Making the Case for Arts and Sciences 101 cultural studies. Within each of these you can designate at least one department/program for development based on four major factors: 1. Identify programs of excellence in your college. It is easier to promote programs to donors in which students and faculty have a track record by whatever measures you use to gauge success. 2. Identify programs where there is a faculty champion who will work effectively with the college development officer to spear- head the development opportunity. The most successful depart- ments/programs in acquiring funds are those that share in building a vision for the college of Arts and Sciences and who engage the college process. 3. Choose college priorities that align with the University’s priori- ties. Your priorities must align with those of your University for several reasons. First, donors like to know that their gifts will support the greatest good. Second, because major fundraising involves teamwork, it is absolutely necessary that your president know your development priorities that support campus priori- ties, since they interact frequently with major donors. At UNO, the College of Arts and Sciences has been able to achieve some of our College priorities because wehavemadetheChancellor(Nebraska’sterm)ableto make our case for us with donors. Two years ago, the Deans’ Forum met with the Senior Vice-Chancellor to establish major academic priorities, which were then turned into University of Nebraska Foundation devel- opment priorities, designated as 1) STEM Education, 2) Sustainability, 3) Global Engagement, and 4) Early Childhood Education. These cross-campus priorities were ideal for Arts and Sciences, because they were interdisciplinary and included an engagement component. The College of Arts and Sciences had