戴尔和凯蒂·卡尔森捐赠的600万美元预计将成为博彩平台的重要基石，因为它将在该地区发挥推动经济力量的作用。
卡尔森，84年（工商管理），睡眠火车床垫中心的创始人，和他的妻子的礼物是为了支持一个新的跨学科中心，以培养和鼓励学生的思维和行动，使睡眠火车如此重要的零售巨头。
该设施将被命名为博彩平台的戴尔和凯蒂·卡尔森创新与创业中心。
The Carlsens' gift was made public during a packed news conference on Monday, Nov. 13, as 囊状态 kicked off 全球创业周活动, which run Nov. 13-17. 捐赠和命名于11月7日得到了博彩平台董事会的批准。
“The Center will be built around our students. The students will be the ones in there helping businesses, the ones doing research, and the ones guiding the future of this region and where we’re going,” said 萨克拉门托州 President Robert S. Nelsen during the announcement. “This Center is deliberately interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and it represents everyone from the arts to chemistry to engineering to business to social sciences. Everyone is going to be a part of what we are trying to do.”
卡尔森中心将在大学图书馆占地1万平方英尺的空间内建立，将为学生和社区提供创业教育、服务和项目。 它旨在建立校园社区与公共和私人组织之间的联盟，这些组织处于培养创新领导者的前沿。
在宣布礼物的早晨，乔迪·尼尔森和罗伯特·s·尼尔森总裁站在戴尔和凯蒂·卡尔森的旁边。 （博彩平台/Jessica Vernone） 更多的照片“Giving back is something we firmly believe in,” Dale Carlsen told gathered media, community and business leaders, and 囊状态 faculty, staff and students. “One of the concepts that we really want to grow and teach in entrepreneurship is the power of giving back. 你付出的越多，得到的也就越多，这是千真万确的。 We have seen it in action, and we hope to build that here as well.”
卡尔森家族在萨克拉门托地区建立了深厚的根基，将他们成功的商业和慈善事业融为一体。 1985年，就在他从萨克州立大学毕业一年后，戴尔·卡尔森创立了睡眠火车床垫中心，这家公司后来发展成为西海岸最大的床垫零售商。
“I would like to encourage all the students at 囊状态 to consider social entrepreneurship as part of this as well,” Katy Carlsen said. “As the Center grows and as ideas grow – and that this is Global Entrepreneurship Week – keep thinking along those lines. I am so grateful to be a part of this and think this is going to be an amazing opportunity for this community.”
萨克拉门托州 and the College of 工商管理 have long supported entrepreneurship as an academic concentration, offering classes, lectures and competitions for students, as well as resources through the 创业中心.
The new Dale and Katy Carlsen Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will further those efforts as well as the University’s mission to create a talent pipeline that serves a growing and diverse region.
卡尔森夫妇捐赠的第一笔100万美元将用于启动成本和聘请一位执行董事。 剩下的500万美元将作为捐赠基金用于支持正在进行的业务。 The University has pledged to fundraise another $5 million by 2020 though its Comprehensive Campaign, which would boost the endowment’s total funding to $10 million.
In addition, Carlsen will help establish and chair an advisory committee that will work to provide a strong foundation and guide the center’s future growth.
卡尔森一直在寻求新的机会，对他周围的世界产生影响。 2014年，他将Sleep Train出售给总部位于休斯顿的床垫公司，并于2017年3月以其新母公司的名字重新命名Sleep Train。 卡尔森现在是罗克林梦想之票基金会的首席执行官，这是一个专注于培养青少年的全国性非营利组织。
His professional achievements earned him the distinction of being the Sacramentan of the Year, Ernst and Young's Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year, College of 工商管理 Alumnus of the Year, recipient of the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumnus award, and recipient of an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from 萨克拉门托州 in 2013.
湾区本地人、内科医生凯蒂·卡尔森（Katy Carlsen）也同样投身其中。 She is a medical consultant for California Children’s Services in Placer County, as well as a volunteer assistant clinical professor in the UC Davis Department of Pediatrics. 她也是美国儿科学会北加州分会寄养小组委员会的联合主席。 She served as president of the Ticket to Dream Foundation board from 2008 to 2015 and is a recipient of the 萨克拉门托 Children’s Museum Inspire Award, which honors significant contributors to the community.
卡尔森夫妇长期以来一直是哈佛大学及其学生的捍卫者。 They are generous supporters of the 监护人学者计划, which provides financial, academic and programmatic support for youth who have been emancipated from the foster care system and are pursuing a college degree.
“My experience at 囊状态 changed my life," Carlsen said. "Katy and I feel very blessed we were able to take that experience and grow a great business, with the help of our employees and give back to the University and the community around us.”
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