Campus launches $1 billion Shaping the Future campaign

January 01, 2005 shaping_the_future_medal_081006_carlos_puma

In 2005, the UC Irvine Foundation launched the $1 billion Shaping the Future campaign, the largest fundraising effort in UCI and Orange County history. As of February 2015, more than 110,000 supporters had contributed $957 million. Campaign highlights include doubling the number of UCI endowed chairs, creating more than 2,000 new scholarships and fellowships, naming schools and establishing new research facilities.