During the current spring semester, faculty and administrators of the university are being asked to participate in a very important study. With the university's centennial occurring during the 2007 academic year, now is the time to undertake a bold initiative to advance Redlands towards our long-term institutional goals. The preliminary planning process for a university-wide comprehensive campaign is currently underway and the most crucial element " a university needs assessment " requires your active involvement and input. At their May 2001 meeting, the Board of Trustees will be asked to review preliminary findings of the needs assessment, authorize the planning process to continue and approve July 1, 2001, as the date to begin counting gifts for the campaign.

Many institutions employ a top down approach to developing the needs to be addressed during a campaign: goals are established, priorities identified and institutional objectives approved by a select group of institutional leaders. At the University of Redlands, we choose to engage the entire campus community and provide the opportunity for all needs to be reviewed and all voices to be heard.

However, presenting preliminary findings to the Trustees requires action on your part. During the next two months, we ask that you, along with your colleagues, review your department's or program's long-term objectives and quantify the financial resources necessary to meet those objectives. This process should not be limited solely to previously identified needs, but rather, should be an exploration of what will be required to advance your area and the University as a whole, to the next level of excellence.

The goal of this exercise is to craft a case statement for a centennial campaign that is comprehensive in nature and addresses our mission and goals. While not all recommendations will be incorporated into the final campaign plan, all will be reviewed in the context of University goals and potential donor interest. This review will be a difficult process since there will worthy recommendations that do not become part of the campaign plan. However, to succeed in this process it is incumbent upon all faculty and administrators to take an active role. Your input will help build the foundation for the success we will achieve during the centennial campaign.

The campaign case statement will focus on themes that evolve out of the needs assessment process. Examples of themes that might arise are global education, enhancing community, programmatic endowments, advancing the liberal arts ideal, endowed faculty chairs and scholarships, or interdisciplinary education.

Please use the Centennial Campaign Planning form located in the network folder 'Lpoff', subfolder 'Centennial' to complete the needs assessment for your area, or use the form included at the end of this message. While we ask that department/program heads review and submit all forms, we encourage all faculty and administrators to take an active role in completing forms. No project is too big or too small to be considered for inclusion in the case statement. The only guideline is that recommendations are tied to realistic plans and that they fit within one of the eight University goals as identified in the current edition of the University Planning Document.

To assist faculty and administrators in this process, a series of informational meetings will be announced and individual consultation meetings will be available for interested members of the campus community. These meetings will be held during February and March.

Below you will find a description of different gift types and a timeline. In order to provide time to review recommendations and prepare materials for submission to the trustees, please work with your respective colleagues to submit all recommendation forms to the development office by April 6, 2001.

The next five years promise to be an exciting time at the University. We look forward to your active participation in the centennial campaign.

University of Redlands Centennial Campaign, February 2001
Gift Type Definitions

Endowment - Gifts to the University's endowment are gifts permanently restricted by a donor. Gifts are invested by professional asset managers on behalf of the University to achieve long-term growth. Only a limited percentage of annual income is distributed for use. Examples of this type of gift are endowed scholarships, endowed chairs, and endowed programmatic support.

Capital - Capital gifts provide funding for construction projects, or "bricks and mortar." Projects such as the Stauffer Center for Science and Mathematics, the renovation of Memorial Chapel and the Serrao Gateway are examples of projects funded with capital gifts.

Current Fund - These are "annual fund" gifts made on annual basis. The Redlands Fund is the University's primary source of current fund gifts. These are unrestricted gifts that can be used to meet any University funding priority. However, many donors specify that they wish their annual fund gift be used to provide unrestricted support for a department or program.

Programmatic - Programmatic gifts are gifts restricted by donors to support specific University programs and projects on an annual basis. Programs currently receiving programmatic support include the Washington D.C. Internship Fund and the Bender Lecture Series in Entrepreneurship.

University of Redlands Centennial Campaign
University Needs Assessment
Winter/Spring 2001 Timeline

January/February

• Meet with faculty and administrators to review planning process
  
• Distribute planning materials

February/March

• Faculty and administrators identify gift opportunities to recommend be considered for inclusion in the centennial campaign
• Consultation meetings with development officers for faculty and administrators - TBA
• Department heads review recommendation forms

April

• Recommendation forms submitted to Development Office by April 6
• Recommendations reviewed and prioritized
• Findings reviewed by Cabinet

May

• Preliminary plan submitted to Board of Trustees on May 12 for authorization to proceed with campaign planning and begin campaign count on July 1, 2001