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06INSIDE: The launch of Momentum: The Campaign for Mary Hardin-Baylor has generated new building projects across campus. Learn more about how you can be a part of the momentum.

SUMMER 2012

NURSING CHALLENGE 2012:BE A PART OF ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING

CHALLENGES IN UNIVERSITY HISTORY.

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Communications and Special Projects.

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Momentum is more than a motion; it is an action that keeps on growing.

UMHB has reached a pivotal point in its history with the launch of Momentum: The Campaign for Mary

Hardin-Baylor. Read more about this landmark effort and the outstanding new facilities that will transform

the campus, starting on page 6.

We hope the same spirit of excitement that is apparent across campus will compel you to join

with us and be a part of the momentum. Your gift or pledge, whether for scholarships or facilities, will

propel a bright new generation of young people into vital leadership roles in our communities.

The Isabelle Rutherford Meyer Nursing Education Center has been blessed to receive a $5 million lead gift and two multi-million dollar challenge

grants toward the construction of the new facility.

IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THESE CHALLENGE GRANTS, UMHB MUST RAISE

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OF THE $20 MILLION PROJECT BY

December 31, 2012.

In doing so, the nursing education center will be funded debt free. Please join those who have already pledged or donated over $17.6 million by making your gift or pledge today.

We still need approximately

to meet these challenges. You can make a one-time gift or pay your commitment

out over time. Every gift or pledge counts!

$2.4 million

PER YEAR AREA AMOUNT FOR 5 YEARS

PER YEAR AREA AMOUNT FOR 5 YEARS

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ISABELLE RUTHERFORD MEYER NURSING EDUCATION CENTER NAMING OPPORTUNITIES

SECOND FLOOR (CONT.)

Patient Clinic Prep Room $20,000 $4,000Nursing Skills Center Lead GiftLearning Lab (3) $75,000 $15,000Nursing Skills Simulation Lab (2) $50,000 $10,000Physical Diagnosis Simulation Lab AwardedWorkroom, Small $15,000 $3,000Nursing Skills Control Room $15,000 $3,000

THIRD FLOORFaculty Suite Lead GiftFaculty Office (25) $20,000 $4,000Faculty Conference Room $50,000 $10,000Faculty Lounge AwardedMail Room $15,000 $3,000Media Room $15,000 $3,000Learning Lab (3) $75,000 $15,000Seminar Room, Small $25,000 $5,000Seminar Room, Large $30,000 $6,000Workroom, Large $15,000 $3,000Faculty Meeting Room (3) $10,000 $2,000

OUTSIDE

Rear Courtyard Lead GiftMain Entrance Courtyard Lead Gift

All gifts and pledges totalling $2,500 or more will be recognized on a Donor Wall of Honor in the lobby of the center.

FIRST FLOORMain Student Lecture Hall Lead GiftStudent Lecture Hall Lead GiftChapel Lead GiftChapel Pew (6) AwardedChapel Window AwardedStudent Lounge AwardedComputer Lab AwardedGroup Study Room (3) $10,000 $2,000Learning Resource Center AwardedDean’s Suite $50,000 $10,000Learning Lab (2) $75,000 $15,000Welcome Center Conference Room AwardedLobby Water Wall Awarded

SECOND FLOORSimulation Center Lead GiftSimulated Patient Hospital Lead GiftSimulated Labor/Delivery Room AwardedSimulated CCU Room AwardedSimulated Patient Room (4) $20,000 $4,000Simulated Nurses’ Station AwardedSimulated ER/Trauma Room AwardedSimulated Home Health Room AwardedSimulated Hospital Office Suite AwardedSimulated Hospital Control Room $25,000 $5,000Simulated Hospital Supply Room $15,000 $3,000Standardized Patient Clinic Lead GiftPatient Clinic Debrief Room (3) $25,000 $5,000Patient Exam Room (6) $20,000 $4,000Patient Clinic Lounge $20,000 $4,000

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hands-onexperience

“Working with the simulation mannequin helped me recognize the symptoms and know exactly what to do when it happened to my patient.”- B R I T TA N Y J U S T I C E

help and, with the help of an RN, raced the mother to an operating room for emergency surgery that saved her life.

