Campaign Impact Report 2019

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UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC 2019 CAMPAIGN IMPACT REPORT

TOWARD OUR GOAL It’s been nearly two years since we publicly launched Leading with Purpose: The Campaign for University of the Pacific, the largest fundraising effort in Pacific’s history.

Today we stand with you — the thousands of alumni, donors and friends — who are answering the call to transform the way we serve our students and set them on the path to lead purposeful lives.

Within these pages, you will find powerful stories about how your support is already making a difference. You have fueled student access and success by establishing scholarships for our most deserving students. You have enhanced key academic programs and recruited scholars and scientists who inspire and invigorate curious minds. With your support, our surrounding communities are healthier, stronger, safer and more educated. Pacific Tigers are excelling in the classroom and competing in some of the finest athletic facilities in the West Coast Conference.

And as we approach our $300 million goal, you continue to uphold your steadfast commitment to our students.

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The momentum of this campaign is building, and we want you to continue to be part of it. From Stockton, to Sacramento, to San Francisco and around the world, you ensure the Pacific roar is always loud and clear.

From our family to the Pacific family, thank you.

Tony and Virginia Chan ’77 Campaign Co-chairs

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Today we stand with you— the thousands of alumni, donors and friends —who are answering the call to transform the way we serve our students and set them on the path to lead purposeful lives.

TONY A ND VIRGINIA C H A N ’77

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THE POWER OF YOUR Your generosity is transforming lives. Here are some of the amazing ways you have helped us come within reach of this historic $300M fundraising goal:

80% OF THE WAY TO OUR GOAL OF $300M

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$240M

17,446

44,134

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$32M

$16M

DOLLARS RAISED

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NEW AND ENHANCED POWELL-MATCHED ENDOWMENTS*

RAISED FOR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

DONORS

NEW OR RENOVATED SPACES AND FACILITIES

NEW ENDOWED FACULTY CHAIRS AND PROFESSORSHIPS ESTABLISHED

RAISED FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

* The Powell Match Program matches new or enhanced endowment gifts on a 1:1 basis, thereby doubling the impact of the gift. Currently, more than $50 million remains to match donor gifts for endowments.

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TO THE CHALLENGE As a recipient of the Stauffer Summer Research Fellowship, Faith Ching ’20 spent the summer studying the binding properties of the G-quadruplex, a special type of DNA structure that can inhibit cancer cell growth. What makes her research unique is not only that she’s a student finding ways to beat cancer, but that she’s doing this research as an undergraduate working directly alongside faculty advisors. While not commonplace at some universities, this kind of learning opportunity is part of the student experience at Pacific.

The John Stauffer Charitable Trust awarded Pacific a $1 million challenge

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grant to support undergraduate research in chemistry and biochemistry. When matched by private donations, the grant will create a $2 million endowment to provide a scholarship for 15 undergraduate students to work alongside faculty doing full-time research every summer in perpetuity.

In true Tiger fashion, more than 40 of Pacific’s supporters stepped up, including the students of Pacific’s chapter of Alpha Chi Sigma (the national professional chemistry society), who made the first gift to kick off the challenge. The university is now working to raise the remaining $500,000 to complete the challenge grant.

Conducting meaningful research has given me a new sense of purpose as a scientist, and my hope is that my findings will be used in the future for tumor inhibition in anticancer drug therapies. The summer research experience has undoubtedly prepared me for the complex level of thinking and intricate laboratory skills required for my future pursuit of medical school.

FAI T H C H ING ’ 2 0 Biochemistry Major Stauffer Summer Research Fellow

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JUSTICE Becoming a Supreme Court Justice is one of the nation’s highest honors, and an endowed faculty chair is the highest honor a university can confer on faculty members. At Pacific, both honors can go hand in hand.

Anthony M. Kennedy was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1988. Prior to his elevation to the bench, he practiced law in Sacramento and began teaching constitutional law at McGeorge School of Law in 1965. Today, he is the law school’s longest serving faculty member.

Sacramento philanthropists Angelo and Sofia Tsakopolous established the Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Endowed Chair in honor of Kennedy’s recent retirement from the United States Supreme Court and his more than 50 years at McGeorge.

“McGeorge is where Kennedy has made an impact teaching many students, and this gift will continue his inspiration for decades,” said Angelo Tsakopolous, who is a Sacramento real estate developer and friend of Kennedy. The couple’s son Kyriakos graduated from McGeorge in 1997 and benefited from Kennedy’s teaching and mentorship.

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The endowment will provide resources to attract prominent faculty and advance legal thinking through scholarship and leadership in the legal community.

In 2019, Leslie Gielow Jacobs, Professor of Law and Director of the Capital Center for Law and Policy, was named Pacific’s inaugural Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Endowed Chair. Jacobs is renowned for her expertise in constitutional doctrine, governance and national security. Her appointment reflects the impact of her work and ensures Justice Kennedy’s legacy will shine brightly.

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It is a great honor to be appointed to the Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Endowed Chair. Justice Kennedy served on the Supreme Court during my entire career as a constitutional law professor, and the decisions in which his vote was crucial to form a majority have figured prominently in my scholarship and teaching.

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THE WAY Victor Hugo once said, “A library implies an act of faith.”

When Central Valley philanthropists John and June Rogers made a gift to support the renovation of Pacific’s William Knox Holt Memorial Library and Learning Center, they put their faith in how the physical transformation of the building would create a place of wonder and discovery for Pacific’s students.

The open concept design of the atrium illuminates the new Student Academic Support Services Hub where students can receive an array of integrated services—including tutoring, writing assistance and other academic support—creating an ecosystem for learning.

The library renovation is a major initiative of Pacific’s campaign, with every floor reconfigured and reimagined for the way students live and learn. With Phase I complete, the entire renovation and redesign is on track to be completed in early 2020.

