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BETTER ANSWERS
SBS
BIGGER QUESTIONS
We believe that there is no moment like right now for the University of Arizona.
Now is what makes every minute of the future possible. It’s when our fiercest supporters rise to the occasion, our strongest champions stand even taller, and when our biggest believers see the new possibilities we’ll create together.
For our future, our legacy, and our place in history, what we have the power to do right now is boundless.
Cover: A young gardener at Ochoa Elementary School shows off a turnip. Ochoa Elementary is one of many schools that we work with through the Community and School Garden Program. Photo by Lori Harwood.
1DEAR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS,
The University of Arizona recently launched a $1.5 billion fundraising campaign – named “Arizona NOW” – the largest campaign in its history.
As part of this campaign, the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) is committed to raising money for our most critical goals – enhancing the student experience, recruiting and retaining a world-class faculty, and expanding the College’s reach into our community. We will also raise funds so that we can invest in infrastructural improvements – better classrooms, improved research laboratories, and more space for community engagement and partnerships, all of which are necessary in pursuit of our mission.
We are asking you to help us with our fundraising goals – and in the process join us in creating one of the most talented and forward-thinking colleges in the nation!
Sincerely,
John Paul Jones IIIDean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees
Graduate certificate programs
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BIGGER QUESTIONS BETTER ANSWERS SBS
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graduate and professional students
11Regents' Professors
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numerous Fulbright, Guggenheim, and
MacArthur “genius” award winners
The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences – “The People College” – focuses on people and their connections with each other, their pasts, and the world around them to better understand the complexity that shapes their daily lives. Our faculty and students study people's experiences and behaviors, commonalities and diversities, and relationships and societies.
Everyone knows that we live in an increasingly interconnected world. What does this mean for our students and for our part of the globe? It means that education cannot be limited to technical knowledge. Students need to have social and emotional intelligence, an appreciation of cultural and interpersonal differences, the analytical skills to critically assess decisions, and an understanding of societal contexts and environments. These are skills that employers want and that SBS teaches.
Our faculty and students are engaged in transformative research, teaching, and service to better understand the human condition and to address questions such as:
• How can we help people lead healthier lives? • How can we have happier relationships? • How can we build more resilient communities? • How can we teach people to change behavior that negatively impacts the environment and climate? • How can we use new technologies and media to govern better and address inequities? • How can we encourage civil discourse? • What are the best tools for facilitating conflict resolution between warring countries?
With your investment, we can help develop better answers to these big questions.
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Undergraduate Scholarships
We o�er 150 undergraduate scholarships in the College of SBS, but with more than 4400 students there is so much more we can do. With the rising cost of higher education, we want to put private funds behind as many deserving students as possible. Every dollar you give helps increase student diversity, retention and graduation rates.
ENHANCING THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Students are the lifeblood of this university. They are also our future leaders, teachers, business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals.
Last year, we gave out 70 Magellan Circle scholarships. These $500 scholarships from members of our donor society not only help students �nancially, they illustrate the community’s commitment to our students. Magellan Circle patrons, who meet their students at an annual breakfast, often form lifelong relationships with their scholars.
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Anthropology graduate student Jessica MacLellan is investigating very early households and domestic rituals at the historic Maya site of Ceibal, in Guatemala. Her work will �ll important gaps in archaeologists’ knowledge of the Pre-Classical period in Mesoamerica. Scholarships have been essential to Jessica’s graduate student journey.
ENHANCING THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Graduate Fellowships
Top graduate students bring their skills, curiosity, team-building approaches, and hard work to the college, elevating our national rankings and enhancing undergraduate education in the process. By o�ering multi-year fellowship support for the best graduate students, we can compete with the most prestigious public and private institutions in the country.
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Center for Student Engagement and Leadership
Engagement. Leadership. Commitment. Students who leave the College of SBS need to be able to translate their learning experiences into action as they transition into their roles as leaders, community members, and citizens. That is why, with your investment, we will create the Center for Student Engagement and Leadership, which will provide every undergraduate student with an opportunity for a hands-on learning experience, whether in business, nonprofits, or the public sector. The Center will be a laboratory for professional development and leadership training, enhancing students’ entrepreneurial potential and enriching Arizona’s social, cultural, and economic vitality.
ENHANCING THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE
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(At left): Study abroad is one way students can obtain an extra-classroom learning experience. The students pictured participated in an eight-week "Arizona in Jordan" program, organized by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
Jumpstart Program
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School Students
The College of SBS is spearheading a program to introduce high school students to university life.
