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Philanthropy Surges in 2014 ontinuing a promising trend, the Foundation SUMMER 2014 set new records for fundraising on behalf of the university during fiscal 2014, surpassing previous milestones for both commitments and STEM Initiative 4 receipts from donors. Endowed Professorships 6 New fundraising commitments exceeded $55 million for the first time in UVM Whitcomb Scholarships Awarded 8 history. Total commitments to UVM reached $55,248,575 as of June 30, 2014, Cohen Gift for New Art Space 9 compared with $44,523,540 in the same period a year ago, an increase of 24 percent. The previous record of $45,067,395 was set in FY12. Commitments include new gifts, new pledges, and new bequests documented during the year. Total receipts for the same period also reached a new record—$37,119,156 compared with the previous high of $37,003,059 set a year $5 Million Gift For Billings, Alumni House ago. Receipts include new gifts, payments on For Jack Silver ’64, the path to giving back to the University of Vermont started when current and prior years’ pledges, and realized he began his freshman year in the fall of 1960. John F. Kennedy was about to be elected bequests. Meanwhile, online giving reached president and Silver was a young man from New York City who arrived in Burlington a record high of $656,000 in receipts for the looking for some direction in life. year, a 12 percent increase over FY13. What unfolded over the next four years would help to lead Silver to a highly successful “This was another outstanding year for investment career—and, eventually, the decision this year to make a dramatic $5 million donation to his alma mater. The gift will help to fund restoration of the Billings Library philanthropy that benefits the University of and renovation of UVM’s first Alumni House—two critical components of expansion for Vermont,” said UVM Foundation president University of Vermont President Tom Sullivan. continued on page 3 continued on page 3

