The
Annual Fund enables the university to address its most pressing needs
with "venture capital" that hasn't been designated
to go to a specific use. 
The
campus master plan includes an addition to the Paul Sogg Architecture
Building to accommodate growth of the university's nationally recognized
architecture programs. Where's the university's main entrance? Once
plans to create an official entrance into campus are complete, the
Alumni Mall will let you know when you've arrived.
Black
Box Theatre will be the venue for entertainment engineering
students to learn innovative theatrical design, lighting, and sound
engineering.
Classrooms
for Tomorrow is a College of Education initiative that
will provide a stimulating and cutting-edge environment for exploration.
Helping to fund the School of Dental
Medicine's equipment and software
allows students to fulfill their career aspirations while providing
quality, low-cost dental services to Southern Nevadans. Donors:
With state funding declining each year, their much-needed support is
an investment in the future of this dynamic metropolis.
The proposed entrepreneurship
center in the College of Business
will provide a variety of resources for community businesses. (See
story)
The
capital campaign's funding priorities outline specific programs that
will succeed in advancing the university with the support from private
dollars. Outstanding
minority faculty can be recruited to teach in the Honors College through
the creation of a faculty opportunity fund. As Las Vegas becomes
more popular in the television and movie industries, a new facility
for the College of Fine Arts would provide studios, classrooms, film
laboratories, and offices for UNLV's program in film
and television studies.
Graduate
assistantships are a win-win. While earning their degree,
recipients receive financial support and work 20 hours per week at
the university conducting research. (Learn about what one graduate
student is researching on Page 29.) Our goal: Raise $500 million
by 2008. With the help of alumni and friends we know we can do it.
In fact, we are more than halfway there.
A
new building for the Division of Health Sciences would
allow the School of Nursing to expand its ability to turn the best
and brightest students in the valley into health practitioners. It
would also expand the research and clinical lab resources for the School
of Health and Human Sciences and bolster the recruitment of top faculty.
(Hear what inspired one student to choose a career
in nursing.) Private
support can help UNLV researchers and students develop the History
of Soils Exhibit that is slated to be featured at the Smithsonian Institution
in our nation's capital in 2007-09.
Invent
the Future is the theme of this great endeavor. Join us as
we attempt to answer the inventor's inquiry: "What if?" Plans for a hospitality campus called INNovation
Village are under
way to provide student and faculty in the William F. Harrah Hotel College
with the opportunity to design, direct, and participate in advanced
industry research.
The journalism
program at the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism
and Media Studies is getting a new home. Greenspun Hall will bring
all the units of the College of Urban Affairs under one roof. Tune
in when the school digitally broadcasts its radio and TV shows from
the new facility.
New exercise labs will allow the kinesiology department's adult
exercise program to expand its services to community members. Now in
its 30th year, the program provides fitness assessments, exercise prescriptions,
and group training.
Privately funded programs and centers like the Lynn
Bennett Early Childhood Education Center help UNLV conduct
research while also providing a crucial service to our community.
Funds to buy and replace equipment, software, and database resources
allow the College of Liberal Arts to improve resources for faculty
and student research.
Last year local and national companies made matching-gift
donations to UNLV totaling more than $60,000. Find
out if your company matches gifts, possibly doubling or tripling
your donation. The Boyd School of Law's proposed moot
courtroom will
bring to UNLV a resource found at many major law schools. Students
will test their skills in mock trials based on issues before the
U.S. Supreme Court.
So, what's in a name? Buildings and projects frequently are named
for individuals whose significant contributions are allowing us to
invent the future of our campus.
Online
giving provides a fast and easy way to support the university.
Visit campaign.unlv.edu to find out how you can participate.
Planned
giving allows donors to make charitable gifts of estate
assets through trusts, annuities, and insurance policies. A
gift to name the Performing Arts Center will modernize
the lighting and sound systems of UNLV's premier arts venues. (Read
about the PAC's 30th anniversary.)
Quality
faculty are recruited from institutions around the country
thanks to endowed professorships and faculty funds. Their expertise
drives the research and service programs that will shape our community's
future. (Hear from them: Carol Harter, David
Tanenhaus, and Michelle
Elekonich.)
The Rebel
Athletic Fund provides student-athletes with the resources
needed to excel in the classroom and stay athletically competitive
in their sports. The
new Student Recreation Center will be more than a rec
center. It will
offer an integrated approach to physical, mental, and emotional wellness
services and programs.
Scholarships help
the more than half of all UNLV students who need financial assistance
to realize their dream of attaining a college degree. The Science,
Engineering and Technology Building, scheduled for completion in 2007,
is a cornerstone of the campus's master plan and key to economic diversification
through research and learning in such fields as information technology,
electrical engineering, and environmental science.
A funding priority for the College of Urban Affairs, the Town
Center would enable UNLV to organize a one-stop
shop for social services in the downtown area. Talk to your financial
adviser to find out if your gift to the university through the UNLV
Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is tax-deductible.
Unrestricted
gifts, like those to the Annual Fund, allow the university
to allocate funds where the need is greatest. Gifts to the University
College will support an advising program to assist students with class
scheduling, academic and career goals, and degree information.
Volunteers are the heart and soul of the university's Invent the
Future campaign. Their commitments of time and financial resources
will make UNLV's ambitious endeavor successful.
William
S. Boyd School of Law is giving back to the valley through
its privately funded programs that connect law students and faculty
with citizens in need of free legal counsel.
Xeriscaping your yard is just one way to save water. UNLV's Center
for Urban Water Conservation, directed by biological sciences professor
Dale Devitt, explores other creative ways to conserve on one of the
hottest commodities in town.
The Yucca
Mountain Education Project brings together information
resources on both side of the radioactive waste repository debate so
the general public can be wellinformed of related issues.
Private support helps the UNLV Libraries provide students, faculty,
and the community information from A to, you guessed it, Z. Sort through
71 journals that begin with the letter Z, including Zoological
Sciences,
Zygon, and Zinc Industry Yearbook. Document Las Vegas
history through Lied Library's special collections, including the papers
of local activist Blanche Zucker-Bozarth. Visit the
Music Library, which offers historical sets by classical composer Jan
Zach.
