StungAlum said:
Here is a link acknowledges a $10 million gift from Alex Spanos, it includes a list of items that money is intended to help fund. Those items include the new field house (already completed), the recreation and wellness center (under construction), and improvements to the stadium.
http://www.csus.edu/destination2010/environmentfacilitiesprogress.stm
I dont think that we need a 21,000 seat stadium, maybe make it more like 15,000 seats. There's typically only one game every other year that brings in more than 13,000, and we all know what game that is. In a picture included in another link which I now cannot find, it depicts Hornet Stadium as being a horseshoe style venue with the open end of the shoe facing the new field house.
Shouldnt there be more talk about whats going on around campus and in the media with regard to the athletic facilities, one of Gonzo's hopes for the university is to create a more vibrant college campus that embraces it's athletic teams. Where's all the talk about what's going on?
I know, I know, there are probably some more pressing issue's than athletic facilities right now, but come on, keep us in the loop. There's nothing more frustrating to me than not knowing what's going on.
Please, stop the whining. I just went to http://www.csus.edu (the Sac State Home Page) and one of the main links at the top of the page is "About Sac State" and there are all the links you need to get to info on Destination 2010 and anything else about what's going on at Sac State.
When you get to the Destination 2010 website, you can check on the progress of various initiatives. Here is a sample from one section. I find it very impressive compared to what was going on here when Dr. Gerth was President.
This is from:
http://www.csus.edu/destination2010/communityfinancialprogress.stm
PROGRESS
Encouraging broader community financial support
Goal: Increase the level of private giving to the University in a manner that has lasting impact.
Progress:
* The University Foundation at Sacramento State has been reorganized to focus attention on fundraising and endowment investments.
* The President's Executive Committee was created to lead development efforts to build our new Recreation and Wellness Center.
* Alex and Faye Spanos contributed $10 million to the Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex project, for which more than $26 million in private support has now been committed.
* The University recently received gifts of $1 million in support of its Asian American Studies program and $250,000 to refurbish parts of its theater complex.
* Sacramento State received $16.2 million in private support in 2006-07, its highest level ever.
* Six new testamentary commitments amounting to more than $7.5 million were recently recorded by the University. These will ultimately fund endowed scholarships, an academic chair, and program support for departments and colleges.
* The University has received $1 million to establish the Almond and Betty Sue Curien endowment scholarship for students in business, engineering, and the biological and health sciences.
* A member of the University’s Legacy Circle, which honors those who have made an estate commitment to Sacramento State, gave $500,000 to establish a new scholarship endowment.
* Supporting both academics and athletics, a new donor to the University gave $375,000 to the Honors Program and $125,000 to the football program.
* The University has received $1 million from the Bernard Osher Foundation for an endowment to provide 20 scholarships for re-entry students each year. An anonymous donor has made a $3 million bequest intention that will fund scholarships, academic programs and awards.
* Eli and Edythe Broad contributed $2 million for the new Eli and Edythe Broad Fieldhouse, part of the Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex.
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Sacramento State has new funding for a Scholar in Ethics program through a $150,000 gift, over three years, from the RCA Community Fund of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation.
Goal: Increase the level of federal and state funding of University research, programming and planning grants.
Progress:
* The University has received $1.5 million in federal appropriations for its planned Science and Space Center.
* $4.8 million in capital outlay funds have been committed to support design and planning for the Space and Science Center/Science II project.
* Sacramento State has received funding from the Office of the State Librarian to support research and archiving of the late Robert Matsui's congressional papers.
* University Enterprises, Inc. has received nearly $1 million from the Sacramento Area Council of Governments to develop a proposed campus link—the Sacramento State Tram—to light rail.
* An additional $800,000 grant for the Sacramento State Tram project was approved by the California Transportation Commission, following an earlier recommendation by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments.
Goal: Increase the number of corporate partnerships aimed at moving the campus forward.
Progress:
* The Office of University Advancement is partnering with SMUD to sponsor a business summit to discuss the challenges of a diverse workforce.
* The College of Engineering and Computer Science is partnering with PASCO Scientific to test engineering teaching devices.
* University Enterprises, Inc., in a partnership with Follett Higher Education Group that included capital investment of over $1 million, recently completed construction of a new campus bookstore, acclaimed as one of the nation’s finest.
* Corporate marketing and sponsor partnerships are now being coordinated throughout the University by the Office of University Advancement.
