b'PUTTING YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR HEART ISStan recalls of Alta, She believed in putting your money where your heart was. Together, the Barers did just that, promoting the UWs mission across several disciplines.Believing that a healthy planet improves lives everywhere, the Barers created an endowed professorship in sustainability science at the College of the Environmenthelping the UW recruit and retain top faculty and bolstering research and education in this essential field. The Barers generosity has also benefited student athletics, cancer research at UW Medicine, graduate science education and research through ARCS, and much more. Stan and Alta understood the power of a university to connect disciplines and advance learning through those connections, says Kellye Testy, former dean of the UW School of Law. Perhaps no gift more clearly illustrates this philosophy than the Barers 2010 creation of the Barer Institute for Law & Global Human Services. With a focus on how law can improve outcomes in health, education, economic development, sustainability and more, the Barer Institute offers 34 fellowships each year to midcareer leaders from developing nations. Coming from as far away as Indonesia, Nigeria and Colombia, Barer Fellows enroll in a unique interdisciplinary program in sustainable international development. With full scholarships, more than 25 Barer Fellows have continued their educational journeys at the UW, then returned to their home countries to work toward positive change. Before, I thought that our problems are only our problems, says Ermek Mamaev, a 201819 Barer Fellow from Kyrgyzstan. But after meeting friends from different parts of the world, I understood that actually the problems are similar. Whats more important is that there are common solutions to these problemsand what we can do is to learn from each other. As a reflection of Stan Barers lifework, its a philosophy he couldnt have put better himself. 2021 GATES VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD| 11'