University of Mary Washington - Index

University of Mary Washington - summer08 - Index

Terry Cosgrove
ON CAMPUS
Stephen Dodson surprised his wife and her classmates at the Reunion Weekend
celebration on May 31 by announcing a major contribution to the Centennial Campaign.
His gift will endow the Merrilyn Sawyer Dodson/Class of 1968 Scholarship.
for the campaign is slated for capital
improvements and enhancements to
preserve and refine campus facilities
and the Mary Washington way of life.
With projected restrictions on dollars
received from the Commonwealth
of Virginia, private contributions are
crucial for the first-rate construction,
renovation, and refurbishing of campus
buildings. As UMW looks toward the
exciting extension of its “living and
learning” environment across U.S. Route
1 to newly-acquired property, it will use
as a model recent campus structures
that exist only as a result of significant
private gifts. These include the stateof-the-art
Jepson Science building,
the stunning Jepson Alumni Executive
Center, and the University Tennis Center.
Another privately funded project,
the Carmen Culpeper Chappell
’59 Centennial Campanile, has
already become a UMW landmark.
Dedicated last year, the tower on
the undergraduate campus stands
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as an 88-foot symbol of a donor’s
dedication and commitment. John
Chappell wanted to honor his late wife
in a tangible way on the campus she
adored, and the bell tower materialized
as the perfect project to do so. “We
learned,” John Chappell said, “that
whatever is undertaken by Mary
Washington is completed with the
highest possible result.”
That is true whether the pursuit be
academics or economic advancement.
Renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning
author David McCollough, on campus
for the centennial convocation
ceremony, put it this way: “One of
the reasons I am so glad to be taking
part in this new campaign for the
University of Mary Washington is that
any money that is contributed, put
into the greatest of all causes – the
love of learning – is as well invested as
anything that we, in our time, can do.
Period.” d
Ways to Give
Cash/Security Gifts:
Campaign gifts can be made with
cash or credit cards, by automatic
checking account withdrawal, or
through transfer of securities.
Real Estate Gifts:
Many gift options are available for
transfer of properties including
a personal residence, vacation
home, farm, and investment or
commercial property.
Pledges:
Donors may pledge to pay
campaign gifts over a designated
period of time not to exceed five
years.
Matching Gifts:
Donors may include the value of
an expected matching gift from
a qualifying employer as part of a
gift or pledge.
The UMW Foundation can accept
various forms of “planned” or
“deferred” gifts, including gifts of
real estate, insurance payments,
bequests, annuities, and other life
income instruments.
For more information, visit
www.umw.edu/centennialcampaign
or call 540/692-0004.