December 2, 2015 | Advancement Harding’s Office of Advancement celebrated Giving Tuesday by challenging alumni, friends and students to raise 50,000 in 24 hours for need-based student scholarship assistance. With help from 238 donors, including current Harding students, the “Gather to Give” campaign surpassed its original goal and raised $59,672. Giving Tuesday, created in 2012 by 92nd Street Y, a cultural and community center in
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October 21, 2015 | Women for Harding The University is hosting a dedication ceremony for the First Ladies Garden at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, during Homecoming weekend. The garden will not only honor the past, present and future first ladies of Harding but also will recognize women who have made a difference at Harding. The garden includes a technological feature that sends information about
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August 6, 2015 | Advancement Board of trustees chairman Roy Reaves and his wife, Becky, have donated $1 million to a project to renovate and expand Rhodes Field House on the Searcy campus of Harding University. The Russellville, Arkansas, couple made the pacesetting gift in the $2 million construction project that is slated to begin in November. The announcement of the gift was made today
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June 22, 2015 | Dr. Bryan Burks, dean of the Paul R. Carter College of Business Administration, today was named vice president of advancement. The appointment becomes effective July 15. He will direct the advancement efforts of Harding, which includes leading a team of seven fundraising professionals in the office. Burks, 48, succeeds Dr. Mike Williams in the position. Williams left Harding on May 31
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April 22, 2015 | The Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has issued a $1 million challenge grant to Harding University toward three major renovation and construction projects on the Searcy campus. The total cost of the three projects is $6.5 million. The Mabee Foundation board issued the challenge grant opportunity to Harding following its April 14 meeting. The projects include the expansion and renovation of
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