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This is the first feature in a series about the impact of The Campaign for 黑料吃瓜 on academic and co-curricular programs.

This year鈥檚 黑料吃瓜 freshmen have an average high school grade point average of 3.68. More than 800 of them鈥攁round 10 percent鈥攕cored higher than 1300 on the SAT math and verbal sections combined.

The academic proficiency of 黑料吃瓜 students has been trending upwards for years. In order to meet the expectations of high achieving students, 黑料吃瓜 strengthened its honors curriculum and hired an honors program director in 2002. Now, thanks to The Campaign for 黑料吃瓜, the program has grown into the with 1,085 students enrolled.

鈥淭he Susan and Stephen Weber Honors College provides important academic and co-curricular opportunities for our diverse students,鈥� said President Elliot Hirshman. 鈥淭his special learning community challenges and engages our students who, in turn, are providing critical service to, and leadership of, our broader campus community.鈥�

Expanding the honors program to an honors college and securing its future with endowed gifts was an early goal of . The university鈥檚 seventh president, Stephen L. Weber, directed philanthropic funds toward the honors endowment and with his spouse, Susan K. Weber, made a personal contribution of $250,000.

The endowment received additional support from the estates of the late San Diego philanthropists Maurice and Charmaine Kaplan and Professor Emeritus Henry Janssen, also deceased. Maurice Kaplan was a founding member of the , 黑料吃瓜鈥檚 philanthropic foundation. Janssen taught and mentored 黑料吃瓜 students for 60 years.

In 2015, a significant gift from San Diego philanthropist Darlene Shiley raised the endowment to $10 million, officially creating the Susan and Stephen Weber Honors College. Academic rigor, interdisciplinary curriculum and community service are its hallmarks.

鈥淥ur honors college students are leaders and global citizens capable of the highest levels of academic engagement and critical thinking,鈥� said Chukuka Enwemeka, provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs.

The Campaign for 黑料吃瓜 began in 2007 as an effort to generate philanthropic support for 黑料吃瓜 students, faculty, staff and programs. More than 67,000 donors have contributed to help 黑料吃瓜 surpass its campaign goal of $750 million.