UNC Asheville wrapped up its first comprehensive fund-raising campaign last week, raising $11.1 million and exceeding its $8 million goal by 39 percent.

The four-year campaign, “UNC Asheville: Moving to First in Our Class,” raised more than $3 million for scholarships, as well as funding for enhanced technology, service learning and faculty and creative initiatives.

“With the success of this campaign, UNC Asheville leads among public liberal arts colleges, and that is where we belong — in the lead, setting the pace,” said Chancellor James Mullen.

Donations came from many sources. UNCA received $2.4 million from corporations and foundations, $2.3 million from community and national friends, and $1.5 million from UNCA Foundation Board and UNCA Board of Trustees. Statewide alumni campaigns in North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Texas, along with donations from other alumni, faculty and staff and parents, yielded another $1.2 million. In addition, the UNCA Planned Giving Office has secured $3.7 million in planned bequests.

The campaign donations will translate into many benefits for UNCA’s students.

The $3 million for direct and endowed scholarships includes 36 new endowed scholarship funds established to support students majoring in disciplines ranging from management and mass communication to theater and music.