Palmer College of Chiropractic wins 2024 Circle of Excellence Award

Palmer College of Chiropractic, headquartered in Davenport, Iowa, received the Silver Circle of Excellence Award for its multi-year campaign, “Daring and Driven: The Campaign for Palmer College.”

The Circle of Excellence Awards are conferred by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), noted a Palmer press release.

“It’s an incredibly meaningful honor,” said Barbara Melbourne, JD, Palmer’s vice chancellor for institutional advancement. “The award speaks to the countless hours of committed work carried out by Palmer staff and the boundless generosity of our alumni and friends.”

“Daring and Driven,” the largest campaign ever undertaken by a chiropractic college, broke fund-raising records and energized the College’s more than 31,000 alumni. The multi-year campaign concluded with $30.2 million raised and nearly 1,200 new donors reached.

“What a success story for Palmer College, which, before the campaign, had 0.8% alumni participation, a deficient database and no fundraising staff,” explained one of the competition judges. “How can we not all be reminded of what can be accomplished through a systematic approach, strategic advanced planning, sheer optimism and unrelenting effort?”

CASE’s Circle of Excellence Awards are the premier recognition program for educational advancement. These peer-selected and adjudicated awards celebrate colleges, universities and schools worldwide whose talented staff have advanced their institutions with resourcefulness and ingenuity.

This year, volunteer judges from CASE’s membership reviewed more than 4,200 entries from 28 countries and selected 486 exemplary entries for bronze, silver, gold and grand gold recognition across multiple categories. They chose the winners based on overall quality, innovation, use of resources and impact on the institution or its communities, such as alumni, parents, students, faculty and staff.

About CASE

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education is a global nonprofit association dedicated to educational advancement ― alumni relations, communications, development, marketing and advancement services ― and championing education to transform lives and society. CASE’s membership includes more than 3,000 colleges, universities and independent elementary and secondary schools in more than 80 countries, making CASE one of the largest nonprofit education associations in the world in terms of institutional membership. CASE serves more than 90,000 advancement professionals at member institutions and has offices in London, UK; Mexico City, Mexico; Singapore; and Washington, DC. The association produces content, publications, conferences, institutes and workshops that support educational leaders and advancement professionals in their work to advance education through serving their institutions. To learn more about CASE, visit case.org.