The Dean's Musings Private Giving UF is currently gearing up for another major capital campaign, which will be officially kicked off this fall. Faculty are sometime unsure what happens to money raised during these high profile ventures. It may be hard for them to appreciate why more of this evident largesse doesn't show up directly in their workplace. Part of the problem may be that we do not always do a good job of showing faculty the results.
More effort is put into raising the money than explaining where it goes.
As only one outstanding example, let's consider the last item. To say the least, our alumni and friends responded magnificently. The number of graduate fellowships has risen from 0 to 37. And I reiterate that all of this has come about from gifts of our alumni and friends. Several people work very hard to achieve this success, starting with our current development staff of Carter Boydstun and Ed Blue.