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(Student and faculty photographs by Dan Lamont)

(Allen Center photographs by Lara Swimmer and Ed LaCasse)

CSE Annual Giving

Every year, hundreds of CSE friends and alumni choose to support the CSE Annual Fund at levels between tens of dollars and thousands of dollars. These annual gifts -- which are expended rather than placed into endowments -- support all of CSE's priority areas:

• Faculty excellence: Recruiting and retaining the finest faculty
• Graduate student excellence: Competing for the strongest graduate students
• Undergraduate student excellence: Enabling Washington's most outstanding high school students to attend UW CSE
• Innovation and leadership: Facilitating special initiatives in education, research, and service

• Your gift to UW CSE is tax deductible -- UW's Federal EIN is 94-3079432 (technically this is the University of Washington Foundation)
• Your employer may match your gift (special information for friends and alumni at Google, Intel, and Microsoft)
• You can contribute appreciated securities and receive special tax advantages (contact Ed Lazowska for further information if you choose to go this route!)
• You can give online to CSE (please send us email too)

• CSE Annual Giving: Immediate impact in all of CSE's priority areas.

CSE Endowment Campaign: "the people part"

Now that the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering is humming with activity, we turn our attention in earnest to "the people part" of our campaign -- endowments to support faculty and student excellence and innovation.

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

CSE's endowment priorities are:

• Endowment for faculty excellence: Recruiting and retaining the finest faculty.
• Endowment for graduate student excellence: Competing for the strongest graduate students.
• Endowment for undergraduate student excellence: Enabling Washington's most outstanding high school students to attend UW CSE.
• Endowment for innovation and leadership: Facilitating special initiatives in education, research, and outreach.
• Faculty/Staff/Retiree Campaign: A 1:1 match is available for gifts to student support endowments from any faculty member, staff member, or retiree (including Affiliate faculty members) that total between $5,000 and $10,000 over a 5-year period.

It's easier than you may think to support CSE

• Your gift is tax deductible -- UW's Federal EIN is 94-3079432 (technically this is the University of Washington Foundation)
• You can make a pledge that extends over multiple years (example here; pledge form here)
• You can pledge now and defer the date of your initial payment
• Your employer may match your gift (special information for friends and alumni at Google, Intel, and Microsoft)
• You can contribute appreciated securities and receive special tax advantages (contact Ed Lazowska for further information if you choose to go this route!)
• You can give online to CSE (please send us email too)
• Existing multi-year pledges to the building can be fulfilled online too

CSE Building Campaign complete!: $42 million to build the Allen Center

Thank you! In July 2003 we completed the capital portion of the Campaign for CSE -- $42 million in private funds required to complete our new building!

In October 2003 we dedicated the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering. This remarkable facility -- which increases CSE's total space by a factor of 2.5 and our laboratory space by a factor of 3 -- will take University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering to new levels of impact and excellence in teaching and research!

Our capital campaign attracted more than 250 supporters, whose gifts ranged from $10 to $14 million. Our campaign was a success because friends and alumni supported us at all levels.

For additional information on the building and its dedication, see:

• Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering
• Dedication of the Paul G. Allen Center

There has never been a better time to support CSE!

Email Ed Lazowska (lazowska at cs.washington.edu) or Rise McGill (rise at engr.washington.edu).

Thank you for supporting UW Computer Science & Engineering -- an engine of opportunity and innovation. You are making a difference!

(Additional information on UW Computer Science & Engineering here.)

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