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Shirley and Jack Silver with President Tom Sullivan Fundraising continued from page 1 Our Mission Donors Do It Again and CEO Richard Bundy. “Over the three and a half years the UVM Foundation has Board Updates The mission of the UVM Foundation is to been in existence, our donors have consistently demonstrated that they support the Two new members have been elected secure and manage private support for the It was a banner year for the UVM Foundation. As you can university and understand the profound impact private gifts have on the ongoing to serve three-year terms on the benefit of the University of Vermont. see from this issue’s cover story, commitments this year strength and vitality of this truly exceptional institution.” Foundation Board of Directors, David totaled more than $55 million—the highest in the university’s Haas ’63 of Pound Ridge, N.Y. and Our Vision history! This also marks the third year in a row that donors Among the more than $55 million in new commitments, $10.3 million was given for Mary Ellen “Meg” Guzewicz ‘73 of The vision of the UVM Foundation is to foster student scholarship support, $7.4 million for endowed chairs and professorships, $9.3 Westport, Conn. Mr. Haas, principal of relationships with alumni and donors that have elevated philanthropic support for UVM to new levels. DRH Associates and a private investor maximize their personal and philanthropic million for facilities, and $28 million for support of academic and other programs. and consultant, earned a Bachelor of investment in the University of Vermont, These numbers are impressive and we are grateful for this Nearly the entire total—$53 million of the $55.25 million—was restricted by donors toward the realization of the University’s extraordinary generosity, but numbers don’t tell the true story of philanthropy’s for specific purposes. Of the $55 million total, $21,991,660 were commitments to the Science in Economics from UVM and currently serves on the UVM Business aspiration to remain among the nation’s impact on our campus. Our donors do. Once again they have heeded the call of College of Medicine—also a new record. School’s Board of Advisors. Ms. Guzewicz, premier small research institutions. President Tom Sullivan to invest in access, affordability, and an excellent UVM The $10.3 million contributed to student scholarships—a 35 percent increase over last a senior vice president at Iridian Board of Directors experience for our more than 12,000 students. year’s $7.6 million—supports UVM President Tom Sullivan’s top strategic priority of Asset Management, has served as the John A. Hilton, Jr. ’68, New York, NY president of the UVM Alumni Association Chair keeping a UVM financially accessible and affordable for students. He has also This year donors have helped to endow a total of 22 new faculty professorships Board of Directors, on the New York stressed the importance of attracting and retaining outstanding faculty, an aspiration James R. Keller ’72, Gig Harbor, WA and chairs, all of whom were honored at a special “Investiture” ceremony this Regional Board, and currently serves Vice Chair spring that you can read about in this issue of Impact. These new positions bring advanced by the 22 new endowed faculty positions created by donors in fiscal 2014. There on the Alumni House Committee. She Robert P. Brennan, Jr. ’83, Chappaqua, NY were 52 endowed faculty positions at UVM earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from Treasurer the number of endowed faculty campus-wide to 88. These endowments give UVM the resources to recruit and retain the very best teachers and researchers “Passing the $55 million mark in when Sullivan became president, and he UVM and an M.B.A. from Pace University. Scott S. Segal ’77, Charleston, WV has made doubling that number by Secretary whose work elevates the level of academic rigor in immeasurable ways on our our annual fundraising efforts is 2019 a priority for the university and the The UVM Foundation would like to thank Eugene W. Kalkin ’50, Bernardsville, NJ campus and beyond. departing Board member, William F. Chair Emeritus truly a significant milestone for foundation. There are currently 88 endowed the University of Vermont. This professorships and chairs at UVM. Ruprecht ‘80 of Greenwich, Conn. for Support from our donors also helped to advance three significant capital projects his service. A founding member of the Richard Ader ’63, New York, NY —all renovations of iconic historic structures that will benefit generations of level of support signifies that Board and the Governance Committee, Max G. Ansbacher ’57, New York, NY Of the $9.3 million devoted to facilities students, staff, faculty, and alumni for years to come: Mr. Ruprecht has also served on the UVM O. Richard Bundy, South Burlington, VT our donors are solidly committed projects, $5 million was contributed by Board of Trustees. ex officio to UVM’s strategic direction and alumnus Jack Silver ’64 and his wife, Daniel A. Burack ’55, Harrison, NY • the long-dreamed of UVM Alumni House at 61 Summit Street Shirley, for the renovation of the Billings J. Brooks Buxton ’56, Jericho, VT • Billings Library, which will house the Jack and Shirley Silver Special priorities, which are tightly Library and the Alumni House. An Michele Resnick Cohen ’72, New York, NY Collections Library focused on academic excellence, additional $2 million gift from alumna Silver continued from page 1 Steven Grossman ’61, New York, NY • the Taft School on South Williams Street, which will be converted into studio Michele Resnick Cohen ’72 and her student success, and providing an “What happened at the university is I Zachary Gund ’93, Concord, MA space for our Art & Art History Department husband, Martin Cohen, will be used to exceptional student experience.” became interested in learning. Since Mary Ellen “Meg” Guzewicz ‘73, Westport, CT expand facilities dedicated to the visual UVM is thriving thanks to these gifts—and thousands of others—from donors that point in time I have been motivated David Haas ’63, Pound Ridge, NY —Tom Sullivan, UVM President arts at UVM. to achieve,’’ says Silver, who earned an just like you. As we conclude our fiscal year and embark on the next, my Stephen N. Ifshin ’58, New York, NY accounting degree from UVM and who Deborah McAneny ‘81, Southborough, MA colleagues and I want to take this opportunity to once again thank you for your More than half of total commitments—$28,185,991—was directed toward support for will return for his 50th reunion this coming ex officio investment in UVM’s bright future. Donor support is moving UVM in powerful individual programs or research projects across the university, including the College of October. “The university was very much a Donald H. McCree, III ’83, Rye, NY ways, and we couldn’t be more grateful. Medicine, Vermont Cancer Center, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, Lake part of that.” Pamela Gillman McDermott ’73, Hingham, MA Champlain research, Fleming , UVM Extension, and UVM Athletics. Best wishes for the remaining days of summer. We hope that you have been able to Karen Nystrom Meyer ’70, Colchester, VT Silver, along with his wife Shirley, spend time here in the Green Mountain State! About half of the university’s 21,000 donors were alumni of the university. announced the $5 million donation at Kristina M. Pisanelli ‘97, Washington, DC ex officio a reception attended by some of UVM’s Sincerely, Mildred A. Reardon, M.D. ’67, Williston, VT leading supporters at their New York City residence in May. William G. Shean ’79, Winchester, MA E. Thomas Sullivan, Burlington, VT alumni.uvm.edu/reunion ex officio Richard Bundy It’s all happening here. President and CEO IMPACT is published by the University Find us of Vermont Foundation for alumni and friends of UVM. Questions or comments may be Online: alumni.uvm.edu/foundation directed to Rick Green at [email protected] or www.facebook.com/UVMalumni 802-656-3679. twitter.com/UVM_Alumni

