Ascend: The Campaign for the University of Denver is about rising to a higher plane for the benefit of our

students, our community, and our world.

Chancellor Robert Coombe

here are many ways to rise: to the occasion, to the challenge, in esteem, in influence. And many reasons: because you are called, because the times demand it, because it is right.

In the process, DU will reach new summits and break new ground, marked by defined and demonstrated educational quality for our students and measurable outcomes for our state and our planet as we focus the impact of the intellectual capital we generate every day. DU will be worthy, both of your support and of a rebirth of the trust that once accrued to great universities as the source of innovation and progress. With your investment, DU will lead the nation in reinventing the university as a place with constant and effective influence on realworld issues. There will be no ambiguityDU will consistently prove why we matter regionally, nationally, and globally. Remarkable lives lived by remarkable alumni will be the product of our teaching, solutions will be the result of our scholarly and research efforts, and direct applications of our intellectual capital will be the metric by which greatness is determined.

All of these things shape and power Ascend:

The Campaign for the University of Denver, but at its core this vital effortthis futurefocused partnership between the power of your generosity, the clarity of our shared vision, and the momentum and impact of what we will achieve togetheris about rising to a higher plane for the benefit of our students, our community, and our world. It is about being bold, about becoming something that has never before been seen in American higher education. The heights to which we will ascend represent nothing less than the reimagining and reinventing of 21st century higher education and the very notion of what it means to be a great private university dedicated to the public good.

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Our NeW FrONTier

hen DU was founded, the Civil War was still raging, and it was not clear whether America would survive, let alone prosper. DU was quite

way to the globally connected great university of tomorrowgreat being clearly measured and demonstrated by the outcomes we produce for our students and our community, the return on investment we produce (academically, internationally, and economically), and the impact we have upon the serious and escalating issues that challenge our world. This is our moment: yours and DUs. The way universities operate in this second decade of the 21st century is far too much like it was generations ago. We too often talk to ourselves, too often gaze inward, too often congratulate ourselves for our output rather than our outcomes. That approach to academia has already been changing for some time at DU; we are ahead of the curve, and with your helponly with your helpwe will continue our ascent.

literally on the frontierof the nation, of 19th century knowledge, of belief in the power of learning, on the edge of tomorrow. Today, after nearly 150 years of growth and change, DU is at the peak of its strength in educating students of exceptional talent and intelligence, in recruiting and retaining teachers and researchers at the very top of their disciplines, and in the size, reach, and dynamism of our alumni. We have arrived at a tipping pointthe frontier is once again laid out before us. But this horizon is not the Rocky Mountains or even the West itself. The high ground to which we must ascend is in defining and leading the

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This is the moment when we will look forward and ascend onto the next frontier and into a brighter future.

Two decades of visionary investment in DU facilities has brought us to this moment. The Morgridge College of Education; the Sturm College of Law; the Daniels College of Business; Olin Hall and the division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics; the Josef Korbel School of International Studies; the divisions of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; the Lamont School of Music; the Graduate School of Social Work; and the Womens Collegeall have benefited from new or remodeled buildings. Two new residence halls have created a dynamic setting for student life, and new centers for recreation and the performing arts have allowed DU to share its resources with the community. Today we are prepared and poised to turn all of our focus, and our

partnership with you, to invest in the power and potential of the human component. Together, we have created the launching pad. Now, Ascend: The Campaign for the University of Denver is poised to address and fuel the two significant arcs in the ascendency of DU in the coming decades. First is the immeasurable impact of the lives our graduates will live and the contributions they will make, and second is the many ways in which DU will leverage the enormous intellectual capital centered on this campus into solutions for the issues and challenges that lay before our country and our planet. This is the moment when we will look forward and ascend onto the next frontier and into a brighter future. But we cant do it alone. There are many ways to rise: the most powerful is together.

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The University of Denver is a great private university, dedicated to the public good.

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oo often, higher education is seen as merely a few years in our lives that prepare us for what comes next. But all great universities, DU included, are the starting point for a chain reaction

of discovery and accomplishment that continues outward in ever-expanding waves. Simply put, exceptional students go on to do exceptional things with their lives, and their achievements can quite literally change our world. Today at DU, cutting-edge academic programs are transforming our students learning experiences. At the undergraduate level, weve developed one of the nations most comprehensive study-abroad programs along with an exceptional school of international studies, introduced a rigorous and inspiring new writing program in all of our majors, added many innovative new faculty members, redesigned our curricula, and boosted student participation in research and scholarship. For our graduate students, weve added extraordinary new faculty scholars, expanded the breadth and depth of our research enterprise, and developed unique new interdisciplinary programs.