In Jumpstart, high school juniors and seniors can take a UA class over the summer for college credit at half the normal tuition cost. The College of SBS o�ers a social justice course, and we work with other UA colleges to o�er courses in East Asian culture and astronomy. In the future, we plan to o�er introductory courses in even more disciplines.
With your help, we can o�er scholarships to students who want to take a Jumpstart class but are unable to a�ord it. The experience will set these students on a path toward improving their lives through higher education.
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RECRUITING AND RETAINING A WORLD-CLASS FACULTY
A world-class faculty pro-duces original research, elevates our national rank-ing, attracts top graduate students, and brings sub-stantial grant and fellow-ship dollars to the UA.
Not surprisingly, other universities regularly recruit our best faculty members. By o�ering endowed chairs and professorships, we provide the recognition and research support needed to attract and retain top faculty. We ask for your help in bringing and keeping the best and the brightest faculty to the UA, where they can be instrumental in helping us ask bigger questions and provide better answers!
Depending on your investment interests, you can help fund professorships that we are working to endow, or create a new one, which can be named after you, a loved one, or an organization.
The endowment of research centers also allows us to attract and retain the best faculty in the nation. By supporting interdisciplinary research centers, you can help equip today's academic leaders with what they need to seek fresh approaches and create new solutions.
(At left): Linguistics Regents' Professor Ofelia Zepeda is an expert in Native American language documentation and revitalization.
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RECRUITING AND RETAINING A WORLD-CLASS FACULTY
Ofelia Zepeda Endowment inNative American Language Documentation and Revitalization Native American languages are in peril. When Europeans arrived in North America, there were approximately 300 Native American languages. Today, only a few are being learned by children in the home. Within a few more generations, there may be hardly any surviving �uent speakers of any Native American language in the U.S.
The Ofelia Zepeda Endowment will support a professor who will teach others the best practices of language preservation. The Department of Linguistics is already on the forefront of language revitalization and is perfectly positioned to take the next step. The time is now. Later will be too late. (At left): The Navajo words for one to 10. Source: Edutopia: What Works in Education.
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RECRUITING AND RETAINING A WORLD-CLASS FACULTY
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Endowed Chair in Southwest Borderlands Food and Water Security A generous $1,575,000 investment from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation has allowed the UA's Southwest Center to create an endowed faculty chair held by Gary Paul Nabhan. Nabhan, a pioneer and innovator in sustainability and the local food movement, is passionate about collaborating with community groups to �nd a�ordable and attainable ways for all people to eat healthy, fresh food. With your help, we can raise the matching funds required to sustain this program and reduce the high rates of childhood food insecurity, hunger and nutrition-related diseases among multicultural communities in our region.
Dark patches shown on this mapreveal the extent of food deserts aroundthe country. Food deserts are geographic areas where a�ordable and nutritious food is di�cult to obtain. Source: Good Corps/Good Worldwide Inc.
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RECRUITING AND RETAINING A WORLD-CLASS FACULTY
Clara Lee Tanner Endowed Professorship in Anthropology Clara Lee Tanner (1905-1997), who received one of the �rst master's degrees in archaeology from the UA, shared her love of Indian arts with UA students and the community for more than 50 years. Tanner’s family donated more than $500,000 to help fund the Clara Lee Tanner Endowed Professorship, which will go to an anthropology faculty member who studies Native American peoples, their material culture and their societies through time. With your help, we can grow the fund to $1.5 million to endow the professorship and create an eternal legacy for a pioneering female anthropologist.
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J. Edward Wright Professor of Judaic Studies
If you want to have an impact in terms of spreading understanding of Jewish history, religion and culture, then investing in the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies is a smart move.
In recognition of the excellence of the center and its director's dedication, Paul and Alice Baker and Donald and Joan Diamond recently helped fund the J. Edward Wright Professor of Judaic Studies. Additional investments in the professorship will help ensure that the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies can leave an impactful legacy for its future leaders.
(l-r): J. Edward Wright, who directs the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies; Steve Kuhn, who leads the Center for Mediter-ranean Archaeology and the Environment; Patrisia Gonzales, who will lead the Traditional Indigenous Wellness Institute.
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Research Centers The research problems we face today are far too complex for any one discipline, so we actively encourage interdisciplinary connections and collaborations. By establishing research cen-ters, SBS faculty are able to come together to study issues or solve problems from fresh perspectives.
