Gift will help University —
but not until 21 st century
Three Portland businessmen
have donated to the University
the income from leases they
hold, to be used as administra
tors see fit.
The one catch to the gift,
conservatively estimated to be
worth several million dollars, is
that the money doesn’t start
arriving until the year 2002
Ed Bowers, University alum
nus James Carney and David
Lees have placed 40-year
leases they hold to land in Pro
gress, Ore into net income uni
trusts with the University Foun
dation. For the first 20 years,
income from the leases will go
to the donors and their families
But from 2002 to 2022, the in
come will go to the foundation
to meet the University’s priority
needs
The gift is the largest unitrust
gift ever received by the foun
dation, and the first to be based
on leases, says Cliff Cole, dir
ector of planned giving at the
foundation. Trusts typically are
based on gifts of cash, of real
estate, or of securities that have
appreciated in value
The value of the leases at the
time the gift was made was
$727,000, according to Cole,
who estimates the University will
receive several times that
amount during the first two
decades of the 21st century
University Pres Paul Olum
says unrestricted gifts of this
type are particularly important
to the University, because they
give the school flexibility in
meeting the needs of a specific
academic year.
Those needs might include
additional books for the library,
faculty development funds
and seed funds for research
Bowers is the owner of
Bowers Construction Co ,
Beaverton Carney is the pres
ident of Lees-Carney and Co.,
a Portland grain-trading firm
Lees has retired from that com
pany
Information on planned giving
and estate planning are availa
ble from Cole at the foundation,
located in Susan Campbell Hall,
Room 150 The telephone
number is 686-3016
Students help handicapped
Registration starts early — 7
a m — for students who volun
teer to help handicapped
students register
Early registration is neces
sary for handicapped students
because MacArthur Court is not
accessible to them And it is
essential they get the classes
they need because of special
materials they may have already
ordered such as Braille books or
tapes for the hearing impaired,
according to Chris Goodrich,
counselor for handicapped
students in the student services
and academic advising office
The student helpers also get
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to register early, but there are
other, less tangible benefits
"I enjoy it — it feels good to do
something for others," says
volunteer Kathryn Young "I
enjoy working with special
education programs because
that’s my career goal "
Dave Kao, another volunteer,
concurs "I’ve been involved
with handicapped people for a
while and I appreciate the op
portunity to help someone who
can't normally get it done "
Goodrich's department deals
with 50 to 75 students per term,
he says He draws the volun
teers mainly from the Druids
organization, a campus honor
group
Goodrich says they don't
have many people faking han
dicaps in order to register early,
although it does happen occa
sionally "Only one person has
been caught and he was turned
over to conduct court," he says
"It's not likely most people will
try and less likely they will get
away with it.”
As for the rest of registration,
University Registrar Wanda
Johnson says she expects it to
run smoothly She advises
students to read the time
schedule carefully
"Help is stationed everywhere
in the arena," Johnson says
“Try not to let what seems to be
chaos make you feel unsettled
Just follow directions and it all
comes into place "
The last day to pay tuition
without a late fee is Friday, April
2 and the last day to register and
pay is Friday, April 9
The last day to change regis
tration with no charge is Tues
day, April 6 After that, there will
be a $3 charge per change
‘Faculty Firesides'
Chat with a teacher
Undergraduates who find it
hard to talk with their professors
at school will have the oppor
tunity this term to catch them at
home.
The University is inaugurating
a new program called "Faculty
Firesides" to encourage facul
ty-student talks outside the
classroom setting Faculty who
volunteer their time and homes
will receive 75 cents per
student-guest for refreshments,
up to a total of $50 per faculty
member
The ••modest” reimbur
sement fund for the new pro
gram is being provided by the
University Foundation, accord
ing to Gerard Moseley, as
sociate provost for student af
fairs
"Students may feel their
faculty members are up on a
pedestal and hard to approach
What we re trying to do is break
down those barriers," Moseley
says
The program is based on
impressive evidence that social
interaction with faculty helps
build student academic com
mitment, he says
Subjects discussed will range
from graduate school prepara
tion to how careers relate to
students' majors, Moseley says
About 10 faculty already have
volunteered to host students,
says Judy Bogen, a counselor in
the academic advising office
and coordinator of the program
Departments represented in
clude gerontology, marketing,
the computer center, English,
education, law and music
Students in those departments
should be watching for an
nouncements of Faculty Fire
sides relating to their courses
and majors, she says
To reserve funds, faculty
should call 686-3105, mention
the Faculty Fireside program
and give the name of the class,
anticipated student participa
tion and the reimbursement
amount requested
Ms. Mondale visits today
to support state art fund
Joan Mondale, wife of former vice presidenf Walter Mondale,
will be in Eugene today to support the Oregon Arts Development
Fund The fund is a tax check-off program that allows Oregon
taxpayers to "fill in the blank for art" by designating amounts of
their state income tax refund as their contribution to the arts
Mondale, a Eugene native, and a long-time supporter of the
arts, returns to Oregon at the request of the Oregon Arts Commis
sion to voice her support for this method of financing state arts
activites
She will hold press conferences in Portland, Salem and
Eugene during her one-day trip to Oregon
While in Eugene. Mondale will tour the Performing Arts Center
at 11:20 a m immediately on her arrival from the airport Later
Mondale will meet with local arts and community leaders
The visit is sponsored by the Eugene Performing Arts Center,
Lane Regional Arts Council and other local arts organizations
KWAX airs justice series
KWAX-FM, the University radio station, will begin an eight
week special series on juvenile justice and juvenile crime Thursday
night at 6:30 p m on its "An Oregon Evening program
The series consists of half-hour segments focusing on the
national situation and is scheduled for the next eight Thursdays
Mixed in will be half-hour segments focusing on Lane County
The Lane County segments were produced by Nancie Fadeley
and Theresa Nicholas, KWAX public affairs director and assistant
respectively, with the assistance of Roz Slovic, coordinator of the
Lane County Juvenile Court Monitors' Protect
"Cm very excited about this series It deals with the courts, the
community, schools, families, training schools, and juvenile
programs how they impact young people their strengths and
limitations
The programs are funded in part by a grant from the Lane
County Bar Association, says Denny Guehler, KWAX development
director
Some of the guests on the local segments include Dick
Peterson, general superintendent of McLaren and Hillcrest Train
ing Schools; Annie Taylor, director of New Directions for Young
Women: and Catherine Webber, program director of the Oregon
Youth Work Alliance
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