Now We Lead: A Comprehensive Campaign for SHU

We’re Almost There — Let’s Finish Strong

The Now We Lead Campaign has helped our campus evolve in extraordinary ways—but the most powerful transformation is happening within our students. Every day, they are leading with courage, serving with compassion and making an impact in communities near and far. This is the true measure of our momentum.

Because of the incredible generosity of our alumni, parents, faculty, staff and friends, we have raised $145.1 million toward our $150 million goal. Together, we have built opportunity, expanded access, strengthened programs and empowered the next generation of leaders.

Now, the finish line is within reach.

Every gift—of any size and to any area of the University—brings us closer to achieving something truly transformational. Your support fuels scholarships, advances academic excellence, enhances student life and ensures our students have the tools to thrive and serve.

Let’s cross the finish line together.

| Forward

The direction of choice at Sacred Heart University

Today, 60 years since our founding, SHU is one of America’s fastest-growing universities and the second largest Catholic university in New England—second only to Boston College. The time is right to launch a comprehensive fundraising campaign that will fuel excellence across all of our academic and co-curricular programs.

| Leading

The go-to strategy at Sacred Heart University

We’ve made some bold moves over the past decade: greatly expanding our campus, creating stellar new facilities and establishing new schools, colleges and degree programs. Now is the time to capitalize on this momentum and give our students what they need for their lifelong Pioneer Journey: tools to advance the common good and the courage to plunge forward into the unknown.

| Spirit

Our commitment to Catholic values and service to society

It means everything that SHU students’ education is informed by the Catholic intellectual tradition, rooted in the liberal arts and infused with the Pioneer Spirit. Sacred Heart cultivates a habit of critical thinking that helps students understand their own values and their obligation to improve the lives of others.