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F A C U LT Y Close student-faculty interaction is key to the student experience and the University of Virginiaʼs longstanding reputation for undergraduate excellence.

1 F A C U LT Y Close student-faculty interaction is key to the student experience and the University of Virginiaʼs longstanding reputation for undergraduate excellence. Thomas Jefferson recognized that the fortunes of the University would depend on a quality faculty. Today, the ability to realize our aspirations depends on developing a comprehensive and creative plan to attract and retain the best faculty and to provide the support needed for these individuals to be outstanding teachers and distinguished researchers. New professorships and faculty support are priorities across the University and its schools. Support is especially important for professors who cross disciplinary lines in their teaching and research. The University is also seeking to diversify its faculty by hiring or bringing visiting professors to Grounds who come from a variety of backgrounds. P R I O R I T I E S ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS Endowed professorships have a direct bearing on U.Va.ʼs effectiveness in attracting and retaining outstanding faculty. With its prestige and financial rewards, an endowed chair is a highly coveted honor for a professor. More than any other honor, it attests to a scholarʼs standing among peers, both within the University and beyond. Each of the Universityʼs schools must strengthen its ability to offer endowed positions to prospective and existing faculty. U.Va. also seeks endowed professorships for faculty who work across disciplines and for scholars whose work advances understanding of multicultural and diversity issues. ENDOWED LECTURESHIPS The University seeks funds to bring noted speakers to the Grounds, thereby enriching academic discourse and bringing new perspectives to students, faculty, and the larger community. Endowed lectureships can be named by the donor, and may be designated for any school, department, or program. FACULTY FUNDS FOR EXCELLENCE, RESEARCH, AND TRAVEL Faculty funds for excellence allow schools to nurture faculty research and create new courses. Named research funds support faculty engaged in humanities scholarship or in the research needed for discoveries in the hard and social sciences, including medicine and engineering. Travel funds enable faculty to conduct on-site research at archives and locations across the globe. This type of support whether from a fund for faculty excellence or a research or travel fund is vital for professors to fulfill their simultaneous roles as scholars, researchers, and teachers.

Gift opportunities also include multidisciplinary professorships that will elevate the schoolʼs research in important areas, such as health, infrastructure, cultural preservation, and sustainability.

2 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Support recruitment and retention. To attract and retain the most outstanding students and faculty, the Architecture School seeks funding to add endowed chairs and a visiting scholars endowment. Gift opportunities also include multidisciplinary professorships that will elevate the schoolʼs research in important areas, such as health, infrastructure, cultural preservation, and sustainability. COLLEGE AND GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES Provide critical funding for faculty support and growth. The finest faculty, properly compensated and supported, is the key to sustaining the Collegeʼs historical strengths, building its future, and maintaining the Universityʼs longstanding reputation for undergraduate excellence. The College is entering a multiyear period of intense recruiting. Attracting the best faculty requires additional resources for: new endowed professorships; Discovery Professorships (rotate among faculty members on threeyear terms); the Legacy of Distinction Fund (supports bridge hire overlaps for key retirements); and funding packages to equip laboratories and support research by top science faculty in emerging fields of study. Support for faculty is the deanʼs top priority. FRANK BATTEN SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY Support recruitment and create professorships. Batten faculty are committed to teaching rigorous analytical skills; understanding political, social, and economic context; and applying leadership best practices to initiate change. Batten faculty members contribute to both the academy and ongoing policy debates through a range of research areas, including advocacy, interracial interactions, refugee displacement, health care cost control, the impact of No Child Left Behind, and the science of judgment and decision-making. To attract interdisciplinary scholars and grow the schoolʼs capacity to address crucial issues, the Batten School requires additional resources to compete as a public institution in a highly competitive market. SCHOOL OF CONTINUING AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES Reach new audiences. SCPS plans to increase its part-time undergraduate Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies enrollment by fifty students (twenty-five full-time equivalents) each year over the next four years. The program will continue to grow in its existing locations in Charlottesville, Northern Virginia, and Tidewater, and a new cohort will be launched in the Greater Richmond area beginning in the fall of Private funding for new faculty hires and faculty development will support this expansion of service to the Commonwealth. Faculty support through endowed professorships, teaching stipends, and travel funds will enhance the faculty-student interaction characteristic of the U.Va. undergraduate experience. CURRY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Create and sustain endowed positions. New endowed positions will ensure Curryʼs national stature continues to rise. A professorship in multicultural education will help improve practice related to equity issues, intergroup relations, and academic achievement in all schools. Creating a professorship of early childhood education will anchor the new degree program in this area H E A R T O F

3 and attract other top-notch researchers. Additional funding is sought for endowed chairs for an associate dean of research, the Sheila J. Johnson Center academic director, the Youth-Nex director, and the Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness director (a joint venture with the Batten School). DARDEN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Support recruitment, retention, and faculty research. Darden faculty members are accomplished thinkers and educators who stretch the thinking of Darden students and shape them into the business leaders of tomorrow. Philanthropic gifts provide endowed professorships, fellowships, and executive chairs powerful tools to recruit and retain world-class professors. Increased faculty funds will enable Dardenʼs thought leaders to transform business T H E G R O U N D S

