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Departmental Endowments

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Art

John Beckelman, Chairman of Coe's Art Department, indicated that there are three existing endowment funds that need additional support, and two of them have each has the added advantage of honoring some of Coe's finest professors.

The Professor Robert Kocher Fund - to support a visiting artist
Mabel Lutgerding Fund, Coe Class of 1906, -- to support special exhibits
The Professor David Goodwin Fund - to supportoff-campus study for art majors

Biology

There are three existing endowment funds that provide support for the Biology Department. Paula Sanchini, Chair of Coe's Biology Department, indicated that these existing endowment funds need additional support, and they have the added advantage of honoring some of Coe's finest professors.

The Peter DeJong Fund -- to support a visiting professor and students
Kenneth Cook Research Equipment Fund - for research equipment
The Karl E. Goellner Fund -- to supportspeakers for the Biology seminar series

Business, Economics & Accounting

Pam Carstens, Chair of the Stead Department of Business Administration and Economics, describes below the departmental aspirations - aspirations that could be met with a larger departmentalendowed support endowment.

Defining Moment Campaign News Regarding the Business Administration and Economics Departmental Endowment Fund

At this Defining Moment in Coe's history, we're happy to have the opportunity to communicate with all of you about some of the terrific things currently happening on Coe's campus and in The Stead Department of Business Administration and Economics specifically - and to also share some of the Department's goals for the future.

The Department became The Stead Department in May 2008, in recognition of the generous support of Jerre Stead and his family over the last several years. We continue to be the largest department on Coe's campus, with over 30% of graduating seniors completing one or more majors in the Department. We continue to send large numbers of students to graduate programs in economics, business administration, law, public policy, and related fields, and to place graduating students in interesting jobs all over the world. We continue to try to provide the best education possible by offering our students opportunities to engage in our Spellman summer research program, to complete internships, to study abroad, and to become involved in unique courses such as our Investment Fund course. Expanding the number of full-time faculty in the Department from 8 to 11 over the last several years has allowed us to keep class sizes small, even as the College has been experiencing increased enrollments. Our most recent faculty hires have added to our course offerings in macroeconomics and in international business.

As many of you may already know, the College is involved in its most ambitious capital campaign in its history, with a goal of raising $80 million. As President Phifer stated in his letter, the biggest push is to raise money for Coe's endowment. This effort is exciting to the Department, as an increased endowment is what will benefit both our students and faculty most directly.

When staff from Advancement approached us recently to ask how the Department would spend extra money, if it were to be made available through an endowed fund specific to accounting, business, and economics, our first response was, "Wow. We don't often hear that kind of question!" Instead, we're usually asking who on campus can help us support just one more thing we'd like to do - like sending a student to present a paper at a conference - after we've already exhausted the money for it in our annual budget. If more funds were available, the Department would expand opportunities in some areas that we can support on only a very limited basis, given current funding. And we would create new opportunities that we think would enrich students' experiences in the Department. More specifically, we would like to be able to do the following:

Send more students to academic conferences to present the research papers they've written for a class or as part of our summer research program. Over the last few years, we've been able to send two or three students per year to conferences in places such as San Antonio, Albuquerque, and Chicago. In 2007, two of our economics students won 1st and 3rd place prizes for undergraduate research papers presented at the Southwestern Economics Association meeting. Both of these students are currently attending graduate school in economics.
Fund more students who would benefit from attending workshops or lectures. In Summer 2006, the Department helped fund a student's travel to the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C., to participate in a workshop on global concerns. In October 2001, the Department took 13 Investment Fund students to Chicago to tour and hear lectures at the Chicago Board of Trade and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. In October 2000, the Department took a group of 6 students to Gustavus Adolphus College's 36th Annual Nobel Conference to hear world-famous economists Robert Mundell, Jeffrey Sachs, Joseph Stiglitz, and Jagdish Bhagwati speak.
Subsidize the costs that students incur when participating in Department-specific off-campus study and unpaid internships. The Department would like to offer a May Term course in either Japan or China, but we recognize that the costs associated with travel will mean that some of our best students would be unable to enroll. In addition, some of our students pass up good summer internship opportunities because the internship is either unpaid or the costs of living away from home or from Coe are too great. We would like to be able to provide support for good students whose limited funds prevent them from participating in worthwhile off-campus experiences.
Purchase software and library resources that cannot be covered by annual funds available through Computer Services or the Coe Library. For example, due to a lack of sufficient funding, the College has recently dropped its subscription to Value Line, a resource used by many of our students in their accounting, finance, and investment courses.
Invite guest speakers in economics, business, and accounting to campus to meet with our students and make public presentations. (Thank you to the alumni and friends of the Department who have returned to Coe in recent years to speak at no charge or for a nominal fee!)
Support Department faculty who would like to attend conferences/workshops that help them to remain active in what's happening in their fields from year to year. The College and Department currently support conference/workshop attendance on a limited basis. But with increasing costs of travel and conference/workshop registrations, faculty regularly have to skip some conferences that would benefit both them and their students.

