CSE receives $1 million gift from Valspar
Kim Dockter External Relations Director 612-626-9385 dockter@umn.edu Joslyn Biever Corporate Relations Director 612-625-6798 biever@umn.edu Richard G. Anderson
THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING will receive a gift of $1 million over five years from Minneapolis-based Valspar Corporation to provide high-tech equipment for the new “Valspar Materials Science and Engineering Lab.” Located in the Gore Annex of Amundson Hall in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, the new undergraduate lab will be completed this summer. Once fully equipped in early 2015, the lab will include testing equipment that characterizes the mechanical performance of materials, electron microscopes that image at the nanoscale, and other equipment that can measure magnetic, electrical, and optical properties. “This gift from Valspar allows us to grow our undergraduate materials science and engineering program and outfit the new lab with state-of-the-art equipment that is second to none,” said Frank Bates, head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science. “We are thankful for Valspar’s support and forward-looking mission to help us build one of the best materials science and engineering programs in the country.” Valspar’s shared mission to develop world-class materials science and products, along with proximity of research laboratories were primary factors in the company’s decision to award the gift. The gift comes as Valspar completes a major expansion of its Minneapo-
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The $1 million gift from Valspar will be used to provide high-tech equipment for a new materials science and engineering lab at the University of Minnesota.
lis R&D facility this spring. The Valspar Applied Science and Technology Center will enable the current campus to accommodate up to 135 additional researchers and technologists. “The alliance of Valspar with the University of Minnesota is clearly a strong match with our strategy for science and innovation leadership in the coatings industry,” said Dr. Cynthia Arnold, Valspar’s Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. “Valspar will benefit from the University’s outstanding interdisciplinary program for materials science, a specific coatings program, and proximity to one of our major research laboratories.”
CSE leadership event celebrates alumni and students
Courtney Billing Senior Development Officer 612-626-6798 cbilling@umn.edu Jennifer Clarke Senior Development Officer 612-626-9354 jclarke@umn.edu Anastacia Quinn Davis Senior Development Officer 612-625-4509 aqdavis@umn.edu Sally Euson Senior Development Officer 612-625-6035 euson@umn.edu Becky Kiefer Stewardship Coordinator 612-624-5537 kiefe069@umn.edu Shannon Birge Laudon Associate Development Officer 612-626-8822 birge006@umn.edu Mary Mahto External Relations Assistant 612-626-7637 mahto005@umn.edu Kathy Peters-Martell Senior Development Officer 612-626-8282 kpeters@umn.edu Brenna Sonke Development Officer 612-626-6874 sonke@umn.edu
photos by Richard G. Anderson
Shannon Weiher Senior Development Officer 612-624-5543 seweiher@umn.edu
More than 300 CSE alumni, faculty, and students attended the recent College of Science and Engineering Leadership Event at the TCF Bank Stadium DQ Room. (Right) Jeff Dean (CSci, Economics ’90) presented the keynote address, “From the U of M to Google: A Computer
Scientist’s Journey.” (Left) The 2013 Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award winners—Darrel Untereker, Mark Lundstrom, and Jeff Dean—are recognized by former recipients, Dean Steven Crouch, and University President Eric Kaler. (See story on page 25.)
Office of External Relations College of Science and Engineering 105 Walter Library 117 Pleasant Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 csedevelopment@umn.edu cse.umn.edu 612-624-5537 800-587-3884 TO MAKE A GIFT To support a project you’ve read about in Inventing Tomorrow or to designate a gift for any purpose, please contact a development officer directly or call 800-587-3884 for more information.
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