4 practices around the globe. Through Dardenʼs nine academic areas and eight research centers, the school can successfully bridge the gap between theory and practice, extend and strengthen its partnerships with industry, and bring the most leading-edge information into the classroom. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE (SEAS) Support recruitment and retention. In the coming years, SEAS is redoubling its efforts to recruit and retain a diverse and talented faculty who pursue applications-oriented research that leverages the schoolʼs existing and emerging strengths. With a goal of building faculty excellence in the coming years, the school needs funding including endowed professorships and startup packages to attract the best new faculty as well as to hire the staff to support them. Funding will also spur greater innovation and research collaboration among faculty and students within SEAS and across the University. LAW SCHOOL Support recruitment and retention; fund research, service, and innovation. The Law School must keep pace with the recent increase in competition among law schools for the most talented teachers and researchers. The school seeks support for endowed professorships that will enable it to attract and retain a new generation of professors. In addition, the Law School continues to allocate funds to faculty for research, clinics, course development, and joint projects with other faculty and schools of the University. Faculty support also helps the school maintain a low faculty-student ratio. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LIBRARY Fund additions to the collections. Strong library collections and services are critical for research and aid in teaching; thus, they are an important draw for faculty members who are leaders in their fields. As curricula expand and new programs are added, the University Library must reinforce and complement efforts in the classroom. Just as strengths in American history and literature are supported by the outstanding McGregor and Barrett collections, so too must U.Va. build its collections in areas of increasing interest and importance to faculty and students, such as science and global studies. MCINTIRE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE Support professorships and fellowships. McIntire is raising significant new funds to ensure its faculty members have the resources necessary to continue building critical educational capital. The schoolʼs goals include creating faculty fellowships, emerging scholar professorships, and eminent scholar professorships. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Support recruitment and retention. The School of Medicine seeks funding for endowed professorships to recruit and retain outstanding faculty. Endowed chairs help the school compete with other universities for exceptional faculty and recognize and reward professors who are research or teaching leaders. The need for faculty support is particularly acute given the growing shortages of physicians nationwide and the intense competition to attract leaders in specific medical fields. Increased funding for graduate students who work side by side with faculty in research and teaching as well as unrestricted funds will also help attract the best faculty and physicians to come to U.Va. SCHOOL OF NURSING Help recruit and retain the best faculty. The School of Nursing seeks funding for endowed professorships, start-up packages, and research and travel support to recruit and retain outstanding faculty. This need is particularly acute in the School of Nursing, reflecting national trends. A large cohort of senior nursing faculty will retire within the next two academic years. Simultaneously, there is a national nursing faculty shortage due to a wave of retirements across the United States. In this extremely competitive market, support will help the School of Nursing more effectively compete for exceptional faculty and recognize and reward professors who are leaders in their fields.

COLLEGE AT WISE Support recruitment and retention; create endowed professorships. The College at Wise seeks funds to increase the number of endowed professorships.

5 COLLEGE AT WISE Support recruitment and retention; create endowed professorships. The College at Wise seeks funds to increase the number of endowed professorships. Creating endowed professorships is a key component of retaining high-quality faculty. Support is vital to provide sufficient professional development and opportunities for growth, advancement, and competitive salaries. Securing funds for training and orientation for faculty, especially in early employment, and providing mentoring opportunities will improve faculty retention. SELECTED GIFT OPPORTUNITIES $5 million and above Endow a deanship $2 million and above Endow a professorship (including interdisciplinary) ($3 million minimum in some cases) $500,000 and above Provide research funds $100,000 and above Name an endowed lectureship $50,000 and above Help bring a visiting professor or lecturer to U.Va. for one year $5,000 and above Support faculty travel for research or a conference For more information, contact the Office of Development and Public Affairs at (toll-free: ). GIFT CREATES THE MARVIN ROSENBLUM PROFESSORSHIP IN MATHEMATICS In 1984, undergraduate Mendel Rosenblum (College 84), left, quietly revolutionized how University faculty, students, and staff would communicate with one another by developing U.Va. s first electronic mail or system. Now, Mr. Rosenblum and his wife, Diane Greene, have ushered in another transformation that will greatly benefit the University. Honoring his late father, and former mathematics department chair and professor, Marvin Rosenblum, the couple gave $3 million to create the Marvin Rosenblum Professorship in Mathematics at the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. The endowed professorship made it possible to attract Professor Craig Huneke who built the commutative algebra program at the University of Kansas into one of the leading programs in the country to the University. As the Marvin Rosenblum Professor of Mathematics, he will now head the math department at U.Va. and guide its growth. H E A R T O F T H E G R O U N D S

SHE STUDIES THE PAST, BUT SHEʼS THE FUTURE AT U.VA. Professor Elizabeth Varon, an expert on the Civil War, came to U.Va. to work with leaders in her field who will soon retire.

6 SHE STUDIES THE PAST, BUT SHEʼS THE FUTURE AT U.VA. Professor Elizabeth Varon, an expert on the Civil War, came to U.Va. to work with leaders in her field who will soon retire. In her words, these legendary scholars set a standard of excellence that she aims to uphold. The Legacy of Distinction Fund in the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences pays for bridge hires who overlap with retiring colleagues. Your gift promotes the continuity and high quality of the student experience. STUDENTS AND FACULTY ARE THE HEART OF EVERYTHING WE DO.

VOL VISION 2020 STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION

VOL VISION 2020 STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION CONTENTS Vol Vision 2020 Summary Overview Approach Plan Phase 1 Key Initiatives, Timelines, Accountability Strategy Dashboard Phase 1 Metrics and Indicators