California State University, Bakersfield

Contribution Highlights

• Alumnus Tom Hardt (’73) and his wife, Barbara, contributed $1 million, resulting in the naming of the new CSU Bakersfield baseball field. Their generous donation supported the construction of the on-campus, top-level baseball training and playing facility, a critical component of the university’s athletics program’s move to NCAA Division I. Mr. Hardt also served as the general contractor for the baseball facility, as well as a solicitor of many in-kind gifts that are part of the field construction.
• CSU Bakersfield received over $32.3 million in federal, state and nongovernmental multiyear grants in the 2008-09 fiscal year. The School of Natural Science and Mathematics received grants ranging from $10,420,851 from the National Institutes of Health for the first five years of a 25-year National Children’s Study to a $300,000 grant for a study of post-fire vegetation recovery.
• CSU Bakersfield is at a critical time in its history and has sharpened its case for support. The university has developed strategic plan actions; completed a set of academic program scans; prepared for WASC accreditation; produced a comprehensive report to the NCAA as a base for its Division I move; and developed key fundraising initiatives with active participation by the provost, deans and faculty members.

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