a Dynamic Space for Learning Construction officially started on the Clark Library in May 2012 and the newly renovated facility is scheduled to reopen in August 2013. This new space, which was made possible by generous donors, will give students access to study spaces, private study rooms, integrated computer stations, a production and sound room, digital resources, 250,000 books, and much, much more. But your help is still needed with this $12 million project. If you want to support the library renovation, go to rise.up.edu. Major Contributors to the Library Renovation M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust $ 858,000 E. L. Wiegand Foundation $ 230,000 Brad Parberry ’80 $ 1,000,000 Mary Clark $ 1,000,000 Elizabeth James ’77, ’86 MBA $ 984,723 The Clark Foundation $ 250,000 Meyer Memorial Trust $ 250,000 The Collins Foundation $ 300,000 The Snyder Fund $ 205,443 Maybelle Clark Memorial Fund $ $150,000 Additional Gifts Rich Baek ’93 MSEE, ’02 MBA, Becker Capital Management, Lee Brenneisen, Summer Chien, Ann Scheuring, and Jim Serres ’53
Library staff are giving “hard hat” tours February 26 and 27, March 26 and 27, and April 23 and 24. Contact Kathy O’Connell (oconnell@up.edu) to reserve your spot. A video of a recent tour is at http://tinyurl.com/UPLibrary.
SUPPORTING YOUR CLASS Reunion weekend is a great time to remember your experiences on The Bluff and to celebrate the education you received by making a gift. The Class of 1963 has a goal of raising $25,000 by Reunion, with $12,000 raised so far. To show your support contact Kirsten Heikkala at 503.943.7460 or heikkala@up.edu and give today. Pictured, from left to right, is the class of 1963 Planning Committee: Jim Berchtold ’63, Amy Dundon Berchtold, Gerald ’63 and Martha Abts, Janet Perry Wolf ’63, Maria and Luke ’63 Pietrok, Dottie and Phil ’63 Roberts.
NEW ATHLETIC SPACES Student-athletes, coaches, athletic staff, academic leaders, and friends gathered together November 2 to celebrate the dedication of the Chiles Center’s newest renovations, which added more than 10,000 square feet, and to recognize Earle M. Chiles, Joe Hollman ’64, and Travis Hollman ’92, whose generosity made these changes possible. Included in this remodel were state-of-the-art lockers, which were funded by Joe Hollman ’64 and Travis Hollman ’92—who own and operate Hollman, Inc., a Dallas-based company that designs and creates prestigious locker facilities worldwide. Their $500,000 gift allowed for the much needed modernization and expansion of all men’s locker rooms, coaches locker rooms, a visiting locker room, and a
on the West Coast. The training and sports medicine
training (including personal and career develop-
new women’s rowing locker room. The Hollmans
facilities are now among the most modern avail-
ment). These generous gifts will allow the University
also upgraded the primary women’s locker rooms
able to student-athletes anywhere. The expanded
to recruit and retain student-athletes who excel in
in the Chiles Center in 2006.
strength and conditioning facilities now ensure
the classroom and in competition and help us reach
our student-athletes can safely prepare for com-
our unwavering goal of providing student-athletes
petition. The new student-athlete resource center
with the necessary resources and support to thrive
his parents Earle A. and Virginia H. Chiles—remains
provides space for academic advising, quiet study,
in NCAA Division 1 athletics.
one of the premier athletic and convocation facilities
assistance with NCAA compliance, and life-skills
Earle M. Chiles’ generous gift of $2 million helps ensure the iconic Chiles Center—named in honor of
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