Here are some of the recent centers we have created or are in the process of creating:
Center for Collaborative GovernanceCenter for Secular EthicsArizona Center for Turkish StudiesCenter for Global JournalismCenter for Science JournalismCenter for Mediterranean Archaeology and the EnvironmentCenter for Social NetworksGeospatial Innovation, Science and Technology (GIST) CenterCenter for the Study of ComplexityCenter for Language SciencesCenter for Sports and SocietyCenter for Care, Health, and SocietyTraditional Indigenous Wellness Institute
RECRUITING AND RETAINING A WORLD-CLASS FACULTY
EXPANDING THE REACH OF SBS
In SBS, our commitment to and engagement with communities is global, but they begin here, in our unique natural environment and with the diversity of the people of Southern Arizona.
With your investment, the College of SBS will expand its capacity to help our community be more socially, culturally, and economically vibrant.
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Downtown Lecture Series
Last fall, SBS brought a whole lot of happiness to Tucson. For �ve weeks, our Downtown Lecture Series in the Fox Theatre showcased SBS and other UA faculty discussing the subject of happiness. Thousands of Tucsonans streamed into downtown and nearby restaurants and businesses. Happiness blogs, online chats and library discussion groups bubbled up as the lecture series became a focal point for a community conversation about how we can lead happier and healthier lives.
With your support, we can continue to o�er opportunities for our community to learn and discuss topics that make a di�erence in all our lives. Next up for fall 2014: We bring "food" to downtown Tucson!
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Community Partnership Fund
With this endowment, SBS will have a permanent source of funding to facilitate collaborative projects between our faculty, students, and local groups working to enhance our community’s vitality. Two examples of current projects are the Community and School Garden Program and the Tucson Commission on Poverty.
Each year, the community partners will be chosen competitively, following a call for proposals to government agencies and nonprofit organizations. Such a fund will not only improve Southern Arizona through the sharing of our financial and human resources, it will also provide opportunities for students to become engaged in the community – and hopefully to stay in the area after they graduate!
Community and School Garden Program
In the Community and School Garden Program, hundreds of student interns have helped teachers build and maintain gardens while developing lesson plans related to everything from ecology and soil science to math, art, and photography.
These gardens allow UA students to apply their knowledge, help TUSD students do better in
school, and transform the climate of the schools by involving children and their parents. One of the schools we work with, Manzo Elementary, won the Best Green School award from the U.S. Green Building Council.
With your assistance, we can continue to have an impact on K-12 education, one garden at a time.
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Tucson Commission on Poverty
In the 2014 spring course “Poverty in American Cities,” undergraduate students helped conduct a survey of Tucson-area households living in poverty. This wasn’t just for a class assignment. The students’ work is part of a larger study to be submitted to the Mayor’s Commission on Poverty to help it identify and develop practical solutions to poverty in Tucson, which has the
eighth highest poverty rate among the nation's large cities.
The course grew out of a research collaboration between SBS, the city, and local nonprofits dedicated to alleviating poverty in Tucson, including the Primavera Foundation and Our Family Services, which secured funds for the project.
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INFRASTRUCTURE
We all need a functional place to work. But an inspirational place is even better. The right physical spaces allow us to conduct groundbreaking research, connect with the community, and teach our students with 21st century tools. By investing in our “bricks and mortar” projects, you have an opportunity to create a lasting legacy at the UA, visible to faculty and students for generations to come.
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iSchool: A New Building for the Information Age
Google. Amazon. Facebook. Twitter. The National Security Agency. We live in an era of ‘big data’ – a world characterized by an over�ow of digital information whose volume, velocity, and variety are unprecedented. Because the world’s greatest challenges do not recognize disciplinary boundaries, the iSchool will examine issues at the intersection of people, technology, and data.
To fully realize the vision for the iSchool, we need a new high-tech building designed to facilitate creative breakthroughs and build public-private partnerships. Join us in constructing a home for the iSchool – one that will stand as a symbol of the information technology strength found at the UA and enhance our reputation as a forward-thinking institution.
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INFRASTRUCTURE
The Loft at 44 E. Broadway
With the purchase of the loft at 44 E. Broadway, we join other investors in the revitalization of downtown Tucson. The loft will serve as a lively downtown hub where SBS can bring people together, such as faculty, students, government o§cials, business owners, nonpro�ts, healthcare professionals, and community members. Here, we can build on existing collaborations, create new ones, share ideas, and strengthen the partnerships between the university and the community.
You can help us in our quest to bring the UA downtown. The loft needs extensive renovation to be fully functional. With your �nancial investment, we can create a warm, welcoming space, �exible enough to accommodate community gatherings and receptions, 50-person lectures, or breakfast meetings with the Dean.
