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Green & Gold Gala
 An event billed as “an evening of art, music and the unexpected” delivered with performances by student artists and the announcement of nearly $5 million in gifts during October’s Green and Gold Gala.
The annual event in the University Union Ballroom honored philanthropists and arts patrons Eli and Edythe Broad who contributed $2 million to build a new field house, named the Broad Athletic Facility. It also celebrated the University’s 60th year of instruction and prominently featured Sacramento State student artists.
 In front of a crowd of more than 500 guests, current and former students gave a variety of performances, beginning with a saxophone version of “America the Beautiful” by jazz studies sophomore Joe Berry. Artist Hiromasa Ichihara treated the audience to his creative process performance by painting a 4- by 4-foot oil and acrylic work during the cocktail reception.
And the dinner course featured an operatic performance by music graduate Eugene Chan, an accomplished singer who recently placed second in the Metropolitan Opera Western regional auditions. Chan sang “Bella Siccome un Angelo” from Gaetano Donizetti’s opera Don Pasquale.
University President Alexander Gonzalez also used the Gala to announce several new gifts:
• A $3 million bequest intention from an anonymous donor that will endow undergraduate scholarships, awards and programs.
• A $1 million endowment from the Bernard Osher Foundation to provide scholarships for 20 re-entry students annually. Sacramento State was one of only five universities nationwide to receive these funds.
• A $400,000 gift from Paul and Renee Snider to begin program planning for a new Museum of Natural History adjacent to the planned Science and Space Center.
• A $150,000 commitment over three years from the RCA Community Fund of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation to establish a new scholar in ethics.
• A $150,000 gift from Vision Service Plan for the Broad Athletic Facility. In recognition, a meeting room in the facility will be named for outgoing VSP President and CEO Roger Valine.
The evening also included numerous acknowledgements of the generosity of Sacramento State donors, including a video tribute to Eli and Edythe Broad.
» See photos: www.csus.edu/pa/galagallery
Mark your calendars—next year’s Gala is scheduled for Oct. 5, 2007.
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