108 DEANS AND DEVELOPMENT environmental or other research focused on the public good. CMU’s College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences has enjoyed similar successes, having raised $6 million in the past five years with at least another $1.5 million gift projected for 2014. Some of the recent successes are seen in the following: • The Great Lakes Institute of Sustainable Systems, to promote academic programs, research, community outreach, and campus operations dedicated to the advancement of sustainable systems. • The Endowed Lecture in the Study of Dictatorship, Democracy and Genocide, which brings to CMU distinguished scholars to discuss the past, present, and future of worldwide genocide, Holocaust and mass murders in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central America. • The Olga J. and G. Roland Denison Visiting Professorship of Native American Studies, to support an endowed scholar that enhances the capability of the NAS program at CMU and to help build the relationship between the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, CMU, and the Mount Pleasant Community. • The Field Leadership Reaction Course, designed for ROTC cadets to prepare for the leadership training they experience between their junior and senior year of college at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington State. The course will also benefit other University and community members who wish to use the course for team building initiatives. The CMU and UNO stories illustrate strategies for establishing priorities discussed in “Setting the Stage for Fundraising.” Almost every example contains a goal to serve the community, either in terms of engaging the community in important political or social issues or in terms of working with area schools to improve teacher education. Making the case for colleges of Arts and Sciences and identifying proj- ects worthy of private funding demands a vision that excites prospec- tive donors. They understand and appreciate that their major gifts will