![Andrew Siebengartner
'03 excelled in the John Dewey Honors program and hopes to share his love of classical languages with the next generation of students and scholars.
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Natalie Fleischman, Senior Development Officer (center), with two UVM staffers.
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01.28.05 F-F-F-FREE COFFEE ONE FRIGID FRIDAY
"The Greatness Within Our Grasp" is the theme of UVM's $250 million comprehensive Campaign for the University of Vermont, and faculty and staff enjoyed a warm and welcome rendering of those words on a frigid Friday in January - a free cup of java served up in a travel mug bearing the campaign logo.
It was all a part of the ongoing faculty and staff phase of the campaign, which runs through June 2005. "Our goal for the faculty and staff campaign is participation," says campaign manager Risé Drake. "It's not the size of the gift that matters. Broad participation from faculty and staff will be a strong statement of support for the campaign and our priority on scholarships for students." Drake said more than 800 faculty and staff took up the offer of free coffee, generously donated by Sodexho. She said the event was "something fun to do to build awareness." And now 800 coffee mugs on desktops across the campus are a daily reminder that The Campaign for the University of Vermont invites participation from faculty and staff.
In addition to staff from Development and Alumni Relations, members of the Faculty & Staff Campaign Committee who engaged colleagues at four locations for coffee and confabulation included Kate Baldwin, Pat Brown, Janie Cohen, Joan Kieran, Doug Little, Wolfgang Mieder, and John Sama.
The total raised in the Campaign for the University of Vermont as of December 31, 2004, was $180,920,531, or seventy-two percent of
the goal.
Click here to visit the Faculty & Staff Campaign web site, or to learn more about the UVM Faculty & Satff Campaign.