SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting
January 2015
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Anthropology, Communication, Economics, Journalism,
Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning,
Political Science, Legal Studies, Resource Economics, Sociology,
Social Thought and Political Economy
SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Fundraising Overview
SBS Endowment - $16,500,000
SBS Endowed Funds – 78
Professorships & Lecturers – $4,200,000
Glynn Professor in Economics
Horwitz Professor of Latin American Politics
Sheridan Visiting Lectureship in Economics
January 2015
SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Fundraising Overview
Lecture Series Endowment - $1,400,000
Total – 8 - Almost one in each department
Gamble, Rossi, Alfange and more…
Programmatic Support –
$4,700,000
PERI Fund, Fabos Fund, Cleve
Willis Experiential Lab
and more…
January 2015
SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Fundraising Overview
Scholarship Endowment - $6,200,000
Endowed Scholarship Funds – 60
SBS Opportunity Fund – $720,000
1998 – Dean Glen Gordon
Ron Ansin Study Abroad Fellows –
$650,000
Awarded over 275 scholarships
Norment Shiels and Katz*
Study Abroad Fellows
January 2015
January 2015
SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting
SBS Campaign at a Glance
Initiative
Supporting Talented Students
Supporting First-Class Faculty
Supporting Research and Programs
Supporting Buildings and
Infrastructure
Supporting Annual Giving
Total Working Campaign Goal
Goal
Campaign Total
$8 Million
$8 Million
$4 Million
$4 Million
$2,911,607
$3,777,215
$9,110,910
$10,395,640
$2 Million
$1,063,580
$28 Million
$27,350,363
SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting
January 2015
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Fundraising
Building for the future - What’s next?
January 2015
SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting
1. Entrepreneurship
Social Innovation
Community Action
3. Leadership
2. Sustainability
SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Career Center
Develop information sessions
Help prepare and manage career choices
Coordinate the search process
Assist with co-op and internship positions
Develop and cultivate relationships with corporate
stakeholders
Advocate for liberal arts as a viable career path
January 2015
January 2015
SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting
Integrated Design Building
$53 Million
86,000 square feet
January 2017 Planned Opening
January 2015
SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting
Integrated Design Building
Future home of LARP
SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting
January 2015
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Academic Leadership Program
Initiative to Support, Empower and Engage Traditionally
Underrepresented Students
Overall Goal - Increase Retention Rates and Academic and Future
Success for Students of Color, First Generation College Students,
and Students from Families of Lower Income
January 2015
SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting
SBS Student Statistics
Undergraduate Population –
20% of UMass total
3500
First year ALANA student population Students receiving Pell Grants First generations students -
18%
18%
23%
Overall UMass* six year graduation rate -
76%
*There is not available data on SBS six year graduation rates
SBS Dean’s Advisory Board Meeting
Financial support would help us provide:
First year seminars and smaller intro classes
Tutoring and mentoring opportunities
Undergraduate Research Scholarships
Domestic Exchange, Internships Abroad, Summer
Internship Programs, Conference Travel Funding
Support for LSAT and GRE prep courses
January 2015