Making the Case for Arts and Sciences 107 Here are other successful examples from UNO. Including these and other gifts, we have raised approximately $7 million over the past five years, with other gifts in the works: • The Natan and Hannah Schwalb center for Israel and Jewish Studies to create, coordinate, and promote an interdisciplinary program focusing on teaching and scholarship in Jewish and Israeli history, politics, culture, and society. Our primary goal is to expand knowledge about Judaism and Israel, on the University campus and in the broader Nebraska community, and we seek to promote and facilitate collaborative scholarship (teaching and research) with academic institutions in Israel. • The Phil and Ruth Sokolof Lecture Series Fund, to support an annual lecture on a topic related to Israel and Jewish Studies. Note that this gift followed the establishment of the Schwalb Center, and exemplifies how successful fundraising is often about building partnerships for large projects. • The Louis and Frances Blumkin Professorship in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. • The Sam and Frances Fried Fund in Holocaust and Genocide Education, created to support Holocaust and Genocide educa- tion in the State of Nebraska. The Blumkin and Fried gifts are tandem gifts, with the above-mentioned Blumkin professor having the charge to manage the Fried Fund. • The Mayor Mike Fahey Fund for the Study of Omaha City Poli- tics, to encourage greater understanding of city government and deeper involvement in the Omaha community. • The Elkhorn River Research Station, a teaching and research water-research station on the Elkhorn River just outside Omaha. The station was funded by forming a coalition of private donors, public companies interested in water quality, and college support. The public support was critical and demonstrates the possibility of seeking external dollars in support of projects on