We thank all of you who have contributed to the Department recently by donating to the Spellman Fund or the Investment Fund, and we want you to know that our work in these areas is not ending. We want to continue to grow these funds that support our summer research program and our Investment Fund course, even as we are creating this new opportunity for giving to the Department.

We ask now for your contributions to the Business Administration & Economics Departmental Endowment Fund so that future generations of our students can have the best experience possible at Coe. Our initial goal is to reach the $100,000 level by the end of the Defining Moments campaign. A pledge card and reply envelope have been enclosed for your use should you be ready to commit your support to the Fund today. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you might have, and remember too that we always just like to hear news from our alumni and friends. Thank you for your time and support.

The Stead Department of Business Administration and Economics
Pam Carstens, Chair
pcarsten@coe.edu
319-399-8690

Chemistry

Maria Dean, Chair of Coe's Chemistry Department, lists the following areas as those that would benefit the most from a Chemistry Department Endowment:

research equipment and small equipment replacement
general departmental needs
support for summer research students

Education & Master of Arts in Teaching

Terry McNabb, Chair of Coe's Teacher Education Department, Roger Johanson, Chairman of Coe's Master of Arts in Teaching Program, and Christy Wolfe, describe below the most pressing needs of their departments - needs that could be met with a larger departmentalendowed support endowment.

Greetings from the beautiful 4th floor of Stuart Hall! Those of you who graduated from the Teacher Education program more than three years ago probably remember having classes in either the Eby 2nd floor classroom (the one with the fireplace), or the cavernous room on the 1st floor (the one with floor-to-ceiling mirrors). Some of you probably even remember when the Teacher Education faculty offices were crammed into one corner of the 2nd floor of Eby. We think that you would be very pleased to see our new space in Stuart, and hope that you will visit when you have the chance.

While many aspects of the education field, besides our facilities, have changed over the past five to ten years, Coe's commitment to teacher preparation has remained strong. The education department at Coe recently observed its 100th year of producing excellent teachers for the state of Iowa and the world, and we are very proud of the hundreds (maybe thousands!) of wonderful teachers who have been influenced by our program. We hope that as you look back on your time at Coe, you think about some of the things that made your experiences special:

personal attention and small classes
the quality and dedication of your professors
the large number of field experiences in area schools
the collegial nature of the program - working closely with other current and future teachers
the beautiful campus and excellent facilities
the close working relationships between Coe faculty and area schools

As you take joy in remembering your time at Coe, we hope you will decide to support our continuing efforts. We don't "make money" on our programs; all tuition and gifts are folded back into providing the outstanding education you received. If your economic situation allows you to help, we'll be very grateful for any contribution you can make. Your gift to Coe's endowment will support the teacher education department and MAT program in acquiring books, A/V equipment and media, math-science-reading-social studies support materials, and more to enhance our work. If you believe in the work being done by Coe's Teacher Education Department, as we do, we hope that you will find it in your heart to support us. Drop us a line, too. We love hearing from our alumni!

Terry McNabb
Roger Johanson
Christy Wolfe

English Department

Terry Heller, Chairman of the English Department, submitted the following when asked how an endowed fund would benefit his department. Below, Terry describes departmental aspirations - aspirations that could be met with a larger departmentalendowed support endowment.

