Recognition for Contributors

The Dey House Renovation and Glenn Schaeffer Library project will enhance the Writers' Workshop facility by adding 8,500 square feet and enabling better use of existing facilities. Building and renovation plans will result in more classrooms, a large gathering room, sufficient faculty and administrative work space, and a library and archives that will house the Workshop's growing collection of historic manuscripts by graduates and faculty.

The building addition will be named for Glenn Schaeffer, a 1977 Workshop graduate and entrepreneur whose generous commitment of $1 million to the project reflects his lifelong commitment to literature in American culture, and his recognition of the importance of the Writers' Workshop in the nation's literary history.

For other generous contributors, the following recognition opportunities and suggested gift levels exist within this facility inititive:

Reading Room
$500,000

Student Commons
$500,000

Classrooms (2)
$125,000 each

Director's Office
$100,000

Faculty Teaching Offices (8)
$75,000 each

Department Office Suite
$75,000

Courtyards (2)
$50,000 each

Student Commons Deck
$50,000 each

For more information about these naming opportunities, please view the case statement.

Contact Information

To learn more about the Dey House and Schaeffer Library building project and other campaign priorities of the Writers' Workshop, please contact:

Michael Kingan
Senior Director of Development, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
The University of Iowa Foundation
P.O. Box 4550
Iowa City, Iowa 52244-4550
(319) 335-3305 | (800) 648-6973
michael-kingan@uiowa.edu