2006-07 Annual Report on Giving

2006-2007

Annual Report on

GIVING

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Table of Contents About The SIUE Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Gifts to SIUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18 Ways of Give

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The Chancellor’s Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-25 The Annual Roll of Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-50 The Friends Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-55

Dear Donors and Friends, It is with great pleasure that we extend this letter of gratitude for your support of SIUE. Your gifts in fiscal year 2007 (FY07) totaled $5.89 million, making this one of the most successful years ever in our history of fundraising.

During this past year, we were humbled and proud to receive the largest single cash gift in the University’s history of $2.4 million from the estate of Homer L. Cox, an SIUE School of Business professor who retired in 1978. Corporations are giving to SIUE at record levels, indicating their appreciation for the quality of SIUE graduates. FY07 saw the reverse of a downward trend in the number of SIUE alumni giving to SIUE. It was indeed a banner year as gifts processed through the SIUE Foundation reflect the ongoing momentum and success of SIUE. The money that we receive through the Foundation helps SIUE offer quality services and programs above and beyond what it could offer with state funding alone. Your gifts are essential to the ongoing success of our students, faculty, staff and programs. Your gifts help SIUE achieve its vision of being exceptional.

Thank you for your generosity and support.

Gary A. Giamartino, Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer, SIUE Foundation, and Interim Vice Chancellor for University Relations, SIUE

David Oates President, Oates Associates President of the SIUE Foundation Board, 2006-2007

About the SIUE Foundation

SIUE’s very existence can be traced to the generosity and dedication of the region’s individuals and organizations who worked together to bring a public university to the area. It started with gifts of time and soon turned into tangible gifts of dollars for the new campus.

Originally, these gifts were processed by the central SIU Foundation in Carbondale. In the 1970s, the decision was made to create a separate foundation for each campus. In 1977, the SIUE Foundation was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization to serve the needs of the growing University.

The mission of the SIUE Foundation is to support the mission, vision and goals of SIUE. Through outright gifts, planned gifts, bequests, non-cash contributions and other avenues, the SIUE Foundation raises funds and gifts to benefit the University as well as the donor.

Donors may receive income and tax benefits through taxdeductible gifts. Donors have numerous options and may designate their gifts for a specific college, school, program, award or scholarship, or they may choose to give an unrestricted gift to be used at the discretion of the SIUE Foundation Board of Directors.

The SIUE Foundation’s staff works with donors and the unit that will benefit from the gift to ensure the best use of the gift, honoring both the donor and the University.

The SIUE Foundation Board of Directors is a volunteer board comprised of individuals who are committed to helping the Foundation help SIUE. The Board discusses issues, sets policy, reviews investments and works with the Chancellor to achieve University priorities.

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SIUE Foundation Board of Directors - July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007 Officers David M. Oates President