“The simulation exercise prepared me to move quickly when I saw the woman’s ashen color and blue lips,” Brittany said. “You can read about symptoms in a textbook, but it’s different when you see them; working with the simulation mannequin helped me recognize the symptoms and know exactly what to do when it happened to my patient.”

To accommodate growing enrollments in the Scott and White College of Nursing, the new Isabelle Rutherford Meyer Nursing Education Center will include more simulation centers than the program has ever had before. A gift toward the center can help purchase equipment that will prepare nursing graduates to act quickly and confidently in real-life emergencies. For more information on how you can help, contact Brent Davison, UMHB vice president for development, at 254 295 4601.

THANKS TO A CLASSROOM SIMULATION EXERCISE, BRITTANY JUSTICE WAS READY FOR THE REAL-LIFE TEST

IN 2008 THE LEROY AND MERLE WEIR CHARITABLE TRUST made a gift of $33,000 to help UMHB’s Scott and White College of Nursing purchase five patient simulation mannequins for its clinical nursing lab. The nursing faculty knew that the manne-quins would help their students practice important patient care techniques; what they didn’t know was how dramatically the value of those simulations would be demonstrated in the weeks to come.

For their labor and delivery lab assignment, Brittany Justice and her classmates responded to a simulation mannequin pro-grammed to exhibit the symptoms of a new mother experienc-ing post-partum hemorrhaging. Brittany was pleased to earn an A on the assignment—but the real payoff for her studies came one week later, when the junior nursing student was completing her clinical rotation in labor and delivery at a local hospital.

Toward the end of her shift that day, Brittany decided to stop in and say goodbye to her patient, a woman who had just given birth to her fifth child. Though the patient seemed to be sleeping peace-fully, Brittany recognized the signs of a post-partum hemorrhage. Finding that the woman had no pulse, she immediately called for

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“Working with the simulation mannequin helped me recognize the symptoms and know exactly what to do when it happened to my patient.”- B R I T TA N Y J U S T I C E

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tougher academic requirements, an updated core curriculum, and the addition of new degree programs (notably, the Master of Science in Nursing and the Doctor of Education). The university’s reputation as a sports powerhouse has also grown, with Crusader athletics consistently regarded as one of the best overall athletic programs in the American Southwest Conference.

With so much progress being made in all aspects of the university, the consensus on campus is that the time is right for UMHB to move forward with the construction of strategic facilities to enhance student life and support growth in academic programs. In addition to providing support for scholarships and growing the endowment, the Momentum campaign will generate funds for construction of a center for the visual arts, a nursing

“The time is right to build on our momentum and move our university to a higher level of excellence.”- R A N D Y O ’ R E A R , P R E S I D E N T

IN MAY, THE UMHB BOARD OF TRUSTEES MADE IT OFFICIAL, approving the launch of the largest comprehensive fundraising campaign in the history of the university. Titled Momentum: The Campaign for Mary Hardin-Baylor, the campaign is focused on the goal of raising $60 million for scholarships, endowments, and new facilities that will enhance the university’s effectiveness as a center for Christian higher education.

The theme of momentum is a reference toward the unprec-edented growth that has taken place in nearly every area of campus life during the past ten years. Enrollment has contin-ued to steadily increase, with last fall boasting a headcount of 3,137 students—the highest in the university’s 167-year history. UMHB’s academic programs have continued to advance with

CRUSADER STADIUMThe 8,000-seat stadium will provide an on-campus venue for Crusader football for the first time in the history of the program, bringing fans and visitors to the heart of the campus on game days.

PERFORMING ARTS CENTERUMHB’s new center for the performing arts will include a 600-to-800-seat auditorium, a proscenium stage with fly space for scenery, and support areas for productions.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND ENDOWMENTSAs enrollments increase, gifts to endowed and annual scholarships will insure that the UMHB experience remains an affordable one for all students. Endowment funds can be established to support specific programs of study or to create endowed chairs or professorships, which help the university recruit and retain highly qualified faculty members. Gifts of any amount may be made to existing endowments or to the General Endowment Fund, which supports the continuing growth and excellence of the entire university.

BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTSUMHB’s first facility devoted to the visual arts will include classrooms, faculty offices, studio space, a student lounge, and an art gallery. Classrooms dedicated to ceramics and sculpture will open onto deck areas where students may fire or weld pieces outdoors.

