February 29, 2008 Thanks to Kilkenny, UO academic programs to receive $1.5 million An outright gift of $1 million plus a salary waiver will launch new programs and support service learning, scholarships, and libraries. Lorry I. Lokey Laboratories opens The new underground building was dedicated on February 19. Researchers in many different fields from art history to zebrafish will use the nanoscience center. It will focus on the extremely small. Scholarship makes singer's dream a reality "I like music so much, I'll go to college," Steven Guiterrez thought as a high school senior. But he couldn't afford it. A privately funded scholarship made his dream possible. Recent gifts to Campaign Oregon $759 million and counting! The latest additions to Campaign Oregon: Transforming Lives Thanks to Kilkenny, UO academic programs to receive $1.5 million A gift of $1 million from UO athletic director Pat Kilkenny and his wife, Stephanie, plus a salary waiver will launch new programs and support service learning, scholarships, and libraries. The result? $1.5 million for academic programs. In a February 28 announcement, Dave Frohnmayer said the Kilkennys' generosity will "help unite academics and athletics at the University of Oregon." Besides the $1 million outright gift, an additional $500,000 will go to academics this year and next because Kilkenny has declined his salary. "Not only is Pat generous," said Frohnmayer, "he's a savvy businessman. Part of the deal when I hired him one year ago was that he would forego his salary, and the money would go back to the university." Half will go to athletics and half to academics. "By doing it this way," said Frohnmayer, "more money goes to the university." Senior Vice President and Provost Linda Brady described the gift as one example of Kilkenny's ongoing efforts to unite both sides of campus. "Pat is as committed to the academic mission of the institution as he is to the athletic mission," said Brady. "He believes, as I do, that we should strive for excellence in both. The Kilkennys' gift demonstrates this commitment to excellence." Impact of $1 Million Gift $500,000: College Sports Research and Executive Education Initiative A three-way partnership: Warsaw Sports Marketing Center in the Lundquist College of Business School of Journalism and Communication UO athletic department This groundbreaking program will give current and aspiring athletic directors the business and communications fundamentals for a career in collegiate athletics. It will support faculty research projects and give students experiential learning opportunities. $460,000: Competition Not Conflict The Competition Not Conflict program (CNC) will be housed in the UO School of Law, but it will involve many disciplines. It will promote athletic competition as a proven alternative to conflict, and find ways to promote dispute resolution through athletics. CNC will address youth sports programs, athletics in schools, and the role of sports in social and international issues. It will include training programs to teach youth coaches and referees how to promote sportsmanship and mitigate problems. $27,500: PathwayOregon Scholarship Program PathwayOregon guarantees that qualified Oregonians from lower-income families can attend the UO tuition-free. It also provides students with comprehensive academic support and in some cases room and board. PathwayOregon is the first program of its kind at a public university in Oregon. The Kilkenny gift is the first private donation to the program, launching a fundraising effort to make college a reality for lower-income Oregonians. $12,500: "Coaches' Fund" for University of Oregon Libraries A new "Coaches' Fund" will be used to build library collections and keep up with changing technology. The fund has drawn 100 percent participation from UO head athletic coaches in its first year and will benefit all students. Gifts to the fund this year are matched by donor Dave Petrone and his wife, Nancy. Dave Petrone is a 1966 UO graduate and longtime supporter of both athletics and academics at the university. Impact of $500,000 salary deferment $250,000: Kilkenny Service and Leadership Fund This new fund will expand the Service Learning Program (SLP). The program gives students opportunities to learn and earn academic credits by helping the Eugene-Springfield community. The fund will support grants of as much as $1,000 for student-initiated projects. This is the first time that SLP has offered such a "microgrant" program. $250,000 for nonrevenue sports Half of Kilkenny's foregone salary will support nonrevenue sports, including lights for the softball field. Kilkenny will also waive his salary for his second year. Again, half will be allocated for athletics and half for academics. Back to top Lorry I. Lokey Laboratories opens The new underground building was dedicated on February 19. Researchers in many different fields from art history to zebrafish will use the nanoscience center. It will focus on the extremely small. Videos of the event are available in Windows Media Player and Quicktime (for Mac) formats. Named for journalist-turned-philanthropist Lorry I. Lokey, the cutting-edge research facility is the first new science building for the UO College of Arts and Sciences since 1990. The facility's special capabilities will advance work related to curing human diseases such as cancer, developing cheaper solar