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AHeAD AND ASCeNDiNg: THe eNTrepreNeuriAl SpiriT

One of the ways DUs celebrated Daniels College of Business is ascending globally is as the exclusive educational partner of Deutsche Banks Global Commercial Microfinance Consortium, which controls an $85 million fund designed for microfinance projects in developing countries like Kenya, Uganda, and Cambodia. DU students work alongside Deutsche Bank managers, evaluating requests for loans to establish small businesses. Once the students have, with Deutsche Banks agreement, approved the requests, the funds are distributed to individuals and groups in impoverished, rural villages. DU students and faculty annually visit these communities to analyze the effectiveness of the loans and to make recommendations

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for future loan allocations. The program was recently recognized by Forbes magazine, which ranked DUs two-course sequence of social entrepreneurship and microfinance among its 10 Most Innovative Business School Classes in America. It is especially meaningful to our students to have this responsibility and opportunity, says R. Bruce Hutton, Ph.D., the Piccinati Professor of Teaching Innovation at DU, who partners with Maclyn L. Clouse, the Sorensen Distinguished Professor of Finance, in teaching the courses. Our students learn not only what it means for communities to receive these loans, but also the due diligence involved to ensure that loans are distributed and used in an appropriate fashion.

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Each day we leverage vast intellectual capital to generate answers for the great issues of our time.

ApplieD iNSpirATiON

illions of dollars of public funds are granted to colleges and universities each year for research and development. And what are they wedoing with your money? What

are we doing with the power and potential of your investment? At DU, we think it is vital that you askand it is our responsibility to define our outcomes and how they resonate in the lives of you, your family, and your community. Only then can we make the case for your continued investment in our shared future. There are literally thousands of good examples, but this is the bottom line: We at DU are entirely focused on the impact of our work as scholars. We identify needs and seek to offer solutions through our research. Each day we leverage that vast intellectual capital to generate answers for the great issues of our time, and we will continue at an accelerated pace. DU faculty members are engaged in exploration and discovery that span the totality of the sciences and the arts, always striving to make lives better, easier, safer, and richer throughout the world.

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AHeAD AND ASCeNDiNg: NeW HOpe FOr AlS pATieNTS

The outcomes of DU research serve a vast range of constituencies, but few have more urgent needs than those with ALS, or Lou Gehrigs disease. That is why Dan Linseman, Ph.D., is searching for a way to slow down the early stages of the disease, and surprisingly he may have found it in black rice, celery, and strawberries. Linsemans research on the effects of antioxidants found in common foods is a cornerstone of DUs Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (ERI) as well as DUs visionary

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Knoebel Center for the Study of Aging. Armed with a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Linseman, an assistant professor in DUs department of biological sciences and a senior researcher with the ERI, is ascending to the place where he can perhaps unravel the mysteries of this progressive, neurodegenerative disease that over the course of just a few years destroys nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. ALS is a devastating disease, and its symptoms and effects can be extremely swift and debilitating, Linseman says. Unfortunately, we are many years, perhaps generations, away from a cure, but I am encouraged that our research will lead to advances in treating the onset of the disease following diagnosis to alleviate some of the early pain and suffering.

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DU will prove itself to be the great international university for Denver and the Rocky Mountain regionin a way that drives our economy and enriches our culture.

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he future will ask much of our graduates. It will demand that they respond quickly and intelligently to stunningly complex international challenges. It will also present them with unimagined opportunities, unprecedented technologies, and for the first time in human history, a truly global community.

Will their education and preparation for this volatile future be in the

same old entrenched model of higher education that is a product of the past? Not at DU, it wont. Not if we invest in their futures right now. It is a simple equation: Today at DU, top students from across the nation and around the world want to come here, and we are limited only by our ability to meet their financial needs. We want to attract diverse, exceptional studentswho will do exceptional things with their livesregardless of their economic, cultural, or national backgrounds. Then we need to power their experience here with superior resources, faculty members, and coaches to mentor and guide their success and achievement as they chart paths of significance in classrooms, labs, studios, and even athletic fields. DU will prove itself to be the great international university for Denver and the Rocky Mountain regionin a way that drives our economy and enriches our culture. It will require the competitive funding to bring far greater numbers of the best and the brightest to campus. It will require more extensive partnerships with governments, international businesses, non-governmental organizations, and overseas educational institutions, and the pursuit of programs and initiatives addressing the myriad of issues raised by globalization. Most important, it will require you.

