At the Board of Visitors meeting Saturday, Robert D. Sweeney, University vice president for development, described the next steps the University will take now that the Capital Campaign has reached its $1 billion goal.
As of Friday, Sweeney said the Campaign total was $1.94 billion.
The "Beyond a Billion" campaign includes soliciting alumni and parents to donate money before the end of the year.
The primary focus will be on gifts over $10 million. Those who donate $1 million or more will receive tickets to 10 football games with preferred seating. New suites in Scott Stadium will be given to donors who make large donations.
Sweeney said the public also will be informed about students and faculty who have benefited from the Campaign to show that the gifts are needed. "I worry that people focus on the dollar flow and not what is achieved," he said.
He added that the University wants to know if people are "willing to think with us and to dream with us about what the University will be like in five years" because of donations.
Leonard W. Sandridge, University executive vice president and chief operating officer, also discussed the need for continued fundraising in order to improve the University's national ranking.
"In a well-oiled machine ... it is not impossible - in fact it is achievable - to get $250 million over five years," Sandridge said.
He said the University's main goals include becoming the nation's top public institution and being among the top 20 colleges and universities in the US News and World Report rankings.
In other Board news, members also resolved to change the name of the Division of Continuing Education to the School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
The name change authorizes the School to grant the degree of Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies to its students.
The name change is "simply an acknowledgment of what it is we do," said Sondra Stallard, dean of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
University President John T. Casteen III said he supports the name change. It is an "attempt to recognize the school's actual function," Casteen said.
The Board also increased the cost of student housing by about 3.8 percent for 2000-01.
About 1 percent of the increase will be devoted to maintaining and renovating housing facilities.
The Board elected Stephen Phelan Jr. as its new student member. Phelan is a second-year Law student and 1998 College graduate. He also was a defensive back for the football team as an undergraduate.
The Board passed several resolutions regarding the construction of new University buildings.
The Gildersleeve Apartment Building on Monroe Lane will be demolished in order to construct a new student residence building called the Monroe Lane Residence. This new residence hall will provide an addition to existing language houses.
Café North, the Law School cafeteria, will be demolished in order to make room for expansion.
The Miller Center also will see an expansion to its building, which will be funded by the Center.
The preliminary design to expand the Darden School also was approved, which will include a 500-car parking lot and additions to the faculty office building and classroom building.
The Board also received its annual report from the University Health System. Dr. Robert W. Cantrell, vice president and provost of the Health System, said the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations renewed the Health System's accreditation for three years.
The Health System received a final score of 94 out of 100 on the JCAHO survey, which is one point higher than the last survey in 1996.
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