I am normally rather cantankerous when it comes to keeping this newsletter completely restricted to the issues of teaching, learning and thinking. However, this particular fund drive IS related to those issues, because the funds from this drive go to support our students, our library, and our programs, and because people like Paul Bartlett, William Murray, and other faculty and staff serving on their committee have worked hard to insure that many of the funds we contribute as faculty and staff are matched from other sources, thus doubling the revenue we create ourselves. Getting participation this year is even more important than the amount, because whenever potential matching donors are approached by our own fund raisers, one of the strongest points of credibility they can bring to these donors is the record of participation by the people whose efforts these donors are being asked to support. The percentage of contributors could be better, and so I am helping with this effort here. The leverage a high percentage of contributors can bring for our external fund raising efforts is too important to ignore.
Gifts can be one-time or distributed payroll deductions.
To see the current list of campus gift funds, to initiate your own gift fund, or to simply provide a gift quickly and conveniently by charge card, contact Betsy Cheroutes at 6-4301. Some scholarships are available for UCD faculty. Centered on development of a personal teaching system that leads to greater student learning , higher levels of student thinking, and greater personal satisfaction for professors. Some funds remain available to support graduate students for Spring, 2001. The funds must be spent by June 30, 2001.