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AHeAD AND ASCeNDiNg: BriNgiNg CleAN WATer TO A KeNyAN Slum

Clean water can prove almost impossible to find in Kibera, one of the largest and most overcrowded slums in the world, located on the outskirts of Nairobi. Interdisciplinary teams of DU faculty members and graduate students are conducting essential research on the effectiveness of a dozen clean water stations spread throughout the enormous slum, where trash and raw

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sewage are commonplace. The stations, equipped with basins, toilets, and showers, were placed with the help of DU faculty and students. For the past two summers, DU teams have spent several weeks in Kenya, gathering data about the needs of Kibera residents and information about water station usage. DU also formed a Kibera Working Group, crossing the spectrum of the DU academic community, including representatives from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, the Daniels College of Business, the Department of Media, Film and Journalism Studies, and the Department of Geography. The student teams survey community health awareness involving water and sanitation, says Renee Botta, Ph.D., chair of Media, Film and Journalism studies at DU, who has accompanied the students to Kibera. This data will help future DU researchers tailor programs to communicate the risks of infection from unclean water and the unsanitary disposal of waste.

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With your help, DU will continue ascending, becoming something few universities are these days: nimble, brave, relevant, and studentcentered, but also focused on the issues.

ith your help, DU will continue ascending, becoming something few universities are these days: nimble, brave, relevant, and student-centered, but also focused on the issues. Its high time the academic world and the real world were one and the same.

What does that really mean? Take education itself as an example.

All of us know that education, from kindergarten on up, is in a chaotic place. It is one of the central challenges of our time. Access, affordability, and accountability in higher education; K12 reform; the need for enlightened leadership among teachers and administrators; national competitiveness; distance educationthats just the short list of the education issues being debated in America today. And when was the last time you heard a university school of education taking part in that debate? The silence was deafening, and DU has moved to change that. We designed DUs Morgridge College of Education in a totally new way, firmly positioned in the middle of those debates as both focal point and hot button, the place for critical research, new ideas, and community discourse. We transformed the College from training-based to issues-based. Now it is the fulcrum through which the intellectual assets of DU are leveraged to drive positive change in our schools. Why does DU matter? Thats why.

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Gregory Andersons background is perfectly suited for his role as Dean of the University of Denvers Morgridge College of Education. He has been on the frontlines of the issues that face American educationleading strategic planning efforts to strengthen innovative classroom practicesand he is unabashedly committed to producing the next generation of cutting-edge educational leaders. There is an accountability debate raging in American education practices, and educators are being questioned about the quality of our classroom teaching, Anderson says. We need to ensure that our teachers are relevant to the market and to the children we are teachingespecially in urban settings. Anderson expects Morgridge College to play a catalytic role in helping the region and the nation confront the critical issues associated with ascending to an educated, productive, and competitive society principles that extend across DUs academic disciplines. A quality education for all is Americas 21st century civil rights issue, and it is our responsibility to ensure success for all learners, particularly diverse students thrust in a cumulative demographic disadvantage, Anderson says.

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Diversityethnic, cultural, philosophical, economicand inclusion are essential elements of DUs strength.

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ne thing is never in doubt at DU: what ultimately matters most is who walks out of this institution, this experience, this learning communitywhat kind of people they are, how they have grown and changed, what they know, and what they will do.

Diversityethnic, cultural, philosophical, economicand inclusion

are essential elements of DUs strength and a prerequisite for our future. The demographic and cultural changes enriching our country, as they have for more than two centuries, present an opportunity to embrace an even broader, richer, more exciting America. None of that is news. But a vital part of your investment in the future of DU and our community is enlarging the definition of diversity beyond numbers or percentages or questions of minority or majority. Diversity is only part of the effortwe are also committed to developing a culture of inclusion and inspiration that sustains intellectual achievement. A culture that maybe one day, finally, will allow us to stop talking about and working toward seamless diversitybecause it will at last be here. The DU campus, where we study, create, and share the knowledge of our world and educate the students who will take their places as tomorrows thinkers and leaders, is a great place for that vibrant new culture to take root.

