Giving Opportunities and Impact

Mellon, Hewlett Support Values-Enacted Leadership Institute

In August 2024, the Mellon Foundation awarded a three-year, $650,000 grant to the University of Oregon to support a new institute aimed at transforming the culture of leadership in higher education: the Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI). In January 2025, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation contributed another $650,000. Associate Dean for Academic Engagement Nicky Agate, who has worked alongside Christopher P. Long, provost and senior vice-president at the University of Oregon and VELI Principal Investigator as a part of the HuMetricsHSS initiative for the past eight years, will lend her expertise in workshop facilitation, community building, and open science principles to the project.

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2024 Giving CMU Day “Energizes” Libraries’ Impact

The tenth annual Giving CMU Day, themed “24 Hours of Tartan Power,” was celebrated on campus and online on Tuesday, December 3. Thanks to the incredible support from faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends of the University Libraries, over $66,000 was raised for four priority funds: Friends of the Library, Special Collections Acquisition Fund, Enhance Library Learning Spaces, and the IDeATe General Fund.

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2023 Giving CMU Day “Levels Up” Libraries’ Impact

The ninth annual Giving CMU Day was celebrated on campus and online on Tuesday, November 28. With the support of faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends of the University Libraries and the Integrative Design, Arts, and Technology (IDeATe) network, over $11,000 was raised for four priority funds: Friends of the Library, Special Collections Acquisition Fund, Enhance Library Learning Spaces, and IDeATe.

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