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GROUP EFFORTS: Students and professors are at the heart of Thayer School’s capital campaign. One of numerous faculty-student collaborations, Associate Professor Laura Ray’s research team designs robots for use in Antarctica. Clockwise from lower right, Ray; Alexander Streeter ’03, Th’04; Dan Denton ’08; Adjunct Associate Professor James Lever; and Alex Price ’04, Th ’06. Photograph by Douglas Fraser.

You’ve probably heard about the Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience, the College’s $1.3 billion capital campaign launched in November 2004. If you’re curious how Thayer School fits into that, read on.

Thayer School’s $60 million campaign goal addresses several critical needs:

Chairs and Faculty Support

• $6 million
• To endow chairs, support curricular initiatives, and aid faculty recruitment.

Dean’s Venture Fund

• $4 million
• To provide early financial support to promising faculty research and creative student initiatives

Laboratory Fund

• $3 million
• To keep instructional laboratories, computer-aided design studios, and workshops in step with advancements in computational science and engineering; and to support lab instructors.

Technology and Liberal Education Fund

• $1 million
• To support Thayer School’s development of courses to prepare all Dartmouth students — not just engineering sciences majors — to make informed decisions on issues involving technology.

Thayer School Annual Fund

• $6.4 million
• To support the ongoing operation and programs of the school.

Student Financial Aid

• $4 million
• To help Thayer School meet students’ demonstrated financial need.

MacLean Engineering Sciences Center

• $35.6 million
• Featuring integrated project labs, studio classrooms, multimedia computing systems, and next-generation research facilities, the MacLean Engineering Sciences Center will provide critical space for Thayer School’s project-centered, interdisciplinary curriculum.

The campaign is progressing well. As of the end of March, alumni and friends have already pledged more than $36.6 million toward Thayer School’s campaign priorities.