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INSIDE: The launch of Momentum: The Campaign for Mary Hardin-Baylor has generated new building projects across campus. Learn more about how you can be a part of the momentum.

philanthropy U N I V E R S I T Y O F M A R Y H A R D I N - B AY L O R

SUMMER 2012

Momentum is more than a motion; it is an action that keeps on growing.

UMHB has reached a pivotal point in its history with the launch of Momentum: The Campaign for Mary Hardin-Baylor. Read more about this landmark effort and the outstanding new facilities that will transform the campus, starting on page 6.

We hope the same spirit of excitement that is apparent across campus will compel you to join with us and be a part of the momentum. Your gift or pledge, whether for scholarships or facilities, will propel a bright new generation of young people into vital leadership roles in our communities.

Philanthropy is published three times a year by the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Division of Communications and Special Projects.

To share your comments, you may write to the editor at UMHB Box 8431, 900 College Street, Belton, Texas 76513; send emails to jjones@umhb.edu, or phone 254 295 4164.

For more information about giving to UMHB, please contact the Office of Development at 254 295 4601.

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NURSING CHALLENGE 2012:

BE A PART OF ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING CHALLENGES IN UNIVERSITY HISTORY. The Isabelle Rutherford Meyer Nursing Education Center has been blessed to receive a $5 million lead gift and two multi-million dollar challenge grants toward the construction of the new facility.

IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THESE CHALLENGE GRANTS, UMHB MUST RAISE

OF THE $20 MILLION PROJECT BY

December 31, 2012.

In doing so, the nursing education center will be funded debt free. Please join those who have already pledged or donated over $17.6 million by making your gift or pledge today.

We still need approximately

$2.4 million

to meet these challenges. You can make a one-time gift or pay your commitment out over time. Every gift or pledge counts!

ISABELLE RUTHERFORD MEYER NURSING EDUCATION CENTER NAMING OPPORTUNITIES AREA

AMOUNT

PER YEAR FOR 5 YEARS

FIRST FLOOR Main Student Lecture Hall Lead Gift Student Lecture Hall Lead Gift Chapel Lead Gift Chapel Pew (6) Awarded Chapel Window Awarded Student Lounge Awarded Computer Lab Awarded Group Study Room (3) $10,000 $2,000 Learning Resource Center Awarded Dean’s Suite $50,000 $10,000 Learning Lab (2) $75,000 $15,000 Welcome Center Conference Room Awarded Lobby Water Wall Awarded

SECOND FLOOR Simulation Center Lead Gift Simulated Patient Hospital Lead Gift Simulated Labor/Delivery Room Awarded Simulated CCU Room Awarded Simulated Patient Room (4) $20,000 $4,000 Simulated Nurses’ Station Awarded Simulated ER/Trauma Room Awarded Simulated Home Health Room Awarded Simulated Hospital Office Suite Awarded Simulated Hospital Control Room $25,000 $5,000 Simulated Hospital Supply Room $15,000 $3,000 Standardized Patient Clinic Lead Gift Patient Clinic Debrief Room (3) $25,000 $5,000 Patient Exam Room (6) $20,000 $4,000 Patient Clinic Lounge $20,000 $4,000

AREA

AMOUNT

PER YEAR FOR 5 YEARS

SECOND FLOOR (CONT.) Patient Clinic Prep Room $20,000 $4,000 Nursing Skills Center Lead Gift Learning Lab (3) $75,000 $15,000 Nursing Skills Simulation Lab (2) $50,000 $10,000 Physical Diagnosis Simulation Lab Awarded Workroom, Small $15,000 $3,000 Nursing Skills Control Room $15,000 $3,000

THIRD FLOOR Faculty Suite Lead Gift Faculty Office (25) $20,000 $4,000 Faculty Conference Room $50,000 $10,000 Faculty Lounge Awarded Mail Room $15,000 $3,000 Media Room $15,000 $3,000 Learning Lab (3) $75,000 $15,000 Seminar Room, Small $25,000 $5,000 Seminar Room, Large $30,000 $6,000 Workroom, Large $15,000 $3,000 Faculty Meeting Room (3) $10,000 $2,000

OUTSIDE Rear Courtyard

Main Entrance Courtyard

Lead Gift Lead Gift

All gifts and pledges totalling $2,500 or more will be recognized on a Donor Wall of Honor in the lobby of the center.

