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Beyond Our Walls
Special thanks go to Gerry Bramm '72, Trent alumnus and market research specialist who lead focus groups for the campaign. As well, the Beyond Our Walls Campaign wishes to thank all those alumni, faculty, staff, and students and other friends who participated in focus groups, brainstorming sessions and other consultations which lead to selection of the campaign name and logo. The Beyond Our Walls Campaign continues to quietly solicit major contributors in Peterborough, Toronto and across Canada in preparation for public launch of the campaign in October 1999, coinciding with Trent's 35th anniversary celebrations. As of this writing, the campaign has received commitments of over $7 million toward the campaign's $17 million objective, including $5.4 million raised for Trent's student aid endowment and over $530,000 for renovations to the Otonabee College Academic Build ing. The Alumni Division of the campaign lead by Division Chair David Patterson '67 has contributed over $900,000 toward its $1.5 million campaign objective. Other campaign projects included are: SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS: Undergraduate, graduate and international program scholarships and in-kind awards; research assistantships; teaching assistantships. SUPPORT FOR LEARNING, TEACHING AND RESEARCH: Learning technology projects: support of hardware and software for Computer Science teaching; distance learning equipment and program funding; electronic delivery systems for classrooms; establishment of an Interactive Learning Centre; hardware and software upgrades for faculty and students; library automation hardware and software upgrades; multi-media teaching labs; specialized local areas networks for teaching and research; wiring of student residences and study areas; off-campus network access. Environmental research: Water Quality Centre; James McLean Oliver Ecological Centre; Natural Resources Wildlife DNA and Forensic Lab. Psychology Department Sleep Research Lab Faculty research fellowships Science equipment for teaching Margaret Laurence and Gilbert Ryle Lectures Series endowments SUPPORT FOR CAMPUS RENEWAL: Establishment of a First Peoples House of Learning and Humanities Centre at Peter Robinson College Other renovations at Champlain, Lady Eaton, and Catherine Parr Traill Colleges and on main campus grounds. Improvements to Trent's Nature Areas. More information about Trent's Beyond Our Walls Campaign can be found at: www.trentu.ca/campaign or by contacting us via email at: campaign@trentu.ca.
Mike McClintock
"Extending our reach...beyond our walls!"
E-mail: mmcclintock@trentu.ca
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This page is maintained by the Trent University Alumni Association.
A committee of volunteers and Trent faculty and staff
headed by communications specialist Ana Lopes, wife of Trent alumnus and
Campaign Chair Don Tapscott '66 has chosen the name "Beyond Our Walls" to
reflect the outward-looking emphasis of Trent's academic programs and
research activities and of the projects in the campaign. Says Lopes, "So
many of the projects in the campaign are about extending Trent's reach
"Beyond Our Walls" to the Peterborough community, the surrounding region,
across Canada and around the world. The two-sided tree logo (designed by
Peterborough native Lawrence Finn) reflects a balance between the old and
the new, between our traditions and our future, between the humanities and
the sciences, between people and technology. It reflects an institution
that is alive, building on its strengths for the long term".