Student Support
2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT
Ruffner Hall Renovation
Curry School students always appreciate the financial support provided by our generous donors. Here’s what a few of them said upon receiving news of their award in spring 2014:
$267,289
“This generous scholarship reminds me of the importance of giving back and giving others an opportunity to become successful. Without generous gifts such as this, many students like myself would not be able to pursue the education required to make a positive impact in the lives of others...” Mark Feger Ph.D. Kinesiology - Sports Medicine Linda K. Bunker Scholarship
New gifts to scholarship, fellowship, and awards funds received in fiscal year 2014.
104
Total students presented with financial support from the Foundation in spring 2014.
“This award allows me to take full advantage of this incredible program. These finances will take the burden off of myself and my family so I can spend more time focusing on how to become a better educator while not working or worrying about funds. This award is a huge blessing and I am so incredibly grateful.” Chelsea Iris Mangino M.T. Elementary Education W. Thomas and Jaqueline Rice Scholarship
(Awards totaled more than $414,000.) Gifts to the Curry School Annual Fund help support the administration and distribution of these awards.
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“The Nathan E. Johnson scholarship allows me to better focus on my studies rather than managing the financial burden of higher education. However, it is important far beyond its monetary value. For me this scholarship represents both the legacy of those who have traversed these grounds long before me and the charge to continue to solidify and strengthen that legacy for those to come.” Malachi A. Richardson Ph.D. Clinical and School Psychology Nathan E. Johnson Memorial Scholarship u
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“Not only does this award help me financially, but it gives me a tremendous confidence boost and extra motivation to keep doing my best. I feel honored and grateful to have been selected, and it reaffirms that hard work pays off.” Lauren K. Ruegger M.Ed. Speech Pathology & Audiology Homer Humphreys Fellowship u
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This award is important for Curry’s special education program because it helps sponsor our students as they work with children and youth with disabilities, says John Wills Lloyd, professor and coordinator of our special education program.
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This fall the Curry School is celebrating the recent reopening of Ruffner Hall after its major overhaul. On October 24 we marked the momentous occasion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony followed by a Curry Homecoming party attended by nearly 300 alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and community partners. The 40-year-old building not only looks great, it meets the needs of our students, faculty members, and researchers better than ever. “The renovated Ruffner Hall has ample space for students to meet, work and socialize during the day, creating a home for a vibrant community of learners,” says Bert Jacoby, Education Council president. While the Commonwealth of Virginia paid for the renovation work, the new furnishings in all the new common areas have been funded through private gifts from alumni and friends of the school. Gifts received in FY 2014 totaled $125,266. Commitments continue to come in and, to date, have been received from more than 100 donors. “With new furnishings now in place, the common areas in Ruffner are where students from across programs come together,” says doctoral student Hilary Dack. “These well-designed spaces are inviting spots for catching up on work, collaborating with peers, or taking a break—which is why they’re filled with students all day long.”
Namings in Ruffner Hall: Other Named Spaces u Ruffner Hall 196 | given by Robert Lynn Canady u Ruffner Hall 198 | given by Martha Downer-Assaf (Ph.D. ‘97) and Frederick G. Assaf (M.Ed. ‘94) u Ruffner Hall 200 | given by William S. Quillen (Ph.D. ’89) and Mrs. Joyce Quillen Ruffner Hall 202 | given by alumni, faculty, and friends of the Kinesiology Department u Ruffner Hall 206 | given with gratitude by alumni, faculty, and friends of the Higher Education program in honor of colleague and friend Freddie W. Nicholas (Ed.D. ‘73) u Ruffner Hall 290 | given by Susan Osborn Coffey (Ed.D. ’92) u Ruffner Hall 292 | given in honor of Becky and Hal Burbach, Faculty Emeritus u Ruffner Hall 298 | given in honor of Jay L. Chronister, Faculty Emeritus, and Shirley K. Chronister
The Galant Family Auditorium Cindy Galant (Col ’80) has been a member of the Curry School Foundation Board of Directors since 2011. Her husband Mark is a 1980 graduate of the Commerce School, and their daughter Kendall is a 2012 graduate of the College.
“Nancy’s joy, humor and sufferings inspired others to help thousands of children and adults. She truly left this world a better place than when she had arrived.”
The Nancy Hall Butts Award for Special Education will support the scholarly work of students in Curry’s special education program.
Total commitments made to date toward the finishing touches in the newly renovated Ruffner Hall.
