $50 million raised. Beginning with a $5 million pledge from Jeff Hamar ’80, chair of the Board of Trustees, several donors have made significant multiyear commitments toward targeted areas of need.

Another Carthage trustee, Snap-on Inc. CEO Nicholas T. Pinchuk, serves as campaign chair. The pages to follow will lay out the “Light That Travels” vision, divided into three broad priorities:

• SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER FINANCIAL AID: Establish scholarships that keep Carthage affordable, enabling all talented students to enter and stay enrolled until graduation, plus funds that remove barriers to internships, study abroad, and other valuable experiential learning.

• PROGRAM INNOVATION: Equip Carthage to meet the changing needs of students and regional employers by quickly developing new programs and continuing to grow existing offerings in nursing, pre-health, engineering, business, and other highdemand fields.

• SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE: Reinforce the College’s liberal arts tradition by endowing professorships in key areas of study, lifting multi-use facilities like A. F. Siebert Chapel up to modern specifications, and enhancing popular co-curricular options like athletics and the performing arts.

As Carthage stands on the cusp of a luminous future, we’re calling on Carthaginians everywhere to play a part … to be a Light That Travels.

A Community Of Light

Both on campus and around the country, watch for campaign events in the year ahead where you can celebrate the spark that someone lit in you at Carthage and learn how you can be a Light That Travels for future generations. Off-campus events will be hosted in:

Chicago Naples, Florida

Kenosha Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida

Milwaukee Washington, D.C.

Minneapolis

Watch for your invitation by email and follow Carthage’s social media platforms for details. facebook.com/carthagecollege • twitter.com/carthagecollege instagram.com/carthagecollege