WISCONSIN A REPORT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION SUMMER 2008 ins ights ‘Grea t people. To Cape Town A true mentor Great place.’ Leadership emerges Kennedy legacy Supporting students, faculty half a world away grows medical scholars and East Campus Gateway Chancellor ’s Message This is my final message to you groups. So many people wanted me to know as chancellor of the University of how much someone at the University had made Wisconsin-Madison. Like most a difference in their lives and how they wished farewells, it is bittersweet. During they had thanked them, but, for one reason or my seven years as chancellor of our another, it was too late. great university, and seven years This is the right time for me to heed my own prior to that as provost, I had the advice and to thank all of you for the difference privilege of meeting many of you, you have made to the University, to our students, sharing memories and discussing faculty and staff, and to programs and facilities. D I H S your concerns, opinions and ideas. As for my personal thanks, I am hard-pressed to A R B O I count these times among my most find words that adequately express what your B rewarding. It is true that when you loyal support, your counsel and advice, your John Wiley are among Badgers, you are among generosity mean to me. friends, and when you are among friends, chances These days, I am often asked to speculate on are, you’ll find a Badger. the future of the University and, in particular, the Recently, I was reminded of the number of challenges we will face. My first prediction is that commencements in which I have participated we will have them. Without constant challenges, during my 27 years on campus. Watching gradu - the UW-Madison would not be nearly as interest - ates walk across the stage, making that invisible ing, nor nearly as productive, creative and exciting but life-changing transition from students to as it is every day. My second prediction is that alumni, is a source of tremendous pride. we always will have something to celebrate— In 2002, I sent all of the graduates a congrat- successes, discoveries, victories and achieve - ulatory e-mail. I also asked them to send an e-mail ments—many of which will benefit people around to someone who had been particularly influential the globe and many of which you have made during their time here or who had helped them possible with your gifts. in some way they thought they would remember I am confident the future of the UW-Madison for the rest of their lives. In my commencement is and will continue to be in capable hands. I also address that spring, I explained that my inspira - know the incoming leadership will benefit from tion for this communication was a month spent your experience and your expectations, as I have. traveling around the country visiting with alumni Thank you and On Wisconsin. S N O I T A C I N U M M O C Y T I S R E V I N U , N O S I D A M - W U , R E L L I M F F E 2 University of Wisconsin Foundation J “This is the right time for me to heed my own advice and to thank all of you for the difference you have made to the University, to our students, faculty and staff, and to programs and facilities. As for my personal thanks, I am hard-pressed to find words that adequately express what your loyal support, your counsel and advice, your generosity mean to me.” —Chancellor John Wiley W ISCONSIN insights 3 Summer Volume 6 Number 2 WISCONSIN insights Editorial Director Lynne Johnson Managing Editor Chris DuPré Contributing Writers Merry Anderson Sue Zyhowski Tania Banak Publications Production Manager Debbi Peterson Design and Layout Paul Fuchs Design insights is published three times a year by the University of 10 Wisconsin Foundation for donors and friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Address comments or questions to: Chris DuPré UW Foundation 1848 University Avenue P.O. Box 8860 Madison, WI 53708-8860 Phone: 608-263-0863 E-mail: [email protected] 6 Visit our Web site at: 14 www.uwfoundation.wisc.edu O n t h e c o v e r O v e r v i e w Walking under the arched portico 2 Chancellor’s message at the Memorial Union has been a G i f t s i n a c t i o n ritual for generations of University of Wisconsin-Madison students. The 6 Campus priorities stress “Great people. “Great people. Great place.” initiative Great place.” is an effort to make sure that the 10 A father’s legacy will help students University’s doors remain open to Faculty Fellows model offers new students from a variety of economic 12 backgrounds, that top-flight faculty rewards, incentive to stay members guide their educations 14 The first cohort of Hamel Faculty Fellows and that the East Campus Gateway in the College of Letters and Science provides an uplifting aesthetic Designing the future yesterday experience on campus. 16 PHOTO: Jeff Miller, UW-Madison, University Communications 4 University of Wisconsin Foundation “Philanthropy will mean the difference between the maintenance of a great university and the evolution of an extraordinary one.” 16 24 22 27 28 The University of Wisconsin-Madison 21 Working on a welcome home wants to stay in touch with you. As primary manager of the University’s for the Tandem Press alumni and friends database, the UW 22 College for Kids celebrates 27 years Foundation continually seeks up-to-date contact information. You can update of ‘awe full’ summers your information online by visiting 24 A true mentor www.uwfoundation.wisc.edu/survey. Please use the identification number 27 Barbara Suran leaves estate located above your name on the insights to School of Veterinary Medicine mailing label to log in to the Web site. You will help us to maintain accurate 28 A helping hand leads to foreign land information that is shared selectively with the Wisconsin Alumni Association and any other campus departments and programs with which you may be involved as an alumnus, volunteer, faculty member or donor. Thank you! W ISCONSIN insights 5 Gifts in action Campus priorities stress “Great people. Great place.” Three synergistic components define a world-class university: the most promis - ing undergraduates, top graduate/professional students and stellar faculty. Take away any of the three and what remains is just another university. The Uni - versity of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the world’s most respected and influential research-intensive institutions. Maintaining and build - ing this reputation means enhancing the entire intellectual capacity of the campus. It means attracting, retaining and supporting all of our “Great people.” Some of the oldest and most beloved places on the S N O I UW-Madison campus are enclosed in the east campus T A C I N U neighborhood bordered by Murray, Dayton and Park M M O C Y streets and the Memorial Union. This area welcomes T I S R E V I N students, faculty, staff and visitors for athletic, cultural U , N O S I D and social gatherings. The East Campus Gateway, part A M - W U , of the campus master plan and based on a century-old S E Y A M classic design, will create a vibrant pedestrian corridor N O R A A filled with new and upgraded facilities, outdoor public art and inviting plazas. The gateway is a unifying concept that will make the University’s front door more accessible and more beautiful. It will demonstrate why the UW-Madison was, is and always will be a “Great place.” The “Great people. Great place.” initiative incorporates the two primary campus-wide priorities identified by Chancellor John Wiley (’65 MS L&S, ’68 PhD L&S) and Provost Patrick Farrell for the next two years. It offers alumni and friends more opportunities to direct gifts to areas of personal meaning and special importance. 6 University of Wisconsin Foundation Gifts in action “Great people. Great place.” People: Our most valuable asset Undergraduate support. Univer - sity officials estimate that students are eligible for about $15 million to S $20 million more in financial support N O I T A C I than is currently available to them N U M M O C through state, federal and institu - Y T I S R E V tional aid. Specifically, the gap I N U , N O S between the amount UW-Madison I D A M - students have with all available fund - W U ing packages and the cost of tuition, housing and supplies increased nearly 28 percent between 2000 and 2005. Talented students can be accepted by the UW-Madison, but the unmet need gap means their dreams are out of reach. A year ago, the University of Wis - consin Foundation Board of Directors voted unanimously to allocate $20 million for a need-based financial aid challenge program. Unrestricted cam - pus-wide gifts will be matched dollar for dollar; endowment-level gifts directed to a specific school or college best faculty, it also must recruit the best and Wisconsin Idea with them. will be matched 50 cents to the dollar. graduate students. The top scholars, The “Great people.” initiative The intent of need-based financial teachers and scientists of the future are offers two options for graduate assistance is to include it as part of a trained at the graduate and professional support.