2008 Woodie Awards
Donor Selects CSI for $150K
Jason Lewis
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The University of Baltimore Center for Student Involvement (CSI) has a new name: the Rosenberg Center for Student Involvement. The name change comes as part of a $150,000 grant from the Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation.
Although CSI's Leadership Certification Program is expected to be a major beneficiary of the bequest, little is certain about where the money will eventually go.
"We hope that there will be money going toward the leadership program…it's $150,000 that's awarded in $30,000 increments; our money is received as interest off that," said Susan Luchey, director of CSI. "Initially it's a very small amount of money we'll be seeing. We hope to put it toward any kind of programming that benefits students—we're not going to use it to buy office supplies.
"I think it's going to take a good five years or so before we're talking about the kind of money to support something. The only thing I can promise is that it will go toward things…that we weren't able to afford before."
CSI is only the first in a series of offices to be named for major donors.
"Apparently, President [Robert L.] Bogomolny has been actively seeking donors for naming rights for [the Student Center] in general, and then for individual offices and spaces within this building," Luchey said. "We're the first space in this building to actually be named, so I was pretty proud of that."
In a December press release, Bogomolny said, "The Rosenberg grant provides us with a tremendous opportunity to move our activities—especially our leadership efforts—to the next level."
According to Luchey, earmarking the donation specifically for CSI was the Rosenbergs' decision. "They were courted to do some kind of naming within the Student Center, and then on a tour of the building…this was what they chose."
CSI supports student clubs and organizations, manages the Leadership Certification Program and organizes special events for UB students.
Lewis, staff writer for The UB Post, can be reached at jason.lewis@ubalt.edu.