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Ted Byrley, associate professor and chair of the Economics and Finance Department, is quick to credit Ted Schmidt, associate professor and former department chair, with their department’s high participation rate in theFaculty and Staff Appeal.

“I wanted to be able to give more student awards,” said Schmidt, “so I asked people to give just a few dollars a pay period to our department fund. Then, every year, I’d try to up the challenge by asking for a little more.” Now Schmidt splits his gift between the Economics and Finance Department Fund and the Dr. Richard J. Kieffer Scholarship in Economics Fund, which was established in memory of Richard Kieffer, professor emeritus of economics and finance, who died last year.

Byrley said, “The department fund allows us to support students’ research projects, give honorariums to speakers, or buy supplies. Personally, I support the fund because it makes the department flexible: when an expense comes up that the school can’t pay for, we can sometimes cover it. And, in these times of a tight budget, it provides needed emergency money for student activities.” 

Taking the long view, Byrley added, “I think that giving to the department helps it succeed. When you’re a part of something, you want it to go on after you’re gone.”

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