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Burlington, VT STEM: 10 Essential Facts December Alumni Association Holiday Parties Washington, DC December 2 ...... Anderson House , MA UVM’s Board of The cost of the The Trustees have The STEM Construction and A national priority: UVM has a target The STEM Complex UVM will create the New and expanded December 2.... Millennium Bostonian Hotel Trustees have given STEM Complex, set a goal of raising Complex of new renovation of all President Obama of increasing will anchor the Center for Women K-12 STEM programs New York, NY 1preliminary approval for 2which will serve the 3$26 million for 4and renovated 5buildings will be 6has called for 7undergraduate 8Central Campus and 9and Minorities in 10will partner with December 3...... Celsius at Bryant Park a STEM facility that will science, technology, the project from buildings totals completed by adding 1 million enrollment in the include renovation STEM to build more schools across san Francisco, CA dramatically advance engineering and non-debt sources, more than 266,000 2018. new STEM STEM disciplines by of Votey Hall. diverse classes of Vermont to encourage December 4...... Google educational excellence mathematics including private square feet. graduates over the 50 percent. students. interest and growth Burlington, VT and research. disciplines, is fundraising. next decade. around STEM. December 9...... Shelburne Museum $104 million.

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UVM Honors Faculty Who Hold 2 Endowed Professorships and Chairs

One of the most striking changes under the leadership of UVM President Tom Sullivan has been the growth in the number of endowed faculty positions supported by generous donors. The number has grown from 52 when Sullivan arrived two years ago to 88 endowed professorships now funded by private gifts. In April, UVM honored dozens of these best and brightest faculty members in a colorful Investiture ceremony in for chairs and professors who

hold endowed positions. 4 President Tom Sullivan officiated at the first-ever event, which convened faculty, students, donors, staff and community members to recognize the 9 importance of teaching and scholarship in the life of the university.

“Assembled here in this beautiful Ira Allen Chapel today are some of 6 the finest intellects, the most talented teachers, and most gifted scholars among a faculty who in total make up an extraordinary and outstanding academic community,’’ Sullivan told the honorees and guests. 5 “These individuals are really the best that our faculty represent,’’ said Sullivan, who has set a goal of doubling the number of endowed faculty positions by 2019. The Investiture ceremony, which began with a procession from Billings Library, also recognized the donors whose generous contributions have created UVM’s endowed chairs and professorships. Gifts which create 8 a faculty endowment help to pay for a professor’s salary, as well as enhancements to the recipient’s teaching, research and other scholarly activities using annual earnings on the donation. “ I feel so strongly about “I’ve been trying to give back though my entire career,’’ said Dr. Samuel the importance of Labow, whose gift funded the Samuel B. and Michelle D. Labow Green outstanding nationally and Gold Professorship in Colon and Rectal Surgery. “This is the epitome of my gesture for my specialty to make sure I have been giving back.” recognized faculty that the leadership team at 7 the university and the UVM Foundation have committed to doubling the number of endowed 1 Dr. Antonio Cepeda-Benito, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, and Dr. John Burke, John G. faculty positions by 2019.’’ McCullough Professor of Political Science 2 Richard Bundy, President and CEO of the UVM —Tom Sullivan, UVM President Foundation, makes opening remarks. 3 Dr. Donna Rizzo, Dorothean Chair of Engineering and Science, with faculty colleagues. 4 Esteemed faculty among their peers. 5 President Tom Sullivan addresses the crowd. 6 Hillary Laggis, 2014 Ira Allen Society Scholar, offered student greetings. 7 University leadership with honored faculty. 8 The procession approaches Ira Allen Chapel. 9 Dr. Patricia A. Prelock, Dean of the College of Nursing & Health Sciences, and Dr. Ahmad Chaudhry, Endowed Professor in Radiation Therapy .

