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Inspired by the Great Commitments:

INVEST.CONNECT.TRANSFORM.http://campaign.berea.edu/nsh

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INVEST.CONNECT.TRANSFORM.

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Since its founding in 1855, Berea College has been inspired by its Great Commitments to invest in lives of great promise, connect them to build a strong learning community, and thereby transform those students, the region we serve, and the world beyond. “The new Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health building is an investment in that mission of connection and transformation that will propel Berea College forward in the 21st century, rising to the challenge of its inspiring Commitments and providing a unique model for higher education in our country.”

— Lyle D. RoelofsPresident, Berea College

Berea Col lege’sNew NaturalSciences andHealth Building

In the spirit of our Great Commitments, we invite our alumni and friends to participate in this crucial campaign to invest in, connect with and transform Berea College as it advances its mission to meet the evolving educational, social, physical and spiritual needs of deserving students in the Appalachian region through construction of the new Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health Building.

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The Challenge and The OpportunityThe Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health Building is a necessary response to the rapid advance of science and technology today. By bringing together all of the natural sciences (biology, chemistry, geology, physics), mathematics and nursing under one roof, the building will create an interactive, technologically rich learning environment that will serve Berea’s students for the next 50 years.

With this great opportunity, however, comes an equally great challenge: The proposed building will cost an estimated $72 million, far beyond what the College could afford on its own.

Fortunately, one generous supporter has stepped up to that challenge by agreeing to provide a three to one match, if the College can find partners to raise an additional $10 million by June 30, 2018.

This is an extraordinary opportunity for anyone thinking of making a difference at Berea. By contributing to this vital campaign, you will effectively quadruple the impact of your gift and ensure that generations of promising students are afforded transformational educational opportunities that take advantage of the rapidly changing worlds of science and technology and health.

Science and technology are moving so quickly now, making everything much more integrated. It’s really necessary today to have one building that serves as an incubator . . . where all math, natural science and health disciplines can interact, allowing the students to gain an immediate curiosity about and appreciation of the broader applications of what they’re studying across different fields.”

— Dr. Rocky Tuan, ’72, ChemistryDirector of the Cellular and Molecular Engineering Lab

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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INVESTInvest in Berea and EmpowerScience and Health Education

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Invest in Innovative Learning SpacesSince 1927, the Hall Science Building has been the focal point for science instruction and learning at Berea.

Once a modern facility for students, it is now obsolete, and today’s science, mathematics, and health graduates are succeeding in their fields despite the existing building, not because of it. Innovation in science and nursing instruction has left Berea’s outdated buildings behind.

Berea’s students deserve up-to-date facilities that give them the resources they need to gain entrance into high-quality graduate and professional programs and to secure competitive positions in industry, top-level research labs, healthcare or teaching. They are competing with graduates who have been trained in better-equipped and newer buildings designed to facilitate discovery and empower learning. It is long overdue for Berea to provide such a space for its students.

However, we cannot do so without your help.

It’s pretty much the same as it was when I took biology and chemistry classes there almost 60 years ago. It was a good building in the 1950s, but it has only been upgraded minimally, and the fields of chemistry, biology, math, physics, and nursing have changed dramatically in that time frame.”

— Dr. Harold “Hal” Moses, ’58, ChemistryTrustee and Director Emeritus

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

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Invest in Future GenerationsNew science facilities catalyze an interest in science. Institutions with new science buildings typically see increases of 25 percent in students pursuing science as a major. Berea’s current building, however, causes some students to turn away from the fastest growing fields in health and sciences. And because many of our students did not have access to adequate educational resources and facilities in high school, it is our obligation to level the playing field to train future generations in math, science, and nursing. The new Natural Sciences and Health Building will provide the access to high-quality educational resources Berea’s students of great promise need to succeed in Appalachia and across the world.

Right now, there is a lack of space in our labs. Some students decide to change majors because of class scheduling issues. If we have more space, we can retain science majors and have room to engage even more new students.”

— Kaamilah Wilson, Chemistry, Pre-Med, ’16

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Invest In Emerging andEvolving Fields of StudyYour investment in this new facility will create a dynamic space where various disciplines interact and yield emerging and evolving fields of study. Attracting students from all disciplines, the building will become a dynamic hub for students and faculty to pursue innovation, discover new knowledge and expand our collective intelligence.

Historically many majors at Berea College have developed first as student-driven independent majors and then as fully fledged majors designed to support student engagement in emerging fields of inquiry. The new Natural Sciences and Health Building is expected to create the same type of collaboration between students and faculty in science, math, and healthcare fields.”

