ACHIEVEMENTS National Newsletter of ARCS® Foundation
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SPRING 2011 ACHIEVEMENTS National Newsletter of ARCS® Foundation Achievement Rewards for College Scientists In This Issue President’s • A Special Thanks ... Lifetime Achievers: Message Sandra Matteucci • John Evey Shares his Vision for ARCS® “Great Achievements” Foundation Endowment Campaign • Project Mercury ARCS® Foundation Website ® Redesign Underway Dear ARCS Foundation Members: • Social Networking for A notice was sent in December to all ARCS ® ARCS Foundation Foundation members announcing a 3-year • ARCS® Foundation $1,000,000 funding campaign to build the National – Who are We? ARCS Foundation National Endowment • Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, Nobel Laureate, Speaks Fund. at Northern California 40th Since then, we have been working to define the scope and milestones of Anniversary Celebration the campaign and identify bona fide prospective donors in the external corporate and foundations community. In the meantime, the amazing • Chicago Chapter Marks Sandra Matteucci – long-time Phoenix member – presented “Great 30 Years of Support to Achievements” with a gift of $10,000. Other members have also been University of Chicago very generous. We are already off to a good start before ever sending Scholars in the Sciences the first campaign letter! • Tampa Bay Chapter’s Why are we launching a campaign of this magnitude? Since October Spring Fashion Show 2009 we have chartered new Chapters in Utah, Minneapolis and Tampa Bay (Florida). National spends approximately $30,000 to start and Raises Funds for Science support a new Chapter and in every case that investment is returned Scholars many times over with significant scholar awards to chapter scholars. We have targeted additional new Chapters in regions which would assist • The Days of Shoveling Washington University in St. Louis, Ohio State University, Case Western Out from Blizzards Are Reserve in Cleveland, Vanderbilt, The University of Texas at Austin, Numbered Tulane, and Louisiana State University. We will continue to add to this target list. • Attending a Dissertation Defense Brings Home ARCS In June 2010 the National Board retained a public relations firm to establish a national identity and brand for the ARCS Foundation national Foundation Mission organization and our Chapters -- an extremely critical effort as we • and much more … continue to grow and to increasingly rely on external resources for support. And third, ARCS Foundation has just kicked off the largest project ever 2 An ARCS® Foundation National News Publication in our history. We have selected A Special Thanks … The wonderful NAM meetings West Monroe Partners in Chicago Lifetime Achievers: were instrumental in my to design, develop and operate becoming active in National. I a vastly upgraded website and Sandra Matteucci started attending them from the database – providing much greater (This is the first of a new series very beginning. My first was in efficiencies to National and our to salute our beloved “Lifetime Chicago in 1993, followed by San Chapters, and serving to advance Achievers”. Look for the next Diego, Atlanta, San Francisco, ARCS Foundation within the article in our Fall edition.) Honolulu, Washington DC, general public. Phoenix, Los Angeles, Lubbock, Given this ambitious agenda, it is In 1991 Martha Knight invited Las Vegas, Denver, and Seattle. evident that we must increase the me as her guest to an ARCS® Dottie Simpson of the Seattle National Endowment Fund by at Foundation luncheon at the Chapter and Nadine Carson of the least $1,000,000 by 2014. What Crescent Hotel in Phoenix. She Los Angeles Chapter were a strong this simply means is that we must always looked lovely so I tried inspiration in my early days. and will diversify and EXPAND extra hard and must have done a When I served as 2003 NAM chair, our donor base. Some donors to good job as I was asked to become this campaign will be well-known Judith Miller was another valuable a member of the Phoenix Chapter. to ARCS Foundation, but we will influence. There are many other also tap new realistic sources of National Officers that I respect and funding and build bridges to a new The first ARCS Foundation event I acknowledge their contributions donor community for support of I attended was an overnight field to their Chapters and National. National initiatives benefiting all trip to Glen Canyon Dam. Martha Chapters. arrived at the bus with three pieces Serving on the National board of Louis Vuitton luggage and I had with such dynamic women always Join us at the NAM on June 1-4 my duffel bag. She developed a on Amelia Island for the official encouraged me to do more for announcement and launch of this migraine and I was on my own to this organization. Without the very exciting campaign. socialize, and socialize I did. Now, support of the Phoenix Chapter, 20 years later I have held most of my contributions