We have a faculty development advisory committee chaired by Reuben McDaniel and we've had a meeting to discuss this question. We're looking for an organized way for the faculty and staff to participate in the campaign. These are very good questions, and we don't have any definitive answers to them yet, but we know the involvement of the faculty and staff in the campaign will increase its success. For a campaign like this to be successful, there has to be a build-up of energy and enthusiasm internally. If there isn't that kind of interest and enthusiasm, it's very soon apparent to the external community.
People like to contribute to, or invest in, an organization that's going somewhere.
A sense of excitement, of movement, is extremely important. Faculty and staff have to understand that what we're trying to do is provide the resources to support this flagship, and they're a part of it. They'll be part of something that's grand. It will be a great enterprise going forward. When an institution like ours is subject to a great deal of criticism, it eventually has a kind of depressing effect on the faculty and staff.