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We were particularly drawn to the Student Academic Support Services Hub, because we know how vital it will be for student success.

We want students to know that not only is it okay to ask for help, it’s an essential part of the learning process. The more we can provide students with the services to succeed, the more likely they are to stay in school, graduate on time and find success in their careers.

JOH N ROGE RS

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FORWARD Educational excellence and top-notch donor-funded athletics facilities will keep current and future Tigers at the top of their game.

ALEX G. SPANOS CENTER For decades, University of the Pacific has flourished from the philanthropy and partnership of the Spanos family. Now, the iconic Alex G. Spanos Center has benefited from additional Spanos family gifts in support of renovations and improvements, including much-needed accessibility upgrades, new video boards and lights. The renovations will create a better performance environment for student-athletes while improving the spectator experience for Tiger supporters and fans. This renovation is the first step in a larger multi-phase modernization effort of the facility.

AQUATICS CENTER Through support from the Bank of Stockton and the Eberhardt family, as well as other donors, the Chris Kjeldsen pool now boasts one of the largest collegiate aquatics video boards in the country, along with enhanced seating and a new entrance. The aquatics center will see plenty of action when Pacific hosts the 2019 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championship and the 2020 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championship.

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WALTER CHANG GOLF AND LEARNING CENTER For more than 10 years, Walter Chang ’82, has quietly supported the men’s golf program. Thanks to his recent gift to establish the Walter Chang Golf and Learning Center at The Reserve at Spanos Park, the men’s golf team will finally have a long-awaited place to call home. A new clubhouse with a team locker room, a player’s lounge and indoor hitting bays will allow the team to practice year-round.

“Investments in the facilities where we play and practice nearly every day pushes me to perform my best. Knowing we have the support of the community is so meaningful to us.

AUSTIN F OX ’ 2 0 Business Administration Major Student-athlete, Men’s Golf

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IN CARNEGIE HALL It can be described as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and indeed it was for students in Pacific’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble who performed at Carnegie Hall in the New York Wind Band Festival. The trip was made possible in part by donor-funded gifts, including the Michael James Rooke Hall Endowed Fund for Music, to support enrichment opportunities and experiential learning activities. Experiential learning is a campaign priority, and opportunities like this boost Pacific graduates’ preparedness to lead lives of purpose.

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Our performance at Carnegie Hall was life-changing.

Performing at such an amazing and well-known venue like Carnegie Hall inspires me and gives me the confidence to dream bigger now! My favorite moment was looking up in the middle of our performance of “Blue Shades” and seeing the dean’s determined face while we all played our hearts out on stage.

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Photo credit: Jennifer Taylor Photography

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DREAMS John Chase’s legacy will cultivate tomorrow’s leaders starting today. In 2019, the Stockton business leader and owner of Chase Chevrolet made a $10 million irrevocable estate gift to Pacific, one of the largest gifts in recent years.

At Pacific, the Powell Match Program enables a legacy gift to be put into action now instead of in the future. Chase’s gift qualifies for the Powell Match Program at 0.5:1 resulting in an additional $5 million in matching money that is being used immediately to benefit the Community Involvement Program (CIP).

CIP is a need-based scholarship and retention program for first-generation college students from Stockton with an emphasis on leadership development and community service. Funds from the gift will be designated toward scholarships and

YOUR mentoring for students, especially for those transferring from San Joaquin Delta College.

“The CIP program is a jewel at University of the Pacific. With this gift, imagine how many lives we will change in 20 years…in 100 years. I have been very fortunate in my life and have the opportunity to give back to my community. I can’t really put it into words. It’s something that comes from the heart,” said Chase.

His pay-it-forward philosophy will help Pacific continue to transform lives of students who might otherwise not be able to receive an education. To date, there are more than 1,400 alumni of the CIP program. As CIP celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, his gift ensures the program will serve hundreds of students in the years to come.

DA N IE L G O NZA L E Z ’ 2 0 History Major William K. Chase Memorial Scholarship Recipient

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The CIP Program gave me the chance to pursue higher education and made me a better person. For example, I have learned that it’s important to take a step back and ask, ‘What can I do for my community?’ I now plan to become a history teacher so that I can teach at the high school I went to and give back to this community that has given me so much.

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The CIP program is a jewel at University of the Pacific.

With this gift, imagine how many lives we will change in 20 years…in 100 years.

JOHN CHASE

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A GIANT LEGACY John Muir’s legacy at Pacific is as enduring as the mighty sequoia trees he so strongly admired and helped preserve. In fact, nine descendants of the Muir family have graduated from Pacific, and in 1970, the family loaned the majority of John Muir’s manuscripts and personal papers to the university for nearly 50 years. In 2019, the family formally gifted the largest collection of letters, journals and other materials written or owned by John Muir to the university, solidifying Pacific’s place as a steward of the history and legacy of Muir.

The John Muir Papers represent one of the most significant historical and cultural collections on environmental conservation in the world. The papers are a central feature of the library renovation, where guests can explore Muir’s life and trace his footsteps in an upcoming interactive museum space called The Muir Experience.

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Without access to the extensive Muir collections that we have at the university, my research paper would not have been as detailed. I was able to see his sketches and the smudge marks on the paper. It was such an immersive experience that I wouldn’t have gotten at another university.

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This campaign will usher in a new era of academic achievement and service at University of the Pacific. There is still work to be done, and because of generous donors like you, we look to the future with tremendous excitement for the many ways Pacific will create a better world.

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“ I have now found a roaring purpose that cannot be silenced...

Pacific has made this possible.

JOY CH IA NG ’ 19 Faye Spanos Endowed Scholarship Recipient Doenda Hammond Smith Endowed Scholarship Recipient

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