PAMS Focus - Year-End Special 2008

Happy New Year from PAMS!

Dear Friend,

As we approach the end of another year, I would like to thank you for your continued support of PAMS and ask you to consider making a year-end gift. Whether your contributions so far this year have been financial, physical, or intellectual – together, we have made 2008 a year to remember:

• We dedicated a new wing of Jordan Hall for the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and made great strides toward completing the new Mathematics and Statistics Building.
• We marked the successful conclusion of the historic Achieve! Campaign for NC State, which raised more than $73 million for student and faculty support, facility and equipment upgrades, and research and outreach activities across the College.
• Last, but certainly not least, we celebrated the achievements of our talented and dedicated students, faculty and friends. Highlights included two Fulbright grants; a Marshall Scholarship; and numerous NC State and UNC System honors, including a prestigious Watauga Medal and Holladay Medal of Excellence.

Although we will begin the new year in an economic climate that is less than ideal, I am confident that we will experience similar success in 2009. With the continued dedication and support of our faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends, we will persevere through our near-term economic challenges, and we will be stronger for the opportunity for self assessment they have provided.

It’s not too late to make a year-end gift to the PAMS Foundation to support the College. For more information or to make a gift today, please e-mail pams_dev@ncsu.edu, call 919-515-3462, or visit www.pams.ncsu.edu and click on the “Online gift form” on the left-hand side of the page.

On behalf of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, I offer best wishes for a healthy and prosperous new year!

Sincerely,
Daniel L. Solomon
Dean