— Dr. Scott SteeleDean of Curriculum and Student Learning

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Invest in Our Region’s SciencesThe Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health Building will allow Berea College to bring back and advance programs that have a special connection to our region.

Geology, for example, will return to the College—an academic program especially meaningful in the Appalachian region where real-world study and applications are immediately available and critical to creating sustainable economic and environmental systems.

Archeology will also share space with geology in the new building in order to utilize the great learning laboratory of the College’s 9,000-acre forest, an area rich in artifacts from cultures that predate European settlements.

Coal, natural gas and energy issues all play a huge role in Appalachia. By bringing the Geology program back to Berea College in an interdisciplinary atmosphere, we will offer great new career opportunities for Berea students and equip them to take part in solving the economic and environmental challenges of our region’s natural resources.”

— Dr. Lyle RoelofsPresident, Berea College

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Connect with Berea’s Mission andEngage a New Generation

CONNECT

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Connect Knowledge to DiscoveryThe Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health Building will enable faculty and students to build on existing knowledge and create innovative approaches to challenging questions that cannot be addressed using a single disciplinary approach. Combining math, science, and health education under one roof, the building will add project labs for students and faculty to support new discovery.

I believe a science degree from Berea to be one of the best educations available. The liberal arts provide students with an holistic appreciation and understanding of the world, while studies in math and science provide students with the technical training needed to engage and thrive in the real world.”

— Dr. Matthew Saderholm, ’92Chair of Academic Division I

Associate Professor of Chemistry

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Connect Science to Other DisciplinesInnovative design in this new building puts science, math and nursing learning on display for all students, connecting majors and non-majors in new and compelling ways. Seeing learning in action may inspire a first-year student, for example, who might never have considered a science, math or nursing degree. And general education courses will inspire future generations of students in new learning and lab settings to understand the connection of learning across multiple disciplines. Indeed, connecting different disciplines was one of several dreams of Berea’s founder, John G. Fee, who sought to create a school “in which youth should be instructed not only in the principles of the natural sciences, but also in the principles of liberty and justice.”

In addition to its long and continued history as an autonomous endeavor, mathematics is an essential component of all the natural sciences and health fields. It is also integral in the interdisciplinary investigations critical for ensuring success in fields such as education, bioinformatics, climate change, finance, economics and engineering, among others.

This new building will allow us simultaneously to sustain mathematics as an independent endeavor and integrate mathematics, statistics, and computation with STEM and health programs to better train the next generation to tackle critical problems that affect economic growth, health, national security and more.”

— Dr. James LynchAssociate Professor of Mathematics

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Connect Health to Math and the SciencesA key indicator of success for the new science and health building will be the extent to which all students are welcome and use the space. So connecting science majors with non-science majors shows all students the value of the breadth of liberal arts inquiry.

And this well-planned, well-equipped building will serve students in the core programs even better. For example, nursing students will be better served by having anatomy and physiology faculty and lab space on the same floor, as well as math faculty and tutors nearby in the same building. Nurses are being called upon to fill expanding roles and to master technologi cal tools and information management systems while collaborating and coordinating care across teams of health professionals, as well as perform daily tasks such as calculating medicine dosages and converting units and drip rates. The integrated nature of the new building will help foster competencies in leadership, health policy, system improvement, research and evidence-based practice, and teamwork and col laboration.

[Some students say] that the nursing program is very difficult. Right now pre-nursing students are in the science building, and nursing students are in a different building. We don’t even know each other. If we did, the older students could help younger pre-nursing students if they have struggles along the way. Being in the same building will demystify the program, reduce fear about the work and help students know each other better.”

— Gladys KamauNursing Student, ‘16

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Connect Prospective Students to BereaThe Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health Building will extend Berea’s commitment to outreach in Appalachia and will be a tool to educate and inspire students from the region who visit our campus.

While Berea’s innovative outreach programs such as Upward Bound and GEAR UP have significantly increased college-going rates for children in Appalachia, there is still more work to be done.

This building will be at the heart of this effort by featuring a wide variety of interactive exploration spaces designed to inspire young minds.

Special areas such as the Discovery Center, the Digital Learning Theatre/Planetarium and the 3-D Visualization Lab will be powerful tools for successful outreach. Using multimedia, standing exhibits and hands-on areas for exploration and discovery, these areas will put science on display throughout the building and inspire a new generation. Research shows that when younger students visit a college and see peer role models at work, they are better able to imagine themselves attending and being successful in college.

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Connect High School Teachers toInnovative Science EducationIt’s not easy to increase the flow of high school science and math students into higher education’s pipeline.

