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Idaho State University's Fund Raising Nets State Record $152 Million.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2004

The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 18--POCATELLO, Idaho -- Idaho State University has raised more than $152 million in private donations, the largest capital campaign for higher education in the state's history, campus officials announced Friday.

Nearly $30 million of the funds are earmarked for completion of the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center, which still needs to raise another $5 million for completion next year.

ISU President Richard Bowen said the campaign drive's results surpassed his most optimistic expectations.

"Originally, a $40 million goal was what I was thinking," Bowen told about 50 people gathered for the announcement.

"That we surpassed $102...

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