The English Department is at the beginning of another major change. Perhaps you remember Neal Woodruff and Charles Cannon, both of whom are thriving in retirement, though they have been missed. They were followed by Wendy Bashant and Gina Hausknecht. Professor Bashant is now a Dean of Students in Florida, but Professor Hausknecht remains. However, the "middle generation," Bob Drexler, Jim Randall, Chuck Aukema, and Terry Heller, all will retire in the next few years. The transition has begun with the appointment of two new English faculty. Melissa Sodeman came to Coe from UCLA in 2007, bringing expertise in 18th-century British Literature and Gender Studies. Just arrived from the University of Iowa, Patrick Naick teaches African-American literature and culture. A specialist in American Studies, he hopes to revitalize Coe's American Studies program. Ann Struthers, Gordon Mennenga, and Carol Gorman continue to mentor fiction and poetry writers. All of the staff love to hear what alums are doing.

The English Department remains home to both literary studies and Creative Writing. Additionally, the Department contributes to African-American Studies, Gender Studies, and Asian Studies, especially with the new off-campus Study in Asia program, led by Bob Drexler. The new and popular Creative Writing major and minor attract strong students to the College. English aspires to strengthen the writing program in two ways: by putting Coe's nationally prominent literary magazine, The Coe Review (remember where your copies are?), on an independent financial basis and by establishing a writers-in-residence program. By cooperating with other departments, English dreams of establishing a Film Studies major, although this will require more equipment and improved studio space. The Department continues to encourage majors to study off-campus, and many do, but this is another area where more financial support is necessary. The English Department wants to serve Coe's future students even better than it served you.

Foreign Language

John Chaimov, Chairman of Coe's Foreign Languages Department, has identified the primary departmental need is for funds to make it possible for our students to study abroad. Given that both student interest and societal demand for such study will surely accelerate in the future, he said, it is an ideal focal point for endowed gifts.

History

Derek Buckaloo, Chairman of Coe's History Department, was asked to he write a few words about his department's need for endowed funds. Following are his comments - words that reflect a love for his craft, and a dedication to assure its instruction at the very highest level:

"I know our students have experiences that enrich their time at Coe, the sorts of experiences that endowment resources will allow us to provide in greater abundance to present and future Coe students. From close, working relationships with professors to class excursions to dinner; from engaging speakers and issue dinners to off-campus studies, including January or May Term trips with faculty; and from the stacks in Stewart Library to stirring discussions in a seminar room in Hickok Hall, the Coe experience includes many special moments. In every way, a stronger endowment, built by Coe alumni who claim this major, will help us maintain and improve the extraordinary college environment that exists in our History Department and across our campus."

International Studies & English as a Second Language

Scholarship funds for international students to study at Coe are in desperate need of additional support, noted Barbara Drexler, Director of Coe's English as a Second Language Program, and Deanna Jobe, Dean of Student Retention Services and International Student Advisor. Below is a special letter from Barbara, Deanna, and other friends you may have made during your time at Coe.

Greetings to all of our international friends,

It's September again, and that means a new beginning, a chance to meet new international students at the airport and bring them back to Greene, Murray, Voorhees, Armstrong, and Douglas Halls and to Kohawk Village, where they will meet their new roommates and begin the year as members of the Coe College family. We remember when you arrived and began your Coe adventure, made friends, learned to get around Coe and Cedar Rapids, and found enough time to do everything you wanted to do: study, chat with friends, work out, play soccer and tennis, study, canoe with International Club, shop, study, cook, practice for the Cultural Show, travel, take exams, and so much more.

Your college has continued to expand in size and quality. We now have an entire "east campus" with new buildings and student apartments. The value of your diploma increases as Coe continues to employ excellent faculty and enroll the finest students. The international students on campus today are as excellent as you were and are taking an active part in campus life. We have international students who are Student Senators, Residence Assistants, leaders of clubs and organizations, and writers for the Coe Cosmos! You can be very proud of the fine international student tradition that has been established here at Coe College!

It's exciting to see new international students get adjusted to Coe College culture and American life. But we have not forgotten you! Not at all! Occasionally, we have been lucky enough to meet some of you in your countries and to hear about your life experiences in person. It always brightens our day to receive a card or an e-mail from you. Hearing about the woes and joys of graduate school, the great new job, the thrill of marriage, and the wonder of a new child, enables us to stay a small part of your lives.

Please continue to stay in touch with us and, if possible, to find a way to come "home" to Coe. Even with the new aspects of the physical campus, the spirit of Coe College is still the same and will stir those feelings of nostalgia for days gone by! Coe College has made the commitment not just to be a part of your past, but to be a part of your present and your future. You remain important to us!