to National Sincerely, the offices in the Phoenix Chapter. would have been less effective. Mary Snitch, It was an honor to have been Every time I have come up with ARCS Foundation, awarded the Phoenix ARCS Light a National idea, the chapter National President and to be the first time recipient of members have been supportive. the Phoenix ARCS Star. ARCS Foundation became my Ralph Matteucci, my husband, passion some 20 years ago and loved ARCS Foundation and continues with each passing encouraged me to further the year. When not ARCSing, I enjoy mission. I am happy to say we cruising the seven continents. now have the Ralph Matteucci Looking back on two decades, Endowment Scholar Award in one sees many changes. There the Phoenix Chapter. He never is always discussion on how to missed a NAM meeting. We both better our organization. There are became passionate about ARCS many lessons learned from the Foundation. past, lessons that will help steer us Sandra Matteucci, Cruising in towards ensuring lasting legacies Antarctica 2011 for generations yet to come… An ARCS® Foundation National News Publication 3 John’s background is extensive. He previously served the Scripps Institution of Oceanography as Assistant Director of Scripps and Executive Director of Development for Marine Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. Before that, he was Vice President for Institutional Advancement at the University of the Pacific and spent more than a decade as Director of Development for Oregon State University where Sandra Matteucci, Cruising near Glen Canyon Dam 1991 he was responsible for the entire charitable gift development Remember “Ask not what National can do for you but what you can do program. His accomplishments for National.” are many and we were delighted ARCS® Foundation and Fundraising. Dr. Palmer is to have him share a positive an environmental and wildlife vision for the ARCS Foundation National Annual film producer from American goals in the years to come. John Meeting to be held University and author of the emphasized that we have the acclaimed book Shooting in the perfect organization to set up a June 1-4, 2011 at Wild: An Insider’s Account of campaign that will enhance our Amelia Island Making Movies in the Animal entire organization’s ability to fund Kingdom. raise. The ARCS® Foundation National Be sure not to miss this interesting John is a long time friend of the Annual Meeting: Atlantic meeting which also includes beach San Diego ARCS Foundation Adventure, “Science by the Sea” time, pool time and opportunities Chapter and has known many will be held on Amelia Island, FL, to spend time with a fabulous of their ARCS Scholars. We are June 1-4, 2011. Excitement is in group of wonderful ARCS honored to have John Evey as our the air as we showcase one of Foundation women. advocate and friend. We thank our newest Chapters, Tampa Bay, him for speaking at our National which is providing the panelists John Evey Shares Board Meeting. (an all woman group from the ® University of South Florida, two of his Vision for ARCS whom are ARCS Scholar alumnae) Foundation that will be discussing issues related to Marine Biology. The ARCS® Foundation National Board was pleased to have In addition, we are pleased to John Evey, Vice President for have Dr. Chris Palmer giving the Development at the J. Craig Venter keynote address on “Science Institute located in San Diego, CA, and Communications” as well as attend their meeting in Phoenix on leading workshops on Networking February 11, 2011. Mary Snitch and John Evey 4 An ARCS® Foundation National News Publication Project Mercury goals. “This project will not only The next six phases of the help us achieve many goals in project will take place over the ® ARCS Foundation our long term strategic plan, our next five to six months with a Website Redesign hope is that input from each of Fall, 2011 date for bringing the our 17 Chapters will ensure the new website and database live Underway end product helps our wonderful for users. Several phases will On March 1, 2011, the ARCS® chapter based volunteers in their require active participation by the Foundation “Project Mercury” administrative tasks” said Mary Chapters. These include chapter kicked off with the goal of Snitch, President of the National data migration into the new building a new ARCS Foundation Board of ARCS Foundation, Inc. database, testing for problems prior to the go live date of the public website and developing a With the generous financial new website and also training of database infrastructure to simplify support of Lockheed Martin ARCS Foundation Chapters on workflow for the ARCS Foundation Corporation and ARCS Foundation how to use the new website and Chapters and National office. This Members, ARCS Foundation operational tools. is the largest single project ever was able to enter into contract undertaken by ARCS Foundation negotiations with several select Many thanks to Mary Snitch, ARCS in its over 50 year history.