Paul Parpard

On a winter day 25 years ago, Paul Parpard G’94, then a professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, observed the view from his office in Lyman Hall on campus. From his window he could see the snow-covered turrets of Tolley Hall and the rooftops of Maxwell Hall and Crouse College. Inspired, he snapped a photo, which he then used to create a beautiful painting he named “���ϲ����� Winter.”

This year, Parpard’s painting was chosen as the winner of the second annual ���ϲ����� Poster Challenge. Those who will receive one of 600 numbered, limited-edition posters. The Annual Fund supports the University’s highest priorities.

Parpard, 82, is an accomplished artist, designer, painter, sculptor and wood carver. He lives in Cazenovia, New York, where he also has had an art studio since 1968.

Parpard began working as a graphic designer for the University, creating brochures, pamphlets and promotional materials. Some of his favorite projects were designing the holiday cards for the football and basketball teams. He also created the logo for ���ϲ����� Football’s 100-year anniversary in 1989.

Transitioning to education, Parpard served as a professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts for more than 10 years, teaching communication design, advertising design and computer graphic design. In 1994, he earned a master of fine arts from the University.

“���ϲ����� Winter”

Some of his favorite years at the University were from 1985-89 when his daughter, Denise Parpard Harrison G’89, was a student in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Later, when Denise worked in New York city in promotional marketing for CHANEL, Estée Lauder and Lancôme, Parpard planned an annual trip to the city for his students to go to museums and art studios and visit Denise at her job to meet with the design departments.

The Parpard family enjoys rooting for ���ϲ����� sports, especially football and basketball. Parpard loves to go to games in the JMA Wireless Dome and even celebrated his 80th birthday there at the Paul McCartney concert in 2022.

He is grateful to ���ϲ�����’s advancement staff for choosing his painting “���ϲ����� Winter” as the art poster to support the Forever Orange Campaign. “It’s great to think that ���ϲ����� alumni all around the country will have a copy of this poster,” he says. “It means a lot to me to be able to help raise scholarship money for future ���ϲ����� students.”

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Boost the ’Cuse takes all of ’CUSE. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to be part of this momentous occasion and contribute to our continued success. Let’s show the world what it means to be Forever Orange!

On-campus activities:

1. Scott Hanson will broadcast LIVE from Newhouse!

Tune in on March 23, 2023, starting at 8:44 a.m. when NFL RedZone’s Scott Hanson ’93 anchors 16 live shows from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications studios, with David Barbier ’23 hosting various segments from the Schine Student Center and Club 44. View the to see the full list of interviews, prerecorded videos and student performances to enjoy throughout the day.

2. Free snacks and ���ϲ����� swag

Visit select locations for treats and merch while supplies last. Start your day with a hot cocoa bar, complete with marshmallows, whipped cream and sprinkles. Make your own trail mix creation and an orange float, and grab a half-moon cookie and an orange as an afternoon pick-me-up. Across campus, tables hosted by schools, colleges and units will feature fun activities and delicious snacks. . At each table, grab some Boost the ’Cuse branded merchandise, including pennants, charging cables, reusable coffee sleeves and more.

3. Visit with Otto

Everyone’s favorite Orange mascot will be in the Schine Student Center at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. for high-fives, hugs and photos.

4. Crafts across campus AND a 360

On campus, don’t miss out on the fun activities available to everyone! Get creative and stamp your own canvas zipper pouch at the Barnes Center at The Arch or color your own 1.5-inch pin-back button at the Schine Student Center. And, be sure to stop by the 360-degree photo booth in Schine’s lower atrium near the video wall to snap a unique keepsake.

5. Hidden Ottos

As part of Forever Orange Week, 20 plush Ottos will be hidden around campus. Follow @SUalums on social media for clues and be the first to find an Otto to win a prize pack. For each Otto discovered, $100 will be donated to a fund of your choice on behalf of the Generation Orange Leadership Council and the ���ϲ����� Alumni Association. Plus, that donation will be matched with another $100 by the Chancellor Challenge, meaning each Otto is worth $200.

6. Support the part of campus that’s important to you.

Boost the ’Cuse empowers you to , whether it’s a specific school, college or program. Your generosity can make a significant impact and help students achieve their goals. to make your gift go even further.

7. Happy Birthday ’Cuse!

As the day comes to an end, we’ll join together to sing Happy Birthday to ���ϲ����� on the! Although Boost the ‘Cuse will be over, our celebration continues on Friday, March 24, at 2 p.m. in the Schine Center with the annual Chili Cookoff, where you can taste the best recipes from the University community and vote for your favorite. Wear your best Orange and enjoy photo booths, trivia and sweet birthday treats. This event is sponsored by the Forever Orange Student Alumni Council, Office of Student Engagement and the Office of Alumni Engagement.