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hands-on

experience

THANKS TO A CLASSROOM SIMULATION EXERCISE, BRITTANY JUSTICE WAS READY FOR THE REAL-LIFE TEST IN 2008 THE LEROY AND MERLE WEIR CHARITABLE TRUST made a gift of $33,000 to help UMHB’s Scott and White College of Nursing purchase five patient simulation mannequins for its clinical nursing lab. The nursing faculty knew that the mannequins would help their students practice important patient care techniques; what they didn’t know was how dramatically the value of those simulations would be demonstrated in the weeks to come.

For their labor and delivery lab assignment, Brittany Justice and her classmates responded to a simulation mannequin programmed to exhibit the symptoms of a new mother experiencing post-partum hemorrhaging. Brittany was pleased to earn an A on the assignment—but the real payoff for her studies came one week later, when the junior nursing student was completing her clinical rotation in labor and delivery at a local hospital.

Toward the end of her shift that day, Brittany decided to stop in and say goodbye to her patient, a woman who had just given birth to her fifth child. Though the patient seemed to be sleeping peacefully, Brittany recognized the signs of a post-partum hemorrhage.

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help and, with the help of an RN, raced the mother to an operating room for emergency surgery that saved her life.

“The simulation exercise prepared me to move quickly when I saw the woman’s ashen color and blue lips,” Brittany said. “You can read about symptoms in a textbook, but it’s different when you see them; working with the simulation mannequin helped me recognize the symptoms and know exactly what to do when it happened to my patient.”

To accommodate growing enrollments in the Scott and White College of Nursing, the new Isabelle Rutherford Meyer Nursing Education Center will include more simulation centers than the program has ever had before. A gift toward the center can help purchase equipment that will prepare nursing graduates to act quickly and confidently in real-life emergencies. For more information on how you can help, contact Brent Davison, UMHB vice president for development, at 254 295 4601.

“Working with the simulation recognize the symptoms and when it happened to my patie - B R I T TA N Y J U S T I C E

n mannequin helped me know exactly what to do ent.”

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“The time is right to build on our momentum and move our university to a higher level of excellence.”

- RANDY O’REAR, PRESIDENT

IN MAY, THE UMHB BOARD OF TRUSTEES MADE IT OFFICIAL, approving the launch of the largest comprehensive fundraising campaign in the history of the university. Titled Momentum: The Campaign for Mary Hardin-Baylor, the campaign is focused on the goal of raising $60 million for scholarships, endowments, and new facilities that will enhance the university’s effectiveness as a center for Christian higher education.

The theme of momentum is a reference toward the unprecedented growth that has taken place in nearly every area of campus life during the past ten years. Enrollment has continued to steadily increase, with last fall boasting a headcount of 3,137 students—the highest in the university’s 167-year history.

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tougher academic requirements, an updated core curriculum, and the addition of new degree programs (notably, the Master of Science in Nursing and the Doctor of Education). The university’s reputation as a sports powerhouse has also grown, with Crusader athletics consistently regarded as one of the best overall athletic programs in the American Southwest Conference.

With so much progress being made in all aspects of the university, the consensus on campus is that the time is right for UMHB to move forward with the construction of strategic facilities to enhance student life and support growth in academic programs. In addition to providing support for scholarships and growing the endowment, the Momentum campaign will generate funds for construction of a center for the visual arts, a nursing

CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES FOR PROGRESS BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS UMHB’s first facility devoted to the visual arts will include classrooms, faculty offices, studio space, a student lounge, and an art gallery. Classrooms dedicated to ceramics and sculpture will open onto deck areas where students may fire or weld pieces outdoors.

ISABELLE RUTHERFORD MEYER NURSING EDUCATION CENTER The Scott and White College of Nursing’s new home will include high-tech clinical labs, practice exam rooms, classrooms, faculty offices, and support spaces totaling 76,100 square feet.