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There may not be enough hours in the day for the likes of Vanessa Teck; 26 or 27 would be better, but still she is taking advantage of every opportunity DU offers to ascend. The sophomore communications major is an

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undergraduate resident assistant, a member of student government, and a participant in DUs innovative Pioneer Leadership Program (PLP). This distinctive academic minor offers students an integrated learning experiencecombining coursework, a residential community, civic engagement, and professional networks with nationally known community, business, and public sector leaders. On average, a PLP student dedicates more than 75 hours every year to community-based organizations in Denver and beyond. Collectively this totals more than 5,000 hours for all students in the program. Teck, a resident of Denver drawn to DU in part because of the opportunity to volunteer in her community, conducted a conference on campus for Denver high school studentsoffering study skill workshops and encouragement to set personal and professional goals. PLP offers a fantastic chance to make a difference, says Teck. I am very committed to the city of Denver and the students in our local high schools. It is important they have the tools necessary to achieve.

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he late comedian/philosopher George Carlin described the arrival of the future this way: Theres a moment comingwait for it its getting closeralmost here

in other words. Alumni, donors, loyal friends, casual observers who have become loyal friends, volunteers, board membersall of you are at the heart of our vision and have provided the foundation for our future success. As weve said, we need you now more than ever, but not out of sheer loyalty or obligation we need you to believe in us because we prove we are worth believing in, because we demonstrate our value in real ways, because we do more than we talk. Because we see ourselves and our responsibilities differently than most universities and we act on that different vision. The world today is rich with promise and possibility, fraught with uncertainty, and driven by relentless change. Tomorrow will be the same, only more so. Truly, education is more critical than ever. Our effectiveness, and our ability to

NOW!...oh, its gone. We will not miss our moment. We will ascend to a new frontier, defining a new kind of higher education relevant to the rest of the 21st century, changing student lives in valuable, relevant ways, creating outcomes and results that address the challenges and opportunities of the future, and proving our worthiness of your investment in real and meaningful terms. We will do none of this alone. We owe our continued rise to prominence in huge part to the tireless dedication, generosity, and commitment of the extended DU family. You,

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From right here, from right now, with your investment and your belief, we will lead the nation toward the next phase of higher education.

identify opportunity and to marshal resources strategically, will in large degree determine the University of Denvers continued success. DU has been bolstered by your generosity through the remarkable beginnings of an ambitioussome might say audacious, given the timesfundraising campaign to bring our vision and the programs and capital projects that will power it into reality. Momentum has been createdDU has completed fundraising for the Ralph and Trish Nagel Art Studios, the Denver Soccer Stadium, the Pat Bowlen Training Facility, the Pardee Center for International Futures, and the Si Chou-Kang Pavilion. And we have raised a significant amount for scholarships and faculty support. Collectively, these efforts during the initial years of the campaign have broken all DU fundraising records.

We are winning the race, we are ascending to new heights, but we are far from the finish line. In Colorado parlance, of the nearly 60 peaks that top 14,000 feet on our extraordinary horizon, we have climbed a respectable number. But every new summit brings a new view, a fresh perspective, a farther horizon. We urge you to join us as we continue to ascend. From right here, from right now, with your investment and your belief, we will lead the nation toward the next phase of higher education, focused on our students first and foremost, but equally laser-focused on using our intellectual capital to generate real-world results and solutions for real-world issues. There is a moment comingand it is ours, together.

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very age presents its challenges and tests. It is the job of the university to greet those challenges as opportunities and to confront those tests with imagination and

As noted, we will measure our success through the value we bring to our students lives, the quality of graduates we produce, the manner in which they lead their lives, and the ways in which we leverage our collective intellectual capital against the great issues of the day. Our vision emerges from a communitywide dialogue that has taken place over the last decade. In that time, we have thought deeply and at length about our history and legacy, about the roles we have played locally, nationally, and globally. We have also thought about what we want for our students and about the contributions we want to make to a dynamic state, a still-young nation, and a global community in need of leadership.

resolve. But that is not enough: we must also define, create, and prove results and solutions that work in the real world and lead to real improvement in peoples lives. At the University of Denver, our efforts and aspirations are guided by a single overarching vision: as a great private university dedicated to the public good. So how will we serve the public good? How will our work as educators, scholars, and researchers really help improve the human condition? We will look outward and not inward.

