About the Campaign
Beyond These Towers
The Campaign for Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Now, more than ever, the world needs WPI’s innovators, educators, makers, and doers—people with the knowhow and the tenacity to work across disciplinary, cultural, and geographic boundaries to take on the world’s greatest and most consequential problems. Realizing the vision of a truly globally engaged university will take an unprecedented commitment from the greater WPI community; this goal is beyond any set before:
$350 million in philanthropy
But we are undaunted, for imagining and developing solutions to the toughest challenges is in our DNA.
Our drive to go beyond is fueled by the belief that what we have created and what we do at WPI can be of immense value to a world beset by challenges. We need champions to help us get there.
Be a champion.
Learn More
Download the campaign prospectus and learn about the positive impact this campaign will have on WPI and how you can play a part.
Campaign Stories
Spotlight on Unity Hall Donors: Martha Anne and Jason Macari ’84
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Got Cardboard? MQP Students Working for Environmental Sustainability Beyond These Towers
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Curt ’67 and Dudley Carlson: Philanthropy Focused on Value Creation and Innovation
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Campaign Leadership
Beyond These Towers: The Campaign for WPI governance is led by the Vice President of University Advancement, Donna Stock, the Associate Vice President and Campaign Director, Cheryl Cerny, and the Board of Trustees’ Advancement Committee. This group, along with guidance from our Campaign Counsel, is responsible for setting the campaign direction, goals and priorities as well as taking an active role in our success.
Advancement Committee
George R. Oliver ’82, Trustee and Committee Chair
Carleton Kilmer ’64, Trustee
David LaPre ’74, Trustee
Erica Mason ’96, Trustee
Jeremy Hitchcock ’04, Trustee
Joan Bolduc Szkutak ’79, Trustee
John T. Mollen, Trustee and Former Chairman, Board of Trustees
Mark O’Neil ’80, Trustee
William A. Fitzgerald III ’83, Trustee, Chairman, Board of Trustees
Robert Martin ’75, Trustee
Stuart C. Kazin ’61, Trustee
Donna Stock, Vice President, University Advancement
Cheryl Cerny, Associate VP, Advancement Operations and Campaign Director
Maggie Alicea, Assistant Director, Campaign Operations
Will you help us go beyond?
In Two Towers, WPI’s centennial history, Mildred Tymeson famously observed that WPI has endured, evolved, and prospered “because—by some strange and wonderful supply— there have always been enough people who cared.” It is time, once again, for people who care to come forward and come together to support WPI in this unprecedented campaign. Make your gift today.