College of Arts and Science

Dean: Mark W. Huddleston

Director of development: Kevin G. McCullen

(302) 831-4949, [mccullen@udel.edu]

Campaign for Delaware goal: $57.75 million

Gifts and commitments as of Aug. 1: $53.03 million

Outstanding needs:

A new center for the arts is the University's highest priority for addition to its physical plant. The proposed new center would address several needs, including classroom and practice space in the Amy E. du Pont Music Building, a second performance space for the Professional Theatre Training Program and practice and instrument storage space for UD's Marching Band.

The College also continues to seek funds to increase active learning opportunities--summer stipends and supplemental funds for students to engage in undergraduate research, career-testing internships, service learning and study abroad.

Funds are needed to encourage and support the ongoing efforts of faculty to keep current in their disciplines and in the craft of teaching.

Academic enrichment funds allow the College to bring visiting scholars, artists and performers to campus to supplement and enrich the University's academic and cultural life and to support student participation in appropriate conferences and field trips.

Another area of need is for capital equipment funds, to ensure that students and faculty are working with up-to-date tools and technologies in their fields of endeavor. Current instructional equipment needs include a Geographic Information Systems lab for geography and related disciplines; television studio equipment for the communication department; an array of instruments for the music department; kilns and other items for the art department; and a laser capture micro-dissection unit for bioimaging in the biological sciences department.

Recent examples of generous donors making a difference in the College:

• Scholarships help financially needy, academically proficient or specially talented undergraduate students meet expenses for tuition and fees.
  
  
• Stipends encourage and support students engaged in active learning through undergraduate research, practical internships and community service placements and study abroad--especially during summer and winter sessions.
  
  
• Donors have created endowed professorships and faculty chairs, including the new Distinguished Professorship in History, which is supported by the Unidel Foundation
  and is held by Christine Leigh Heyrman, effective Sept. 1.
  
  
• Financial support has assisted faculty members who are working to develop new courses and curricula, to learn new teaching approaches and technologies and/or to initiate new research ventures, including travel, conferences and special training or supplies.
  
  
• The establishment of the Edward H. Rosenberry Fund for Awards in the Department of English honors the late Dr. Rosenberry, who was a member of the English faculty for 27 years and acting dean of the College for a time.
  
  
• Donations have provided upgrades and additions of research equipment and instructional technology, including laboratory, computer and multimedia communication equipment and related software and instructional materials.