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University of the Bahamas Development Reporter Outside Cover FINALv3.indd2 Volume 1, Number 1, Fall 2019 Editorial Team Dino Hernandez Vice President of Institutional Advancement & Alumni Affairs University Drive P.O. Box N 4912 Nassau, N.P., The Bahamas Tameka Lundy Assistant Vice President of (242) 302-4300 • www.ub.edu.bs University Relations Judith Smith Division of Institutional Advancement Comptroller Reporter Kandice Eldon Executive Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations Astranique Bowe Assistant Director of External Communciations Contributing Writers Elvardo Thompson Ways to Give to University of The Bahamas at Year-End Director of Alumni Affairs Peter Mitchell Director of Development There are many ways to make a By Phone further the work and mission gift to University of The Bahamas. Please call 242-302-2663 or of departments or programs at Inga Bostwick Listed here are a variety of ways to 242-302-4303 the University. Donors will be Assistant Director of Development support the University and help Wire Transfer asked to complete a gift-in-kind meet the increasing educational donation form. US citizens per For wire transfer instructions, Teniel Rolle needs for students as well as IRS regulations, any items a donor Development Officer provide resources to bolster the please contact: values at $500 requires the donor University’s mission and help us Dino Hernandez to complete IRS Form 8283. Any Special thanks to the Jacokes rebuild our UB-North Campus Vice President of Institutional item the donor values over $5,000 Communications Team in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. Advancement & Alumni Affairs also requires IRS Form 8283 be Gifts of all sizes matter! Phone: 242-397-2667 completed as well as providing a Paul Jacokes or 242-376-2173. US 248-390-3307 Online written appraisal of the donated Giavanna Palazzolo Gifts of Stocks and Bonds goods. The most convenient way to Phil Winkler support UB is by donating on-line Donating appreciated securities, Julie Nyhus For more information, please at www.ub.edu.bs including stocks and bonds, is an easy and tax effective way to make contact Dino Hernandez at dino. By Mail a gift to University of The Bahamas, [email protected] or Please send your checks to: Donors can make a gift via (242)397-2667 University of The Bahamas electronic transfer. Please contact Division of Institutional our Division of Institutional Advancement Advancement for instructions on TO DATE Oakes Field Campus how to transfer stocks or bonds University Drive from a brokerage or investment $403,000 Raised P.O. Box N-4912 account to the University. There for Hurricane Relief Fund Nassau The Bahamas are special rules for valuing a gift of stock. The value of the charitable US Citizens: gift of stock is determined by University of The Bahamas taking the mean between the high US Foundation and the low stock price on the EIN# 84-3299461 (Pending date of the gift. Other gifts such as IRS 501c3 Status) real estate or retirement benefits, 1401 E Las Olas Blvd #2014 including such investments an IRA Fort Lauderdale, FL 33303 401(k), 403(b), pension or other tax deferred plan can also be assigned Canadian Citizens: to the university. Please contact Canadian Friends of University 242-397-2667. of The Bahamas Gifts-in-Kind REGUS 1250 René Lévesque West UB also accepts gifts-in-kind Suite 2200 or University of The Bahamas also 12/20/19 1:21 PM Montreal, QC accepts gifts-in-kind or non-cash H3B 4W8 donations of materials or long- lived assets that are relevant and DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT Volume 1, Number 1, Fall 2019 R e p o r te r University to Rebuild After Hurricane Dorian UB Hurricane Relief Fund Raises $403,000 in Cash, Pledges and In-kind Donations to Date Hurricane Dorian made landfall in the has raised over $403,000 in cash, pledges and northern Bahama islands of Abaco and Grand in-kind donations toward the rebuilding and Bahama in September 2019. The Category 5 restoration efforts. hurricane lingered for more than 20 hours UB-North’s damage was unfathomable. over Grand Bahama. According to the The category five storm destroyed the ground National Hurricane Centre, Dorian was the floor of the administrative block, ripped off “strongest hurricane on modern record for the windows and left the Hawksbill Hall residence northwest Bahamas.” in shambles. What remains is just a shell of a More than 600 students, faculty and staff building. UB-North Campus after Hurricane Dorian. were displaced after the University’s North “Raging floodwaters and winds devastated Cover photo: Photo of UB staff and members Campus in East Grand Bahama was severely the UB-North campus,” said Dr. Smith, in a of community accepting $25,000 cheque. damaged with significant compromise to the video appeal for support. “All of our computer building’s infrastructure - making it unsafe systems and infrastructure have been and unoccupiable. President of University completely destroyed, and