STUDENT UNION BUILDING The three-story student center will offer facilities for residential and retail dining and a wide range of student activities within easy walking distance of all campus dormitories and apartments.

education center, a new student union building, a football stadium, and a performing arts center.

Nearly $35 million in lead gifts have already been pledged toward the projects. “Friends have been quick to step forward, offering important leadership gifts for this campaign,” President Randy O’Rear said. “One by one, they have added to the momentum, moving us ever closer to our vision of being the university of choice for Christian higher education in the Southwest.”

“We are moving forward with a plan that will help us be a university where students experience the integration of faith and learning in bold new ways,” said O’Rear. “We are excited about what is happening at UMHB, and we invite our friends and alumni to be part of the momentum!”

CRUSADER STADIUM The 8,000-seat stadium will provide an on-campus venue for Crusader football for the first time in the history of the program, bringing fans and visitors to the heart of the campus on game days.

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER UMHB’s new center for the performing arts will include a 600-to800-seat auditorium, a proscenium stage with fly space for scenery, and support areas for productions.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND ENDOWMENTS As enrollments increase, gifts to endowed and annual scholarships will insure that the UMHB experience remains an affordable one for all students. Endowment funds can be established to support specific programs of study or to create endowed chairs or professorships, which help the university recruit and retain highly qualified faculty members. Gifts of any amount may be made to existing endowments or to the General Endowment Fund, which supports the continuing growth and excellence of the entire university.

PLEDGED

STILL NEEDED $34,794,855

MOMENTUM CAMPAIGN GOAL: $60,000,000

For more information on how you can take part in this landmark effort, call Brent Davison at 254 295 4601 or check online at umhb.edu/momentum.

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a new home for

SUB AND STADIUM TO CREATE ACTIVITY ZONE IN HEART OF CAMPUS

student life

A BOLD PLAN EMERGED WHEN THE NEED FOR A FOOTBALL stadium was considered along with other campus needs: to create a unique complex supporting all aspects of student life by coordinating the construction of a much-needed student union building with that of the stadium.

The two buildings are designed to complement one another, with student dining areas in the SUB strategically placed to incorporate views of the stadium interior, while the student union

offers an attractive backdrop for the visitor’s side of the stadium.

The facility’s location next to the Frank and Sue Mayborn Campus Center will place the stadium and the student union’s dining and meeting areas at the center of all the campus residence halls, creating a student activity zone within easy walking distance of any apartment or dorm room on campus. The unusual design will offer an exciting solution to the university’s needs and an attractive home for student activities of all sorts.

Residential dining zones in the Student Union Building will feature views of the stadium interior. The eight dining areas will include three retail dining zones with menus from name-brand chains such as Starbucks and Chick-fil-A. 8 PHILANTHROPY | SUMMER 2012

STADIUM NAMING OPPORTUNITIES AREA

AMOUNT*

FIELD LEVEL

STUDENT UNION BUILDING NAMING OPPORTUNITIES AREA

AMOUNT*

AREA

LOBBY/DINING/BOOKSTORE

BAND HALL

STUDENT LIFE ADMINISTRATION

BANQUET

AMOUNT*

Home Locker Room $200,000 Grand Lobby Lead Gift Farris Band Hall Awarded Glass Tower & Lobby $100,000 Grand Staircase Lead Gift Band Rehearsal Hall $100,000 Home Coaches Locker Room $75,000 Bookstore Lead Gift Performance Area $50,000 Multi-Purpose Room $50,000 Sports Hall Dining Area $75,000 Large Ensemble Room $25,000 Ticket Office $40,000 Café Dining Area $50,000 Band Library $20,000 Home Sports Medicine Room $25,000 Casual Dining Area $50,000 Band Office (3) $20,000 Hydrotherapy Room $25,000 Transitional Dining Area $50,000 Small Ensemble Room $15,000 Equipment Room $25,000 Kitchen $40,000 Uniform Room $10,000 Officials’ Locker Room $25,000 Student Union Director’s Suite $25,000 Instrument Room $10,000 Sports Medicine Exam Room $25,000 Chain Crew Dressing Room $15,000 Chef Office $12,500 Practice Room (5) $10,000 Game Day Management Room $10,000 Audio-Visual Room $10,000

