Ladders, plastic sheets and scaffolds that filled the Administration Building foyer for weeks were replaced by a completed donor recognition wall Saturday.
“There are two groups that are recognized on the wall,” said Raymond Pankopf, project manager for the donor wall. “The first group is individuals who have given a cumulative $100,000 to $1 million in gifts or pledges over their lifetime, and the second, is firms or corporations who have given $1 million or more in cumulative gifts or pledges.”
During fiscal year 2011, the University of Idaho Foundation Inc.’s assets increased by more than $21.4 million, reaching $243 million in total assets. More than $17.7 million supported students, faculty and educational programs at UI, according to the UI Foundation Inc.
Pankopf, UI’s architecture and engineering director, said the Advancement and Development Office has wanted a donor wall for a while, but negotiations got more serious during fall and winter 2011.
Anderson Krygier Inc., an environmental graphics company in Portland, Ore., designed the large plagues that hang opposite the main entrance, Pankopf said. The firm specializes in donor recognition and environmental graphic design for healthcare, education, civic and mixed-use buildings.
“I think it’s important to say thank you and recognize these people in general,” Pankopf said. “The Administration building was chosen to display the wall because it’s a central part of the university (and) full of tradition, so placing it there seemed like the obvious choice to recognize the folks who have given significant amounts of money.”
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