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UMKC officials announced a $300,000 planned gift from Theodore Seligson, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) and visiting professor in the Department of Architecture, Urban Planning + Design on March 21, 2012.  The gift will supplement The Seligson Fund that was established in 2010 in Seligson’s honor by his friends and colleagues.  The purpose of the fund is to enhance the education of the design disciplines in the department and to provide financial assistance for projects that support its mission, including lectures, colloquiums and visiting design teachers.  For more see:

• http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/21/3505504/umkc-urban-planning-school-receives.html.

The College received notice of a recent gift to UMKC. The estate plan gift from Jo Anna Dale will support scholarship endowments for the College of Arts and Sciences Depart­ment of English and the Conservatory of Music and Dance. The gift will provide a $500,000 endowment for each.  Jo Anna Dale has a current scholarship for Creative Writing that was established in 2007.

Also, the English Department’s Fall 2010 Newsletter detail­ing recent activities of faculty and students is available at: • http://cas.umkc.edu/english/documents/Newsletter%20Fall%202010–Issue%201.pdf