For its 50th anniversary, Thompson Rivers University has reached a multi-year fundraising goal of $50 million.

The university says today that it’s raised $53.7 million from 4,500 donors in its campaign called Limitless.

Of that money $33.7 million will go to student support, in the form of 420 new bursaries. Furthermore, $11 million will be spent on new equipment and construction on campus, including new classrooms in the Faculty of Law, new labs in the new Nursing Building, and a shop shop in the Industrial Training Centre. Another $9 million will go to innovation, for research in agriculture, businesses and community initiatives like the TRU Community Legal Clinic.

“It’s uplifting to see how donors championed the Limitless campaign,” president Brett Fairbairn says. “It demonstrates the widespread recognition of TRU’s vital role in the future of our students, and in the future of our region and our province.”

The Limitless Campaign was founded by the late Christopher Seguin, the school’s former vice president of advancement, who passed away suddenly in September of 2017, at 39 years old.

“Limitless is a testament to the passion he had for the university and the community where he gave back in numerous ways,” TRU says in a news release.

The TRU Residence will be light up from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. tonight to mark the end of the fundraising campaign, the school says.

“TRU is grateful to everyone involved in the Limitless campaign and is looking forward to celebrating this momentous effort in the future when there is opportunity to gather in person.”