STADIUM CONCOURSE LEVEL

Student Life Suite Lead Gift Banquet Hall Lead Gift Ticket Office $40,000 Large Conference Room (2) $50,000 Chamber’s Hall Boardroom Lead Gift Guest Services/First Aid $25,000 Vice President for Student Life Suite $50,000 Banquet Hall Seminar Rooms (4) $100,000 Handicapped Seating Area Balcony $50,000 Balcony (2) $50,000

40-Yard Line (2) $10,000 Large Workroom $40,000 Large Meeting Room (2) $25,000

10-Yard Line (2) $5,000 Small Conference Room

$30,000 Medium Meeting Room $20,000 Seating Area Entrance (4) $10,000 Chaplain’s Office $25,000 Dean of Students’ Office $25,000 SUITE/PRESS BOX LEVEL Multicultural Center Director’s Office $25,000 President’s Suite Lead Gift Resident Life Director’s Office Suite $25,000 President’s Suite Lobby $100,000 Student Life Offices (4) $20,000 Audio-Visual/Public Address Box $50,000 Food Service Manager’s Office $20,000 Game Day Suites (2) $50,000 Retail Manager’s Office $20,000 Home Coaches’ Box $25,000 Visitor Coaches’ Box $20,000 Catering Office $20,000 Print Media Box $20,000 Facility Director’s Office $20,000 *Gifts to the Student Union Building or Officials Replay Box $15,000 Creative Thinking Space $15,000 Crusader Stadium may be made as a Radio Media Box #1 $15,000 Meeting/Break Room $7,500 series of payments over a period of Radio Media Box #2 $15,000 Student Worker Area (2) $7,500 several years.

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keeping it all in

the family

THE AARHUS SISTERS FELT DRAWN TO ATTEND MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR.

SCHOLARSHIPS MADE IT POSSIBLE. IMAGINE PROVIDING DIAPERS FOR THREE BABIES AT ONCE. Now fast forward 18 years, and imagine sending them all to college.

Those were the challenges faced by Mark and Tania Aarhus of Georgetown, Texas. When their twin daughters Megan and Mallory were born, they took it in stride, and when Scout was born two years later, they upped their game and kept on going.

But when the time came for the twins to go to college, the family saw that the average cost for one year of a university education was more than $30,000. Multiplying that amount times two, and with Scout following close behind, they knew they couldn’t meet this challenge alone.

When they talked to the financial aid staff at Mary HardinBaylor, they learned that the twins’ strong grades qualified them for several scholarships; with the addition of work/study jobs for both girls, they were able to make the girls’ dream of attending UMHB a reality. And two years later, when Scout decided the university’s nursing program was where she wanted to be, donor scholarships once again came to the rescue.

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letes, and Megan hopes to apply her studies in psychology to a career in school counseling. They both are glad they have been able to earn their degrees at UMHB. “We knew that we wanted to go to a small school that had a strong Christian atmosphere. UMHB has a great reputation, but my expectations were exceeded in every way,” says Megan.

Like many families who find themselves paying the bills for several college-aged children at once, the Aarhus family has worked hard to provide a great education for all of the girls. Will Mom and Dad breathe a sigh of relief when Scout crosses the stage for her diploma?

“Yes, but not for long,” says Scout with a laugh. “We have a younger sister, Justus, who’s still at home. And she’s already decided she wants to come to UMHB, too!”

“We knew that we wanted to strong Christian atmosphere. but my expectations were exc -MEGAN AARHUS

o go to a small school that had a UMHB has a great reputation, ceeded in every way.�

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BE A PART OF THE MOMENTUM.

The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor is attracting students like never before. Today more than 3,000 students are preparing for lives of service, leadership, and faith-informed discernment, and the efforts of more than 16,000 graduates reach far beyond Texas, to every corner of the world. Your pledge or gift to Momentum: The Campaign for Mary HardinBaylor will help to enhance the exceptional Christ-centered educational experience.

Our development team is available to help plan your gift.

Naming opportunities are available to provide an honorarium or memorial to a loved one or someone special in your life. Join us today and be a part of the momentum!

To make a gift online, please visit www.umhb.edu/momentum.