Our warmest greetings and best wishes to you and your families,

Barbara Drexler
Deanna Jobe
Pat Cook
Phyllis Ruppert
Joanne Shaver

Math

Jonathan White ('88), head of the Math Department, pointed out that, though they fully utilize one endowment created in memory of Charles Lindsay, additional regular funds for operations would provide critical support for student attendance at various conferences, the opportunity to invite special speakers to campus, the acquisition of equipment and software, and, overall, an increase in the quality of departmental offerings. Additional funding, he pointed out, would add enormous flexibility to the department's many interactions with students.

Music

When asked about the most pressing needs of her department, Margie Marrs, Chair of Coe's Music Department, spoke of an essential element of departmental advancement - financial assistance for students who would like to ply their craft on various tours across the country, and around the world. Though faculty are excited about offering touring opportunities, such ventures are quite expensive, and these trips place substantial economic pressures on students.

New York Term Program

Rich Hoffman, Director of Coe's New York Term, was asked about his program's need for endowed funds. Following are his remarks - words that reflect a dedication to and belief in the liberal arts experience:

"Without a doubt, Coe's annual New York Term, offered to all Coe students in any major, is one of the finest off-campus experiences we offer our students.Annually, 15 top quality students are chosen to attend the program and we have documented evidence that student lives havebeen changed FOREVER for the positive as a result of being on this program. As the Defining Moment Campaign looks to boost the College's endowment, now is the time to solidify this experience for future Kohawks. Please consider sending a gift as we look to endow the New York Term experience.The contacts made, friendships solidified, horizons broadened andlife-long memoriescreated -- these arethe cherry (or theBig Apple!) on top of a fine Coe College liberal arts education."

Nursing

Brenda Shostrom, Chair of Coe's Nursing Department, indicated that the primary departmental aspiration is for funds in support of faculty continuing education. The Nursing Department strives to prepare students to be ready to practice professional nursing in a rapidly growing, constantly changing healthcare system. It is imperative that the nursing faculty keep abreast of these changes through regular attendance at continuing education events. In addition, contemporary nursing education requires state of the art equipment that can be used to prepare students for clinical experiences. Simulation equipment has become very sophisticated and consequently very expensive. Additional funding is needed to obtain this type of equipment and to maintain and update equipment that is already present in the nursing skills lab.

Physical Education & Physical Therapy

Larry Atwater, Chairman of Coe's Physical Education Department, indicated that the Physical Education Department has several primary areas where ongoing funding is needed. Year in and year out, the department requires monies for additional fitness assessment, and teaching equipment. For example, there is a current need for a Monarch Stationary Bicycle to be used by both exercise physiology and the assessment classes. The ability to procure resources provided by a departmental endowment could help to offset these types of ongoing needs.

Philosophy & Religion

John Lemos, Chairman of Coe's Department of Philosophy and Religion, was asked to document how departmental endowments affect the quality of his program. What follows is his response, which reflects a clear understanding of the link between much needed resources and the department's ability to offer programming of the highest level.

The Department of Philosophy and Religion has two primary needs. First, we would like to have a sufficient amount of money to allow us to invite two internationally recognized speakers twice a year. Preferably, we would have one religion speaker a year and one philosophy speaker a year. Second, we would like to have more funds to insure that we could support more student travel to conferences where they could present papers and hear from other active scholars in the field. We have a fund, the Hagerman Philosophy and Religion Endowment, which supports these endeavors, but it does not hold enough money. Prospective donors are encouraged to make contributions to this endowment so as to shore up the amount of funding for speakers and student travel to conferences.

Another need for the Department concerns additional funding for the David Hay Religion Research Award. This Research Award provides funds for a religion student to engage in independent advanced research in religious studies. While there is money in this fund, more is always needed so as to provide more extensive support for our students.

Physics

Steve Feller and his accomplished colleagues sent a brochure to alumni a few months ago that tells the story of a department on the move. As you read that information (reprinted below), Steve asks that you give serious consideration to the department's long-range objectives, and how they can be met with endowed funding. The endowment tenet of "perpetual funding" is particularly important in Physics; all that has happened in that distinguished department simply must be embedded in the Coe system, not just over the next few years, but in perpetuity. To do anything less would be a disservice to the department, and to the institution itself. Here is your opportunity to further strengthen one of Coe's brightest lights.

View the Physics Brochure.