ISABELLE RUTHERFORD MEYER NURSING EDUCATION CENTERThe Scott and White College of Nursing’s new home will include high-tech clinical labs, practice exam rooms, classrooms, faculty offices, and support spaces totaling 76,100 square feet.

STUDENT UNION BUILDINGThe three-story student center will offer facilities for residential and retail dining and a wide range of student activities within easy walking distance of all campus dormitories and apartments.

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education center, a new student union building, a football stadium, and a performing arts center.

Nearly $35 million in lead gifts have already been pledged toward the projects. “Friends have been quick to step forward, offering important leadership gifts for this campaign,” President Randy O’Rear said. “One by one, they have added to the mo-mentum, moving us ever closer to our vision of being the univer-sity of choice for Christian higher education in the Southwest.”

“We are moving forward with a plan that will help us be a university where students experience the integration of faith and learning in bold new ways,” said O’Rear. “We are excited about what is happening at UMHB, and we invite our friends and alumni to be part of the momentum!”

CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES FOR PROGRESS

MOMENTUM CAMPAIGN GOAL: $60,000,000

$34,794,855

PLEDGED STILL NEEDED

For more information on how you can take part in this landmark effort, call Brent Davison at 254 295 4601 or check online at umhb.edu/momentum.

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a new home forstudent life

SUB AND STADIUM TO CREATE ACTIVITY ZONE IN HEART OF CAMPUS

Residential dining zones in the Student Union Building will feature views of the stadium interior. The eight dining areas will include three retail dining zones with menus from name-brand chains such as Starbucks and Chick-fil-A.

offers an attractive backdrop for the visitor’s side of the stadium. The facility’s location next to the Frank and Sue Mayborn

Campus Center will place the stadium and the student union’s dining and meeting areas at the center of all the campus resi-dence halls, creating a student activity zone within easy walking distance of any apartment or dorm room on campus. The unusu-al design will offer an exciting solution to the university’s needs and an attractive home for student activities of all sorts.

A BOLD PLAN EMERGED WHEN THE NEED FOR A FOOTBALL stadium was considered along with other campus needs: to cre-ate a unique complex supporting all aspects of student life by coordinating the construction of a much-needed student union building with that of the stadium.

The two buildings are designed to complement one another, with student dining areas in the SUB strategically placed to in-corporate views of the stadium interior, while the student union

STADIUM NAMING OPPORTUNITIES

FIELD LEVEL Home Locker Room $200,000 Glass Tower & Lobby $100,000 Home Coaches Locker Room $75,000 Multi-Purpose Room $50,000 Ticket Office $40,000 Home Sports Medicine Room $25,000 Hydrotherapy Room $25,000 Equipment Room $25,000 Officials’ Locker Room $25,000 Sports Medicine Exam Room $25,000 Chain Crew Dressing Room $15,000 Game Day Management Room $10,000 Audio-Visual Room $10,000

STADIUM CONCOURSE LEVEL Ticket Office $40,000 Guest Services/First Aid $25,000 Handicapped Seating Area 40-Yard Line (2) $10,000 10-Yard Line (2) $5,000 Seating Area Entrance (4) $10,000

SUITE/PRESS BOX LEVEL President’s Suite Lead GiftPresident’s Suite Lobby $100,000 Audio-Visual/Public Address Box $50,000 Game Day Suites (2) $50,000 Home Coaches’ Box $25,000 Visitor Coaches’ Box $20,000 Print Media Box $20,000 Officials Replay Box $15,000 Radio Media Box #1 $15,000 Radio Media Box #2 $15,000 Television Media Box $15,000 Statistician Box $10,000

SUB AND STADIUM TO CREATE ACTIVITY ZONE IN HEART OF CAMPUS

LOBBY/DINING/BOOKSTOREGrand Lobby Lead GiftGrand Staircase Lead GiftBookstore Lead GiftSports Hall Dining Area $75,000 Café Dining Area $50,000 Casual Dining Area $50,000 Transitional Dining Area $50,000 Kitchen $40,000 Student Union Director’s Suite $25,000 Chef Office $12,500

