When $78 million flashed on the screen behind campaign chairman Roger Kesseler at a gala event wrapping up CMU's historic New Vision of Excellence Campaign, fireworks lit up the room and the crowd broke into enthusiastic applause.

The CMU community has a lot to celebrate. The New Vision of Excellence Campaign for CMU - the historic first capital campaign in CMU history - shattered an ambitious $50 million goal while ending four months earlier than its scheduled conclusion.

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