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Overview
Campus Renewal
Sustaining Annual Giving
Growth in Endowments
Scholarship Endowment
Faculty Endowment
Growth in Endowments: Faculty Endowment
The ability to inspire young minds and hearts is the gift of a great teacher. It is also a responsibility eagerly embraced by every member of the Ursuline community. Meeting this challenge takes a shared commitment from all who support the Ursuline mission.
Growth in Endowments - Campaign Goal
Campaign Goal: $10 million
Need Remaining: $4.2 million
A strong Faculty Endowment supports a positive and professional work environment for faculty and staff. It will help Ursuline continue to attract and retain the best teachers, and to sustain highly trained and educated faculty as role models for the Ursuline mission.
The Ursuline Faculty Endowment will generate the additional financial resources needed to:
  • Provide competitive faculty salaries and benefits, while keeping tuition as affordable as possible
  • Continue to fund professional development for faculty and staff at 1.5% of the Academy's annual operating budget, the standard for independent schools of excellence
  • Establish special faculty programs to encourage curriculum development and research activities
  • Expand programs for visiting scholars and speakers
In the years ahead, faculty recruitment and retention will become even more challenging for private schools. Based on independent school professional association research, there is a growing shortage of teachers in both the public and private sectors. Competition will intensify.

Success in building Ursuline's Faculty Endowment will help assure continuing excellence in Catholic education for future generations of young women students in Dallas. 
“Ursuline offers opportunities for students to discover their true academic passion. As teachers, we encourage each girl to follow that passion and share it with others. All she needs to do is open her mind and heart to the possibilities!”
RHONDA BUSH
Director of Studies in Science, Math & Computer Science
Great Teachers Make a Great School

The Class of 2010 was awarded over $14 million in scholarships; of the 191 graduates, 70% (133 young women) received four-year merit scholarships from colleges and universities. Over two-thirds (68%; 130 young women) graduated with honors.