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You Can Invest in the Future!
Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington - consistently ranked among the top ten programs in the nation - is an engine of opportunity and of innovation.
Perhaps the best testament to UW CSE's impact is the support we receive from many hundreds of generous alumni, friends, and corporations.
In October 2003 we dedicated the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering. Through a campaign co-chaired by Tom Alberg (Madrona Venture Group) and Jeremy Jaech (Aldus, Visio, Trumba, and Verdiem), more than 200 donors contributed a total of more than $40 million to make the Allen Center a reality, including 10 donors at levels of $1 million and above, an additional 25 donors at levels of $100,000 and above, and 50 more at levels of $25,000 and above.
Since that time, 50 named endowments have been created for student and faculty support, totaling more than $25 million. Like the Allen Center, endowments are forever: we are able to draw roughly 4% per year (roughly $1 million in total annually) to support students and faculty; appreciation beyond this is re-invested to grow the principal.
Finally, hundreds of gifts each year to the CSE Annual Fund provide critical immediate support for a wide range of activities.
Every gift matters! The only way that we can maintain a top-tier program is through the generosity of many hundreds of generous alumni, friends, and corporations.
Private Support for Public Universities
While there are more than 5,000 colleges and universities in the U.S. today, only a handful of these - the nation's truly great public and private research-intensive universities - have the ability to dramatically change the face of their regions, the nation, and the world. The University of Washington is one of these. In the most recent Academic Ranking of World Universities conducted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 19 of the world's top 25 universities (500 universities, in total, were ranked) were in the United States. Eight of these nineteen were public. Four of the eight were in the State of California: Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, and UCSF (the graduate-level health sciences campus of the University of California). The other four were the University of Washington, the University of Michigan, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Illinois.
Today, the nation's great public universities and the nation's great private universities are far more similar than they are different. They compete aggressively with one another for the best faculty, the best students, the best discoveries, the best educational programs, and the greatest impact. This competition is what keeps them at the forefront. Today, the University of Washington and the other great public universities are distinguished from their private brethren not by their public funding (which in most cases represents less than 10% of total funding, and is rapidly decreasing), but rather by their steadfast commitment not just to the nation and to the world, but to their regions.
UW CSE lives this mission. Private support is essential.
CSE Annual Giving
Annual Fund gifts - which are expended rather than placed into endowments - support all of CSE's priority areas:
CSE Endowment Campaign
With the completion of the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering in 2003, we turned our attention in earnest to "the people part" of our campaign - endowments to support faculty and student excellence and innovation.
A gift to endowment is a permanent gift to UW CSE. The principal is invested, to grow over time, while the annual income provides a reliable stream for support to help CSE achieve its missions of education, research and service.
Contributions to endowment allow donors to create a lasting legacy - an investment in the present and the future. Because endowments provide a never-ending source of income, donors have the satisfaction of knowing that they are investing in CSE's mission, while ensuring that their own philanthropic goals are met.
Why are endowments so critical? Paul Allen said it best:
| "I'm proud to have supported this beautiful and unique facility. But what really sets UW's computer science program apart are the people - the faculty and the students. The Allen Center is a wonderful home for the program, but at the end of the day it's the excitement, intelligence, and innovation of the men and women in this organization that make it what it is." - Paul G. Allen |
It's easier than you may think to support CSE
There has never been a better time!
To learn more:
For further information, email Ed Lazowska (lazowska at cs.washington.edu) or Anne Adams (anne at engr.washington.edu).
You are making a difference! Thank you for supporting UW Computer Science & Engineering - an engine of opportunity and innovation, and an investment in the future.
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