Political Science

The Political Science Department has identified three primary areas for which funding is needed. Lynda Barrow, Chair of Coe's Political Science Department, indicated that the Department initiated a Model United Nations Program three years ago; since then, they have determined that it costs approximately $3,000 per year to participate in regional conferences. Securing funding for this program is their top priority. Second, they require funds to cover program expenses for Washington Term, when students work as interns and take classes. Finally, the department would benefit enormously from a fund that would enable more Political Science students to attend conferences with faculty members. A departmental endowment would lessen the burden of scrambling, year in and year out, to find monies to fund these programs.

Psychology

Coe's Department of Psychology is a department of unequalled stature throughout the Midwest, composed of faculty whose dedication to personalized instruction has made a difference in the lives of hundreds of alumni. Below is correspondence recently sent by the Wendy Dunn, Chair of the Psychology Department, addressing departmental needs and a funding opportunity put forth by Stan and Ann Smith. Their challenge in honor of Fritz Frederickson will have a profound effect upon the faculty's ability to maintain and strengthen the program.

In a few days, you will be receiving a letter from President Phifer that asks you to consider making a gift to Coe College in support of the endowment goals at the center of Coe's "Defining Moment" fund-raising campaign. Because you are a graduate of Coe's Psychology department, of which I currently am serving as chair, I write to ask you to consider directing your contribution to support the Psychology program here at Coe.

This is an especially critical time for Psychology graduates to consider making a gift to Coe's endowment, for the following reason. Some of you who will receive this letter will remember Dr. Lowry ("Fritz") Fredrickson, who taught courses primarily in Statistics and Developmental Psychology during his 34-year teaching career at Coe (1966-1999). (Those of you who came to Coe after 1999 will probably remember "Fritz stories" - no one enjoyed a good joke more than Fritz. He often said that the only way he could get through an hour of teaching Stat was to tell at least a few jokes; in later years he said he had to be careful not to tell the same joke twice in the same class period!) The exciting news is that two Coe grads, Stan and Anne Smith (Class of '72 and '73) have chosen to honor Fritz's work at Coe by offering a financial challenge in the amount of $100,000 to use to match gifts that are received in the course of the Defining Moment campaign. It is difficult to underestimate the transforming impact that this important gift, especially if it is fully matched, would have on the quality of the Psychology program here at Coe.

The generous terms of the Smith's challenge match are as follows: For every dollar contributed to the Fredrickson Fund during the period of the Defining Moment Campaign (which concludes in December, 2012), Stan and Anne will contribute a like amount. Thus, a gift of $100 would be matched with $100 from the Smiths, and $200 would be contributed to Psychology department's endowment fund. Each year, the Psychology department would be able to use the investment return from the Fredrickson Fund to support current program needs. If the full amount of the challenge were reached, the resulting $200,000 endowment would generate enough money EVERY YEAR to have a transforming impact on the department and the opportunities we are able to offer to our students. For example, an endowed fund in this amount would provide financial support to fund 2 faculty members and 6 students for 12 weeks of summer research EVERY SUMMER, to pay for 20 students to attend a regional psychology conference EVERY FALL, and to purchase a thousand dollars of equipment or technology EVERY YEAR to improve the department's delivery of instruction and research opportunities for students.

The Smith's challenge is indeed a magnificent and generous gift, and one that fittingly recognizes the work of one of Coe's finest teachers and most well-respected colleagues, Fritz Fredrickson. My colleagues and I know that not everyone has the financial means to make a gift as substantial as the Smith's. But we also know that every gift, in any amount, counts, and each gift is important. When you receive President Phifer's letter, I hope you will give serious consideration to making a gift to the Psychology fund at Coe.

On behalf of Fritz and the rest of my Psychology colleagues at Coe, best regards,

Wendy Dunn

Rhetoric

Bob Marrs, heads both the Rhetoric Department and the Writing Center at Coe. His unique and highly successful work has garnered praise from colleagues and alumni alike, and his commitment to advancing student achievement with the written word is unassailable. When asked how a departmental endowment would affect these areas, Bob suggested that such a fund would be used, first and foremost, to offset the costs of traveling to various conferences where his students present their best work. These have always been onerous expenses for students, and sometimes preclude their attendance. In those instances, they are denied a valuable opportunity, not only to share what they have learned and accomplished, but to interact in real world circumstances with those who can be role models and, perhaps, future mentors.

Sociology

When asked how endowed support would enhance his department Al Fisher, Chairman of the Sociology Department, he responded with the following comments.