Tom Allen Treasurer

John C. Anderson Chairman of the Board

Mary Kane Vice President

Sandra Hardy Chinn, ’74 Secretary

Gary A. Giamartino Chief Executive Officer

Tom Allen American Fiber Comm Treasurer

Alfred C. Hagemann, ’63 Arthur Andersen & Co., retired Member

Karyn Molnar, ’74 KPMG LLP, retired Member

Mark Shashek, ’85, ’87 Cassens Transport Company Member

John C. Anderson Artex International, retired Chairman of the Board

Rita “Re” Hardy Community Volunteer Senior Director

Robert Murdick, ’71 Sachs Electric, retired Member

Ellen Sherberg St. Louis Business Journal Member

Gordon Broom Burroughs, Hepler, Broom, MacDonald Hebrank & True Member

Edward Hightower, ’74, ’77, ’91 SIU Board of Trustees Ex-officio Member

John W. North, ’75 Regions Bank Morgan Keegan Trust Member

Bill Simon Bill Simon Equipment Member

Gregory W. Coffey Legal Counsel

Board of Directors

Allen Cassens Cassens Corporation Member

Thomas E. Holloway TheBANK of Edwardsville Member

David Oates Oates Associates President

Sandra Hardy Chinn, ’74 Community Volunteer Secretary

Merle Inman Inman Marine Corporation, retired Lifetime Honorary Member

John E. Oeltjen, ’75 MPP & W, P.C. Member

John Conrad, ’74 Conrad Press, Ltd. Member

Maxine A. Johnson, ’69, ’83 Gateway Regional Medical Center Member

Lendell A. Phelps, Jr., ’71 AT&T Member

Judy A. Dailey Community Volunteer Senior Director

Rick Jones Boat at the Riverbend Member

Robert Plummer, ’72 R. P. Lumber Company Member

Mark J. Deschaine, ’84 Deschaine & Co. Member

Mary Kane Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Vice President

Glenn Poshard SIU President Ex Officio Member

Ted Eilerman St. Elizabeth Medical Center, retired Member

Keith J. Kehrer, ’95, ’97 Bryan Cave Member

James R. Rankin, Sr. Family Care Pharmacy Member

Byron Farrell Helmkamp Construction, retired Member

Dale Keller, ’73 Keller Company, L.L.C. Member

Clinton H. Rogier Madison Mutual Insurance Co., retired Senior Director

James “Jim” Fowler JF Electric, Inc. Member

Ralph Korte, ’68 The Korte Company Senior Director

John A. Fruit, ’63 FCB Banks Senior Director

L. Thomas Lakin, ’64 The Lakin Law Firm, retired Senior Director

Gary A. Giamartino SIUE Foundation Ex Officio member

Larry Lexow, ’75 SIUE Alumni Association Ex-Officio Member

William T. Going Emeritus Professor, SIUE Lifetime Honorary Member

Robert McClellan, Jr., ’73, ’76 Hortica, Inc. Member

Kathy J. Gugger, ’76, ’79 Dentist, retired Member

Mara “Mitch” Meyers, ’78, ’81 Madison de Chanticleer Member

Dennis Terry, ’76 First Clover Leaf Bank Member Charles Tosovsky Home Nursery Senior Director Vaughn Vandegrift SIUE Chancellor Ex Officio Member Robert Wetzel TheBANK of Edwardsville, retired Senior Director S. Lavernn Wilson SIUE Early Childhood Center, retired Member Brent D. Wohlford, ’75 Dentist Member Foundation Board status indicated in red.

Gilbert Rutman Professor Emeritus, SIUE Member Betty Lou Schmidt Community Volunteer Senior Director John F. Schmidt Columbia Quarry, retired Lifetime Honorary Member Gerard Schuetzenhofer Coldwell Banker Brown Realtors Member

In memory of Mary L. “Teddi” Inman, ’73, 11/23/25 - 10/6/07, who served as a lifetime honorary member of the SIUE Foundation Board of Directors.

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SIUE Foundation at a Glance The SIUE Foundation continues to make great strides in increasing its endowment value, total assets, annual contributions and overall annual income. In the future, our fundraising efforts will focus on increasing the support for SIUE through annual, capital and planned giving.

How We’ve Grown The endowment value and total asset base of a foundation are indicative of its financial health.

Endowments preserve and invest the initial gift and provide income for a program account as specified by the donor. The total assets include the Foundation’s endowments, investments, real property and other assets. Over the last 10 years, the SIUE Foundation has experienced steady growth in both areas.

Endowment Growth Profile

Total Asset Growth Profile

For the 10-year period starting with a beginning balance of $4,509,359 in fiscal year 1998 to the ending balance of $15,340,568 in fiscal year 2007, the value of the SIUE Foundation’s endowments grew 240 percent.

Total assets for the SIUE Foundation, including investments, real property and other assets, increased $27,738,327 for the 10-year period starting with a beginning balance of $8,479,957 in fiscal year 1998 to the ending balance of $36,218,284 fiscal year 2007, representing a total growth of 327 percent. $35,000,000

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Values Listed for the end of the fiscal year

Who are Our Donors?

For fiscal year 2007, 5,777 donors gave more than 10,445 gifts to SIUE. Corporations, Organizations & Foundations 12%

Non-Alumni Individuals

Donors – A 5-Year Overview

by Category While the number of alumni donors declined slightly over the past five fiscal years, that number began to increase in FY07. At the same time, non-alumni individuals and corporations, organizations and foundations have shown overall growth.

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Values Listed for the end of the fiscal year

Alumni

Year

Total

SIUE Alumni

Non-Alumni

Corporations Organizations & Foundations

FY03

5,131

3,681

1,005

445

FY04

5,545

3,943

1,021

581 664

FY05

5,468

3,439

1,365

FY06

4,843

3,095

1,077

671

FY07

5,777

3,270

1,829

678

How Have Our Donors Helped Us Grow?

Has Overall Income Grown?

Growth is only possible through the generosity of our donors. In fiscal year 2007, our donors continued to give generously. Over the past five fiscal years, annual giving has increased significantly.

