Employees at the University Park campus contributed a record breaking $536,999 to United Way during the 1999 campaign chaired by Barbara Shannon, now-retired dean of the College of Health and Human Development. Playing a major role in the campaign's success were the varied special events conducted in many of the administrative areas.
Annual awards, categorized by employee numbers in each unit, for highest increase in dollars raised by individual contributions over last year and highest participation rate by individuals were given to the following administrative areas:
n Highest increase in dollars raised, one to 100 employees: College of Communications, Richard Taylor and Billie Young, team leaders.
n Highest participation rate, one to 100 employees: General Operations in Finance in Business, Arleen Bilger, team leader.
n Highest increase in dollars raised, 101 to 200 employees: Undergraduate Education, Linda Ellenberger and Sue Irwin, team leaders.
n Highest participation rate, 101 to 200 employees: Enrollment Management and Administration, Beryl Gibson and Don Tantum team leaders.
n Highest increase in dollars raised, 201 to 400 employees: College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Lynn Persing, team leader.
n Highest participation rate, 201 to 400 employees: Smeal College of Business Administration, Chris Fivek, team leader.
n Highest increase in dollars raised, 400 or more employees: College of the Liberal Arts, Dick Leah, team leader.
n Highest participation rate, 400 or more employees: College of Health and Human Development, Elana Pyle, team leader.
Special events were held by many units and ranged from picnics to pumpkins, from hoagie to book sales, from walks to golf, from special dinners to recycling cans at Beaver Stadium and The Bryce Jordan Center. Special events not only call attention to United Way and the good work of its agencies, but brings in needed dollars to the Penn State campaign.
Computer and Information Systems raised the most money for a special event -- an annual golf tournament which raised $11,374. Team leader was Paul Peworchik and chair of the golf tournament was John Dixon.
The unit raising the most money for the Penn State portion of the campaign $68,328, is once again the retirees, Paul Rigby, unit chair.
Students raised money for United Way with their annual Blue/White basketball game activities. The Barnes and Noble Bookstore, for the second year in a row, has donated a portion of total sales to the average student, to support United Way.
Units who exceeded their goals this year with a combination of individual giving and special projects are: Commonwealth College, College of Communications, College of Education, Undergraduate Education, Smeal College of Business Administration, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Student Affairs, College of Arts and Architecture, University Libraries, College of Engineering, College of Health and Human Development, College of the Liberal Arts, Computer and Information Systems, and Finance and Business.
Areas at or surpassing 40 percent participation for individual giving include: Smeal College of Business Administration, Finance and Business, General Operations, Budget and Resource Analysis, Commonwealth College, College of Communications, Continuing and Distance Education, Development and Alumni Relations, Enrollment Management and Administration, College of Health and Human Development , University Relations, Undergraduate Education and University Libraries.