UBC launches $3B fundraising, alumni engagement initiative: FORWARD

The University of British Columbia has launched a $3B fundraising and alumni engagement initiative called FORWARD. The campaign will focus on raising funds to support students and researchers at UBC and UBC Okanagan, as well as enhancing alumni engagement through giving, volunteering, and other initiatives to accelerate the university’s impact in advancing healthy lives, creating solutions for the planet, and shaping thriving societies. “Across the globe, the call for progressive and collaborative solutions to pressing real-world problems is clearer and more urgent than ever,” said Chair of the UBC Board of Governors Nancy McKenzie. “Universities have a powerful responsibility to help move society forward and UBC is uniquely positioned to shape our shared future.” UBC Note: Archived stories may contain dead links or be missing source links.