Greetings from the Sociology Department at Coe College!

It is a real delight when we hear from you or, better yet, when we have a chance to see you again! Last week several of you returned to Coe for Homecoming and class reunions, in some cases from great distances. And earlier this week we heard from two of you via e-mail on the same day: Jane Ebot, '08, who has just begun a doctoral program in sociology at the University of Texas-Austin; and Geci Karuri-Sebina, '97, who is currently an advisor for the Neighbourhood Development Programme in South Africa's Ministry of Finance. It means a great deal to us to be remembered, and we take genuine pride in your achievements.

Many of you will remember Dr. Mary Alice Ericson, who taught sociology at Coe from 1960 until she retired in 1978, just as Bill Flanagan and I were arriving here. Libby Slappey, a sociology major in Coe's class of 1974, has said that signing up for Dr. Ericson's Introduction to Sociology class was "the most important decision of my college career," and that Mary Alice had been "the singular influence which led to my volunteer work and professional career with Planned Parenthood." Dr. Ericson was, in Libby's eloquent words, "a gem to be prized."

In the three decades since her retirement, Mary Alice has been a wonderful friend, mentor and guiding spirit to us, and her work in the Cedar Rapids community, with Amnesty International, the United Nations Association, and countless other organizations, has been an inspiring example of what an engaged and committed global citizen can accomplish. Although she is now recovering from a recent fall, her legacy lives on in the teaching, research and community service that her successors in the Sociology Department are doing. Although Bill Flanagan officially retired last spring after a great career as a distinguished teacher and scholar, he continues to be a frequent and valued presence in the department, as he writes a fifth edition of his urban sociology text, and also directs student research projects.

We are very pleased to announce that we have hired a new full-time faculty member in sociology, Dr. Rachael Neal, who joined Dr. Lisa Barnett and me in August. Rachael just completed her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Arizona, and she spent last year teaching and finishing her dissertation at Middlebury College in Vermont. She was a Visiting Scholar in Residence there, an opportunity that was funded by the Northeast Consortium for Faculty Diversity. Already she has brought tremendous energy, passion and creativity to her teaching at Coe, and she also has an ambitious research agenda that she is planning to pursue with students, i.e., working with Coe student organizations to develop greater social, racial and ethnic diversity on this campus.

Although Dr. Ericson and Dr. Neal are nearly seventy years apart in age, I have been struck by the vital similarities and continuities between them: a strong commitment to excellence in the classroom; a deep devotion to the intellectual and personal growth and development of their students; and a passion for social justice. So you can be confident that we will remain committed to the same values and goals that were the hallmarks of the department when you were a student here. We would be deeply grateful for whatever support you might be able to provide, to enable us to continue this proud tradition.

Sincerely,

Al Fisher
Chair, Department of Sociology

P.S. If you knew Dr. Ericson and would like to send her a card to lift her spirits, her address is: 1615 Keith Dr. NE; Cedar Rapids, IA 52402.

Theater

Steven Mark Weiss, Chairman of Coe's Theater Arts Department, was asked about his department's need for endowed funds. Following are his comments - words that reflect a love for his craft, and a dedication to assuring instruction at the very highest level:

"Ongoing distributions for the Department of Theatre Arts might bring us closer to realizing our dreams for improved and refurbished facilities. The Dows Theatre is in need of new seating units, draperies, and lighting instruments, as well as automated and computerized systems that would help us keep up with the ever-improving technologies in design. Moreover, the purchase of new loudspeakers for Dows would enhance recent improvements that already have been made to the aging sound system. The Mills Experimental Theatre is urgently in need of an acoustic overhaul for courses in acting and voice and diction; and we would like to procure funding to retrofit the space with a sprung-wood floor, which would aid us in the teaching of movement and dance classes. Additionally, we would like to enhance funding that supports guest artists/workshops and student field trips to theatre conferences, auditions, and performances off-campus."

Dean's Endowment Fund

For those who wish to support Coe's academic program, but do not wish to focus on one specific department, I ask that you consider a gift to the Dean's Endowment Fund, from which annual distributions will strengthen academic departments across the curriculum. This endowment will offer the Dean of the Faculty flexibility in helping faculty and their students travel to various conferences, invite notable speakers to campus, obtain essential equipment, and fulfill any number of objectives for which funds are lacking.