Veritas, Vol. 47, No. 08, May 2005

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VERITAS
Volume 47 • Number 8 • May 2005 For the Faculty and Staff of the University of Miami	www.miami.edu/veritas
UM PLANS RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY IN PINECREST
A planned residential community in one of South Florida’s most attractive enclaves will soon allow University of Miami faculty to live in harmony with nature. The University is building 30 single-family homes in the center of the Smathers Four Fillies Farm estate, a 32-acre property in Pinecrest that features rare and protected tropical plants.
The property was donated to UM 15 years ago by Frank Smathers Jr., a philanthropist, longtime UM trustee, and alumnus who used the land for a fruit farm and as a home for his Arabian horses.
The 30 homes UM plans to build will be constructed on 11 acres in the center of the property. The surrounding 21 acres, which include a variety of native plant life, will be maintained by Fairchild Tropical Garden for educational purposes.
“This is a wonderful use of the property,” says Executive Vice President and Provost Luis Glaser. “The homes will be clustered in the
feature Mediterranean-style homes and a variety of amenities.
acres of mango groves and other tropical plant species.”
Breakstone Homes, a South Florida-based custom-home builder, will design and construct the residences, which will be priced from a minimum of $795,000 to more than $1.2 million and will be available for purchase by qualified UM faculty.
Miami Asset Management Company (MAMGO), a wholly owned University affiliate composed of UM administrators and trustees, will manage the sales process, which is expected to begin in the next few weeks.
Construction is scheduled to begin this summer, with completion expected by the end of 2006.
The Mediterranean-style homes will be built on lots varying from 7,500 to 12,000 square feet. The development will include amenities such as a pool, tennis courts, and a 2,500-square-foot clubhouse.
Faculty and staff campaign will help propel UM toward its $1 billion goal
University launches new thrust for Momentum
$861 million toward its $1 billion goal.
But the faculty and staff fundraising component of Momentum “is critical because it demonstrates to foundations, major donors, and alumni that
our employees support this institution and are willing to make a financial contribution to its well-being,” says Sergio Gonzalez, vice president for University Advancement. “The faculty and staff campaign is not only a campaign about gifts and resources. It’s also a campaign of participation by the University family.” Faculty and staff can make contributions to the campaign in a variety of ways,
with payroll deduction, personal checks, or credit cards being the primary methods of giving. Contributions can be made through the University’s campaign Web 111 site at www.miami.edu/campaign ■b or via a pledge card. Campaign pledges can be paid out over one to five years, with cash, check, or via payroll deduction.
Faculty and staff donors can designate how their gifts may be used, such as for endowments and student
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Distinguished individuals to be honored
With its $1 billion goal
drawing ever closer, the University of Miami has launched a new component of its Momentum campaign that will call on the support of faculty and staff to help propel the ambitious fundraising initiative down the homestretch.
The faculty and staff fundraising drive of Momentum:
The Campaign for the University of Miami is being launched with the theme “100 Percent UM,” a rallying point intended to reflect the level of commitment, dedication, affection, and loyalty that employees have for the University.
“Faculty and staff support for the Momentum campaign is vitally important,” says President Donna E. Shalala, who informed the University community about the campaign in a Dialogue letter e-mailed to employees. “Participation in this campaign will speak volumes about the pride, commitment, and confidence our employees have in the University.” The faculty and staff fundraising campaign will last for the duration of the Momentum campaign, scheduled to end in 2007, and will involve employees throughout the University.
While no specific fundraising goal has been set, University leaders are stressing participation as a key to the faculty and staff campaign’s success.
“Faculty and staff participation shows a clear commitment to the campaign,” says Dean C. Colson, chairman of both the UM Board of Trustees and Momentum. “In this last leg of the campaign, every donation, regardless of amount, will make a tremendous difference.”
The University’s senior administration—including the president, provost, vice presidents, vice provosts, deans, and assistant vice presidents within University Advancement—have already made commitments, achieving 100 percent participation among their numbers. To date, they and other University faculty and staff have committed nearly $10 million toward the Momentum campaign.
And buoyed by major gifts such as the Leonard M. Miller family’s donation to name the medical school and Phillip and Patricia Frost’s donation to name the music school, the Momentum campaign has already raised more than
A civil rights activist, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and a physician known for his health promotion and disease prevention activities are among the six distinguished individuals who will either speak or receive honorary degrees at the University’s spring commencement exercises.
A graduate degree ceremony takes place on May 12 at 7:30 p.m., while three separate undergraduate exercises will be conducted on May 13, the first starting at 8:30 a.m. The Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine and the School of Law will hold their graduation exercises on May 14 and May 13, respectively. All ceremonies will take place at the UM Convocation Center on the Coral Gables campus.
Mamphela Ramphele, a civil rights activist, author, anthropologist, and physician who is known for the critical role she played in the struggle against South Africa’s apartheid policies, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at the May 13, 8:30 a.m. ceremony for the Schools of Architecture, Communication, Education, Nursing and Health Studies, and Frost School
of Music. Ramphele was the first black vice chancellor of the University of Cape Town and a former senior member of the World Bank.
Commencement: More than 2,500 students will graduate during spring commencement ceremonies, which will honor six distinguished individuals.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist George F. Will, whose syndicated column appears in more than 430 newspapers, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at the 12:30 p.m. ceremony for the College of Arts and Sciences. Will has long been a familiar Continued on page 3