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University of Arizona Downtown (UAD)
The College of SBS is taking a leading role in improving access to our programs and enhancing downtown Tucson with its bold move to locate educational and outreach programs in the old Roy Place Building at Stone and Pennington.
SBS’s graduate programming in the o§ces of the University of Arizona Downtown (UAD) include public administration, international development, and – beginning in the fall of
2015 – public policy. We have also put our new Center for Geospatial Innovation, Science, and Technology in the building. All of this enables faculty members and students to connect with county, city, business, and community leaders to address issues of governance, sustainability, and economic and social well-being in our city. By investing in classroom renovations and technology upgrades, you can help us bring more students and programs downtown.
INFRASTRUCTURE
A partnership between the City of Nogales and the College of SBS, the Center for Border Studies and Outreach will be the UA’s “go to” place for functions in Nogales.
The UA has built up an impressive array of faculty who study the border. The center will not only give these researchers a home base,
it will also help them build relationships with educational and community partners. Students, such as journalism students training to report on border issues, can visit the center to learn about the border �rst-hand. The center will also be dedicated to improving the lives, environments, and economies on both sides of the border.
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INFRASTRUCTUREVisiting Scholars' Center
The late Bazy Tankersley, a famed Arabian horse breeder, bequeathed her Tucson home to the Southwest Center. With your investment, we can transform her property into a visiting scholars' center. The center will serve the entire UA community and will provide housing to visiting scholars researching the Southwest and Latin America. The facility can also be used for conferences and provide space for research, writing, and intellectual and communal collaboration.
To invest in the College of Social and
Behavioral Sciences, contact:
Ginny HealySenior Director of Development
(520)[email protected]
sbs.arizona.edu
You can give online at:http://www.uafoundation.org/give/sbs
Department of American Indian Studies Ron [email protected]://www.ais.arizona.edu
School of Anthropology Diane [email protected]://anthropology.arizona.edu
Department of CommunicationChris [email protected]://comm.arizona.edu Department of Gender and Women’s StudiesMonica [email protected]://gws.arizona.edu
School of Geography and DevelopmentConnie Woodhouse [email protected]://geography.arizona.edu School of Government and Public PolicyBrint [email protected]://sgpp.arizona.edu Department of HistoryKevin [email protected]://history.arizona.edu
School of Information Resources and Library ScienceBryan [email protected]://sirls.arizona.edu
School of JournalismDavid [email protected]://journalism.arizona.edu
Arizona Center for Judaic StudiesEd [email protected]://judaic.arizona.edu
Division for Late Medieval and Reformation StudiesSusan [email protected] 520-626-5448http://dlmrs.web.arizona.edu
Center for Latin American StudiesLinda [email protected]://las.arizona.edu
Department of Linguistics Ofelia [email protected]://linguistics.arizona.edu
Department of Mexican American StudiesRichard [email protected] 520-621-7551http://mas.arizona.edu Center for Middle Eastern StudiesAnne [email protected] 520-621-5450http://cmes.arizona.edu
School of Middle Eastern and North African StudiesScott [email protected]://menas.arizona.edu
Department of PhilosophyMichael [email protected] 520-621-5045http://philosophy.arizona.edu
Center for the Philosophy of FreedomDavid [email protected]://freedomcenter.arizona.edu
SBS Research Institute Cecile [email protected] 520-621-2188http://sbsri.sbs.arizona.edu
School of SociologyAlbert [email protected] 520-621-3531http://sociology.arizona.edu
The Southwest CenterJoseph [email protected] 520-621-2484http://swc.arizona.edu
Southwest Institute for Research on WomenSally [email protected]://sirow.arizona.edu
Advisory Board 2014
Steve Lynn, ChairJohn Paul Jones III, Dean
Rowene Aguirre-Medina Melany Wynn BergerBetsy Bolding Sheri BracamonteElise Collins ShieldsPam Grissom Stephanie Healy Augustine “Augie” B. Jimenez III George A. Kennedy Jan Konstanty Janet “Jan” Lesher Lisa LovalloMargaret “Margy” McGonagill Frances “Francie” Merryman Alberto MooreWilliam Owen Nugent Luis Fernando ParraJames “Jim” Gordon PattersonEntisar “Vivi” SabbaghAnthony “Tony” F. Vuturo J. Edward “Ed” Wright
Honorary Board MembersEarl H. CarrollMichael A. ChihakRichard “Dick” DuffieldGerald “Jerry” GeisePatty Weiss GelenbergSelma Paul MarksJohn W. Olsen