Gifts to name spaces in Ruffner Hall have been directed to finishing touches to make the building more welcoming and responsive to 21st-century student needs.
The Nancy Hall Butts Award for Special Education
In 2014 Frank “Mac” Butts (M.Ed. ’71, Ph.D. ’84 Speech Pathology & Audiology) and his wife Linda Butts established a monetary award in memory of Mac’s late sister Nancy (1956-2012), who was born with Down syndrome.
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John W. Lloyd, professor of special education, greeted new benefactors Mac and Linda Butts at the spring 2014 student awards reception.
“It also will serve to remind them of the profound impact that people with special needs have on the rest of the world.” The Curry connections are strong in Mac’s family. His other sister, Roxane Edwards received her M.Ed. in education from the Curry School in 1964, and her husband, Garry Edwards, received his Ed.D. in school psychology from Curry in 1964.
Sheila C. Johnson Library Data Commons @ Curry Named in honor of the extraordinary efforts of Sheila C. Johnson toward the renovation of Ruffner Hall and the founding of the Sheila C. Johnson Center in Bavaro Hall. Ms. Johnson served on the Curry School of Education Foundation Board of Directors from 2006-2014. Robert C. Pianta and Ann M. McAndrew Lobby The Curry School of Education Foundation Board of Directors has named the first floor lobby of Ruffner Hall in honor of the leadership and vision of Dean Robert C. Pianta and his wife, Ann McAndrew. u
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Opportunities to name an office or classroom in Ruffner Hall are still available. You can also honor someone who made a difference in your life or leave your own mark at Curry by purchasing an engraved a brick for the courtyard between Ruffner Hall and Bavaro Hall. u
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Curry School of Education Foundation 417 Emmet Street South • PO Box 400276 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4276 Call 434-924-0854 to speak to our Foundation staff
CURRY SCHOOL of EDUCATION FOUNDATION
A Legacy for Future Generations of Educators “The Curry School of Education was not only a wonderful place to go to graduate school, it changed the entire course of my life,” says Susan Tieger (M.Ed. ’72). After earning her master’s degree in special education, Ms. Tieger moved to Arlington, Virginia, where she taught for 35 years. The knowledge she acquired at U.Va. enabled her to provide high-quality education to her students during the course of her teaching career.
A few years ago they also made a bequest to an unrestricted endowment fund designed to benefit the Curry School. When the bequest is realized, distributions from the fund’s income will generate a consistent, reliable stream of support that can be counted on annually. Because the fund is unrestricted, they are giving the Curry School’s leaders the freedom to decide how best to direct the income to help students. They provided two main reasons for their generous support: First, Ms. Tieger received an excellent education at Curry, one that enabled her to have a successful career.
When she retired in 2007, Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA) honored her career by placing a tribute to her into the Congressional Record. After noting that she had touched and improved the lives of hundreds of children and their parents, the Congressman stated, “Susan Tieger is the epitome of a dedicated, caring and hardworking public school teacher.”
Second, and even more important, they want to ensure that many future potential teachers will have similar opportunities to enhance their own skills and abilities, which can then be used to teach many more generations of students at all levels of education.
Her husband, Ralph Nurnberger, received his master’s degree in history from Columbia University, and then taught high school social studies on Long Island for four years.
“There is a never-ending need for quality teachers,” Ms. Tieger says. “We hope that our contribution will both encourage others to seek careers in education and also provide the means to enable the Curry School to ensure that future teachers will have the tools they will need to be effective in their own classrooms.”
After earning his Ph.D. from Georgetown University, Dr. Nurnberger pursued a successful career in public affairs, including service on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and as the executive director of Builders for Peace. This organization was established in 1993 to assist the Middle East peace process through economic development in the region. For the past eight years, he has been affiliated with Gray Global Advisors. Although he had a full-time career, Dr. Nurnberger also taught history and international relations at Georgetown for 38 years. In 2003, he received the Excellence in Teaching Award from Georgetown’s Graduate School of Liberal Studies. Given their lifelong commitment to teaching, it is not surprising that Ms. Tieger and Dr. Nurnberger have been long-time supporters of the Curry School. They have contributed to the Annual Fund for many years.
Given their lifelong commitment to teaching, it is not surprising that Ms. Tieger and Dr. Nurnberger have been long-time supporters of the Curry School.
If you have included or plan to include the Curry School in your will or estate plans, please contact the Curry School Foundation and let us know.