our faculty and temporary locations. Over of The Bahamas, Dr. Rodney D. Smith and students have lost loved ones, their homes and 160 volunteers from UB his wife Dr. Christina Smith made the first their sense of stability.” have lent assistance at donation to the Hurricane Dorian Relief Fund, During restoration, students, faculty hurricane shelters, relief pledging $25,000 to the restoration of the and staff displaced by the devastation were storage and distribution devastated campus and encouraged donors relocated to the University’s downtown centre centres, and the Student and friends of the institution to participate in at the Teachers’ Credit Union building and Government Association a matching gift challenge. To date, the fund classes are being held in Freeport and other Continued on page 2 Freedom Foundation Funds $10 Million for State-of-the-Art Research Complex University of The Bahamas can now boast of graduate from this university will leave their a state-of-the-art research facility - the G.T.R. imprint for following generations. We are Campbell Small Island Sustainability Research initiating a process that is spawning itself Complex; in honour of shipping magnate and across the world right now and throughout naval architect the late George T. R. Campbell, universities and it is a wonderful thing to be thanks to the Freedom Foundation. part of,” she said. Ms. Naomi Campbell, daughter of the late George T.R. Campbell (1910-1993) was a George T. R. Campbell, reminisced about her legendary shipbuilder and renowned Scottish father and why he would have endorsed the SIS naval architect. He was the general manager Research Complex. “My father was in inventor. of a ship repair yard in the U.K. during World He was a thinker. He was curious. There is War II and immigrated to Canada where he nothing he was not curious about…his mind started the G.T.R. Campbell Company, Ltd., never stopped working. in 1941. After moving his headquarters to “The new generation of students that will Montreal, then expanding to Japan in 1950, Official opening of the G. T. R. Campbell Small Island Sustainability Research Complex at Continued on page 3 UB’s Oakes Field Campus in October 2018. Lyford Cay Foundations Celebrates IN THIS ISSUE 50th Anniversary A Message from the President . 2 Since 1997, the Lyford Cay Foundations has gifted The new Franklyn R . Wilson over $9.5 million dollars to UB Graduate Centre . 3 Corporate Partnerships . 4-5 Lyford Cay Foundations is a philanthropic organisation which believes increasing Fun and Fitness . 6-7 educational attainment across the country is Corporate and Foundation Scholarships . 8-9 key to the development of a prosperous, healthy and peaceful Bahamas. Honouring Winston Saunders . 10 Since 1969, Lyford Cay Foundations Funding for UB Gerace Research Centre . 12 has disbursed more than $50 million to the Bahamian community through scholarship, and learning opportunities for those who can Meet the Division of Institutional grant, and college access programmes. Each benefit the most, from such support. Advancement . 14 programme is aimed at providing education Continued on page 2 Ways to Give . 16 DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY OF THE BAHAMAS | DEVELOPMENT REPORTER Building A Strong Foundation What we do at University of The Bahamas has a very real impact on the lives of our students, faculty and staff and by extension the Bahamian society. However, as an institution whose mission feeds national development, we cannot do it alone. In order for us to build a strong university and an even stronger nation, we need the collective imagination and support of our donors, friends and supporters of higher education. We had a particularly challenging time this Fall 2019 semester because of monstrous Hurricane Dorian which caused billions of dollars in damage for The Bahamas. We continue to stand with our University of The Bahamas-North community which lost its campus in East Grand Bahama when raging sea surges and winds left the campus severely damaged. Though catastrophic, this ordeal demonstrated just how resilient we are as a people and an academic community. Less than one month after the storm, classes resumed at temporary locations in Freeport, Grand Bahama. We have been inspired by the examples of determination, resourcefulness and true grit that our students and colleagues have demonstrated. Restoring the campus will require all of our support. Last semester, however, we also reached a critical milestone when the Board of Trustees approved the University of The Bahamas Strategic Plan 2019-2024. This plan is both a foundation-building document and a blueprint for the future. It reflects the collective contributions of the members of our academic community and fulfilment of these goals willstrengthen the foundation for a robust University. It is the people of this institution – built on a legacy that is more than four decades old – working with you, our donors and friends, who will carry us forward.
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