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Facilities

UAH seeks funds from donors to help support the creation of facilities. These facilities support the teaching, research, and service mission of the university. Presently, fund-raising drives are underway to build the following facilities:

College of Science

Technological advances in laboratory instrumentation occur regularly in all areas of science. To prepare our students for the real world, we need to constantly improve our teaching laboratories to keep pace with technology:

Biotechnology Wing
Our new Biotechnology Ph.D. program will need space for research and teaching laboratories. We need funds for a biotechnology wing for the Optics Building/Materials Science Building to accommodate the new teaching and research space.

Science Classroom Building
The teaching laboratories for biology, chemistry, and physics are now crowded into Wilson Hall. The small number of teaching labs forces us to use the same room for a variety of classes, often with incompatible equipment. There also is a shortage of classrooms seating 30 to 50 students. We need a building dedicated to science classrooms and teaching laboratories.

Computer and Mathematical Sciences Building
The Department of Mathematical Sciences shares Madison Hall with many administrative units. Mathematics is so cramped that part-time instructors do not have space to hold office hours. Mathematics also is located far from Computer Science, a closely related department. This makes teaching and research collaborations between the departments difficult. We need support for a new building that Math will share with Computer Science.

Planetarium
In order to teach our students basic concepts about the sky, faculty have to use the Von Braun Planetarium on Monte Sano many miles from campus. We need funds to build a planetarium on campus to make planetarium instruction more accessible to our students.

M. Louis Salmon Library

UAH already has secured funds to build a new library wing, and now seeks funds to fully equip the new wing as a state-of-the-art center for learning and research. The new addition will serve as a gateway to vast networks of research libraries and information resources worldwide. This will allow students, faculty, and the community to utilize both the traditional world of print information and the burgeoning world of digital information.

Your generous gift will make a difference in the development of this outstanding new library. Provided below is a description of some of the giving opportunities.

Outdoors/Entrance Area
Walkway - ($10,000)
Park benches - ($1,000)

Circulation Services/Information Desk
Circulation desk - ($10,000)

Atrium Area
Benches - ($1,000)
Artwork/Sculptures - ($1,000)

Information Arcade
Computer furniture - ($500 per workstation)

Reference Services
State-of-the-art reference/information desk - ($10,000)
Carrels and/or study desks/tables - ($1,000)
Study rooms require tables/chairs - ($3,000 per room)

Special Collections/Archives
Information desk - ($10,000)

Adopt a Book
Book purchases - ($50)

Named Rooms, Areas, and Items
In recognition of gifts that fully equip a room or area, that space may be permanently named by the donor in honor or memory of an individual, family, corporation, or foundation. A permanent plaque will be prominently displayed in the area. For other gifts, a nameplate that identifies the donor will be permanently affixed to the item that the gift purchased.

Intercollegiate Athletics

To continue building upon the momentum of UAH’s successful athletics programs, we are presented with a challenge to obtain the tools essential to supporting programs of athletic and academic distinction. Existing athletic facilities at UAH are inadequate to provide for programs that continue to expand and excel.

Currently, no on-campus facilities exist for our baseball or softball programs. We also lack practice facilities for soccer and competition-quality facilities for tennis. Travel and security issues with off-campus facilities create budget and student attendance problems. Finally, existing facilities for athletic training and basketball are in need of significant renovations.

Our challenge is to develop an on-campus sports complex and renovate existing facilities to help foster a more traditional campus environment that will both enrich the quality of life for students and foster the continued growth of academic and athletic achievement. Expansions and improvements will improve safety and access, increase student support, and strengthen both academic and athletic recruitment. Additionally, such facilities will eliminate costs for rental of outside sports venues while producing new revenue through the sales of tickets and concessions.

You can make a difference. Your generous support can assist in providing:

Renovations
Revised athletic training facilities
Gymnasium reconditioning

New Facilities
Charger baseball stadium
Charger softball stadium
Charger tennis courts
Charger soccer fields

Naming opportunities exist for and within each of the facilities listed above. As always, opportunities also exist for providing unrestricted support for the annual and on-going operations of the Athletics Department as well as for endowed and annual scholarships for athletes.