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TOOlS OF TrANSFOrmATiON

he primary focus of Ascend: The Campaign for the University of Denver is increased support to inspire and enable DUs best people and programsincluding new and

Penrose Library, students will find a setting that draws them in before and after class, encouraging and welcoming spontaneous inquiry and casual exchanges with faculty, facilitating debate on matters great and small, and serving as the scholarly and social heart of our thriving university. The Academic Commons at Penrose Library is one of DUs highest fundraising priorities.

enhanced opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, support for innovative faculty, and resources for effective academic programs and facilities.

The Academic Commons at penrose library

Penrose Library will reassert its place as the intellectual hub of the DU campus through a transformation to an academic commonsan initiative revolutionizing the configuration of the current library and redefining its existing infrastructure. In the Academic Commons at

innovative Ways to use the power of Scholarships

Intelligent and talented students are among societys principal resources, whatever their backgrounds or economic standing. While much has changed at the University of Denver through the years, our commitment to providing accessible education to the

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Great students invigorate the academic and social climate on campus.

programs and Facilities that match Aspirations
In the modern world, learning doesnt come in neat packages, and the future demands ever more flexibility. The educational experience that best serves students freely crosses the old divisions between majors and minors, as well as residence halls, classrooms, labs, athletic fields, departments, and colleges. Thats why DU has established a set of strong, effective, and leading-edge curricula based on an engaged and boundary-free approach to learning and research. Still, the rapid evolution of new fields of study, new and more effective methods for teaching, and the ever-widening distribution of learning modes among our students presents a daunting challenge. Support for future-focused programs and facilities is critically needed if the quality of the academic enterprise at DU is to keep growing in a manner that produces measurable results for our students and our world. Carefully aligned with trends in industry, research, and scholarship, the new programs and facilities we envision will give our students an exceptional education and the best chance at opportunities beyond graduation.

most talented and committed students remains steadfast. Scholarships help keep DU open to the brightest students from all backgrounds. Great students invigorate the academic and social climate on campus. They help to create an intellectual environment percolating with ideas, a truly fertile ground for learning. Their vitality encourages excellence in our facultycreating a true synergy. Perhaps most importantly, upon graduation, great students are more likely to become leaders in the world, and their lives of success, purpose, and meaning reflect the Universitys mission to serve the public good.

Accelerating Teaching and Discovery Through Faculty Chairs and professorships

A great faculty is the essential foundation of a truly great university. Exceptional educators and scholars create and present unmatched programs, engage in the highest caliber research, and most importantly, bring out the best in their students. To ensure that DU recruits the finest faculty members and keeps them here, support in the form of new endowed chairs and professorships is essential. DU faces intense, better-funded competition for these extraordinary educators, and the ability to offer a candidate an endowed chair is a powerful attraction.

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constants remain the same: the frontier is uncertain, it is vast and high, and a bold and intelligent spirit will be required to ascend to the fast-approaching summits. The University of Denver aspires to true, demonstrated, relevant greatness. Its that simple, and thats our value proposition. We want the best students, the best faculty, the best academic programs, the best experience, and the best results. The leaders of tomorrowthe very creators and crafters of tomorroware looking to us, and it is our responsibility to

century and a half ago, it was a bold act to imagine a university on such a vast and volatile frontier. And even though virtually everything has changed in 150 years, some

ensure they have an outstanding education that will serve them and help them serve others. We need you to help us make this happen. Not out of loyalty, although we thank you for that, certainly not out of obligation, but because you believe absolutely that you are making a wise investment in a brighter future. The support of generations of DU alumni and friends like you has brought us to this point. Now, we have the chance to transform our vision into achievement through Ascend: The Campaign for the University of Denver. Our focus is on the people who make the DU community greatour students, faculty and staffand on gifts that inspire and enable them, and power the programs they will use to ascend to greatness.

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CAmpAigN priOriTieS
endowment
Undergraduate Scholarships Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships Faculty Chairs and Professorships

Ralph and Trish Nagel Art Studios School of Engineering and Computer Science Si Chou-Kang Pavilion (Josef Korbel School of International Studies) Nagel Hall (undergraduate residences)

Capital Construction and renovation

Academic Commons at Penrose Library Denver Soccer Stadium Katherine A. Ruffatto Hall (Morgridge College of Education) Knoebel Center for the Study of Aging Pat Bowlen Training Facility (Varsity athletics) Pardee Center for International Futures (Josef Korbel School of International Studies)

Current use Funds

Non-endowed Scholarships Academic and Student Program Support Athletic Team and Intramural Program Support General Facilities Maintenance

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WAyS TO give
Cash
A gift of cash is one of the simplest donations, and it maximizes your charitable deduction while providing immediate benefits to DU. Gifts of cash include currency, personal checks, money orders, credit cards, and wire transfers.

gifts of Appreciated property

As an alternative to donating cash, you can increase your tax savings by transferring appreciated property such as securities or real estate directly to the University. If youve owned the property for more than a year, you are allowed to claim a charitable income tax deduction for the full market value of your gift without paying capital gains tax.