 | I m pac t The University of Vermont Foundation The University of Vermont Foundation I m pac t |  Anna Whitcomb ’73 has dedicated her life to serving others, from her days as a Peace Corps Whitcomb volunteer in the Philippines to her lifelong work as a career counselor and coach. Now, her generous donation is supporting UVM students who want to give back and Scholarship gain career experience through unpaid internships. Thanks to the Anna Whitcomb Internship Scholarship, five inaugural Whitcomb Scholars collected awards of up to Supports $2,375 each this summer. The recipients, who worked at non-profit and mission-based Internships organizations, include: Cohen Gift Will Create New Opportunities for Art at UVM Sammie Ibrahim ’15 Center for International Policy, Washington, D.C. A $2 million gift fromMichele Resnick Cohen ’72 and her husband “I am in charge of updating the Security Assistance Monitor (SAM) database for three broad regions: Martin will turn an old elementary school into much-needed classroom the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Middle East,’’ said Ibrahim, a geography and political science and studio space for UVM art students and faculty. double-major from Arkansas. “I typically spend my mornings reading news and policy reports from around the world, trying to find anything related to U.S. security assistance for my three regions to Under a long-term lease agreement, the Elihu B. Taft School—built in publish on the site.” She has her sights set on a career in human rights advocacy and public policy. 1 1938 and located on the edge of campus on South Williams Street—will undergo a complete interior transformation to include classrooms, studio 1 Pax Templeton, ’15 and exhibition space for UVM’s Department of Art and Art History. Refugee Resettlement Program, Burlington, VT A rising senior from New Mexico majoring in global studies, Templeton is minoring in linguistics and Department Chair Tom Brennan says students and faculty have long Spanish. His goal is to eventually pursue a career internationally. “I have been doing a variety of tasks needed more and better space to support the department’s academic ranging from making budgets and resumes for recently arrived refugees, to helping them with job mission. “This is an opportunity for students’ work to be more visible but applications and staffing agency safety-training tests,’’ he said. “I took this internship to experience also for the work to be looked at in a more critical fashion,” he says, adding what it would feel like to work in a nonprofit organization which provided community services.” 2 that the new space will also enhance the teaching and learning environment. Sam Shuster ’16 The new space will spark “more dialogue among students and faculty,’’ 2 Engineering to Assist and Support You, Burlington, VT Brennan said. “Once the work is created and up on the walls, then you Shuster spent the summer interning with E.A.S.Y. (Engineering to Assist and Support You) a UVM- have the opportunity for the faculty-to-student and faculty-to-faculty born, Burlington-based company working to create accessible drawing tools for the blind and exchange that allows for a greater range of productivity and also criticality.” visually impaired. A mechanical engineering major from Massachusetts, Shuster worked on creating interactive tactile graphics. “In addition to helping with the first production run on their sketchpads, Bill Botzow, an artist and UVM Board of Trustees member, sees the I spent a lot of time using the 3D printer to make prototypes for a new product line: drawing aids for Cohens’ gift as an opportunity for both the university and the community. helping blind children learn to draw shapes. I was responsible for designing the drawing aids and “I think reusing old buildings creatively makes a big difference for towns 3 printing them out on the 3D printer,” he said. and communities,” he says. 3 Jamie Sharken ’15 “I am aware of this happening at other institutions, and it really lifted the “Marty and I believe in Mujeres 2000, Buenos Aires, Argentina spirits of all of those involved but also their creativity and productivity,’’ A global studies major and women and gender studies minor from Massachusetts, Sharken spent says Botzow, a member of the Vermont House of Representatives. “So I’m supporting education. That’s the summer with Mujeres 2000, an NGO in Buenos Aires. “Mujeres 2000 has three main programs: very interested to see how they will transform that space. It’s the creative microcredits for women entrepreneurs, scholarships and academic support for high school students, number one. And we also reconstruction that I like about it.” and renovation of homes also through microcredits. Before the women receive their microcredit, they believe in supporting the first need to complete a class which teaches them basic skills to manage a business,’’ Sharken said. “I have been teaching them how to keep budget sheets and the importance of efficient planning. I also am places that helped us get our helping the program director to apply for grants from the U.S. and other international foundations.” 4 start. That’s UVM for me.” 4 —Michele Resnick Cohen ’72 Jay Niroula ’15 Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT As a third-year nursing student from Vermont, Niroula has already completed clinical rotations on the maternity ward and pediatric floor. The Whitcomb Scholarship allowed him to enroll in the Licensed Nursing Assistant externship program at Fletcher Allen Health Care’s Orthopedic/Urology Unit. “Everything that I am practicing is a required skill for a future RN. I do simple assessments on patients. In addition, I take vital signs, ambulate my patients, give them bed baths, and feed them,’’ said Niroula who is originally from Nepal. “I am not just learning about direct patient care, but also about 5 delegating tasks to other health care professionals.” 5

