• With a $5 million anonymous gift, the school has launched a fundraising effort for a new wing for Allen Hall.

• A $2 million contribution from the estate of Haya Wallace, widow of the late news maga zine journalist James Wallace, established the James Wallace Chair in Journalism, an endowed chair in wri ting and reporting.
• Shirley Papé , M.A.’63, a longtime interview program host on local television, pledged $2 million to establish a chair in electronic media in the school’s new George S. Turnbull Center in Portland.
• Edwin L. Artzt ’51, retired chairman and CEO of The Procter & Gamble Company, added $480,000 to the endowed deanship he established.
• An anonymous donor contributed $2 million to the school’s “faculty fighting fund.”

• New scholarship programs include the SOJC (Columbia) Scholarship Fund, the Lokey Scholars, and the Scott Bedbury Scholars Program, among many others.
• Other student support:
• Brian Erb gift to support the Snowden Ethics Initiative.
• Tim and Mary Boyle gift for the journalism component of the New Venture Championship.
• Additions to the Charles Snowden internship program.
• Rocky and Julie Dixon narrative workshops.

Program support

• Thanks to a $4.5 million gift from Lorry Lokey and an equal gift from an anonymous donor and other contributions, the school was able to open the George S. Turnbull Center in UO’s new White Stag Block in Portland in 2006. The center offers a master’s degree in strategic communication, a senior experience including classes and internships for public relations majors, and workshops and lectures for working journalists.

• McCoy Family Foundation challenge grant for electronic media and matching gifts.
• Richard Ward presentation fund.
• John Hulteng Fund for Communication Ethics.
• Dave and Nancy Petrone Faculty Fellowships.