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Mark,
Supper on Thursday sounds great. We can plan to eat right after your meetings end. I will get tickets for the play Thursday night if you are interested (I still go to all the plays - If you're not interested, I'll just go on Sunday). I'm looking forward to getting together again (I can show you our new NMR). If I can do a little campaigning - don't repeat what I say here, I don't want to get in any trouble. I'm enclosing the brief notes from a science building meeting last fall about the campaign. We hope the campaign isn't just about bricks and mortar. It would be a great opportunity to strengthen the sciences. #'s 1, 2 and 3 below were particularly important to many people. #1 is getting scholarship money to attract good students into the sciences. #2 is endowment for equipment (we have a growing endowment in chemistry and biology - I'll tell you about it when you are here). It is just that science has become very expensive and we would like for this endowment to grow. #3 is just to look at remodeling the science building - chemistry doesn't need this as much as biology and psychology. I don't want you to push for these particular things - they would know you had been lobbied!! It is just that I hope there will be some attempt to strengthen academics in the campaign - I'm also aware that some of our requests may not be the most fundable items. It is always easier to raise big money on bricks and mortar. See you soon, I'm off to class. Doc ------------------------------------------------------------ Science Building Meeting August 27, 1999 Present: Biology, Chemistry, Computer, Math, Psych and Physics faculty Ideas presented for funding possibilities in the upcoming campaign that would benefit the academic programs offered in H-T Science Building: 1. Presidential scholars To maintaining a steady stream of very good students in science and math classes. Many faculty thought this was very important! 2. Endowment for equipment and computers Build the endowment for science equipment and computers to help maintain a constant and enhanced supply of money to buy equipment and computers. 3. Remodeling H-T science building Air condition some labs and lecture rooms. Remodel laboratory space for present needs of our programs. (look at whole building). 4. Endowment for Faculty salaries 5. Endowment for student research 6. Endowment for summer programs 7. Endowment for travel funds 8. Endowment for named lecturers 9. Staffing concerns Possibility of endowed chairs, lab technician and/or equipment repair technician. We know the lab and equipment repair people are on-going expenses, but maybe money could be raised to endow them. These are the ideas that were suggested at our meeting. Different faculty would have different priorities within this list. We all agreed it is extremely important to raise some endowment funds in the next campaign for the direct benefit of the programs offered in H-T.
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