 | I m pac t The University of Vermont Foundation The University of Vermont Foundation I m pac t |  International Interest in the UVM Foundation Foundation President and CEO Rich Bundy recently traveled to the CASE conference were in attendance to gain expertise before Saudi Arabia as an invited guest of the leadership at King Fahd the public launch of their university’s first campaign in 2016. University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Al-Khobar. Groundbreaking For Representatives of the university met Bundy in October 2013 The Saudis invited Bundy to assess the university’s readiness to Alumni House Pavilion launch a campaign after they were impressed by both the quick when he served as co-chair of the Council for Advancement The long-awaited opening of UVM’s first Alumni & Support of Education (CASE) National Conference on success achieved by the UVM Foundation after its launch in 2011 and by the breadth of Bundy’s background. House gets a little closer with a groundbreaking Campaign Planning in Chicago. for the Jack and Shirley Silver Pavilion on Oct. 11 during Reunion and Homecoming Weekend. As part of a new initiative launched by the Kingdom of Saudi In April, Bundy spent a week in Al-Khobar meeting with campus Arabia, KFUPM is the first national university to establish its own leadership, key volunteers, donors, and senior staff. He also The Alumni House, to be located in the old fundraising and alumni relations program, and their delegates to addressed a gathering of community leaders about the important Delta Psi fraternity house, will be a home for role of philanthropy to the success of American institutions of all returning graduates to reunite with friends, Rich Bundy advises campus leaders from King Fahd University of Petroleum in higher education. former classmates, and professors. Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia. The cultural exchange came full circle when The groundbreaking will take place at 10:30 am representatives of KFUPM had the opportunity at the Alumni House, located at 61 Summit to attend the CASE Summer Institutes for Street. Alumni, parents, students and friends Advancement Services, Communication, and are all invited to the festivities. Alumni Relations this summer on the UVM Earlier this year, Jack Silver ’64 and his campus. In addition to their conference activities, wife Shirley donated $2 million toward the KFUPM staff were invited to interact with UVM renovation and restoration of the Queen Foundation staff for several days. Anne Revival-style Alumni House. Fundraising for the project is continuing, with additional Bundy’s visit—and the subsequent interest by major gifts expected. Upon its completion in KFUPM leadership in continuing engagement the fall of 2015, Alumni House will be open with UVM—highlights growing recognition of for Catamount weddings, Alumni Association the UVM Foundation as a model organization programming, business meetings, and other for institutionally related foundations executing gatherings. best practices in fundraising and alumni relations that universities world-wide wish to emulate.

Jessica Hale ’15 Dennis Mahoney ’14 Liz Remick ’14 Cara D’Anello’16 Dylan Devino ’14 Marissa Villegas ’14 Grateful Scholars Say Thanks Athena Murch Scholar James G. Welch Richard H. Doris & Julian Dickerson The eighth annual Celebrating Scholarship dinner in April Scholar for Excellence Scholar Holzer Malkiel English gave scholarship recipients a chance to thank the donors In my first two in Business During my senior Scholar Scholar Department who support them. At right, grateful students expound on the years here I’ve Administration year we travelled As a dietetics Through the Scholar personal journeys made possible in part by the $8 million taken more I was blessed to to California for major, I have CREAM program, I studied abroad raised in private scholarship funds last year. science classes have the ability to the World Ag Expo become more I learned how to in Milan, Italy, than I can count participate in many which was huge aware of the milk cows and and had the on my fingers of the opportunities and filled with all science behind got to name experience of a and toes, and I’ve loved every that UVM offers. I was a Student sorts of agriculture equipment that food and metabolic reactions two calves of my own. I also had lifetime. I took classes for my English second of it! I am a first-generation Admissions Representative, so I I could never have imagined. Would along with the cultural problems opportunities to work in a research major and Italian minor including a college student, which makes my was able to introduce prospective you know what a grape harvester of malnutrition and obesity in lab analyzing the genome of cattle. sociology class regarding cultural scholarship even more special; I students to the school I love. I was for wine looked like if you saw one? the world today. I hope to UVM was a great opportunity for aspects in cities, a creative writing get to call home every night and also the president of the UVM Boulder It was really eye opening to see the continue to learn more about me, and experiences like CREAM and screen writing course and an tell my family about all the exciting Society, served a two-year term on scale of agriculture, especially the our nation’s food system and have been very valuable in my Italian cooking class! I plan to use opportunities I have been exposed the University’s Board of Trustees, miles and miles of almond trees that how we can change our public pursuit of veterinary school. my experience in Milan to improve to here at UVM. and I volunteered with Burlington’s were in bloom while we were there. health policies. my resume for a future in fashion refugee population. publication.

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Grasse Mount Interior and exterior renovations have been completed at Grasse Mount, home to the UVM Foundation since 2011. Situated at the corner of Summit and Main Streets, Grasse Mount was built in 1804 as the home of a local merchant, Thadeus Tuttle. It later served as the residence of Vermont Governor Cornelius P. Van Ness. The Federal-style mansion was acquired by UVM in 1895 to serve as a women’s dormitory. Recent improvements include hardwood floors throughout the main level, additional bathroom facilities, a kitchen and dining area, and interior and exterior painting. Stop by for a tour of this historic treasure.