Roughly 30 percent of public high school chemistry and physics teachers and 25 percent of math teachers did not major in these fields; a significant number have not earned a certificate to teach those subjects, particularly in the underserved areas from which many of Berea’s students come.

The Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health Building will become a place to train Appalachia’s teachers and serve as a launching pad for the application of innovative techniques in their classrooms. Berea will also enhance their ability to make interdisciplinary connections; strengthen their capacity to look at questions from multiple perspectives and develop the habits of critical, creative and reflective inquiry. And through this synergy, more high school students in Appalachia will be exposed to the best methods of scientific teaching and learning, increasing educational attainment in one of the nation’s most economically challenged regions.

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TRANSFORMTransform Berea and Change the World

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Transform Student LivesBerea is the only one of America’s top colleges that awards every enrolled student a No-Tuition Promise Scholarship, because we believe a student’s income should not dictate one’s outcome.

We are able to make and deliver on this promise because of the support of our alumni and friends. They believe in the way Berea consistently provides it students an educational environment where they can excel and reach their full potential.

The Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health Building is the next vital step in ensuring that we can continue this tradition of excellence. By providing our students a learning environment that will support and promote interdisciplinary problem-solving, we can transform student dreams, and the potential they represent, into achievements that will change our world.

Imagine a student who went through high school with out-of-date textbooks, poorly equipped science labs and no access to computers or proper healthcare. Imagine transforming that student throughhigh-quality, affordable education into a caring nurse or physician. Or a committed math teacher, a renowned cancer researcher, a nationally recognized nurse—or even another Nobel laureate to stand on the shoulders of past Berea success stories. The Natural Sciences and Health Building isn’t just brick and mortar and steel. It’s a bridge to the future for all of us.”

— Chad BerryAcademic Vice President and Dean of the Faculty

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Transform Healthcare in the RegionAs one of America’s most challenged regions for quality healthcare, Appalachia needs caring and capable doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals.

With your help, Berea’s faculty will be able to effectively teach and train the next generation of healthcare professionals in a modern facility. Berea graduates are taught a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to medical problem-solving, one essential for compassionate care and healing.

And, thanks to the breadth and depth of Berea’s education, our graduates also learn to take care of their own personal wellness, allowing them to have even greater satisfaction and impact in their lives.

The new building sets the stage for inter-professional education whereby students from different disciplines engage with one another to improve outcomes for healthcare problems commonly faced by the people we serve in Appalachia. Learning how to work as effective healthcare team members is foundational to the competence we expect to see as our graduates lead efforts for healthcare change in Appalachia and beyond.”

— Dr. Monica KennisonSusan V. Clayton Professor of Nursing and Chair

Baccalaureate Nursing Program

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Transform the WorldBerea College graduates have been transforming the world for more than 160 years. In 1934, less than 10 years after Hall Science building opened, John D. Fenn graduated from Berea, and in his distinguished career developed key analytical techniques for the study of large molecules, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In 1947, Samuel Hurst graduated with a degree in physics and went on to develop touch-screen technology, forever changing the global economy. And there are many others.

Now, your investment in the Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health Building will build on this legacy of transformative education. With your support, we will equip future innovators, educators, caring professionals and business leaders with the tools to change the world in ways we cannot yet imagine.

Berea’s unique because it teaches you to work and learn and serves as an inspiration in people’s lives. This building will enhance that uniqueness and the new learning will serve as a launching pad for future students.”

— Dr. Warren “Gene” Bulman, ‘48Founder

Ohio Semitronics, Inc.

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The time is now toinvest in, connect with and transform Berea College.

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When we imagine the future, this is what we see for Berea graduates and Appalachia. An investment in the Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health Building is an investment in the promise of our students and our region. With your help, we’ll prepare the next generation of researchers, educators, nurses, doctors and leaders for the science and health challenges that lie ahead.

We need your support to give the next great minds of this generation the opportunity to flourish. By giving now—with the existing donor challenge in place—you can effectively triple the impact of your gift. You will also feel the deep satisfaction of knowing that you helped transform the quality of education for students at Berea and the quality of life for all throughout the region.

Help Great Minds Flourish

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Please invest in the future with us today. Help us connect our students to

transformationalexperiences so that they may,

in turn, change the world.

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No great project is accomplished by one person. Together, as a community of donors and supporters,we can make much more progress, and we can do it more quickly. So we invite anyone who has a heart for Berea, for education, for disadvantaged students—who have such promise—to support bringing opportunities to this world.”

— Carl Evans, ’62, and Dr. Ann Evanssupporters of The Margaret A. CargillNatural Sciences and Health Building

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THANK YOU

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INVEST.CONNECT.

TRANSFORM.


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