In addition to contributions, the SIUE Foundation also receives investment income; non-gift income consisting primarily of receipts from fund-raising events, sales, and fees; and payments from related organizations to support Foundation and Alumni operations. Over the past five fiscal years, the Foundation’s annual income has steadily increased each year.

FY07 Contributions by Type Types of Contributions

FY07 Totals

Unrestricted

$

Student Assistance

$ 103,840

Gifts-in-Kind

$1,003,508

Academic Units & Other Programs

$1,867,285

Endowment

$2,881,945

Total FY07 Contributions

FY07 Income by Type

34,984

$5,891,562

Types of Income

FY07 Totals

Contributions

$ 5,891,562

Investment Income

$ 2,188,709

Non-gift Income

$ 829,257

Payments from Related Organizations

$ 2,694

Total FY07 Income

$8,912,222

Contributions – A 5-Year Overview Over the past five fiscal years, annual giving totals progressed from the $3 million range to almost $6 million.

Income – A 5-Year Trend From annual income of $4,736,806 in fiscal year 2003 to $8,912,222 in fiscal year 2007, the amount of annual income shows an overall increase during this period of 88 percent.

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Celebrating commitment The first ever SIUe Day during fall 2006—a day to kick off a community giving initiative by the SIUE Foundation— encouraged more than 560 University employees and some 30 local businesses to donate $168,685 for University programs and services.

“SIUe Day is a great way to show support for SIUE programs and services on an annual basis. Participants are recognized as University partners,” said Julie Babington, SIUE’s director of annual giving. “The overall focus is to celebrate SIUE, while gaining faculty, staff and local business support annually.”

“By their participation in SIUe Day, faculty and staff are showing their commitment to the University and the excellence of our programs and services,” Babington said. “SIUe Day allows community leaders to be involved with the University and its success.”

SIUe Day 2006 Honorary Chair Steve Smith (pictured above), vice president with Associated Bank in Glen Carbon, said he was enthused by the commitment shown by the University to the region. “SIUe Day builds on the positive relationship already established between the University and the Chamber of Commerce,” Smith said.

“SIUe Day allows community leaders to be involved with the University and its success.”

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Enhancing student potential In FY07, the SIUE School of Business received the largest single cash gift in the history of the University – a $2.4 million gift made through the estate of Homer L. Cox; a professor in the SIUE School of Business from 1967 until his retirement in December 1978.

The gift established the Homer L. Cox Endowment which will be used to fund the Homer L. and Helen L. Cox Scholars Program within the School of Business. This program will provide students with financial assistance and unique educational opportunities designed to enhance their academic and creative potential. Professor and Mrs. Cox are recognized as posthumous members of the Benefactors Society, which honors lifetime giving of $100,000 or more.

“Homer Cox exemplifies our faculty’s dedication and commitment to SIUE,” said Gary Giamartino, dean of the SIUE School of Business at the time the gift was announced and now interim vice chancellor for University Relations and chief executive officer of the SIUE Foundation.

“We accept this gift with great pride and honor. Professor Cox’s legacy will live on at SIUE thanks to his incredible generosity.”

Scholarships will be awarded annually to four incoming freshmen beginning in fall 2008. Student selection will be based on academic performance in high school and a commitment to a business major.

Cox Scholars will be mentored by faculty, work with faculty members on research projects early in their academic careers, participate in a community service project, and network with successful School of Business alumni and local business leaders.

“This program will allow exceptional students to have an even richer academic experience,” said Judy Woodruff, director of development for the SIUE School of Business. “The Cox gift will create amazing learning opportunities for generations to come.”

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Enhancing education BIOMET 3i, headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., with operations throughout the world, is one of the leading companies in the oral reconstruction market. The company pledged a $250,000 gift over five years which will allow the SIU School of Dental Medicine to enhance its postdoctoral implant program and expand its teaching curriculum for predoctoral students.

BIOMET 3i now qualifies as a member of the Benefactors Society with the SIUE Foundation. The Benefactors Society honors lifetime giving of $100,000 or more.

“The gift from BIOMET 3i will help us reach our educational goal of bringing clinical experience in implant dentistry to our predoctoral dental students,” said Ann Boyle, dean of the School. “The commitment made by BIOMET 3i will provide the springboard necessary to advance this program. Truly, this gift represents an exciting venture and a promising partnership.”

BIOMET 3i also has promised in-kind support of instruments, equipment and education worth an estimated $250,000, and offering to possibly collaborate on research projects in the field of implant dentistry.