STUDENT LIFE ADMINISTRATIONStudent Life Suite Lead GiftLarge Conference Room (2) $50,000 Vice President for Student Life Suite $50,000 Balcony $50,000 Large Workroom $40,000 Small Conference Room $30,000 Chaplain’s Office $25,000 Dean of Students’ Office $25,000 Multicultural Center Director’s Office $25,000 Resident Life Director’s Office Suite $25,000 Student Life Offices (4) $20,000 Food Service Manager’s Office $20,000 Retail Manager’s Office $20,000 Catering Office $20,000 Facility Director’s Office $20,000 Creative Thinking Space $15,000 Meeting/Break Room $7,500Student Worker Area (2) $7,500 2nd Floor Staircase Vestibule $75,000

BAND HALL Farris Band Hall AwardedBand Rehearsal Hall $100,000Performance Area $50,000 Large Ensemble Room $25,000 Band Library $20,000 Band Office (3) $20,000 Small Ensemble Room $15,000 Uniform Room $10,000 Instrument Room $10,000 Practice Room (5) $10,000

BANQUETBanquet Hall Lead GiftChamber’s Hall Boardroom Lead GiftBanquet Hall Seminar Rooms (4) $100,000Balcony (2) $50,000 Large Meeting Room (2) $25,000 Medium Meeting Room $20,000

*Gifts to the Student Union Building or Crusader Stadium may be made as a series of payments over a period of several years.

STUDENT UNION BUILDING NAMING OPPORTUNITIES

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letes, and Megan hopes to apply her studies in psychology to a career in school counseling. They both are glad they have been able to earn their degrees at UMHB.

“We knew that we wanted to go to a small school that had a strong Christian atmosphere. UMHB has a great reputation, but my expectations were exceeded in every way,” says Megan.

Like many families who find themselves paying the bills for several college-aged children at once, the Aarhus family has worked hard to provide a great education for all of the girls. Will Mom and Dad breathe a sigh of relief when Scout crosses the stage for her diploma?

“Yes, but not for long,” says Scout with a laugh. “We have a younger sister, Justus, who’s still at home. And she’s already de-cided she wants to come to UMHB, too!”

keeping it all in

the family THE AARHUS SISTERS FELT DRAWN TO ATTEND MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR. SCHOLARSHIPS MADE IT POSSIBLE.

“We knew that we wanted to go to a small school that had a strong Christian atmosphere. UMHB has a great reputation, but my expectations were exceeded in every way.”- M E G A N A A R H U S

IMAGINE PROVIDING DIAPERS FOR THREE BABIES AT ONCE. Now fast forward 18 years, and imagine sending them all to college.

Those were the challenges faced by Mark and Tania Aarhus of Georgetown, Texas. When their twin daughters Megan and Mallory were born, they took it in stride, and when Scout was born two years later, they upped their game and kept on going. But when the time came for the twins to go to college, the family saw that the average cost for one year of a university education was more than $30,000. Multiplying that amount times two, and with Scout following close behind, they knew they couldn’t meet this challenge alone.

When they talked to the financial aid staff at Mary Hardin-Baylor, they learned that the twins’ strong grades qualified them for several scholarships; with the addition of work/study jobs for both girls, they were able to make the girls’ dream of attending UMHB a reality. And two years later, when Scout decided the university’s nursing program was where she wanted to be, donor scholarships once again came to the rescue.

Today the twins are nearing graduation; Mallory plans to use her degree in exercise sport science to work with injured ath-

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“We knew that we wanted to go to a small school that had a strong Christian atmosphere. UMHB has a great reputation, but my expectations were exceeded in every way.”- M E G A N A A R H U S

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BE A PART OF THE MOMENTUM.

The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor is attracting students

like never before. Today more than 3,000 students are

preparing for lives of service, leadership, and faith-informed

discernment, and the efforts of more than 16,000 graduates

reach far beyond Texas, to every corner of the world. Your

pledge or gift to Momentum: The Campaign for Mary Hardin-

Baylor will help to enhance the exceptional Christ-centered

educational experience.

Our development team is available to help plan your gift.

Naming opportunities are available to provide an

honorarium or memorial to a loved one or someone

special in your life. Join us today and be a part of

the momentum!

To make a gift online, please visit www.umhb.edu/momentum.