Warhawks unite to shatter Family Campaign record

The Auburn Montgomery Warhawk family united like never before this spring with faculty and staff setting a record Family Campaign participation rate of 88 percent.

The new record set in this year’s “Warhawks United” campaign shatters by three percentage points the previous record of 85 percent, set in 2010 and equaled in 2011. The 2012 campaign raised more than $30,000 in cash and new pledges (not including ongoing pledges made in previous years), and 37 campus units participated at a 100 percent rate (see list below).

“This year’s effort and results were amazing,” said Martie McEnerney, senior development officer in the AUM Office of Advancement and coordinator of the Family Campaign. “We had great leadership in our co-chairs – Kelly Brescia, Bob Evans and Kimberly Johnson – and in all of our team captains. Those people deserve credit for making this campaign such a huge success.” 

Auburn Montgomery’s Family Campaign participation rate is particularly impressive when considered in comparison to other schools across the country. An informal survey of faculty-staff fundraising campaigns at other colleges found no school within 10 percentage points of AUM’s participation rate. Here are some examples of participation rates at other universities:

• Auburn University – 71 percent
• Belmont University – 51 percent
• Drexel University – 54 percent
• Loyola University New Orleans – 55 percent
• Pennsylvania State University – 19.5 percent
• Pepperdine University – 72.5 percent
• Texas Christian University – 73 percent
• University of Central Florida – 23 percent
• University of South Alabama – 67 percent
• University of South Florida – 38 percent
  

“The generosity that the faculty and staff have shown in this year’s Family Campaign has been staggering,” said Kimberly Johnson, an associate professor of Management in the School of Business and one of the Campaign co-chairs for 2012. “The willingness of the employees of this university to give to support it makes being a co-chair a fulfilling and, quite frankly, easy job.

"Most importantly, when our campaign leadership and Advancement staff go to meet with donors from outside the university, they are sure to be impressed with how much the people who work here believe in what we do. When 88 percent of the folks give back, that sends a strong message.”

The following Auburn Montgomery units participated at 100 percent in the 2012 Family Campaign as of May 23:

Accounting and Finance		Foundations & Secondary Education
Admissions Processing		History
Advancement		Housing
Advising and Academic Enhancement		Human Resources
Alabama Training Institute		Informatics Institute
Army ROTC		Institutional Effectiveness
Campus Police		International Studies
Career Development		Intramural Sports
Cashier's Office		Learning Center
Center for Advanced Technologies		Liberal Arts Administration
Center for Demographic Research		Nursing
Center for Disability Services		Office of International Affairs
Center for Government & Public Affairs		Office of the Provost
Chancellor's Office		Payment & Procurement Services
Communication & Dramatic Arts		Physical Education & Exercise Science
Continuing Education		Registrar's Office
Counseling Center		School of Business Administration
Early Childhood Center		Speech and Hearing Clinic
Early Childhood Elementary Reading		Sponsored Programs
Facilities		Student Affairs Administration
Financial Affairs Administration		Student Health Services
Financial Aid		University Relations

2012 Family Campaign Leadership

Co-Chairs

Kelly Brescia, Office of International Affairs
Bob Evans, School of Liberal Arts
Kimberly Johnson, School of Business

Team Leaders

Rodney Allen	Joan Johnson	Delia Sescioreanu
Susan Barganier	Buffy Lockette	Kate Simmons
Lisa Caro	Lindsay Mann	Timothy Spraggins
Gail Childs	Rachel Mann	Doris Willis
Antonio Gardner	Samantha McNeilly	Jennifer Taylor
Mary Green	Tonya Nolen	Tangie Taylor
Shelley Grider	Katie Pearson	Peggy Todd
Iyisha Hampton	Jessie Rosa	Maebell Lewis