For more than 10 years, the School of Dental Medicine has provided postdoctoral implant training. The BIOMET 3i donation will allow the School to continue providing training and enhance its educational offerings. Dean Boyle noted, “The support from BIOMET 3i will have a tremendous, positive impact on clinical implant education at the School.”

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Improving the future The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center (NCERC), located in SIUE’s University Park, benefited from an in-kind contribution during FY07. Siemens Energy and Automation Inc. donated more than $600,000 in computerized systems to help operate the NCERC. This gift qualifies Siemans Energy and Automation Inc. as a member of the Benefactors Society. The Society honors lifetime giving in excess of $100,000.

Since 2000, Siemens, of Spring House, Pa., has supplied the process automation systems for two-thirds of the fuel ethanol plants built in the U.S. The SIMATIC® PCS 7 distributed control system and instrumentation from Siemens is now being used by the NCERC to help validate nearterm technologies that are enhancing the economics and sustainability of renewable fuel production.

“Our clients come to this facility for best-in-class, cutting-edge technology,” said John Caupert, director of the NCERC. “They are looking for the newest and most efficient ways to convert grain-based feedstock to ethanol. Through our partnership with Siemens, the Center will maintain that level of technology.”

Opened in 2003, the NCERC—the only research center of its kind in the world—facilitates the commercialization of new technologies for producing ethanol more effectively, resulting in improved ethanol yields and reduction in costs. The Center also plays a key role in the Bio-Fuels Industry for Workforce Training to assist in the growing need for qualified personnel to operate and manage bio-fuel refineries across the country.

“Our clients come to this facility for best-in-class, cutting-edge technology.”

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Supporting expansion In addition to Delta Dental of Illinois, the School of Dental Medicine clinic expansion campaign received $90,000 from the Chicago Dental Society. Both organizations have given cumulative gifts in excess of $100,000, making both members of the SIUE Foundation’s Benefactors Society.

The Society honors lifetime giving of $100,000 or more.

Delta Dental of Illinois (DDIL) completed its $250,000 pledge to the SIU School of Dental Medicine three years ahead of schedule.

Patients, as well as dental school students at the School’s Main Clinic in Alton, will reap the benefit of much-needed resources for expansion. The completion of DDIL’s pledge represents 35 percent of the private charitable contributions raised in support of the clinic expansion campaign.

“This expansion has allowed the dental school to better serve our patients, particularly those needing specialty consultations and complex treatment,” said School of Dental Medicine Dean Ann Boyle. “Educational opportunities have been enhanced, giving pre-doctoral students greater exposure to, and interaction with, graduate students and specialty faculty.”

The School’s Advanced Care Wing was completed last year. It features new operatory space and a new classroom, allowing the School’s faculty to teach general dentistry and specialty disciplines, including periodontics and endodontics, in one location.

DDIL’s CEO and SIU School of Dental Medicine Alumnus Robert E. Dennison said Delta Dental is committed to improving oral health in the communities it serves, noting: “Education and access to care play key roles in improving oral health. The School of Dental Medicine does important work on both fronts, greatly benefiting the community.”

“This expansion has allowed the dental school to better serve our patients, particularly those needing specialty consultations and complex treatment.”

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Advancing pharmacy practice The Express Scripts Foundation continued its high level of support with a second $100,000 gift to the SIUE School of Pharmacy to support the School’s Express Scripts Drug Information and Wellness Center.

The Center provides health screenings and information to the community, acts as a primary health education resource for pharmacists in Central and Southern Illinois, and provides learning opportunities for students.

Express Scripts’ gift enabled the School of Pharmacy to purchase computerized and medical library resources, educational models, computer software and hardware, and standard health screening supplies.

“We are grateful for Express Scripts’ donation, which will enhance our Drug Information and Wellness Center and help us educate our region’s next generation of healthcare leaders,” said Philip J. Medon, professor and dean of the School. “The School of Pharmacy is committed to advancing the pharmacy practice through research and scholarship.

Express Scripts’ donation will help us to reach that goal.”

George Paz, president and CEO of Express Scripts said the donation will help SIUE train future pharmacists and healthcare professionals.

“Express Scripts is part of a great metropolitan area that includes Missouri and Illinois. SIUE is an important resource for training highly capable pharmacists who can help us in fulfilling our mission to make the use of prescription drugs safer and more affordable.”

