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Initiative campaign launches

The Initiative Campaign was launched on campus yesterday — a four-year plan to fundraise hundreds of millions of dollars, as well as raise Queen’s profile.

The plan seeks to bring Queen’s “at least half a billion dollars plus a further $100 million in planned estate gifts by 2016,” according to a Queen’s News Centre release. The Campaign kicked off on “Tricolour Thursday” with University community members encouraged to don Queen’s clothing and pick up a Tim Hortons coffee free of charge. An assembly was held in Grant Hall to announce the Campaign.

The official launch will take place on Saturday. An advertising campaign will promote the initiative on campus and off.

— Holly Tousignant

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter to receive honourary degrees

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, former president and first lady of the United States, will receive honourary Queen’s degrees, the University announced today.

The pair will be awarded their degrees on Nov. 21.

Jimmy Carter served on term as president from 1977 to 1981. He was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his work with the Carter Center, a non-profit human rights and global health organization that he co-founded with his wife. Jimmy Carter has received numerous honourary degrees from American institutions. The presentation of the Carter’s Queen’s degrees will take place in a morning Grant Hall convocation ceremony.

— Holly Tousignant

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