Monday, December 10, 2018

Davidson College Event Raises More Than 1.8 Million Dollars


The former chief investment officer and executive vice president of MassMutual, Thomas Finke oversaw the merger that created Barings LLC. Now the CEO and chairman of Barings, Mr. Finke and his investment team manage more than $300 billion in assets. Dedicated to helping his community, Thomas (Tom) Finke belongs to the capital campaign committee of Davidson College.

A liberal arts college in North Carolina, Davidson initiated “The Game Changers: Inspiring Leaders to Transform the World” in 2014. The campaign’s goal was to raise $425 million by June 2019. 

As of June 2018, the college's goal has been met. However, three of the campaign’s goal categories are still lacking. These categories are community of excellence, which has been 96-percent funded; scholarships, which has been 90-percent funded; and preparing students to lead, which has been 65-percent funded.

One of the college’s recent fundraisers, #AllInforDavidson, brought more than $1.8 million in donations. The event was held April 18, 2018, for a total of 18 hours and 37 minutes. This amount of time was set to mark 1837, the year in which Davidson College was founded.