Already established as a member of the Benefactors Society, the Express Scripts Foundation serves as Express Scripts’ philanthropic organization for supporting the communities in which it operates. The foundation focuses its support on community-based initiatives, supporting educational activities that help create tomorrow’s leaders.

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Leaving a legacy As SIUE professors, the late Annette and Henry Baich gave generously of their time and talents to the University during their lifetimes. This legacy continues today through a generous bequest from the couple’s estate in the amount of $100,000, making them posthumous members of the Benefactors Society. The Society honors lifetime giving of $100,000 or more.

Friends and colleagues of the couple established the Annette and Henry Baich Research Award, which currently is valued at just more than $21,000 as of the end of FY07.

Drs. Annette and Henry Baich were devoted to life and research at SIUE and always felt compelled to help students. “They felt they needed to help students who were in need and who indicated great potential in some academic field,” said Annette’s sister-in-law Blanche Sudman.

Annette Baich, former department chair in the biological sciences department, retired from SIUE in 2005 as professor emeritus. She passed away later that year. Henry Baich, an associate professor emeritus from the SIU School of Dental Medicine, retired in 1991.

He died in 1997.

Through a bequest in her will, Annette Baich established the Annette and Henry Baich Chancellor’s Scholarship. Reflecting the Baiches’ academic interests, the endowed four-year scholarship is awarded to top academic students majoring in the physical or biological sciences.

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Giving back Kathy L. Bowman is an SIUE alumna with bachelor’s degrees in music performance and music education. The talented musician also earned a master’s in music performance from Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY. The 1981 SIUE graduate said changing times and some good luck led her to fund an endowed scholarship. After winning the lottery, Bowman established the endowment in FY07 with a $40,000 donation. The money will provide scholarship support for brass musicians at the University. Her love of music inspired her to dedicate the endowment to help students who share her passion.

“I fondly remember my years in the music department at SIUE,” Bowman said. “I learned many things there that made me the person I am today.

In today’s world, a college education can mean the difference between a life of constant struggle to survive and a life of being able to enjoy some of the fun things the world has to offer.”

“If I can give a few students and their parents a small financial boost, it makes me feel good to know I helped to lessen their burden.”

“If I can give a few students and their parents a small financial boost, it makes me feel good to know I helped to lessen their burden.”

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Recognizing committed students Whether it is sharing her experiences with SIUE business students, leading the Department of Mass Communications Advisory Board or giving to the scholarship fund she created, SIUE Alumna Camille Emig-Hill is generous to the University.

Her commitment is evident through her dedication to building the Robert L. Emig Mass Communications Scholarship Endowment.

“We are grateful for Camille’s support as it commemorates her late husband, Robert, and serves as a marvelous example of a successful alumna giving back to help SIUE students,” said Kent Neely, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Her latest gift of $10,000 in FY07 brought her cumulative total to just over $100,000, making Emig-Hill one of the newest members of the Foundation’s Benefactors Society.

Recently retired from Anheuser-Busch, Emig-Hill, who earned a bachelor’s in mass communications and an MBA from the SIUE School of Business, established the scholarship as a way to recognize deserving students majoring in mass communications.

Emig-Hill also has dedicated numerous hours to the Department of Mass Communications Advisory Board, as well as the School of Business Advisory Board, and has helped bring SIUE alumni together at Anheuser-Busch. Her total commitment to SIUE shows her loyalty to the institution and is proof of how a single individual can make a difference in peoples’ lives.

“We are grateful for Camille’s support as it commemorates her late husband, Robert, and serves as a marvelous example of a successful alumna giving back to help SIUE students.”

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Providing opportunity Sometimes individuals with no past ties to SIUE believe so much in our mission and our innovative programs that they are called to action. Such is the case with Sam and Geri Winston of Egg Harbor, Wis. The couple heard about the SIUE School of Nursing’s Student Nurse Achievement Program (SNAP), spearheaded by Dean Marcia Maurer, and they pledged their support. Offering to match up to $20,000 in donations to launch the program, the Winston Challenge, as it was called, generated $41,370. The $20,000 match was directed through the Chicago-based Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation, of which Sam Winston is a trustee.

“It all began with a phone call from Sam Winston extolling the virtues of the School of Nursing Student Nurse Achievement Program, aimed at recruiting students from socially, educationally and economically disadvantaged communities into the nursing profession,” Maurer said.

“From that one conversation, a relationship between the Winston family and the School of Nursing has evolved and grown.”

Because of their commitment to this initiative, the SIUE School of Nursing presented the Winstons with the Outstanding Friend to Nursing Award at the third annual Jewels of Nursing Excellence Gala and Awards in April 2007.