Who Gave To Curry:
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION1
1,581
No. of donors to the Curry School Foundation
1,292 No. of Curry alumni donors
142
No. of donor households giving $1,000 or more
189
No. of other U.Va. alumni donors
799
Charles H. Jones III
June 30, 2014 (Unaudited)
(Ed.D. ’14 Admin & Supv)
Unrestricted (Capital Campaign)
$3,647,332
Charlie began giving back to
Operating Restricted
$7,749,260
the Curry School Foundation
No. of donor households giving to Curry for 3 or more consecutive years
even before completing
ENDOWMENT2
his degree.
Scholarships
Fellowships
Awards
Lectureships
Program Support
YOUR GIFTS ADD UP: Restricted Contributions
$1,140,080
Unrestricted Contributions (Annual Fund)
$404,158
Contribution amounts reflect new gifts and new pledges only. Annual Fund dollars are unrestricted gifts to the Foundation that provide critical core support for the Curry School and for the operation of the Foundation. They can be the most lasting and powerful gifts a donor can make. Restricted gifts are donations restricted by the donor to a specific purpose, such as a scholarship or fellowship fund, an endowed chair fund, or a fund to support programs or faculty research.
Last year, two Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity brothers took action on a strategy to bring more mental health awareness education and prevention-oriented outreach to U.Va. students. They turned to the Curry School for help in implementing their plan. Phi Ep brothers Stuart Kahn (Col ’81), who is president of an insurance brokerage firm in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, and David Susman (Col ’81), a clinical psychologist in Lexington, Kentucky, enlisted the collaboration of Peter Sheras, professor in the Curry School’s clinical psychology program and chair of the Department of Human Services. “I was already familiar with the graduate training programs in clinical and school psychology at U.Va. and the excellent reputation of Dr. Peter Sheras and his colleagues at Curry,” Susman says. “I felt that the resources there would be perfect to get this program off the ground and ensure its success.”
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$2,302,044 $1,645,327 $373,373 $110,400 $450,000
Total Net Assets3 $17,287,841 “For me, an annual gift of any size is a vote for Curry’s present and future, an appreciative stamp of approval of Curry’s mission,” Charlie says. “There is a virtuous circle here. Providing your school with resources — whatever the amount — and your vote of confidence allows it to live into its mission and, in doing so, be superior on a daily basis. “In turn, your experience and reputation as an alum is burnished by the school’s quality and standing.”
Improving Student Mental Health A surprising number of today’s college students struggle with mental health and substance abuse issues, and the University of Virginia is not immune to this unfortunate trend.
Unrestricted (Curry School)
Together, they developed the roadmap for a new U.Va. Mental Health & Wellness Program whose mission is to create a mental wellness culture in campus societies and organizations across Grounds. “Our fraternity has a long history of contributing time and effort to philanthropic causes,” Kahn says. “We felt the area of college mental health was a place we could make a difference going forward.” Two doctoral students from Curry’s clinical psychology program serve as Phi Ep Fellows and are leading the program on Grounds. Phi Ep brothers from past classes and from the current brotherhood are fundraising for the fellowships to support their efforts, but gifts are welcome from any donors who are interested in this cause. The two Phi Ep Fellows work with at-risk populations on Grounds and provide education to students about risk factors, signs and symptoms, ways to intervene as a peer, and referral opportunities. In FY 2014, $25,000 was raised for the Phi Epsilon-U.Va. Mental Health & Wellness Fellows Program. Fundraising is ongoing.
Funds held by the University of Virginia Foundation only.
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The principal of endowment funds must remain intact in perpetuity to create an ongoing source of income. The Foundation Board of Directors has agreed to adhere to the distribution guidelines set by the U.Va. Board of Visitors. In fiscal year 2014 the distribution rate was set at 4.95%. 2
As of June 30, 2014, the Curry School of Education holds approximately $1.7 million in additional unrestricted and restricted gift funds to support scholarships and programs that represent its commitment to instruction, research, public service, and clinical activities. The Curry School also holds approximately $16.1 million in endowed scholarships, fellowships and professorships. 3
HOW TO RENEW YOUR GIFT TO THE CURRY FOUNDATION Make your tax-deductible gift to the Curry School: ONLINE: giving.virginia.edu/curryschool MAIL:
Curry School of Education Foundation
417 Emmet Street South
P.O. Box 400276
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4276
PHONE: Call 434-924-0854 to speak with
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