Support for Facilities

Support for Facilities movemountains.uvm.edu movemountains.uvm.edu we BUILD our university’s FUTURE Since The University of to reimagine UVM’s Central Vermont’s founding in 1791, Campus to create a second each generation has added to green that better connects the this campus and helped create many disciplines at the heart of the dynamic environment and teaching, learning and research sense of place we enjoy today. here: the humanities, science, Now, in order to compete in engineering and medicine. the future, we must again act These 21st-century spaces will At least boldly. Our founders created ensure that our faculty and the iconic University Green students can work without 600,000 that in many ways is still limits to move mountains. square feet of new and the heart of UVM. We now Join us. renovated spaces will be created during The Campaign have a historic opportunity for The University of Vermont. movemountains.uvm.edu 1 Investing in Our Campus Move Mountains: The Campaign for restoration of Billings Library, largest capital project ever undertaken The University of Vermont will raise including the Great Hall, Apse and by UVM. This $104-million complex $126 million to create seven new and Marsh Lounge. This renovation will will feature new classrooms, labs and renovated facilities at UVM. create new quarters for the university research spaces that are designed for Thanks to the support of alumni library’s Special Collections, the 21st-century scientific investigation. and friends, we have already Carolyn and Leonard Miller Center Here, students and faculty will work in completed fundraising for one of for Holocaust Studies, and the teams across disciplines, with access these projects: a $9-million interior Center for Research on Vermont. The to the most powerful equipment Campaign for The University of Vermont and technological tools, in flexible now seeks support for additional spaces that foster collaboration. projects, including The University Located in the heart of campus behind of Vermont Medical Center’s new University Row, the STEM Complex inpatient building. project consists of three buildings: a STEM Complex replacement for the outdated Cook Fundraising Goal: $26 million Physical Science Building, a new The Science, Technology, Engineering teaching and laboratory building, and and Mathematics Complex is the a renovated Votey Hall. 2 “The educational concentrations of study being offered by the university’s STEM faculties, and which will be enhanced by this building, are just the kind of real-world skills that graduates need to compete in our increasingly technological world.” — James Pizzagalli ’66, former chair of The University of Vermont Board of Trustees and cofounder of the Pizzagalli Foundation, which made a $1-million gift to the STEM Complex The Complex will create a physical increasingly vibrant tech community. ice hockey and basketball programs, and intellectual spine that links all With the STEM Complex, we can accommodating 5,000 spectators corners of Central Campus, from the become a recognized hub for STEM for games and up to 7,000 people arts, humanities and social sciences education and shape the economic for concerts and special events. It facilities on one side to the Health future of our state and region. will give UVM the ability to host Sciences Campus and UVM Medical major ceremonial events, such as Center on the other. It also will build Multi-Purpose Event Center commencement, renowned speakers, on an already strong tradition of STEM Fundraising Goal: $35 million concerts, entertainment and other at UVM. We have an ambitious agenda The $50-million Multi-Purpose Event large gatherings, that often bypass ranging from biotechnology to wind Center will provide much-needed new our state and region — of significant power, but we cannot accomplish it spaces for athletics, recreation and benefit not just to UVM but to without modern facilities. As we attract wellness, and special events. UVM’s Burlington and northern New England. more top faculty in STEM disciplines current recreation facilities were built Phase 2 will construct a new and increase student enrollments, we for 3,500 students, but we now have hockey practice facility and renovate will strengthen UVM’s reputation for more than 10,000 undergraduates. Gutterson Fieldhouse into a campus excellence in science and engineering. Phase 1 of the project will create a recreation center that can meet This in turn will nurture Burlington’s new shared arena for our Division I growing student demand. movemountains.uvm.edu 3 Alumni House student breakout rooms and faculty Named Giving Opportunities Fundraising Goal: $11 million offices, graduate student spaces and Named giving opportunities are UVM is creating a home for alumni and an upgraded computer lab. available within all the campaign friends of the university by renovating facilities projects as well as within two the interior of a Queen Anne Revival– Taft School Renovation new residence halls that are already style house on campus and creating Fundraising Goal: $5 million under construction. Giving levels an adjoining pavilion for receptions UVM is renovating Burlington’s range from $25,000 to name an office and other events. This new Alumni Elihu B. Taft School to create new or room all the way up to $13 million House will offer a variety of programs studio, classroom and exhibition to name the STEM Complex. that reinforce UVM graduates’ lifelong space for students and faculty in the relationship with the institution, Department of Art and Art History. For more detailed information about from educational, cultural and artistic The 24,500-square-foot building, giving opportunities, contact: activities to social and reunion events. which served as a school for many years, features spacious rooms and The University of Vermont Foundation Kalkin Hall Expansion large windows that make Taft the ideal 411 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401 and Renovation candidate for conversion to a visual 802-656-2010 | [email protected] Fundraising Goal: $10 million arts space. The Grossman School of Business will These facilities projects all promise renovate and expand Kalkin Hall to to advance UVM not just for the accommodate more students and next several years but for decades to provide space for a range of learning come. By supporting any one of them experiences on the Central Campus. through The Campaign for The University This includes conferences, case of Vermont, you will spur research competitions, career fairs, speaker and service with impact far beyond forums, and career and industry this campus, helping our students, panels. This partial renovation and faculty, staff and community members three-story addition, located in the move mountains. plaza area adjacent to the building, will house two 35-seat classrooms, a 60- seat case method classroom, several 4 movemountains.uvm.edu we advance the art inpatient building will more closely and science of patient care. link UVM’s Main Campus and Health Facing the STEM Complex from the Sciences Campus, creating more east will be a new $175-million, opportunities for students and faculty 180,000-square-foot addition to to work across disciplines to pioneer The University of Vermont Medical advances in health care technology, Center. This will feature four floors of devices and delivery. The campaign private rooms for medical-surgical seeks $30 million in private funds patients, replacing our most outdated to support the project. In addition, inpatient units — some of which are The UVM Medical Center has already 50 to 70 years old — and allowing raised $3 million to build the new Glen us to convert double-occupancy and Rosemarie Wright Mother-Baby rooms to single rooms. In addition to Unit and seeks another $2 million in creating a better healing experience support of future construction and for patients and families, the new renovation projects. The time has come for UVM to assert our position as one of the nation’s best public research universities. Move Mountains: The Campaign for The University of Vermont nurtures a culture of excellence and value and supports new opportunities for research, academic success and learning beyond the classroom. We will raise $500 million in private support to ensure that UVM is where we indeed move mountains — through the students we educate, the discoveries we make and the positive impact we have on Vermont and the world. The University of Vermont Foundation 411 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401 802-656-2010 movemountains.uvm.edu.

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