Class of 1989 Class Gift Survey

* 1. Please rank the following funds in order of most preferred to least preferred for support (#1 most interested in supporting to #8 least interested in supporting)

1. Athletic Excellence (AE) - AE serves as an unrestricted annual fund for U.S. Navy Athletics, which provides Physical Mission resources to all 36 varsity programs and 15 club sports. This private support from alumni and friends is essential to providing midshipmen the margin of excellence through which they can compete and excel.

2. Academic Excellence - To prepare midshipmen as Naval officers, the Naval Academy’s curriculum blends professional subjects with required and elective courses. Our curriculum has three basic elements: Core requirements in engineering, natural sciences, the humanities and social sciences, to ensure that graduates are able to think critically.

3. Admissions Excellence - Office of Admissions ensures a pipeline of promising potential applicants by conducting a wide range of marketing, education, and outreach programs.

4. Experiential Leadership Development (ELD) - ELD combines the Leadership, Education and Development (LEAD) Division’s curricular programs with the U.S. Naval Academy’s experiential leader programs. ELD transforms classroom theories into real-life leadership opportunities and prepares midshipmen to excel in leadership positions through practice and reflection.

5. Midshipmen Activities Fund (MAF) – The MAF offers an environment designed for midshipmen to develop their leadership through extracurricular activities (ECAs), club sports, professional organizations, and academic groups, both on and off the Yard. The MAF is designed to provide funding for activities that would not otherwise exist at the individual, company, or Brigade level.

6. Cyber Studies - The Center for Cyber Security Studies (CCSS) enhances education in all areas of cyber warfare, creating opportunities to share cyber expertise and perspective and increasing interdisciplinary research at the U.S. Naval Academy. CCSS continues to be among the Academy’s leading strategic priorities as it prepares midshipmen for the constantly evolving technical landscape of the 21st century.

7. International Program Office - The International Programs Office provides opportunities for midshipmen to step out of their comfort zones and engage with different perspectives of the world they will enter as officers. Programs such as Semester Study Abroad, Language Immersion, cross-cultural excursions, and professional training experiences with foreign navies offer transformative experiences for midshipmen and faculty.

8. Stockdale Center for Leadership- The VADM James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership empowers leaders to make courageous ethical decisions, offering a wide array of initiatives, coaching, and courses.