Team UNC Faculty and Staff Giving Campaign 2007-08
Faculty and staff who support the University of Northern Colorado in ways other than their service work in many different divisions across campus. Here are just a few of those staff and faculty members who are lending their voices to endorse the importance of giving back to the university.
I’m Team UNC because…it is one way I can support students. My money is divided between three scholarships—PASC, Aloha, and Asian Pacific American. Supporting students financially is just the right thing to do.
—Rene Oya
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irector, Asian/Pacific American Student Services (A/PASS)
I’m Team UNC because…provided a designated contribution to the UNC Foundation since it directly benefits the students, programs, and faculty in the School of Special Education. I want to encourage planned giving by UNC staff, since this sends a positive message on the value of our University to potential donors from outside the UNC community.
—Harvey A. Rude
Professor and director of the School of Special Education
I’m Team UNC because…someone called and asked me to give! I also gave because I believe in the place where I work. If you don’t believe in what you are doing at your job, you should find another job! If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. I want to be a part of the solution at UNC.
—Tad Boyle, head coach, men’s basketball
I’m Team UNC because…I was very excited to have a personal reason to donate—I believe firmly in helping students to find a way to study abroad, and the new HSS Scholarship fund for study abroad was what piqued my interest.
—Christine E.B. Moritz
Assistant professor of French
I'm Team UNC because…One of the reasons that I give annually to Team UNC is to keep increasing scholarship dollars for students. It helped to use payroll deduction so I could spread my gift over 12 months
— Jean Schober Morrell
Former Dean of Students and Senior Consultant to the UNC Foundation
I'm Team UNC because…My wife and I always give to the UNC, sometimes through payroll deduction, sometimes through lump sums. This year, because of the Matching Gift Program, we decided to make the yearlong commitment and use payroll deduction.
—Allen McConnell
Director, School of Accounting and Computer Information Systems
I'm Team UNC because…it is through faculty and staff giving that I can make a difference not only to the areas I support but to the university as a whole. I designated my donations to be split between the English program and the UNC Rosenberry Writer’s Conference because those are the two areas I care about most.
—Garan Weilnau ‘04
Prospect Researcher, UNC Foundation
I'm Team UNC because…I strive to support our students achieve their educational dreams and goals. Without this higher education experience, my journey through life would be unfulfilling…whether here @ UNC or beyond. I want for others what I have been able to receive…a quality of life because of it!”
—-Michael C. Johnson
Vice President of Development , UNC Foundation
I'm Team UNC because... it starts here. Every day I see the role that strong faculty and staff participation plays in establishing outside support for this university and its students. I support the Annual Fund because it is where my contribution is most effective by supporting the university's greatest needs.
—Andrew Dame
Director of Annual Giving, UNC Foundation
I'm Team UNC because…I believe that the value of our university starts with faculty and staff dedication to the university. By giving, I can take pride in knowing that I am contributing to the continuing excellence of this institution. I support the Psychology Department because it is where I spent most of my days while attending UNC. The Psychology program changed my life, and by donating, I am now able to give back to a program that gave so much to me.
—Rachael Striby '07
Assistant Director of Annual Giving, UNC Foundation
I'm Team UNC because…I’ve always had a passion for UNC Athletics. I want to see the student athletes succeed. They all work so hard between training, practices AND their class work that there is not much time left for anything else especially a job. I want to do my part to help make a student’s life easier and help them achieve their goals.
—Pam Davis
Special Events Coordinator, UNC Alumni Association and Foundation
I'm Team UNC because…It is important to support
our students as their success will mean future success for everyone.
I am pleased to say that I have been a Team UNC participant since I
began working at the Foundation in 1997. I am retiring after 12 years of service, but I
will continue to support the university.
—Carolyn Forkner
Retired Staff, UNC Foundation
I'm Team UNC because…I see an impact each and every day working in the Business Operations department at the UNC Foundation. I see faculty and staff donor funds directly enhancing departments, programs and the university as a whole. As a graduate of UNC, I feel it’s so important to give back to the areas that helped me so much as a student not only financially but also to have endless opportunities for a successful professional career.
— Jill Bellendir
Business Manager, UNC Foundation
I’m Team UNC because…I believe in supporting students in the classroom as well as outside the classroom.
—Julie Hanks
Associate Professor, Audiology and Speech-Language Sciences
I’m Team UNC because…Working at the university allows me a firsthand look at the benefit of higher education, and I am very supportive of it.
—Randal Haack
Vice President for Administration
I’m Team UNC because…I believe in the students and I believe in the university. I know our cumulative gifts can make a tremendous difference.
—Timothy Jares
Interim Dean, Monfort College of Business
I’m Team UNC because…in the Anthropology Program, we have a designated Anthropology Scholarship Fund exclusively for our majors. It is wonderful to be able to reward some of our best and brightest with a scholarship each spring!
—Sally McBeth
Professor of Anthropology
I’m Team UNC because…I am hoping that what little is given will help someone who is trying very hard to make a difference in their family history—to better educate themselves, as well as to show their siblings that there is a better life to be had and we can over come all obstacles, if only one at a time.
—Corrine Martinez
Custodian III
I’m Team UNC because…I have worked at UNC for 20 years as a school director and I believe administrators in particular should give to set an example for the rest of faculty and staff.
—Robert Brunswig
Director of School of Social Sciences, Professor of Anthropology