devices, cleaning up water and the environment, and creating yet-to-be imagined products and technologies. "Nanoscience is opening up whole new research worlds that until now have been invisible," said donor Lorry I. Lokey. "I can't wait to see all the new discoveries that will be coming out of Oregon." The initial phase of the planned Integrative Science Complex, it is part of $250 million worth of university construction made possible by Campaign Oregon: Transforming Lives. Why underground? Powerful nanoscale instruments are sensitive to the slightest vibration. The rare bedrock setting helps place it among the world's "quietest" nanoscience research facilities. The building's resources are available around the clock, seven days a week, as a "high-tech extension service" for academic and industry scientists based in Oregon's Silicon Forest. UO President Dave Frohnmayer said the building's innovative design is intended to bring researchers from across the spectrum into a collaborative setting. He emphasized that all UO faculty members should consider it theirs. Lorry I. Lokey Laboratories is a signature research center associated with the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI). The ONAMI consortium: University of Oregon Oregon State University Portland State University Oregon Health & Science University Pacific Northwest National Laboratories Industry partners throughout the region Links: What Others Are Saying General Fact Sheet Capabilities of Lorry I. Lokey Laboratories Aerial Photo Cutaway View inside the Labs Floor Plan Back to top Scholarship makes singer's dream a reality As a high school senior in Medford, Oregon, Steven Guiterrez wanted to go to college and study voice. But he wasn't sure how he could afford it. "I thought I could do one year and then I'd have to drop out," he says. "My mom and dad couldn't pay." Thanks to a scholarship sponsored by private gifts, Guiterrez is fulfilling his dream. The endowed music scholarship is funded by Robert '52 and Leona DeArmond '51 of Medford. The DeArmonds also fund endowed scholarships for UO business majors and football players. "I think he has one of the more beautiful voices that I've heard here at the university," says voice teacher Eric Mentzel. "He has the potential for a professional career as a singer, in terms of his innate talent and ability. "His voice is very rich. One of my students described it as being like hot fudge." "Scholarships are important because they give people opportunities," says Guiterrez, who works twelve hours a week at a dormitory dining hall. "It's a matter of pride," he says. "You should still work and do what you can." Back to top Recent Gifts to Campaign Oregon Following are just a few of the many recent contributions from private donors to Campaign Oregon: Transforming Lives for academic purposes: Beverly and Jerry Beall—Property gift valued at $1 million for the Gilbert-Peterson Hall renovation project in the Lundquist College of Business. Patricia and Terence Boyer—$50,000 for the Lundquist College of Business. Mary and Chip Brown—$25,000 pledge for the College of Education Building Fund. CBT Architects—$30,000 for the CBT Architects Fund for Professional Outreach and Development for Students Program. Nonnie and Paul Cole—$25,000 for the Oregon Bach Festival. Judi and Gay Davis—$100,000 pledge for the Ford Alumni Center. Robert and Leona DeArmond Foundation—$179,000 for a wide variety of university programs. Virginia and Timothy Foo—$1,662,500 for international student scholarships directed primarily to students from the greater China area. Twanda and James Gustafson—$75,000 to establish the Gustafson Scholarship in the College of Education. Key Bank Foundation—$30,000 to the Oregon Bach Festival. Kinsman Foundation—$50,000 for the White Stag Block renovation for University of Oregon Portland. Lane County Chapter of the UO Alumni Association—$27,400 for the Lane County Scholarship Endowment. Maybelle Clark MacDonald Fund and Self-Enhancement, Inc.—$70,000 pledge to the SEI Scholarship Fund. Caryol and J. Craig Mathiesen—$363,151 to support the advertising field in the School of Journalism and Communication and the Lundquist College of Business. Steven Naito—$25,000 for the Ann Louise Litin Memorial Award in the School of Law. Kay and Don Parr—$77,520 for the Dorothy Carlson Parr Scholarship Fund for students majoring in elementary education. Madelon Frances Petroff—$100,000 to establish the Madelon Petroff Scholarship and endow the Exine Bailey Vocal Performance Fund, both in the School of Music and Dance. Dr. Lois Oldham Rawers—$25,000 pledge to establish the Lucinda Jane Criswell Scholarship for graduate students in the College of Education. The Raymund Foundation and Steve and Sonia Raymund—$200,000 for the Conflict and Dispute Resolution Program in the School of Law. Amy Rittenberg-Kari and Ross Kari—$50,000 pledge for the Clark Honors College Building Fund. Scanlan Kemper Bard Companies—$250,000 pledge for the Securities Analysis Center in the Lundquist College of Business. Mary Ann Tonkin—$200,000 for the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center. Back to top Campaign Impact is written and produced by Develoment Communications. An archive of past issues is available online, and we invite new subscribers to sign up. To unscubscribe, reply to this E-mail with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.