The SIUE School of Nursing received a $13,500 gift during FY07 from the AT&T Excelerator Program to purchase laptops for the School’s Student Nurse Achievement Program (SNAP). In making the grant, AT&T recognized that the School of Nursing is a key component to SIUE’s overall dedication to healthcare in Southern Illinois.

SNAP is a five-year bachelor of science in nursing program for the top high school graduates from underachieving school districts who plan to pursue careers in nursing.

Through the program, the students receive more than a nursing education—they receive a life education: financial assistance, academic tutoring, personal budgeting and life management advice, and effective study habit training. Students learn life skills they will need for the real world. Upon graduation, students spend at least one year working in a hospital or health care setting in their community.

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Investing in faculty The Dr. Clifford G. and Virginia L. Neill Fund for Excellence in Education through Faculty Development, a visionary gift from Dr. and Mrs. Neill in the form of a $100,000 endowment to the SIU School of Dental Medicine, will support faculty development for years to come. The generous gift places Dr. and Mrs. Neill in the Foundation’s Benefactors Society, which honors lifetime giving of $100,000 or more.

Cliff Neill, who practiced dental medicine in Carbondale until his retirement in 2007, and Ginny, his wife, have been actively involved with the School of Dental Medicine since Dr. Neill taught at the Alton campus from 1974 to 1985. Today, he still serves as an adjunct faculty member.

“The dental school is already recognized as being of outstanding quality. Our intention is to acknowledge, as is true in all professions, the rate of change and growth in dentistry,” said Dr. Neill. “With that thought in mind, we must be prepared to make constant change and never accept the status quo.”

As part of the couple’s commitment to the School, the $100,000 donation—plus another $5,000 from family members of the couple—has been set up in an endowment to fund continuing education opportunities for dental school faculty members.

“Dr. and Mrs. Neill’s faculty development endowment will provide yet another tool for our faculty to help us in our efforts to consciously and continuously advance our promise of excellence in dental education,” said SIU School of Dental Medicine Dean Ann Boyle.

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Scholarship support There are many ways students at SIUE benefit from the generosity of new and existing donors. Whether through established scholarships or anonymous gifts, regardless of the amount, every available opportunity helps students meet financial obligations each year. This listing includes scholarship gifts of $10,000 or more.

A $50,000 anonymous gift to the SIUE School of Business Phoenix Fund Endowment will provide even more financial assistance to accounting students. Awarded to students based on financial need and academic merit, the endowment was established in 1999.

A $10,000 gift from The Boeing Co. for The Boeing Co. Scholarship will support students who display leadership qualities and academic excellence.

The Cecil Howard Griffin and Florence Bowmaster Griffin Scholarship Endowment, which was made possible with an initial $10,000 donation, will support undergraduate nursing students or accelerated bachelor’s nursing students who demonstrate financial need and hold a 3.0 grade point average or greater.

The late E. Lucille Helwig, BSN’67, MSED’71, created a $10,000 bequest to endow the Lucille Helwig Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded to a high-achieving graduate student in the nurse practitioner or nurse anesthesia programs.

Whether through established scholarships or anonymous gifts, regardless of the amount, every available opportunity helps students meet financial obligations each year.

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Tending the garden The mission of The Gardens at SIUE is to create a venue of beauty and distinction that will support the educational and research components of the University, engage the public in educational opportunity and campus life, and provide a haven for relaxation and enjoyment for all. The 35-acre, on-campus site is a signature garden of the Missouri Botanical Garden which will improve every year for decades to come, thanks to great friends with inspired visions.

As part of the evolution of The Gardens, Rita Hardy of Highland, widow of the late KMOX Radio broadcaster Bob Hardy, donated a five-piece wind forest, valued at more than $10,000, which has become a significant part of The Gardens’ master plan. The Hardy Family Wind Forest features captivating wind sculptures that move as the wind blows, including the double spinner, the fleur-de-lis, the double helix, the desert flame and the double dancer, all created by artist Lyman Whitaker of Arizona.

An anonymous gift of $100,000 in the form of a non-designated gift has allowed The Gardens to move forward with infrastructure improvements, including an irrigation system and a continuation with the master planning process, designed by Cindy Tyler of Terra Design Studios.

The 35-acre, on-campus site is a signature garden of the Missouri Botanical Garden which will improve every year for decades to come, thanks to great friends with inspired visions.

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