UC Davis supporters showed their spirit in a big way in 1995-96, setting a new campus record for private fund raising. Nearly $60 million new dollars will go toward scholarships, research endowments, faculty chairs, enhanced laboratories and libraries, and other vital educational purposes. Last year, the campus raised $41.5 million in private funds. Corporate giving made up 61 percent of the total, helped significantly by the largest corporate gift in campus history -- a $17.4 million in-kind donation of software and licenses to the College of Engineering's electrical and computer engineering department from Mentor Graphics, producer of complex engineering design software. Gifts from alumni also multiplied in 1995-96, increasing 159 percent from $1.7 million in 1994-95 to more than $4.4 million. "This year's record-high level of giving is tribute indeed to the extraordinary effort of many faculty and staff and to the enduring generosity of our alumni and friends," said UC Davis Chancellor Larry N. Vanderhoef. "Their investment of time and resources will benefit the Davis campus for years to come."