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1 SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting January 2015 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology, Communication, Economics, Journalism, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, Political Science, Legal Studies, Resource Economics, Sociology, Social Thought and Political Economy

2 SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting January 2015 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Fundraising Overview SBS Endowment - $16,500,000 SBS Endowed Funds – 78 Professorships & Lecturers – $4,200,000 Glynn Professor in Economics Horwitz Professor of Latin American Politics Sheridan Visiting Lectureship in Economics

3 SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting January 2015 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Fundraising Overview Lecture Series Endowment - $1,400,000 Total – 8 - Almost one in each department Gamble, Rossi, Alfange and more… Programmatic Support – $4,700,000 PERI Fund, Fabos Fund, Cleve Willis Experiential Lab and more…

4 SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting January 2015 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Fundraising Overview Scholarship Endowment - $6,200,000 Endowed Scholarship Funds – 60 SBS Opportunity Fund – $720,000 1998 – Dean Glen Gordon Ron Ansin Study Abroad Fellows – $650,000 Awarded over 275 scholarships Norment Shiels and Katz* Study Abroad Fellows

5 SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting January 2015 Initiative Goal Campaign Total Supporting Talented Students $8 Million$2,911,607 Supporting First-Class Faculty $8 Million$3,777,215 Supporting Research and Programs $4 Million$9,110,910 Supporting Buildings and $4 Million $10,395,640 Infrastructure Supporting Annual Giving $2 Million $1,063,580 Total Working Campaign Goal $28 Million $27,350,363 SBS Campaign at a Glance

6 SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting January 2015 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Fundraising Building for the future - What’s next?

7 SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting January 2015 1. Entrepreneurship2. Sustainability Social Innovation Community Action 3. Leadership

8 SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting January 2015 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Career Center Develop information sessions Help prepare and manage career choices Coordinate the search process Assist with co-op and internship positions Develop and cultivate relationships with corporate stakeholders Advocate for liberal arts as a viable career path

9 SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting January 2015 Integrated Design Building $53 Million 86,000 square feet January 2017 Planned Opening

10 SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting January 2015 Integrated Design Building Future home of LARP

11 SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting January 2015 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Academic Leadership Program Initiative to Support, Empower and Engage Traditionally Underrepresented Students Overall Goal - Increase Retention Rates and Academic and Future Success for Students of Color, First Generation College Students, and Students from Families of Lower Income

12 SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting January 2015 SBS Student Statistics Undergraduate Population – 3500 20% of UMass total First year ALANA student population - 18% Students receiving Pell Grants - 18% First generations students - 23% Overall UMass* six year graduation rate - 76% *There is not available data on SBS six year graduation rates

13 SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting January 2015 Financial support would help us provide: First year seminars and smaller intro classes Tutoring and mentoring opportunities Undergraduate Research Scholarships Domestic Exchange, Internships Abroad, Summer Internship Programs, Conference Travel Funding Support for LSAT and GRE prep courses


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