This is a time for us all to unite, support ���ϲ����� and demonstrate our unwavering Forever Orange spirit. Are you ready to Boost the ’Cuse?

As a former faculty member, Harold Jones is an advocate of the University’s largest-ever fundraising effort, Forever Orange: The Campaign for ���ϲ�����. The campaign is in line with his specific goals of promoting academic excellence and research enhancements to encourage student and faculty discovery.

“I want to see the University continue to thrive,” Jones says. “Significant ongoing giving from a broad spectrum of supporters will be necessary for us to maintain our momentum and attain our potential.”

For many years, Jones championed the University through service. He came to ���ϲ����� in 1988 as chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences. He was chair for nine years and professor of Spanish for 23 years. He also taught courses in virtual reality and postmodern reading for the Renée Crown University Honors Program. In 2005, he was the founding faculty member of the Winston Fisher Seminar course on Business and the Liberal Arts. After retirement, he turned his attention to philanthropy.

“Giving is engaging and rewarding and provides me with a reason to get up in the morning,” he says. “It lets me meet interesting and delightful people who are committed to doing good.”

To further the University’s goal of world-class teaching, Jones has established three endowments for faculty in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics. Advancing faculty through endowed funds helps ���ϲ����� prioritize support for teaching and research.

The $175,000 Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics Research Achievement Award Endowed Fund rewards faculty based on an exceptional research paper published within the past five years.

Jones also contributed $175,000 to the Gerlinde Ulm Sanford Award, which selects faculty recipients based on outstanding contributions to the department in the spirit of those made by former department chair and professor of German Gerlinde Ulm Sanford during her lifetime.

The third endowment for $160,000 supports Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures, which has been published by ���ϲ����� since the 1940s. The journal awards a cash prize for the best articles published by senior faculty, junior faculty and graduate students around the world. The endowment has also allowed the journal to broaden its scope to sponsor seminars and conferences.

“In both his professional career and personal life, Harold embodies the civic-minded and humanistic ideals of the liberal arts,” says Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and distinguished professor of chemistry. “Time and again, he has generously supported the College to ensure that the strength and vitality of our scholarship connects and enriches our campus community and the world. Harold and Barbara truly live their values—and in doing so they are beacons of light and inspiration for this and future generations. I am grateful to know them.”

In support of ���ϲ�����’s commitment to student research, Jones has made many contributions highlighting his love for the arts. He donated $150,000 to the Steinway Campaign in pursuit of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music’s goal of becoming an All-Steinway School, which would place it in the top 150 music schools and conservatories in the world. His contribution enabled the purchase of a new Steinway concert grand piano for students.

“Harold has been a dedicated member of our campus community for over three decades,” says Chancellor Kent Syverud. “His generosity and passion will continue to positively impact the lives of our students for many more decades to come.”

Jones has also found many ways for his love of books to benefit the ���ϲ����� Libraries. He has donated a major collection of rare Hispanic books valued at $270,000 to the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) in Bird Library.

He was curator of the 2016 exhibition “Avida Dollars: Salvador Dalí, Joseph Forêt and the Three Most Expensive Books in the World,” hosted by the SCRC, and the Libraries created the Harold Jones Collection of Salvador Dalí and Joseph Forêt. To support the Forever Orange campaign, Jones plans to make a considerable addition to this archive next year.

“The Libraries is extremely grateful to Harold and Barbara Jones for their generosity to the Special Collections Research Center. Gifts like these enable scholars and students to gain experience with rare and valuable primary source materials,” says David Seaman, dean of the Libraries and University librarian.

Jones has seen firsthand the important work ���ϲ����� is doing and how gifts can make an impact on faculty and students. On the topic of giving, he quotes Cervantes’ “Don Quixote”: “The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.”

As Jones pursues his philanthropic endeavors, with his wife as his beloved partner, he keeps in mind the global significance that contributions to ���ϲ����� can make—today and in the future.

“���ϲ����� is a complex institution, so anyone should be able to find one or more elements of the University to bond with,” he says. “Contributions can foster your personal interests, the University in general, and global education as a foundation of civilization.

“Considering the challenges the world faces today, the survival of civilization and a supportive environment could well depend on us. May we choose Cervantes’ ‘wise application’ of wealth over the next few decades and beyond.”

About ���ϲ�����
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About Forever Orange
Orange isn’t just our color. It’s our promise to leave the world better than we found it. Forever Orange: The Campaign for ���ϲ����� is poised to do just that. Fueled by 150 years of fearless firsts, together we can enhance academic excellence, transform the student experience and expand unique opportunities for learning and growth. Forever Orange endeavors to raise $1.5 billion in philanthropic support, inspire 125,000 individual donors to participate in the campaign, and actively engage one in five alumni in the life of the University. Now is the time to show the world what Orange can do. Visit to learn more.