Phonathon 2012
Where did you spend most of your time as a student at PUC? Which friends formed your most intimate circle? Which professors do you remember most fondly? If you’re like most students at PUC, the center of your world on campus—more than your graduating class or even your dorm—was the community you found within your academic department.
This year, instead of asking for your help with one big project, we want to give you the chance to provide better opportunities for the students who are following in your academic footsteps. Your department needs your help today, and you can make a real and immediate impact by giving toward one of the important projects below.
On behalf of the students in your department, thank you for your gift!
Department Projects
Aviation
Garmin 600 Series Touch Screen GPS—Needed for instrument flight rules (IFR) certification on PUC’s twin-engine Piper Seminole
$15,000
Biology
Autoclave—High-powered sterilization unit for the microbiology lab
$10,000
Student research—Funding for biology students to perform cutting-edge research both on and off campus
Business Administration & Economics
Lary Taylor Business Scholarship—Tuition assistance for worthy business students, honoring the department’s beloved retiring professor and three-time Educator of the Year
Chemistry
Lab analysis equipment—Up to 40 data loggers and sensors for taking and recording chemical measurements.
$500 each
Communication
Computers—Two new Mac minis for students working in the department study lounge
$1,000 each
Departmental scholarship—$500 per year for the department’s hardest-working students
Computer Science, Mathematics & Physics
Computer lab upgrade—Hardware and software upgrades for 18 computers, 18 new LCD monitors, and a video projector for class presentations
$5,000
Education
Ebeam Interactive Whiteboard System and projector—Fitting two classrooms with a system for integrating web and multimedia resources into interactive classroom presentations
$1850 each
English
Screening equipment—High quality projector and surround sound system to equip the Alice Holst Theater as a quality film-screening venue
$10,000
Exercise Science, Health & Nutrition
Fitness equipment—ellipticals, stationary bikes, and treadmills
History
Luke Nishikawa Memorial Endowment—Funding for senior thesis research
Modern Languages
Large flat-panel TV—For Skype conversations with ACA students and native speakers of other languages, as well as foreign language DVDs and TV shows
$1,500
Music
Sound shields—10 panels used for improving stage acoustics in Paulin Hall Auditorium
$275 each
New or used concert quality instruments—Viola $2,000; 6-octave choir chimes $5,410; bass flute $3,000; euphonium $6,000; two violins $6,000 each
Nursing
Testing lab—30 desktop computers for online and computer-based evaluations
$600 each
Psychology & Social Work
Student lab renovation—New tables, chairs, and cabinets
$5,000
Religion
Classroom computers--Three desktop units
$600 each
Visual Arts
Furniture overhaul—50 new chairs and several new desks and tables for classrooms
$8,000