UNC-Asheville receives $1.5 million anonymous gift
ASHEVILLE — An anonymous donor has given $1.5 million to a North Carolina university struggling with significant budget cuts.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that the gift to the University of North Carolina at Asheville is one of the largest in school history. Spokeswoman Merianne Epstein said that at the donor’s request, $1 million of the gift will go toward scholarships and $500,000 will be used for operating support.
The university will use $250,000 to purchase equipment needed for the new Zeis Science & Multimedia Building to be dedicated this fall. The remaining $250,000 will be set aside to help a new endowed faculty chair.
Epstein said those funds will be matched by private funds and by the Distinguished Professors Endowment Trust Fund established by the General Assembly in 1985.
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