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I Consultants stu< By Donald Graham Staff Writer 1 (Reprinted from July 30 issue) 1A Chicago-based consulting firm is conducting a study in i Columbia to determine if USC should undertake a major : fund-raising drive during 1981. The USC Educational Foundation has hired John Gren- |~ 7phflph anH AooaaU^at ~- * i^pe mwwvii Miivt i AOOUVldItO VU dlUU^ UIC ICdSlUllliy OI & IlltlQ* raising campaign at USC. Vice President Martin Grenzebach said the firm will present a statement identifying the purposes for wiiich the institution needs to raise money. Donald Keel of the foundation said colleges and specific programs at USC have traditionally raised funds in the private sector without coordination with nth?*r nortc I university. "We are talking about coordinating the fundraising efforts of the entire university instead of having each school or college doing fund raising on its own." THE FOUNDATION is a private, chartered group that raises money for the university. All gifts, scholarships and money collected from private sources no to the foundation |g which then distributes the money to the university. "The educational foundation's purpose is to raise funds to 3 do things not normally funded by the state," said Bernard Daetwyler, USC systems vice president for business and finance. The Grenzebach company is a development consultant for non-profit organizations and has worked at the universities of Georgia, North Carolina and Mississippi and other campuses nationwide. GRENZEBACH SAID THERE are five elements the company studies when in its feasibility study. They are: ? Anviiuuiuuuii 9 linage. The timing of a fund drive to ensure that problems with the local economy and competition from other area schools don't interfere. The firms that could contribute substantial amounts to the drive. The availability of people with contacts in the community to help raise the money. The firm is contracted for nine weeks, but will be billed on a weekly basis if the study takes less than nine weeks. Neither university nor company officials would comment on the cost of the study. tiTk:n _ 1 . - - Aiuo siuuy is mucn more man just a feasibility study to see if a fund-raising campaign is possible," Keel said. "In the past the university has almost totally relied on public Trinity Episcopal G I i I I-1 ...s flu I Ifir/fi fiinrl-i funds but economic pressures on higher education have forced to focus and consolidate our fund-raising efforts." Keel said the university has had little experience raising money in the private sector. "It used to be that the only fund i raising in the private sector went for a capital campaign for a ' Pizza E: jj Fast, Free D Best Pizza! | prepared Locally With Fre ! Dough and ingredients 256-0101 I neip w $ Deliver Pizzas in Your Car X Gas Money, F I Apply after 4:30 at 12 ~~USC Students' " athedrcxl Welcomes Invite You To Worship i i i. i- ? 11 With us tach Sunday, any or all 8:00 a.m. C/na/irQC? O.IR ^ ^ V IVwUO. V. IV> V-A.l I I* 11:30 a.m. arner of Sumter and Senate Street aising needs pecific program," he said. Keel said he did not think the possible fund-raising drive /as linked to the university's problems in getting money rom the state for the proposed Carolina Arts Center. "If the wo projects are related, I don't know about it," he said. L xpress 1 Blivery | Best Prices! ssh Compare | and Save I I M Tl* I MM /I ' i_i ouii.-uiuii. a:su- i a.m. x Hours: Fri. & Sat. 4:50-2 a.m. X ranted and get an Hourly wage, \ lusTips. X you back to townlj