 I'm Kathy Veal. I worked at NCSSM from 1982 to 1986. I started as a resident advisor, RA, so I had four great years with some of the most wonderful young women I have ever known, many of whom I still stay in touch with. I say that they were among the four most consequential years of my life, so I often refer to NCSSM as where my life's work started, be that in STEM talent development and youth leadership development and gifted education. So the opportunity to learn with and from, especially my girls, but also my colleagues, was just an unparalleled experience. I wouldn't trade those four years for anything else in the world. I'm currently serving on the Campaign Steering Committee, which is a really great experience, a terrific group of people, very committed to the institution, and I also have been involved in planning for the student experience for the NCSSM Morganton campus. And I'm a donor and I'm an active advocate and proponent of NCSSM on social media. I like being involved with winners that work, and I like to make winners that work even stronger. You know, NCSSM is a winner that works, a leader, an innovator, a transformer, and it has needs. You know, certainly with aging campus in Durham, with a new campus in Morganton, with expansion of online programs. It doesn't have all the resources that it needs, and so to the extent that I can help identify prospects and encourage other people in the private sector to support NCSSM is just one way of giving back to an institution that gave me so much. You know, about the time that my husband and I got serious about, you know, future planning and the state planning, you know, we sat down and we thought about, you know, beyond family, what are the institutions and organizations and causes that mean so much to us? A small number of those organizations that we really wanted to remember long term in our state planning and course in CSSM was one of those. It was an easy decision. It feels really good. It feels satisfying, and frankly, it feels a relief. You know, there are just things you want to get in place, don't want to have to worry about it, think about it again, and know that if something happens, whenever it happens, you know, your wishes are set up and the people and the organizations that you want to benefit will do so. So, it feels really good, but as I say, also a relief. You know, think about not only your lifetime, but beyond your lifetime. You know, what can you do? Perhaps, you know, looking 20, 30, 40 years, 50 years, 60 years out, do what you can while you're here, volunteer, make small gifts, whatever you can do, and then if you can't make a large gift in your lifetime, think longer term. You know, think what you would like to do, you know, after you're gone, what you would like your legacy to be, and how your name and your spirit live on. The Night Plus Transform campaign is going to help NCSSM sort of launch a new chapter of innovation and leadership, program expansion. So, I think it will help the institution reach more students, reach more teachers, and reach them better and more effectively. That's going to position NCSSM for great leadership, not only in North Carolina and benefiting North Carolina, but benefiting our nation and world. So, for me, the timing could not be better for NCSSM to step up to the plate again. It's always done so, and this makes sense at the 40th year for NCSSM to take on a greater leadership role going forward. So, in a nutshell, you know, the time is right. The two campuses and the online programs are ready for expansion, and the campaign's going to help NCSSM meet needs that it could not meet only with state funding.