Charitable Bequests
Bequests via your will or revocable living trust can allow you to leave a significant legacy to benefit your favorite academic program or provide scholarship support to students. Bequests also allow you to retain control of your assets during your lifetime. A bequest can be tailored to almost any set of circumstances, and it provides an unlimited deduction for estate tax purposes. Bequests should be directed to: the University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) in Denver, Colorado.

retirement Accounts
By designating DU as the beneficiary of all or a percentage of your IRA or any other qualified retirement account, you can make a substantial gift while avoiding estate and income taxes that may consume as much as two-thirds of the account balance.

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income-producing gifts
An income-producing gift, such as a gift annuity or charitable remainder trust, enables you to generate a current income tax deduction while providing yourself or a loved one with a secure source of income for life or a period of years. When funded with appreciated assets, it can also help you increase your income while avoiding capital gains taxes.

life insurance
A gift of a life insurance policy, or simply naming DU as beneficiary, allows you to make a major gift for a modest cost. Many donors use insurance gifts to receive a current tax deduction while disposing of an old policy that is no longer needed. Other donors purchase a new policy, donate it to DU, and make annual gifts to cover premiums.

Artwork and Other personal property

You may receive gift credit and an immediate charitable income tax deduction, typically for the appraised value of your gift. Your charitable deduction equals the full value of your gift as long as it is used to further our charitable mission.

Charitable lead Trust

A lead trust enables you to transfer wealth to family while reducing or eliminating estate and gift taxes. Trust assets are removed from the taxable estate, and growth in value passes tax-free to heirs. You postpone the transfer until heirs are more mature. Payment of trust income to DU for a term of years creates a charitable legacy with funds that are otherwise destined for the IRS.

real estate
Real estate gifts are ideal for funding a major gift such as an endowed scholarship or professorship. Residential, commercial, or agricultural property may be contributed outright to the University or through various charitable trust arrangements.

endowed Funds
Endowed funds provide both immediate and long-lasting benefits to the purpose designated by the donor. These self-sustaining funds are of great importance to the University because they generate predictable, growing streams of income in perpetuity. If you prefer, you can create a term endowment that is designed to last a limited time (e.g., 20 years). Flexible endowments can be created with a customized payout that varies from the Universitys standard annual payout of 4.5% (e.g., an annual payout of 8.0% or one that increases over time).

Sale or Transfer of a Family Business

The sale of a business may provide an excellent opportunity to make a taxefficient gift that leverages the companys accumulated value. You may wish to consider a gift of stock in a family business to the University when selling your business or transferring it to family members.

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they need to lead successful lives that will make a positive difference in the lives of many others. They also learn the responsibilities that come with leadership. Now more than ever, this is a university where students start from a higher place and continue to ascend as successful alumni well after graduation. We must now ask: What will the University of Denver be tomorrow and beyond? Each of DUs distinctive characteristicsoutstanding students, top faculty members, cutting-edge programs, and expansive academic opportunitiescontributes to a campus experience that is far greater than the sum of its parts. Our responsibility

t the University of Denver, tomorrows inventors, authors, teachers, doctors, musicians, scientists, CEOs, and other leaders are given the tools and knowledge

is to preserve and build on these strengths, fuel compelling new initiatives, and do everything we can to make the University of Denver one of the worlds truly great academic institutions. These are exciting times. The University is at a watershed moment, a crossroads in its history. Yes, we are an outstanding university. The next few yearsthose leading up to our 150th birthday in 2014will determine whether we become a truly great institution, serving our students, our city and state, our country, and the world. I invite you to become a part of our effort and vision. Your participation in this campaign is critical, and gifts of any size will help us meet our goals. Invest in DU. Invest in our faculty and our students. Invest in their talents and their energy and in all they will accomplish for the world that awaits them. We have been entrusted with a remarkable opportunity. Lets rise to the challenge together! Doug Scrivner, J.D. 77 Member of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Advancement Committee

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