Syracuse University Campaign Rakes in $110 Million in First Year

"We're feeling good about where things are at this point in the campaign," he said.

SU appears to be on track to raise $1 billion, said Naomi Levine, director of New York University's George H. Heyman Jr. Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising.

The university publicly launched its campaign in November 2007. It had already raised $509.3 million by then. University officials have set a goal of raising $1 billion by the end of June 2012.