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 Campaign
Update (As of 5.23.07)
Great Expectations, The Campaign
for Maryland is currently at $358.7 million and growing!
Clark School Fund Raising Soars Past Half-way Mark
Donors' Transforming Visions Being Realized
A powerful current of excitement fills
the halls of the A.
James Clark School of Engineering. Thanks to the generous contributions
of many alumni and friends, the school has already raised more than
half its $185 million campaign goal and begun to benefit from new
resources—such as, successfully competing for outstanding students
through new scholarships and fellowships. But wait, there's more!
The visionary leadership behind the campaign milestone is credited
to Clark School Dean Nariman Farvardin, recently selected as the university's new
senior vice president of academic affairs and provost. Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium to Get a Face Lift
Terps fans will have more room to rally the home team after completion of renovations at Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium. The recently announced expansion will be completed in phases with the first phase including an expansion of Tyser Tower, the addition of 64 luxury suites and 500 mezzanine level seats, a new presidential suite, new print and broadcast media areas and a new team store. Maryland's athletics department and private support will cover the $50.8 million costs of Phase One of the renovation.
Helping Students Reach for the Stars
Scholarship Donors and Students Celebrate each Other
A scholarship gift became a smiling young face and a beneficial check became a warm embrace when more than 500 scholarship donors and recipients connected with each other at the 10th Annual Celebration
of Scholarships on April 12. The luncheon gathering at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center featured guest speaker Connie Chung '69, co-chair of the Great
Expectations scholarship campaign. With student performances and research displays, the celebration recognized the impressive achievements of student scholars and honored the many scholarship benefactors for their outstanding support.
Alumni Passionate about Farming and Giving to Alma Mater
Charles Iager '65 and his wife, Judy '67, are
passionate about farming and giving to their alma mater. "When somebody
talks about our college, our ears perk up. We try to do a little recruiting," Judy
says enthusiastically. The two Maryland alums are the owners of a 1,200-acre
family farm in Howard County. As supporters of Maryland's College
of Agriculture and Natural Resources, they have given more than
$100,000 to the university. Charles says, "it sounds corny, but you
can't take it with you. It's nice to support the organization that
helped you through life."
From Computer Games to Airline Software—Linguistics Alumnus Creates It All
Considering the debate about whether a child is left or right brain, David Baggett '92 got the best of both worlds. The son of an engineer and an author, it was already in his genes. "When you're a computer scientist and you write video games, it's like running away to join the circus," says Baggett, co-creator of Sony PlayStation's highly popular video game, "Crash Bandicoot." But Baggett's passion to learn about language led him to study linguistics and computer science. Now, his generous gift to the Department
of Linguistics is making it possible for more students to have the Maryland experience.
Securing Faculty Competitive with the Best
Beloved Economics Chair Spurs Student, Faculty Reunion
When Nai-Chi Wang '71 Ph.D. Economics, completed his doctorate and began pursuing a career as an economist, he never imagined that 36 years later he would reconnect with his Maryland adviser, Clopper Almon Jr., to show his appreciation for former department chair Dudley Dillard. "I view this school as a big family, like kids who stay on campus three or four years. Then they grow up and go away, but they come back. I never had the chance to come back," says Wang. But a serendipitous encounter would change that.
Volunteers Make It Happen
Business Approach Sparks Work of Regional Volunteer
Campaign volunteer Richard Finkelstein '72 says,
giving back to the university "didn't happen overnight. It started about
four or five years ago." This developer of affluent properties in southeast
Florida bumped into former Maryland Senator Joe Tydings '50
one day, who convinced him to do something for the university. Something
turned out to be co-chairing the Southeast Region Volunteers for the
Great Expectations campaign. Why does Finkelstein think it's important
to give back?
Find
a Niche for Giving
Greeks Capture Top Spots on Moxley Pillars
What does it take to get your Greek letters displayed on one of the 30 pillars surrounding the Moxley Gardens at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center? For Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, reaching this goal called for a spirited campaign among chapter alumni drawing on Greek loyalty and a strong sense of service. Both groups accepted the challenge to raise $15,000 for the pillar-naming campaign to support the Riggs Center, but expanded their quest for an even broader benefit.
Looking for a cool giving
opportunity?
Open the Door to Creativity
Poetry anyone? The
Jiménez-Porter Writers' House, a living-learning
program that nurtures students' creative writing, hosts a series
of visiting poets and fiction writers throughout the year. The Writers
Here and Now Series has welcomed such notables as Pulitzer Prize
and National Book Award winning poets C.K. Williams and Galway Kinnell, Reading
Lolita in Tehran author Azar Nafisi, and 2006 MacArthur Fellow George
Saunders. Your gift of $3,000 can make it possible for another notable
writer to work directly with undergraduate and graduate students in class,
and also share their works in a public reading. Click here to give online. Specify the Jiménez-Porter Writers' House in the College of Arts and Humanities.
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